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On Hearing That Ronnie

for Ronald Hindmarsh-Midwood 
                               ...

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Categories: commemorative, friend, friendship, light, pain,
Form: Elegy

The Bling Ring

Dragon put out his shingle to be a psycho-analyst. 
        He claims he can cure the blues, in one single visit!
Also says he can stop those bent on...

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Categories: commemorative, adventure, fantasy, fun, funny, happiness, happy, imagination,
Form: Light Verse

Broken Planting Oaken Trees

We have tree traditions,
still accessible in diverse backward
and forward
reforesting cultures,
of planting a commemorative tree
when a great and portentous series of loving events
comes to its untimely rest.

Recently
my middle son's lifetime friend
decided it was time to travel...

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Categories: commemorative, caregiving, heartbreak, loss, lost love, suicide, tree,
Form: Free verse

Atheists In Foxholes

Two young men in vietnam 
Sit in a foxhole one night
While chatting and talking about there families
and sharing pictures of each others wives

But along in the Dark distance
Came a bright and shimmering light
The light came...

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Categories: commemorative, death, faith, warfriend, men, dark, dark, friend,
Form: Verse

A Different Dream



I had a dream — 
different ... dark ... obscure
Mine’s wasn’t like Martin Luther King,
it was different
So very dark to the core
In my dream I saw his dream
masquerading as a fantasy
There were separate, reality TV...

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Categories: commemorative, dark, dream, society, visionary,
Form: Dramatic Verse

The Construct of An Essence Forming

The Construct of an Essence Forming

Collaborative custodians of remuneration for the poor
Commemorative symposiums on humans need for wanting more
Symbols of ancient mystery drawn upon cave walls
Thimbles of fragrant misery born from what a man recalls

A...

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Categories: commemorative, beautiful, integrity, international,
Form: Rhyme

'one Stone - Unknown'

you May-
think me odd    perhaps strange 
peculiar and off the wall-
but I
like to wander cemeteries

among    rows       on rows

I love the tranquility
there is a...

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Categories: commemorative, death, inspiration,
Form: Free verse

84 Charing Cross Road

It did not cost a fortune 
and gave her so much joy
I sent a book 
to a lovely friend 
‘twas second hand
though good as new
   
I love the odour 
   ...

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Categories: commemorative, books, giving, love, words,
Form: Free verse

One Stone - Unknown

you May-
think me odd    perhaps strange 
peculiar and off the wall-
but I
like to wander cemeteries

among    rows       on rows

I love the tranquility
there is a...

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Categories: commemorative, heartbroken, memorial, peace, sad,
Form: Free verse

Tsunami

In a matter of seconds it came in a wave,
taking thousands with it to an early grave.
More people dead than still walking around,
soul-less beings with eyes to the ground.
You've told us all of a government...

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Categories: commemorative, death, hope, life, loss, natural disastersbeautiful, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme

The Heritage Seed

I am the cornerstone
In the legend of timeless Oaks
That so profoundly stand alone
Magnificent in strength and age
A noble guardian of longevity and resilience

My permanence and stamina
Is willed to rise above all other trees
Yet hold the...

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Categories: commemorative, allegory, change, creation, destiny, growth, heaven,
Form: Personification

Only a Star

Poet's Notes:
I love this little poem. Kimmy's boss at the hair salon where she works died about a week ago and the family is very private, so there was no funeral to attend. Now the...

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Categories: commemorative, appreciation, bereavement, celebration,
Form: Quatrain

Kerckhoff in the Rain

Do mem’ries of the Inverted Fountain 
Well past midnight with Irene still remain?
Do you recall the way from the bus stop 
To the Kerckhoff Coffee House in the rain?

“From the bus stop, start with Lot...

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Categories: commemorative, memory, rain, school,
Form: Quatrain

For All Mankind

Beyond like a dream 
 unfolding on this historic day 
astronauts head skyward - heroes,
 fools, call them what you may

The world watches in awe
 its genesis where no man has been.
Strange land, a new...

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Categories: commemorative, history, journey, moon,
Form: Rhyme

Kiss Me At Midlight

Kiss Me At Midnight
David J Walker

Ring out the old 
Spill into the streets and strain to see
The new year rise with the commemorative sun 
In your eyes

See if your name is listed 
in the everyday...

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Categories: commemorative, holiday, new year, new years day,
Form: Rhyme

Laurel and Hardy {epitaph}

American duo great humorists by far
                             ...

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Categories: commemorative, death, funny, history, imagination, people, philosophy, sad,
Form: Epitaph