Long Halifax Poems

When you have finished your work, I have something important to tell you all 

Come in closer, closer, I remember walking down 54 street on a cold December in Manhattan 

I had just finish with...

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Let me tell you a story . . . 

The RMS Titanic steamship was the largest 
and most magnificent ship in the world (at the time)
high as an 11 story building 
and long as 4...

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

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Hannah Crockroft has cerebral palsy from her birth, 
And having CP myself, she’s kind of special to me, 
Because CP is not derided anymore, much, as alien, 
But is called brain damage, not your own...

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Moneylender seems me Pickpockets 
When they lend money on variable rates,
And charge their hidden costs. 
They promised to charge lower rates,
But sometimes their costs are the cost of life.
I applied mortgage on variable rates with...

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~Amber silents, daylight violets;
Custom stares;
Love comes here;
I wave you into the Harbor of Halifax.*

Love is where there is caring faith;
Loves committed grace;
A chance we come together;
Sail to the ends of the earth with me.

Writing this...

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This is not Miami, the real site
of the sea grape.  This is a wannabe--
a biker town, a speedway town.  Not 
the fabled city of Dream Whip clouds
expressed into a flawless sky.  ...

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It's good to be modern, don't you think? 
Bowling alley, skating rink. 
If we moderns want a swim, 
we drive our cars down to the gym. 

We've mastered plastics, studied steel, 
no fears about tomorrow's...

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Come visit us under pink tinged twilight skies..
among boughs borne under a song laden tree. 
In fair view of land, meadows green coiling rise,
one hundred twenty counted souls, and me.

The older children play, running in...

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We loved the land
We tilled the earth, under sun we toiled
We pledged our souls, to nature’s whim
The King of France none to pleased

We took the sacraments
We held our faith, mournful to fates embrace
The British demanded...

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On a chilly December day in Manhattan, I had just finished a job interview. Despite my frustration from two years of job searching, I thanked the almighty for another day. As I walked down 54th...

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From Andover to Anaheim
Bangor to Boise
People speak up
Come on, get noisy

From Carteret in Jersey
To Cameroon far away
Speak up everyone
If just for one day

From Detroit to Dallas
Eaton to Ecuador
Come on everyone
Speak up some more

From France and...

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Tiny boardwalk along the Halifax River
Waiting to see what “catch” nature will deliver

Royal Palms’ fronds rustle in fall’s gentle breeze
No noisy distractions from teens on their jet skis 

Cute baby seagull swims above my fishing...

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Rachael Hood hacked into the Royal Bank, 
HSBC, Santander, the Bank of Scotland, 
The Clydesdale, Barclays, Lloyds/TSB and the Halifax, 
Got into each and every managers’ accounts, 
Took ninety percent of their bonuses, 
And left...

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People ask me all the time; do you miss where you used to live?
In ways I do
I miss my friends, my family, and the music all around downtown Halifax
I miss going to the cute little...

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Is part of Halifax 
This island is 42 km. long
It is the equlvalent of walking
In sand from downtown Halifax
All the way to Peggy's Cove

Sable Island has 500 wild horses
After surviving centuries of the winter
The exact...

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Life is short, or so they say
That’s why you must remember to get away!
It’s important to remember take a break and relax
If only to get away from my town called Halifax
My family are packed and...

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"‡ Captain Courageous ¥ Twirling & Swirling Atop The Tides Of Time ¥ Dropping A Dime In The Jukebox Sublime ¥ To Play One Last Song Amid A Sweeet Loves Rhyme ¥ Captain Courageous ¥...

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SUNSET ON PLANET HALIFAX


The sun peeped through the morning clouds
He thought, “What should I do today?”
His answer came, so quick, so proud
I'll set with a dazzling array

The hours passed and now it's late
The sun must...

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Since Brig Copenhagen was only four 
days out of Liverpool, there remained some
distance to cover. Because it was more
nearer winter bad weather had to come.
Ship needed to reef sails before they tore.   ...

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Angels looked over him as he was born in Halifax on a rainy Monday. It was the first of May in 1950. No one is around to remember the time of day or night, only...

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The governor galloped toward the gallows
Goblins, ghosts, ghouls gathering in the hallows.
Witches and warlocks wandered in with the weather.
Halloween hurried and harried, hawking heady heather.
Jackpot jack-o-lanterns jabbered with a jubilant jab.
Harboring happiest Halloween Halifax ever...

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There once was a man from Halifax
Who refused to pay all of his tax
He failed the audit
Although he fought it
Now in a jail cell he tries to relax

He was sent to a prison for white...

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