Tribute Couplet Poems

  Martin Luther King Jr. Day is coming again
     Ho-hum, can we all pretend
  It's a deeply meaningful holiday
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Old leaves glow bright before my eyes-
cascade from trees 'neath windswept skies
to twirl and swirl to earth, unbound;
weave colored quilts that warm the ground.

Like a...

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True love is kind-
   a gift to find;
      with take and give-
at ease, two live.

Four eyes must see;
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Oh, worn and twisted, gnarled old tree-
such lovely art in you, I see.
Your huge limbs curve and intertwine
in rhythmic motion by design.

Your crooked, tortured, ragged...

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Happy feast day, today-- my dear St. Clare! 
I love the story of how you cut your hair! :)...

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No words or portents of goodbye
Your leaving had really made me cry.

I thought, you’ll just have your break
To recover with a longer period to take.

Your...

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Honor will endure as honor surely will,
For honor is eternal or its value will be nil.

It's not about fame or the trophies you amass,
It's more...

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He sang of the wreck of 1975
Memorializing sailors who didn't survive 
Honouring heroes in the story he tells
Visiting the cathedral still ringing its bells
29 chimes...

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The last poem Harry Horsman wrote,
posted at PS is worthy of taking note.

The Haiku held my attention, greatly impressed
by its unique title and the sentiment...

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My wife's named Irina, though we all call her 'Mom'
    For her is this tribute, our little Psalm

  She cooks delicious...

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Testimonials, rightly named
    test if money knows no shame...

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I’d be honoured, given my life, so grand - 
My Obituary, drawn by my hand. 

Who strutted in my shoes around the earth?
Exactly, I know...

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On the shores of Gitchie Goomie
    I outlived my silent roomie

  But now I've not a thing to say
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Daisies for you
Begin anew

White petals, with golden heart
Freedom of speech-- brand new start



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Dedicated to Patricia Forde-- author of The List, and The Last Lie....

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Rico, Connie, Milt
    their passing gives us pause

  We are all of us subject
    to universal, immutable laws

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