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Kleeman Poems - Poems about Kleeman


Fourscore and Three
...FOURSCORE AND THREE By Leonard Kleeman As I approach fourscore and three I wonder how it would really be If I could go back in time And make that “Road Not Taken” mine. If I could just take......

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Categories: kleeman, age, character, introspection,
Form: Lyric
The Sixty-Fourth Reunion
...THE SIXTY-FOURTH REUNION By Leonard Kleeman We held our 64th reunion just the other day. We were the best class of 1949 we'd say. Just us guys alone (we were not co-ed), The girls came later after w......

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Categories: kleeman, school,
Form: Quatrain



The Way It Was
...THE WAY IT WAS By Leonard Kleeman My daughter said, "I want it to be the way it was." And I said, "My dear, that cannot be" and she cried. I went to my wife's grave and I watched and I waited and I ......

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Categories: kleeman, death,
Form: Free verse
Loss of a Mate
...Loss of a Mate By Leonard Kleeman The loss of a mate is a terrible thing, particularly when wed together for over 50 years. You will miss your mate all the time and for the rest of your life, no ......

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Categories: kleeman, death,
Form: Free verse
Women In Combat
...WOMEN IN COMBAT By Leonard Kleeman Women in real combat, can that really be? The news article had a great big headline. It stated that when outdoors, women can't pee. And, even if it's true, that's......

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Categories: kleeman, courage, patriotic, soldier, women,
Form: Light Verse



Nobody There
...NOBODY THERE By Leonard Kleeman When you lose someone dear it's really hard to bear. You turn to talk but nobody is there. You wake up in the morning and turn to say good day, but there's nobo......

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Categories: kleeman, death,
Form: Lyric
My Red Chair
...MY RED CHAIR By Leonard Kleeman I took a hard fall just the other day and broke three ribs to my great dismay. The pain is deep and very hard to take. I can't even lie down, if just for Pete's sake.......

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Categories: kleeman, health, recovery from..., me,
Form: Light Verse
Talking To a Wall
...TALKING TO A WALL By Leonard Kleeman Did you ever feel like talking to a wall? It isn't hard to do if there's no one there at all. You are all alone and no one is there But you want to talk; for s......

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Categories: kleeman, life, people, voice, people,
Form: Light Verse
Poems At Eighty-One
...POEMS AT EIGHTY-ONE By Leonard Kleeman I started writing poems at the age of eighty-one. I did it because I enjoyed it and it was lots of fun. I thought of getting published but I pushed that all as......

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Categories: kleeman, on writing and words,
Form: Light Verse
Photos On the Wall
...PHOTOS ON THE WALL By Leonard Kleeman I look at the photos hanging on the wall. How I loved those kids when they were so small. And, I loved them still as I got old. They changed a lot but the phot......

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Categories: kleeman, memory, children, children,
Form: Light Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things