Memory Day Poems

"God sends pets without wings so no one will suspect they are angels ..."  Unkown

Angels come in all sizes
Never knowing when they will appear
Great fur coats to...

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A clear-beaded mousie
with a pointy black nose,
twitchable beaded tail,
and ruffly yellow clothes.

The tail can tilt her head--
she nods without a squeak!
Quiet little church mouse,
I bought...

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Like yesterday, bitterness clings to my tongue
That memory refuses to be undone.
February 14th, a cherub's play,
His arrow struck, leading me astray.

A tiny angel, drapped in...

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Each dawn, I wake up to the ghost of your voice,
Your words I once cherished, now haunt my choice.
For without your tender touch, the night...

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a small cloud passed white

against a dark blue sky

curved, for eyes like mine,

remembering eyes like yours.

a small cloud igniting 

another heart

to burn along its way

that...

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the lake where they hid
a memory

their song
sublimated

a cattail beaten
remnants taken by wind

a semi roars past
someone calls progress

someone says
ninety percent chance of rain

someone says
dance barefoot through...

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No one there to bother

A child and her father

Walking slowly hand in hand

Over cool pristine sand

The sun so scorching hot

Over there a perfect spot

Such a...

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In the mirror, one day, the stranger will stand and you will gaze long,
The shadow of what was, shall fade into the unknown to be.
You...

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I’m just an old man in a blazer
Here to try and tell the truth
About that longest longest day 
That brought an  end to my...

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I Loved You

Falling in love is wonderful.
Staying in love impossible.
Romance we followed a dance
we end up forever in a trance.
Happy Father's day, dear dad.
You left....

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1. If you could look into your future and choose one day to see what would happen, what day would that be and why...


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When death...

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I didn’t know why the sky suddenly fell on us,
we got deracinated, turned into derelict drift wood, 
until mother floated far, found an alien anchorage...

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O Mardi Gras, how I long for thee
The carnival season of music and glee
The colorful floats, the beads, and the masks
The joyful crowds, the drinks,...

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As the autumn of my life approaches, a bit of memory fades,
But I still recall very special times from my primary grades.
We did things then...

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I wrote this poem about the young men and boys of various countries who fought in the first world war . Forever Remembered.



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