The Last Valentine
...A sultry Sunday afternoon at Shady Acres, unseasonably warm for February. Outside not a breath of air stirs. Heat, a shimmering wall, rises from a blacktopped circular drive. Sprinklers spray, and wa...
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Categories:
blacktopped, age, valentines day,
Form: Narrative
That Banyan Tree
...The village where my father was born.
After many years
Still has not changed
Except that electricity has arrived ,
The road blacktopped has deteriorated,
And thatched-roof ...
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Categories:
blacktopped, nature, remember,
Form: Free verse
Love In the Library
...Love In The Library
by Edmund Siejka
( East Of Seventh, poems by Edmund Siejka available on Amazon)
He was a scrawny kid
In 1st grade his lunch money
Often disappeared
By the 5th...
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Categories:
blacktopped, life, , 1st grade,
Form: Narrative