Best Lived Poems

Six feet tall, feisty and tipping the scales
Aunt Eva approached life so playfully
Living in the moment, not fretting details

Even at 80 no harsh wrinkles had she
Just a few laugh lines from a life filled with joy
She couldn’t budget, her spending was free

Her brother (my father)...

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I am not remembered in any form or way
Undeserving of their love and respect.
I understand, and yet I grieve.
For myself.

For what I lost
Ignoring the ones who could have
Showered me with love
But did not 
Because they knew me not.

I reserve my place in the cosmos
Of ignorance...

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Philanthropic phrases of pluto sink
In my soul, a slave of lonely black
Charade, whilst butterflies flutter 
In bruised heart, as pressed flowers 
Grieve in between snowflake-
Pages of swan's fogged 
Diary; I 
Crawl upon 
valleys
To 
Touch 
The peach 
Arc of the 
Sun and kiss the 
Skin of...

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Do not come looking for me in
     small corners of our house
I am not there

The vast space we occupied
     where laughter lived
I left behind

The still place in our bed
     once radiating love
I sense...

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Devoted family together, we grew.
Building strength, morals & virtues
Experiencing, accepting & learning
Trust & honesty, caring & sharing
Compromising & understanding,
WE LOVED!
United we reached & searched, we grew.
Affectionately sharing fears & tears
Engaging unrehearsed fun & humor
Enlightening the others hearts & souls
Genuinely amused & rejoicing,
WE LAUGHED!
Faithfully dedicating ourselves,...

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Cast him not in bronze,
Nor sculpt in pottery clay,
Lay down the chisel
Where the marble bust holds sway.

Better to fold paper
In the Origami play,
So when fame has died,
He can quickly blow away....

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Living the most complete life--
 No man deserves less or more from living than another
 From a tiny drop of nectar, a flower blooms
 One blossom though different invites the same appraisal
 Such is the life of a man…he merits happiness and fulfillment  ...

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A Reflection Upon A Long Life Lived




So many things in my life have come and gone
   idle days of fishing and resting in shade
Early morn sight of mother deer and newborn fawn
   so many of the sweet , dear friends made

Holidays...

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To nature's norms have I complied -
I laughed, I cried, I lived. I tried.

I'd like to think in aftermath 
There's more to my existence path. 
I paid the procreation dues, 
Dear offspring and their offspring too. 
My children opened up my eyes 
Far beyond me,...

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And they lived hoppily

The princess sat along a stream,
crying in the sun
Closed her eyes and dreamt a dream,
about the perfect one

For love had never come her way,
she longed for it so much
The tender words that he might say,
a gentle caring touch 

When then a frog...

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There comes a day
When our time on earth takes us away
Everything in rewind 
Running through your mind
It's all on display 
In the most wonderful way
It all seems to unwind 
Like a movie that you can see 
If you were blind

No time to ask why 
As...

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Once Lived Life As Both Fox And Chasing Hound

Once lived life as both fox and chasing hound
each one thinking, they were true, honor bound.
As the fox, took great pride in being shrewd
failed often to see my actions were crude.

When fleeing forth in life at lightning...

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She pumped the air and whooped,
'The holidays are through!'
She danced a jig, she spun,
and did a moonie too.
The grinning mother yelled,
'They're back to school again!'
But then her laughter died,
she groaned in awful pain
and mopped her furrowed brow,
for she's a teacher now...

written 20th August for Francine's...

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"Cats come in many kinds of personalities - the same as people do. Just be very grateful if a perfect one owns YOU." by Author


A lot of cats in my life I’ve taken in.
A silver Persian with green eyes was my first.
She was lovely, but...

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I remember our first encounter 
I didn't like you much,
But you made me feel so special 
I soon longed for your touch.
I'd press my lips against you. 
You could take my breath away.
And faster than I could imagine 
I knew you were here to stay.

You...

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