Birthday Chanukah Poems

Autumnal

The leaves on the big trees on the avenue begin to fall
a giant vacuum cleaner that looks like a truck swipes up 
the leaves in...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Cyrus...

President of the country, 
not like any that came before. 
Or... Like any that will follow. 
Standing in the gap between the flood, 
and the...

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The Task

The tornado that hit my desk, 
has collapsed everything...
into a sinkhole, 
which I doubt there is any...
coming back from. 
Maybe if I organized? 
If...

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Christmas time;
Christmas time;
Christmas time is here.
All that shopping you have done,
make it so dear.
Christmas time;
Christmas time;
Christmas time is here.
The tree looks rare and not so...

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The Forgotten holidays

Written or in this case typed…
correctly; “The” as it was at the beginning correct. 
“Forgotten” as it was naming not the action but...

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Amber Angel

Made of glass, 
from some far off place. 
Brown like gold, 
warm like fire, 
dance upon the logs, 
of every house pyre. 

Love and...

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Standing in Line

Today I will shop, for food. 
I will buy what is needed. 
Beans, rice, milk, eggs.
These are…on the list.

The magic of what can...

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Good Morning

The light from the sun fills the window in the kitchen. 
Not all at once mind you, but at it’s on speed. 
The little...

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I've heard people say I don't believe in Christmas.
That is hard for me to understand.
If you believe in God and it is His birthday.
Than how...

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