Best Keepsake Poems

grandma gave paper money, I didn't spend
        fragrance of her touch I saved
           up there in stars she lives...







April 6, 2017.
Form K - Kimo - Poetry Contest 
Sponsored...

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Sacred to my heart,
An immemorial love:
Relic of my soul....

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Scars from the past I keep for the sake of

Awareness, affirming I'm

Stronger and wiser now


Written April 1st, 2017 for the Kimo contest sponsored by Broken wings...

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Sue opens her late grandma’s trinket box
filled with pretty rings and beads
Which item should she choose?

Contest Form K Kimo
Sponsored by Broken Wings

04~02~17...

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Remember me
Not as I am
But how I used to be

Don't be afraid 
To say my name
For you it's not forbade

Hate me not
I did not leave you
Please save me a spot

On the court 
Or on the field
I'll be with you in your heart

-Miranda Lambert-
**This is a...

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The creek is running swollen from the snowmelt.  
The nights are getting shorter day by day.
The crocus pose like dancers in recital; 
A portrait of the garden’s first bouquet.
Forsythia bloom golden by the pathway.  
Azaleas wait their turn along the fence.
And all of...

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The Last Token

This last token, my true love gave
Before dying a soldier brave
A pearl necklace with pendant bright
I wear it always, day and night

It makes me feel that he is near
I'll ever cherish his love dear
He spent his life savings for me
And gave this love...

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I cherish this doggie wrap
That hugged you, me at night,
A keepsake of warm adventures;
Piled with my own jacket--
I cherish this doggie wrap.



8.4.2015-- A Prized Refrain
Contest of nette onclaud
No.5--Jacket
Jajosh O.
-Memories of my beagle, Russo...

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A Bible, spine b r o k e n and pages worn
      stirs memories of Mama;
           her treasure my keepsake.


4/3/17
For Broken wings Form K Kimo contest...

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twin oval azure pools reflect visage
memento of lovers' tryst
precious bundle gurgles

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1st April 2017

My first Kimo... written for the "Form K - Kimo" contest sponsored by Broken Wings.
(Third Place)...

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Visiting Dad's grave in bite of winter--

                 charmed locket hangs  with memoirs

             as tears spill on...

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When I am at the end of my days
Remembering in so many ways
If there is only one thing I could take
Of all memories, one special Keepsake
It will not be an item of the norm
Not even a picture to keep me warm
Instead, it will not be...

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The lace of a Lily
and grace of a bee
the face of a flower 
and sun on the sea
Silhouette shadows
cloud painted skies
rivers of peace 
a bird as she flies 
colorful lichen
the succulents glow
still water mirrors
and Autumn’s first show
All of them captured
as moments in time
life’s truest treasure...

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across my bed
I drape
a vintage
handmade quilt
sewn with precision
and loving care
it keeps me warm
it keeps me safe
as if
at night
still in the arms
of my sweet grand-mother
as if
at night
she were still here
with me with us



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~ALWAYS WITH ME~ 2020

Submitted on June 22, 2019 for...

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I hold in my hand Mama's old fold-up Kodak
In its steel-blue case shut with a tiny curved silver latch.
I carefully unlatch it, watch the worn-out flaky bellows
Extend like an unwelcome, nonfunctional ********,
Emitting a strange smell I remember from my childhood
Seventy years ago, when Mama sternly...

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