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Final Days 2-15-02, 8:00 Am

...Well, Pop is resting now.

He didn’t get to go home on Thursday. The Oncologist 
wanted him to have either Hospice or Home Health Care.
                                                               ...

Categories: dillard, dad, death,
Form: Narrative

As I Recall - Introduction

...As I Recall, is a collection of humorous and heartfelt short stories and poetry sharing moments from a life full of laughter and love. I have long wanted to record memories of my chil...

Categories: dillard, books, family, life,
Form: Prose

Petals of the Night

...Such is the beauty of spring,
Filling our eyes with pleasure and
The bounty of fruit the flowers bring.

The silver glow of diamond stars
Begets the beauty of the buds 
which softly beckon 'hear we a...

Categories: dillard, beauty, flower, nature, beauty,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Poet Stamp 2011

...This is for you, Mystic Rose,
The closest cyber encounter family tree, my spree
Harry Horsman, Sara K, summer's gone, let's haiku and play.
Achoo contest, butterflies, Parise Pariku, and the aweso...

Categories: dillard, happiness,
Form: Free verse

Gift of Light

...Starlight rockets from the sky.
Glitter sparkles every eye.
Colored lights have our attention.

An act of nature, or man's invention?
The spectacle forms a brilliant crown,
Circling earth as it...

Categories: dillard, inspirational,
Form: Free verse

Blame It On the Moon

...I dare you to say,
"It's because of the full moon."
My heart is not made of iron.
No magnetism 
Pulls me like the ocean's tide,
Holding me here by your side.

Instead, please tell me
That our hearts ...

Categories: dillard, nature, passion, me, moon,
Form: Choka

Balloon

...Happiness is a bright balloon
On the ceiling of the living room.

Confined in space it can't go far,
A butterfly in a small glass jar.

I watch it bounce and bobble by,
Searching for a big blue sky.
...

Categories: dillard, happiness
Form: Couplet

The Queen of Dillard Holler

...The Queen of Dillard Holler

By Elton Camp

Dillard Holler is down by the railroad track
Some places the street would be a cul de sac
Except that from the very front to the back,
Every house i...

Categories: dillard, angstnight, night,
Form: Rhyme

Raven Made Her Choice

...Perched
upon his resting place, Raven made her call
She
planned to join her lover, using powder and a ball
Gazing
at the markers where the predeceased were laid
She
watched her namesak...

Categories: dillard, death, lost love
Form: Free verse

Speckled Thief

...The Starling is a speckled thief
    that comes with morning light.
He struts upon my porch
    to steal himself a bite.

It wouldn't be so bad 
    if only one bird nibbled.
But, for some unk...

Categories: dillard, animals, funny
Form: Verse