Best Souvenir Poems

there is a never after
where words are lost 
     and colours fade
but perhaps we won't let go
  in dreams and voices
     there will be one more story from me
you'll be attentive
  one last time
yet the...

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honeysuckle vines
bumblebee and hummingbird 
take sweet souvenir  







20th June 2019
Sponsor	Tania Kitchin
Contest :Birds or Bees Haiku
Syllables 5 7 5 on howmanysyllables.com...

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The Silent one,
 Is kind enough..
 
For weaker ones, 
He makes you tough..

Glancing at each beginner,
Makes them feel  like winners..

Strong words to uplift and cheer,
Silent one is there to create an atmosphere..

He's the motivational speaker,
For new poets, he's a gifted teacher..

Pen your thoughts without...

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The sledding and the skating in ‘63;
the sugar cookies frosted green and red;
the stringing popcorn with my family
and going anxiously that Eve to bed.

The gift exchange when relatives would meet.
Some traveled far to Grandma's little town.
The feast and seeing cousins  such a treat!
We ...

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When I first met you
In your lap I was
I felt like I had known you forever,
telling you everything
And what I didn’t
You knew it by my face

I bet you thought It’d never end,
Who would have even thought
You would leave me like that
When in my hands, your...

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Just close the door
and be alone behind the mist
contemplating hope
in freedom of no-thing-ness

my senses capture a union with love a
love infused by seamless
unconscious love
beyond form
beyond 
any need to control or divide.
Illuminated by a flash of light 
a souvenir of no-thing....

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Taking our sleds down hills of snow;
Ice skating though cold winds might blow.
Those days of beauty crisp and clear -
A winter’s treasured souvenir.

Exchanging gifts with those we’d meet
at big reunions. What a treat
to have all my relatives near.
Such a wonderful souvenir!

The talent show my church...

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It isn't just the wonders of the world 
that dominate my mind and memory.
Sometimes it is the trifles that cement
in me that dawning consciousness that
makes me suddenly aware, "I'm really here!
I've stumbled on that rare completion
of a dream I only dared to think about."
Of this...

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colours in the sky - 
ephemeral ecstasy - 
brought back memories...

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*Image of Danny folk's Boo by YC.


A Black Cat Tale Souvenir


One Saturday morning,
fourteen-year-old Danny,
my neighbor's kid who lives down the road,
would come over to do the lawn
and some simple house chores,
for extra spending money.

Sometimes,
their American Long Haired black cat named, "Boo",
would tag along.

The lawn was...

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Friday episode
Appetite flings code
Silver a la mode


Tour the retail shoppes
Seek the precious hop
White metal on top


Buy this big fancy
Solid and heavy
Fond delivery


Choice fills poise my dear
Heed the vintage cheer
Buy the cast most clear


A collector knows
Precious metal shows
A bright afterglow


There is a feeling
In times so fleeting
So...

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Every night, we take the moon home. 
Split it in half,
and tuck it away beneath our ribs
for safe keeping. I always wince,
because of bruises that never 
heal but her smile kills that pain,
and when we get home
we get to dance under the same
light that led...

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Drive through Jollibee
Enjoyment gift for love ones
Awaiting you home....

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Remember yesterday
Remember the old days
Remember what we used to say
Remember the plays
Oh! We shall never forget
Because we are not set yet
Remember the luscious trips
Remember the hot lips
Remember the posh hotels
Remember the teeny motels
Oh! We shall not go into details
Oh! Remember the tattletales
Remember, remembrance
Of the good...

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I hate to say it, but it's true
You don't like me, I don't like you
It's good to graduate from this place
So I won't have to look at your face....

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