Remember
...How do I remember
the breeze of yesteryear,
the scent of pine and maple,
the sighting of the deer.
I remember in the woods
the stars we gazed upon;
when we were cold, we made
a fire;
back w...
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Categories:
bivouacked, childhood, dad, father son,
Form: Rhyme
What happened to my sex drive?
...What happened to my sex drive?
(sung – in a round pussy willow warble - to the tune of --
Oh Where Oh Where has my little dog gone).
Once pronounced libido of mine
took kamikaze nose dive,
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Categories:
bivouacked, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Tapora
...Like Hannibal we crossed the pass and crossed
the Alps (okay, the Brynderwyn Hills)
and a bridge too far on north-west passage.
From out of the Valley of Mizpah
to the fires of perdi...
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Categories:
bivouacked, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Beyond the Evening Sky
...Beyond the Evening Sky
David J Walker
Wide open
The pupils of the universe
Captures the imagination of the
Evening sky
Nothing between the bare brown dirt of the Earth
And the heavens abo...
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Categories:
bivouacked, allegory, sky,
Form: Free verse
Mundus Novus
...Devoid of old qualms and ruing sigh
Wing your arc for purer stratum high,
Past's mortal morsels I urge forsake
For dainty victuals sage angels take.
As mighty Retribution's brooms sweep
Away ...
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Categories:
bivouacked, adventure, allegory, allusion, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
Magic Beans
...Magic Beans Magic Beans
Sure Jack was swacked
On the tip of beanstalk
He was bivouacked
He met a giant's wife
Who gave him food and drink
When the giant came back home
He had to recoil and s...
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Categories:
bivouacked, miracle,
Form: Rhyme
Confederate Private
...Hauteur brigand bound for gratuitous strand
Knows not he is country's chattel, enemy's contraband
As gallant marauders o'er ages spanned
His quest for glory fate will countermand
Gleeful lad starting...
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Categories:
bivouacked, adventure, confusion, war, war,
Form: Rhyme
How the Wood Storks Broke My Heart
...Afternoon, late March, delivering promise
of downtime from errands, long lines at the post,
queues of cars at stoplights, what, if anything, is in
the pantry for supper. A glass of wine is nice, wil...
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Categories:
bivouacked, easter, bird, bird,
Form: Free verse
How the Wood Storks Broke My Heart
...Afternoon, late March, delivering promise
of respite from errands, long lines at the post office,
queues of cars at red lights, what, if anything, is in
the offing for supper. A glass of wine is n...
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Categories:
bivouacked, natureeaster, bird, bird,
Form: Lyric