Best Sixty Six Poems

Sixty-Six years ago today a very naïve farm-boy left the Hoosier farm,
To seek adventure beyond the horizon since farming had lost its charm.
He enlisted in...

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A book comprised of sixty-six,
with content of a unique mix.
Though found in almost every home,
It’s very much an unread tome.

The authors were a motley crew,
Into...

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On this October's mild stirrings
I watched ached nights flicker, to glow 
Around his hair like angel wings
Recalling joyrides... so mellow.
That in hushed tones,I called Gramps'...

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Some walked, others biked
As we gathered at the park
There was Jimmy, Peewee
Ricky, Billy and Mark
Neighborhood boys
From blocks around, they'd descend
For the Sandlot World Series
It was...

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Mirror of Memories

On my brown bedroom wall hangs an old misty mirror,
with a ghostly reflection staring vacantly back at me.
It’s taunting me and I don’t...

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Awaking a bit early, amid her crisp Autumn's air; Sunday October 13th
Just past his first watch and slightly pleasing this soothing melody; Love's....
Child rising at...

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A Tribute to my wife, Vera S. Hinshaw (4 June 1935 - 19 July 2018)

Honey, it has been just a few days since they lowered...

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Glory to thermodynamics in general...

and generation of heat in particular
cuz yours truly 
spoiled with trappings 
of Western Civilization.

How ideal I imagine 
to dwell in a...

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While lying in my bed - late last night 
I felt this vibe - something's not right 
I turned and I twisted - I just...

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There is a woodpile in my in-laws’ cellar, and some coal, but other rumored things also.
And it has been there a long time since anyone...

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My inner child I oftentimes let show.
“She” likes me using spontaneity.
When my inhibitions I let go,
a litte bit audacious I can be.

In ESL, I act...

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Undoubtedly a microchip 
Or something else 
Implanted in the right hand
Or in the forehead,
And this is the mark
Of the beast 
His name and number 
The...

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Other people are chatting.
I am not.
Some are pretending to read.
Ha!  As if you could
In a doctor’s office.

I am sixty-six, and still do not want...

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“Now behind the eyes and secrets of the dreamers in the streets rocked to sleep by the sea, see the titbits and topsyturvies, bobs and...

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what goes around comes around so they say
atomic particles head to the shores  
some afraid of an uncertain outcome
will plankton, fish, and kelp be...

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