Birthday Hero Poems

Born in New England in the wake of the Civil War,
Her folks fled Irish famine and landed on our shore.
At age five, she took sick,...

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Grandpa Francesco Proia,
from Caserta, Italia,
a clever stowaway 
in the bowels of the ship
bringing him to Ellis Island,
Feb. 4, 1905.
Gruff ways,
often snarling a guttural “Huh,”
a lack...

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Blurred lines,
Confusion.
Ties broken.
I am standing ,
In middle of two oceans.

Black and white?
No it's grey,
Hurricanes ,
Collided ,
I can't look nowhere else.

I am going to explode ,
Help...

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Bartholomew Barton; his friends called him Barty
Eighteen years old but no birthday party
Slumped in the mud, a gunshot to the shoulder 
But unlike his comrades...

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I salute you Gandhi, Mahatma!
On your birthday, your authentic dogma:
Truthfulness, tolerance and ahimsa,
Principles that changed the nation's Naksha...!
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You moved, like Indian saints, half-naked,
Though, to serve...

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I hear them say,                                          ...

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Happy birthday Kris
For the Good Times that I’ve known
The hungry years were lean to me
Yet you made me feel at home
Searching in the darkness
For the...

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J-ust remember the life
O-f our national hero; 
S-imply think of his patriotism, 
E-mulate his vision for tomorrow.

R-eminisce his language mastery, 
I-ntelligence and courage to face...

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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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The atmosphere can be over there or conveniently 
near, as I look upon God's creation, 
my eyes could begin to tear.
The emotion of nature is...

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Call him Nzioka, Nau, umau he still stands tall,
Lived a century and  lived to see a  millennium,
Yes he was captured by Mau Mau...

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One hundred laps Captain Tom did walk,
His zimmer leading on,
Determined and heroic,
Until his task was done.

This centenarian soldier,
Who’d served his country well
Vowed he would join...

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Corona Virus



For these are terrible times
COVID 19, 
The modern plaque,
The tragedy of our lives 
Medical personnel at the frontlines 
Armed with rubber gloves and face...

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The Fact(s)

It started with a poem. 
Penned in by mistake. 
Then it ended up in a letter, 
that later turned into an email. 
That was...

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Knock, Knock

Mom. 
I missed my bus. 
I am going to be late. 
Class will start without me. 
They will be mad..
at me. 

Mom.
Are you up...

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