Long Alberta Poems

Grandma 85

She sits across the table 
from the best hand she has ever been dealt 
Her four Aces,  
The greatest joy of her life
Her most favoured and loved children

She has not always been dealt...

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Should my city have been treated like a hotel?
should someone have checked for the vacancy or no vacancy
before we let a bunch of rich people move in
to jack up our rental rates before Christmas
and send...

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You came home from Quebec,
you were never alone; 
              
            ...

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Whats in the news today
and how much snow is on the ground
they say in the paper there is 2 600 homeless people
in my home city
but word of mouth and the people who work...

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Alberta “Jean,” the different one was she
since her birth and among her family.
This redhead born of parents with dark hair
had felt herself an odd plain duck; in prayer
she’d kneel and on her father’s farm was...

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do you remember this place by the ocean?
these coastal mornings with their Arena air
the wind from the crab dock almost strong enough 
to be swept away,
running from growling raccoons
randomly reading names on boats-

The way I...

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The metropolitan area consists of everything like theaters, museums, restaurants, and a lot of hotels and skyscrapers. But most of all, the cities are filled with public transportation(city buses, subways, trains, taxi cabs, and airports,...

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Let me tell you a story ...

The story of Wolverine is so vast that I would need much more space,
     though, I will tell you what I have gathered about...

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The glaciers swept over the corridors of North America standing in the back yard of Alaska they carved out the great lakes in Alberta, British Columbia  and Montana and, gazes at you  from...

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Alberta, is a province in Canada.  It encompasses mountains, boreal forests,
six hundred lakes, foothills, grassland, parkland, and the Rocky Mountains.
A vast province full of picturesque scenery, fabulous cities, a tourist attraction
with so much...

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God is sovereign over pandemic
Vanquishing miserable health-crises
He knows what is best, blessing wellness-zest
As His people trust His omnipotence.

With God’s omniscience in nature’s event
He’s not surprised with the COVID-19
Allowing such record in history
Though causing community lockdown...

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How usurping, how intact
the problem rising from my lack
the power line cord's react
chewed or lightning hit, blew stack!

Installed in '70's, contract
before the codes became exact
with lightning striking, breaker blew
the meter gauging it snapped too!

My simple...

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A young boy sits upon his grandfathers lap,
he asks him why he moved to Canada.
Every time he gives the same reply,
“ O'Canada the birds sing, its a delightful thing,
and to me the maple trees are...

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Streams are running quickly and the snow’s still on the ground
When lightning strikes the mountains and there’s thunder all around.
It’s raining in the foothills and the water’s coming down.
It’s headed for the city, to the...

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One has a rallying spear 
Other has a chomp to fear 
But on the weekend to give gratitude 
A Seminole and Gator won’t be showing any attitude 
Cancelled is their rivalry match 
Neither one will...

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Scapes and Tales
Hearts and Fences
Tales of Joe Louie McMar

Book 1 - Canadian Bacon

Of Belle and Beaux
When I See You I Miss You
Marjorie and Isabella
The Jester and DeLilah
Peaches and Cream
The Struggle
Laura Can You Hear Me
Laura
Laura Mean
Canadian...

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Covid waves swept unabated across the world,
Canada and USA were by no means exceptions,
especially, Alberta, Texas and Florida (ATF)
that suffered the severe brunt of infection.

The data of ATF show huge spikes of Covid cases
with the...

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I greet the morning with anticipation, bubbles 
of excitement inside, straining forward to walk 
outside and stroll among the flowers my hands 
have planted and cared for over the past years, 
the weigela from our...

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THE LANGUAGE OF THE MOUNTAINS




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The suburbs have been a part of the lives of all Americans, especially that of the  awesome Caucasians. It's been affecting the lives of all U.S. citizens since the day frozen TV dinners were...

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Skye Sweetnam is one of the best female rock stars the world has ever seen. She's from the
suburb of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her music is so amazing, it's like I'm at a mini rock
concert outside...

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AA     TO     DF,    THE COMPLETE    LIST  
   

AA  automobile association – UK’s best
AB  Alberta  -...

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Rock music from Canada is as awesome as rock music from the United States. It's like a music festival just outside of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It seems that the Canadian rock stars have outdone themselves,...

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TOP   TEN  MOST  BEAUTIFUL   SIGHTS   I  HAVE  SEEN


Photo of my wife  holding a rose 
Some years ago  in a hotel in Tallinn, Estonia....

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Piecemeal summer dies;
the spread of long winter blanket again.

For ten years I have lived in exile,
locked in this rickety cabin, shoulders
jostled up against open Alberta sky.

If I were young again I’d sing of the coolness...

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