Best Lafrance Poems

The days, they come; the days, they go.
Like rivers on and on they flow,
not always smoothly. Some will be
quite turbulent, some trouble free.

Like clouds and sunshine, rain and snow,
the days, they come; the days, they go.
While some are pleasant, others glum,
they're life--no matter how they...

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*Note:  A 60-year annual tradition that involved a mysterious visitor leaving three 
roses at the grave of writer Edgar Allan Poe on the anniversary of his birthday 
ended in January 2010.  Curators of the Poe House and Museum are at a loss to...

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Skeletons of Lace

Autumn’s leaves decorate lanes with discarded artistry –
 A bright collage in maple, oak and poplar hues;
Too soon the colors fade like early fading twilights;
 No restoration possible – no color tint renewed.

At the feet of Autumn, litter of autumnal dust,
 Crumpled remnants...

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The river looks calm and inviting,
 a natural gift of beauty.


Waterfowl inhabit to feed and nest.
A gateway shared by creatures,
dangers hidden beneath.


The river is beautifully calm and serene,
its powerful dangers are often unseen.
Currents can swirl hidden from shore,
tragically become be a drowning door.
A natural resource...

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Voice

Through a vast jumbled valley of cacophony's roar
One voice 
 In tones of soprano, alto, tenor and bass
Speaks a universal epiphany
In a rumbling
 Resonate
  Reverberation symphony,
   Neither also or bass,
A quest for agreement of the heart's dialect
 Through a maze of unspoken...

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True love
if you're lucky enough 
to find and nurture it;
the ticking hand of the clock,
as eternal as a cascading waterfall.

True love,
if it pulls you out 
of a bottomless abyss, weaves 
a glittering tapestry of enchantment
that remains unbroken.

True love, 
if gifted to you 
by the heavenly...

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an early bird
                  a dew chilled
                      ...

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I hid in plain sight
Mocked the censors
Defied the preachers
Chuckled
At their ineptitude

Took refuge
In the blank page
Hiding myself
In swirling lines
Dancing
Along the borders
Of truth

Cursed them
In muted metaphor
Defied them
In metered verse
Challenged them
In rebellious rhyme

Laughed as they counted
Syllables and iambs
Punctuated
My verses freedom

For they were frozen
And I a seething cauldron
Of love...

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Cold
winter
sheds his coat
and waves goodbye.
Welcome his passing;
rejoice and sing the song
of springtime awakening.
Renewed spirit soars as we view
blossoming of trees, as every plant
rebounds springing out of cold, wintry death.

Joy bursts wide with the greening up of earth.
New life rises, enlightening man
as beauty blooms anew with...

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"I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)I am never without it"
                             ...

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Mrs. Robin, busy as a bee
  visits my home's skylight annually
She builds a nest there carefully
  her private retreat, only I can see

She commandeers my yard militarily
  hopping to and fro imperiously
Ever seeking bark or twig assiduously
  to feather her penthouse...

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My muse opens my eyes to starlight, when in darkness I would cower.  
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I write upon nature's birds, wild backyard songbirds. 
It is a pleasure to feed them year-round,
and seeing them at my feeders, 
their vibrant colors shine.
Cardinals, blue jays and hummingbirds steal the show,
entertaining with their sweet cheerful songs.

Fresh nectar awaits hummingbirds, it won't be long,
can't wait...

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            Our seconds- they drift by each day-
                 like little pieces fly,
      ...

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Chantelle Anne is my poetic friend,
our friendship will never ever end;
we both like poems quite dark,
she is my own meadowlark ...
and I pray our lives will always blend !

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April 08, 2022


Poetry/Limerick/My Forever Friend
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