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No Poem Is Lovely As  A Tree

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.*
Each season's trees, a rare delight.
A stalwart...

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From the west we hear drums drumming,
For the soldiers must be coming,
Voices all around are humming,
The effect is almost numbing.

We will all stand and shout...

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Forgiving relatives are fleeting
Bristling angry, feeling violated
Listing all his bad points
Wondering why she would take him back

Her children are reluctant
Want to stay with grandma, more...

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Won't look a stranger in the eye
   She never ever would say Hi
Security is tight at home
   Ten hidden cameras eyes...

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Once raised by folks who screamed and yelled
He grew up in a living Hell
He hardly knew he acted strange
Forgive him, please, for he has changed

They...

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We’re at the beach where seagulls soar.
All nature and sun’s warmth bring bliss.
I hear soft waves that lap the shore.
Sweet music to my ears is...

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WHEN WOULD YOU ALL TAKE MY SAY

In traditional modern home I’m a daughter
I’m told what I should do, what I should wear
I haven’t grown up...

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WIDOWMAN

He missed the warmth,in her arms
He missed all her feminine charms

He missed the softness of her kiss
He missed contented married bliss

He missed fulfilment in love's...

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On a winter or fall’s eve, dark and deep,
snuggled in my bed, I’ll be fast asleep,
but online (if Sandman acts unkindly);
there is where most likely...

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Oh, the age of innocent play,
And to the park we went each day;
The park at the end of our street,
We would play like we were...

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When I was young and in my prime
I was just an ugly duckling.
I'd stay at home and spend my time
With poetry and my sewing.

Hours were...

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Her tired old eyes lit up bright.
A thankful tear, she could not hide.
A sweet aroma fills her nose;
because he gave a single rose.

Confined to this...

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Hurricane’s torrent forced the river to rise high
Bursting dam left catfish laying on rocks now dry
Writhing and gasping for breath in arid air warm
Lord, bless...

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When your world makes 
my soul worry
and you would not say I'm 
sorry
it is a sign this date will 
die... 
I will be glad to...

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The arms of Christ are ever 
open-wide,
calling us to run to His 
bleeding side,
away from worldly woes 
and tide.
...come oh sinner, be my 
beautiful bride.

The...

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Abandoned in the fifties after the war
A freight elevator stuck between floors
Obsolete machinery, splintered old chairs
In a warehouse in Newark, New Jersey somewhere

Dead air presses...

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The Festival of Lights, Chanukah has arrived
a hopeful time of praise each year revived. 
The Menorah lit, each home becomes a church.
Blessed are You, L-rd...

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Sleigh bells ring, do finish shopping, the countdown is on, 
Be kind enough to spare your precious hours two or more 
Being Indians, we’re quite...

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furnishings make the house-
possessions make it home
possessions make the house-
family makes it home
family makes the house-
a child makes it home
children make the house-
devotion makes it...

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I am Old Glory, a land of the golden west
I lie between the Atlantic blue, and a vast Pacific crest
Where freedom of speech and liberty...

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