Long Ernestine Poems

New Years Day 2017
A New Year, a New Start
St. Francis Hospital

Blocked from my memory is a segment of time. (a few days) I retain only angelic sounds from six songs, running not in succession but...

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St Francis Hospital
New Years Day 2017
A New Year, a New Start

Blocked from my memory is a segment of time. (a few days) I retain only angelic sounds from six songs, running not in succession but...

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She writes like Maya
She sings like Aretha
She dreams like Coretta
She reads like Oprah
She speaks like Barbara
She plays like Serena
She rocks like Tina
She rolls like Donna
She entertains like Diana
She cures like Maria
She paints like Edmonia
She kicks...

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Happy Birthday " Mr. G. "
by; Tom Wright
8/00

I vision an aging, gentle, man,
in recliner, set quite apart.
I oft wonder what you're doing,
and of the thoughts within your heart.

I conjure visions of you sitting each day,
alone...

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Springtime In Shell Knob
By: Tom Wright
2/16/1999

Springtime in Shell Knob
will be a special place this year.
If you intently listen
the bird’s new song you’ll hear.
It will seem as though in unison
things will begin to sprout.
From winters sleep...

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Ernestine and her friends sweet sixteen
Jean   Irene   Josephine   and Pauline

Dolled up in glamorous aubergine velveteen
Dreamt of being harvest queens on Halloween

Living it up Eugene drove their limousine 
Directly to...

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To My Lodestar
On 
Anniversary 53
By: Miracle Man
8/27/2018

Today we celebrated anniversary number fifty-three,
Ernestine thought at the start she’d soon change me.
Now she says the excitement has been too hard to bear,
Like “Eating mashed potato sandwiches”, while...

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I  the fisherman,
you  the Queen,
we ate the candy in between,
the lobby and the mezzanine,
you took the time to read a book
and taught the servant s
how to cook
though royalty n'er took a look.

We squandered...

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Luke 2:6-7 King James Version (KJV)
 
And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished 
that she should be delivered, and she brought forth her firstborn son, 
and wrapped him in swaddling clothes,...

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Life's Burdens
By Tom Wright
Oct. 24, 1997

At times when I'm beset
with daily trials,
or burdened down with cares
that life can bring.
The smile that graced my face
has suddenly vanished,
within myself 
I have no song to sing.

Then all at...

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Joleen I love you
Without you I’m dead.
Without you I suffocate.                
I cry in my heart.
It’s just hard to explain
I feel...

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Second Chances 2
Written: by Miracle Man
1-21-2019
Shortly after SCA
 Had kicked my keister,
I saw my cardiologist 
Just one day past Easter. 
He dubbed me Lazarus 
Upon entering the room,
Referring to my clinical death 
I had reason...

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To My Darling Wife, Ernestine
On Our 34th Anniversary
By: Tom Wright
7/29/99

If I merely said I Love You
or that you happen to be my best friend.
Would this, My Darling, be enough
as we continue toward life's end.

Would I...

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An inner beauty that never fades,
is what to others you display.
Never diverse in degrees or grades,
But unchanging throughout each day.

Your inner thoughts a smile betrays,
And heart oft dangles from your sleeve.
You radiate rooms with luminous...

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Of all God's many blessings,
The greatest would be my wife.
She looked beyond my many faults,
When agreeing to share my life.

She's always been there at my side,
Throughout our married life.
God knew what He was doing,
When choosing...

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Happy Birthday
Shirlene

You make us smile, sometimes laugh,
and even cause some tears to flow.
You’re the part we kept from the chaff,
and thought of more than you know.

You’re a God sent breath of fresh air,
that brings life...

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The “Widow Maker”
Written: by Tom Wright
The Protected One
2/27/2018

The words “Widow Maker” eased from his tongue,
During life’s lowest ebb Ernestine was given this news. 
My chances looked grim, and on prayer, my life hung,
Then the death...

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Couplets For The Birthday Girl
By: Miracle Man
2/3/2023

I see life as a book and each day another page,
and the farther we read we become quite sage.

If dinner could be on us and I write you a...

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There will never be one above you
You're elevated, above my best friend.
You're fresh air on a stagnant day
You're the balm that makes me mend.

You're the smiley face on my morning
You're a cool drink when I'm...

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Valentines Day,  2003
Ernestine
By
Tom Wright
2/03

You brought to my life,
your wonderful smile,
Working side by side,
we've shared each mile.

You've always been faithful,
loving and giving.
The first of all prizes,
making life worth the living.

You've taken it well,
whenever I've chosen...

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The time that came to us before
Lurks in our past in disarray.
It is never far from quick recall
Should we opt to review someday?

The time that waits for us to expend
Who knows what number it portrays.
Our...

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