Long Evelyn Poems

I started out life as Anna Mae Bullock,                           ...

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Dream state yields deep sleep personifications

Upon lying supine - eye shutter lids
into the land of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,
where the sandman beckons and bids
dead to the webbed wide world,
yours truly immune to wakefulness 
despite being...

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Interview with The Most Beautiful Suicide -Evelyn Francis McHale - May 1, 1947

So Evelyn, yours is one of the most famous of suicides, since you chose to jump from the Empire State Building in 1947,...

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The Monster


With evil in hand they travel the land,
Forever searching for the lonely man.
His name unknown, but his story has to be told,
And now he lives in the darkness all alone.


Beneath the moon, his only...

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I lay awake in that dark hour and was reflecting on my life
From all the travelling I had done to the breakup with my wife
I was an architectural painter and was very successful too
And after...

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At the request of none,
Nor the behest of any, except for me.
But it's more than a guess that he has
Contributed to the success of my life.

I sat with an aged man when I, but a...

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I dreamed I was dreaming one evening as I lay
in a garden with flowers thriving
In an old back yard I played in a mystical mood
In the dream I dreamed I was near an old house
The...

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Early in the day o’er in Eastern sky
Dawn comes, then sunrise =
Morning comes over the horizon
Into a new day filled with surprise
Standing in the country garden
While the grass is moist with dew
Pink roses emit their...

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How can I say what is on my heart
A heart that grew up on a farm day and night
It beat with respecting others
Our black neighbor was as loved as the white
What we are seeing today...

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His mother left him as an infant
Only one place that he could go
Into the arms of proxy keepers
From foster home to foster home

He always got along with others
It always felt like family
But just as soon...

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To diary:

Mama, by now, I suspect you are on my trail
to Phoenix, however I do think you figured
it all out-the red herrings... and are instead
on the right path to Seattle. A part me wants
to challenge...

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P S IT’S POETRY WRITE ON WRITE ON CONGRATS TO MY FELLOW POETRY SOUPERS PART 7



any thanks to you selected poets; Of sharing your whispers from God, tho you didn’t know it; Each letters and...

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P S IT’S POETRY WRITE ON WRITE ON CONGRATS TO MY FELLOW POETRY SOUPERS PART 8
Many thanks to you selected poets; Of sharing your whispers from God, tho you didn’t know it; Each letters and...

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The years have rolled by
Hours into days; days into months
Continuous rotation from soft sunrises
To brilliant sunsets on the western horizon
On and on year upon year
Until this tall, slender, white female
Has become an elder, a senior...

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ALMOST
I am thinking about growing up – the miracle of aging – appealing
The excitement that exists is chronologically revealing
Addition of a half makes next older age within grasp fulfilling 
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Your Brother
You didn’t take the food and leave it for your brother
Instead you gave it to a stranger and rushed home to your mother

She was sitting at the table with hot food for you to...

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NATURES OBSERVATION QUEEN

Placed upon this earth; I'm sure at God’s, request
This natures observation Queen is one of the best

Not one colour to her singular, but, lots all abound
An ant would fear her presence as heard...

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Small Packages

She was so cute.
Standing in the check-out line
Pretty dark golden-brown skin
Five foot tall? Not even that, I thought
Seventy years old?  Maybe more
High top laced black shoes,
Black stockings and skirt
Black check with gold stripe...

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...Continued from Part 1...

Poor little Evelyn, her poor physical conditions at birth puzzled local doctors,
It was a mystery she was born with a dislocated hip and a deformed right foot.

And evidence of bone damage whilst...

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Evelyn was a gorgeous woman, sweet tempered and fun.
Larry knew that the second he began to date her, three months ago.
She seemed to be everything he wanted except for one small thing.
She was rather plain,...

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Lord hear my prayer.
                               
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saying good-bye to a love I once knew
realizing it's time to move on and find someone new
letting go of the feelings....devotion, love, obsession
just to name a few
is one of the hardest things I'll ever have...

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An Anthem of Spring
 Evelyn Pearl Anderson

The third month of the year
Visions of snow leaving
Green colors coming on trees;
Springtime begins blooming

Giving meaning to the word “spring”
Derived from old English “springan”
Meaning to spring forth as in...

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An Anthem of Spring
 Evelyn Pearl Anderson

The third month of the year
Visions of snow leaving
Green colors coming on trees;
Springtime begins blooming

Giving meaning to the word “spring”
Derived from old English “springan”
Meaning to spring forth as in...

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Cupid, isn't this your day off; vacation time
February is still a couple months away
though I appreciate the service, the help
why have you shot another arrow in me
This was not my destination, not supposed to be...

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