Best Schoolmates Poems

As we walk down this lonely forest road, we see two new paths to take
And suddenly it is clear, the choice we have to make
Although we’ve walked this road a while, some of us depart
To go down a brand new road leaving the well worn...

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Schoolmates
By Franklin Price
8/16/2016

Most schoolmates now are seventy
If not a little more
Have done a lot since high school
Long ago in sixty-four

Don't move as quickly or think as fast
As we did back in the day
Hope the paths we took to get here
Gave happiness along the way

Directions taken...

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Mangoes, golden and full, their scent~
a whispered promise of mischief.
My fingers sticky, my heart pounding.
My mother’s eyes—wide, unblinking.

“Where did you get these?”
Her voice, a blade slicing the air.
A hush fell around us,
the mangoes cradled in guilt.

“Mum, I plucked them from a mango tree.”
Silence—a breath held...

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