Life List Poems

“Little boxes on the hillside; Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes on the hillside; Little boxes all the same” 
from first verse of “Little...

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Dear God:
Thank you for this amazing day and for the gift of life you’ve given me.

Thank you for providing me with everything I ever truly...

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Brahmacharya Rules
You keep your diet right.
Avoid criticizing others.
Be silent for some time during the day.
Don't talk to anyone unnecessarily.
Be conscious of whatever you do.
Spend some...

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A “PAPA” coffee cup
Not quite as old as
Those who gave it to me.
An old metal stapler,
Part fastener, part weapon.
27 pencils which
Can never be found when...

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make love to her mind before you engage her body

melt her with mellifluous metaphors
arouse her with amorous alliterations
romance her with rapturous rhymes
tempt her with tantalizing...

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If I could take the music you left in my head,
if I could bring those moments back to life;
If it would work to keep you...

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Planting a tree that bears sweet fruits 
Tracing the dawning of my roots 
Writing a book that bears my name 
Beating the odds in my...

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To experience the Great Pyramids of Giza 
see them with my own eyes;
To experience Italy would be a dream,
or just eat my way through the...

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Some people find it difficult to say thank you to your married partner.  One can hardly stress the importance of saying thank you to...

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Time... Let it roll on, take its toll on
Life... Let it go on, keep the show on
Song... Let it croon on, put the tune on
Dance......

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In gratitude may we flourish…


I’m grateful for:

My coloring books and crayons
            The memories of...

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Articulate,
Becoming,
Circumnavigate,
Discerning,
Extrapolate,
Finishing,
Graduate,
Hoping,
Inaugurate,
Joking,
Karate,
Loving,
Mitigate,
Needing,
Operate,
Praying,
Quadruplicate,
Reaping,
Summate,
Trying,
Ultimate,
Vetting,
Workmate,
Xeroxing,
Zoning.

If I had to choose one above all others apart from Loving it would be extrapolate because to be able to extrapolate gives one ...

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One passing day come the end of March
just before or after I now can barely
remember as so far back was it

The clock's jumped forward or...

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In the shadows of solitude,
When darkness engulfs my fortitude,
My friends become a guiding light,
A beacon shining in the night.

With their words, they ease my pain,
And...

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Skiing Is… 

Skiing is…
Alpine thrill ride on four inch boards
Boggy in the bumps – a schuss to the lodge
Carving a turn leaving icy rooster tails...

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