Nona Mason italy
...I adore my beautiful Nona giving birth to my father September 14th 1942 this woman from Mason Italy daughter of Masonery family from Rome culture heritage in one woman's journey to America ancestors ...
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Categories:
ellis, allah,
Form: Naat
The 40th Anniversary Of Chef Boyardee's Death
...He was a terrific and skilled Italian chef.
Forty years ago, he took his final breath.
On June the 21st of 1985, Ettore Boiardi passed away.
He was born in Borgonovo Val Tidone, Italy and moved to...
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Categories:
ellis, anniversary, death, food,
Form: Rhyme
WE ARE CANADIAN, EH?
...WE ARE CANADIAN, EH?
We came across the Bering Strait twelve thousand years ago.
We didn't linger long up there – 'twas 99 below!
We wandered south while looking for a Timmy's 'round each bend,...
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Categories:
ellis, humor, pride, song,
Form: Rhyme
MY EXISTENCE
...MY EXISTENCE (AMY)
I walk into the graveyard and see “Amy” on your stone,
And know from family hist’ry you’re not lying there alone.
She was not my mother but I can’t help but know
I owe my who...
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Categories:
ellis, bereavement, death, destiny, fate,
Form: Rhyme
I Feel So Little Send Me what you heard around the worlds said It is Good It feels Like Good Energy
...United States (US):
United Kingdom (UK):
Australia (AU):
Germany (DE):
France (FR
Spain (ES):
Italy (IT):
Netherlands (NL)
Poland (PL):
Sweden (SE):
Japan (JP):
Canada (CA):
T...
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Categories:
ellis, adventure, america, analogy, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Iolanda beautiful bella
...Iolanda I am named after Yolanda
Princess Savoy Italian princess
my patron saint the only saint
of two countries Poland and Hungary
When italian princesses were being
banned from Italian soi...
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Categories:
ellis, angel, art, celebration, inspirational
Form: Kyrielle
HERE COME THE SNOWBIRDS! Royal Canadian Air Force
... HERE COME THE SNOWBIRDS!
Royal Canadian Air Force
Taking off together in a golden afternoon,
Nine Tutors in formation, destination Saskatoon.
To bring a me...
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Categories:
ellis, celebration, flying, military, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
A SONG THAT WILL ONLY MAKE SENSE TO EAST COASTERS! CANADA
...A SONG THAT WILL ONLY MAKE SENSE
TO EAST COASTERS! (CANADA)
A heritage that we all share, our blood is maritime.
We thrill to see the Bluenose, her picture on a dime.
Emot...
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Categories:
ellis, funny, humorous, ocean, song,
Form: Rhyme
KNOWN JUST TO GOD AND ME
...KNOWN JUST TO GOD AND ME
The Unknown Soldier
Rows and rows of snow white stones, no names upon their face.
Thousands more who went to war and left no earthly trace....
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Categories:
ellis, death, grave, history, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
THE EVER DWINDLING FEW - USA version
...THE EVER DWINDLING FEW - USA Version
Beach Omaha
At Omaha an old man stands and limps down to the shore,
Where on this sand he crawled and ran so many years before.
The skirl...
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Categories:
ellis, america, beach, conflict, history,
Form: Rhyme
THE EVER DWINDLING FEW
...THE EVER DWINDLING FEW
At Juno Beach
At Juno Beach an old man stands and limps down to the shore,
Where on this sand he crawled and ran so many years before.
The skirl of pipes stil...
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Categories:
ellis, conflict, courage, fear, soldier,
Form: Rhyme
SILENTLY AWAY
... SILENTLY AWAY (LORRIE)
AS I LIE HERE IN THE DARKNESS IN MY YEARS THEY CALL DECEMBER,
I SEE HER FACE BEFORE ME, HEAR THE LAUGHTER I REMEMBER.
FEEL THE PAIN DEEP IN MY HEAR...
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Categories:
ellis, bereavement, death, depression, grief,
Form: Rhyme
TIME IS LIKE A COSMIC RIVER
...TIME IS LIKE A COSMIC RIVER
Time is like a cosmic river running to a somewhere sea,
As wide as all existence, long as eternity.
Time to be or not to be, time either foe or friend. ...
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Categories:
ellis, change, creation, history, space,
Form: Rhyme
Old Myzie
... OLD MYSIE
“As crazy as Old Mysie” my grandma used to say.
Land company made promises, too good to be true,
To fisherfolk from Isle of Skye, it seemed the thing to do.
Cleared up land and n...
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Categories:
ellis, brother, death, depression, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
Chandra
...CHANDRA
Down to my last dollar, staring at the floor,
As lonely near two million as on Sable Island’s shore.
Another grey Toronto day, the saddest I had known,
No place now to lay my head, ...
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Categories:
ellis, dream, grief, heartbreak, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
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