School Eve Poems

Where’d you go, boy - I’ve no way of knowing.
Life without you’s, less fun, than as I was hoping,
if you asked me, I’d have to...

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December came with Christmas beckoning at the door
He saw every house bright with many a lamp
And the whole streets illumined with colorful lights and star
But...

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Sitting surrounded amidst the heap, 

Like a gale or like a storm 
They come every year every month 
All the cheer they sweep aside 
All...

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My latest piece is 422 characters too long for a poem - who decided that?

So, it's under "short stories" 

It's called "eve 2022"

Here's most of...

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Christmas Day has its allure…the gifts…remembering what it’s like to believe
but today I’d like to celebrate the allure of Christmas Eve.

The gifts sit unopened under...

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Time is precious do not waste it.
I watch the swifts circling to leave,
the rhythm of nature moves on
and evening is drawing quickly. 

There is a...

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The poor boy heard Christmas beckoning at the door
He saw every house bright with many a lamp
And streets illumined with colorful lights and stars
But his...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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River chopped
Into rugged blocks
Of ice and powdered snow
Under a covered bridge
The tap of horse’s hooves overhead

Rapids froze in place, agony on her face

A boy growing...

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When I reached the edge of the abyssal night,
in plain view of the condensation of stars,
when "us" was impossible
to carry rolled in my school backpack,
and...

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eve of first school day
mom giving haircuts outdoors
bowl and scissors



posted on June 2, 2018...

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Unwana, Unwana, I have chosen you amongst the daughters of men,
amongst the maidens of my felon tribe, 
to bear the torch of our waning kindred…

Unwana,...

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The Laps of the North
I was going to write about olive trees goats and donkeys 
and ancient stones in the holy land but I keep...

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Sometimes you may feel like you're stuck on the benches of life 
Not knowing if you'll ever get in the game causing you anquish and...

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Black Monday Blues

Pfaah! Tomorrow is Monday, dated the 4th January this year...
The last few days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday were great...
Friday was 1st of January,...

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