High School Reunion
...My high school reunion:
old classmates,
old friends,
old adversaries,
old strangers
meet after decades
trying to discern
who's who,
who's lived,
who's passed,
who's disappeared...
lost ...
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Categories:
commemorated, anniversary, high school, remember,
Form: Free verse
MEMORIAL DAY 2025
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Memorial Day is the day we set aside to commemorate members of our United States Armed Forces
who died in service to our country… not only for you and me….but so future generations can live free.
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Categories:
commemorated, memorial day,
Form: Rhyme
Flirtation
...Achingly slow the way that we kissed,
enjoying the entrapment we laid in.
You commemorated this with cursive.
The soft swirl and soft hand of cursive
matched us as the paper was kissed.
Italic...
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Categories:
commemorated, emotions, feelings, romance, writing,
Form: Tritina
Leaving a book incompletely read tantamount to being sacrilegious
...Preface:
On February 4, 1861,
the seven states that had seceded
by this point convened and created
the Confederate States of America
under the leadership of Jefferson Davis.
Just under two m...
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Categories:
commemorated, absence, america, anxiety, baptism,
Form: Free verse
Found Hound 14
...The black dog stood out in contrast to the snow drift Arlis found her half buried in.Emaciated she was a light load as he hoisted her onto his shoulder.She appeared to be a Irish wolf hound
with the...
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Categories:
commemorated, family, good morning, good
Form: Narrative
Remembering the Death of Jfk
...Few now remember the horror of November 22nd
The year was 1963, and it seems a long time ago,
But by American history and memories reckoned
The death of the president far eclipsed Mar-...
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Categories:
commemorated, death, memorial, memory, presidents
Form: Quatrain
Entire Landscapes
...ENTIRE LANDSCAPES
a means
of sustaining
the
creative
a seminal
influence
of the
unexpected
an
image
the intensity
of the
visionary
within
boundaries of
the possible
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Categories:
commemorated, poetry,
Form: Other
Today Is D-Day
...Today is D-Day, once a date
Evocative of war
When Allied troops invaded France
In 1944.
By land and sea and air, the soldiers
Stormed the Nazis’ hold
In Normandy, an operation
Sneaky, smart ...
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Categories:
commemorated, history,
Form: Rhyme
You Can Only Die Once
...To commemorate Qu Yuan
The poet and politician
The Chinese has the Dumpling Festival
And the Dragon Boat Festival
In olden days a revolution is rare
And now it is difficult to commence
one too...
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Categories:
commemorated, life, war,
Form: Free verse
The Last Wish
...Jesus has The Last Supper
While man yearns for the last wish
To be fulfilled in life time
In old age
Wow
He wants to travel round the world
What a splendid idea
A lot of money spend
Pouring ...
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Categories:
commemorated, desire, jesus, love, people,
Form: Free verse
Soliloquy of Silent Stone
...Immutably
the rock rests solemnly reposed,
settled in its venerable vigilant venue.
It silently witnesses the estuary of geo tides
muted in indolent vibrations
crafted from the command of taci...
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Categories:
commemorated, earth, image, metaphor, nature,
Form: Free verse
The Holy Week
...THE HOLY WEEK
I reminisce, I miss……
This week is Holy Week and I cannot help;
but to reminisce how we observed the
Holy Week, when I was growing up, that I miss.
Today is Good Friday and I ...
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Categories:
commemorated, missing,
Form: Free verse
Dark Winter Ends, Welcome Spring
...DARK WINTER ENDS, WELCOME SPRING
The first day of winter came with harsh news.
My brother, his wife and son contracted
Covid, then seventeen others tested
positive, for this virus does not cho...
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Categories:
commemorated, spring, winter,
Form: Verse
Celebrating the Fourth of July - 2020
...Today, I was reminiscing about Independence Day celebrations of yesterday,
And how happy throngs commemorated the day as compared to today.
Corona virus and rowdy mobs have seized our orderly domai...
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Categories:
commemorated, america, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
Happy Fourth of July, Or Happy Independence Day
...Happy Fourth Of July, Or Happy Independence Day
On this day we celebrate and commemorate the birth of our nation, The United States of America's Independence from Great Britain's monarchical hold ...
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Categories:
commemorated, america, birthday, celebration, firework,
Form: List
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