Miracle Chocolate Poems

You are so beautiful dark on the rich Soil,
Dark and sweet like chocolate,  
Sun shines on your face, 
You remain beautiful dark. 
Sun sets in...

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Bright

The morning is bright, 
even with all the clouds 
that cover the sky. 
It is raining, a little. 
It is misting, a lot. 
The world...

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Ultra-sound

I see you. 
I see you there, 
inside of me. 
How can that be? 

What a miracle you are? 
What a joy to come in...

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Starving

Counting the beans in the garden
that will feed us this winter 
in the cold. 
There are fewer than I remember 
from ever before now
but somehow......

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Ancestors

The poet's daughter 
and the painter's son
found true love 
in each other's arms. 
Together they were married.

Their children were many, 
their hearts were full. 
The...

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A Guest

Little tiny mouse, 
why are you in my house? 
Out the back door, 
there are fields aplenty. 
Down by the creek,
there is water, afresh....

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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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Wisdom For A Coin

The essence of honesty in action, 
a kind word, a special moment. 
Many walk on by, 
and do not even try. 

The...

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The Sitter

They rushed me in. 
I had no time to prepare. 
Talk they said. 
Entertain. 
We will not be... long, 
it was a song.

Fear.
My first...

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Stop Killing My Country

Accused of political banter, 
to speak the words, God Bless, 
and America in the same sentence. 
Bespeaking the fear, 
of being proud,...

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Back in the Box

Empty packages, 
lots of paper, 
refolded for another year. 
Saved, again and again, 
generation after generation. 
Traditions, 
slowly getting too old, 
falling...

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Sometimes I Think

Alas, poor York,
I knew him well? 
No. 
That is foolish, 
and crazy. 
Dressed up for a party, 
at the edge of the world,...

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The Goal Post

In the days that follow, 
Christmas...
We need to consider, all that has passed us by. 
The year has moved with speed. 
Faster than...

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The Passing On 
(things families do, again and again)

The traditions of our house, 
are nearly gone. 
My son will have no children, 
my daughter, does...

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Numbers

Life is measured. 
How much can you do?
Whimsical ideas, 
dashed to the rocks...
in favor of older methods, sure of return.

Courage beyond position, 
ambition to prove...

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