Best Skates Poems

A long, long time ago, when I was young,
on watching skaters move on Poets’ Pond,
(some gliding with great skill, some taking falls).
I donned skates of my own and I began. . . 
Around, around I went, and in my mind,
a lilting rhythm came and said...

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A taste for winter
before it has neared.
Like a taste, remembered by smell. 
Coats and scarves sitting alone, deserted in the summer light. 
Fingers stretch to feel the wool of gloves. 
Feet - free, running in the tall grass, 
Will soon break-in ice skates, 
Solid leather...

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Frozen Ice  Pond A Duck Skates- A Haiku

tedious hillside
skating frozen duck ice swims?
betrayed by the pond
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tedious hillside
duck skating on frozen pond
because of the ice
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tedious hillside
skating frozen ice swims ducks
pond liquid now ice
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tedious hillside
duck skating on frozen pond
betrayed by the pond



1/24/20
Written words by James Edward...

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~~ Insomnia - relentlessly attacking throughout the endless night ~~...

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"Fragments and crumbs of life, all the little pieces"                                    ...

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With ice under your feet...
The wind in your hair..
The freedom you  have as you spread your wings..
Gliding along with no chains...
Feeling like a star in the middle of a ring...
feeling like a kid again with my ice skates on.....

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its the season
you have a reason
to go do it slow
up down and around
eat soup from soul bold
have the right date
its
ICE COLD WEATHER
AND SKATES...

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it  that time
winter  mountain line
you go its snow
ground is white 
lts like rices
the wind blow
its
SNOW AND SKATES AND ICES...

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ROLLER SKATES


In a green and white gingham dress,
On beloved streets in Chicago on
noisy roller skates, I flew.
I forgot girls dressed like girls, back 
when.......
It was acceptable to be a girl, to be
pretty.
Boys did not wear jeans in that long
ago.
At least.... not in the city,

Movies were so...

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Feeling hopeless
?I lay frozen?
No rescue in sight?
Power within?
Drained like my battery?
On a bitter cold February morning?
Asking for Help?
I rose?
With trembling hands?
Reached out?
The ice still blocking?
Veins to my heart?
Hide run away?
An option long abandoned?
One meeting?
Share?
Two meetings?
Listen?
Three meetings?
Understand?
Went to bed grateful?
Love flowing now again?...

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Mr. Squirrel made a splash on ice.
He took no direction, no ideas, and no advice!
We watched him do twirls not once but twice.
The ones who were the most amazed were the mice.

Teach me! Mr. Squirrel the little ones said.
He smiled and waved, giving them a...

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I once had this idyllic picture of children…in school…learning with their mates
or outside playing together…running, jumping, laughing…riding on roller skates.

But that idyllic picture has changed…it’s not so idyllic anymore….
as we’re faced with another school shooting…and parts of the world at war.

In the midst of war…death...

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Rhinos on roller skates
Who would create them?
The skates, not the rhinos.
Better yet, who would fit their feet?
Would they come to the rollerskating store?
If they did, would they trample the other customers?
What customers? My aunt asks. No one shops anymore.
Thanks to online shopping, I fear that...

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 • We agreed to meet up at the frozen pond 
• For he knows I can't be out in the sun
• I told him to dress warm and bring ice skates
• It wouldn't hurt for him to have a little fun...

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