Long Kick your heels Poems

On this day 40 years ago in 1978 my mother, Jacqueline Anne Trestrail, left this world after a relatively short battle with cancer - she was 46. Jimmy Carter was President and Annie Hall won...

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Too deeply I think, 
crashing around in my mind
Old age....Approaching death, 
desperation to find
Lost time, old friend
your keeping, a wonder
Moments I've missed and forgotten, much longer
Time I once knew, where you went 
hiding under.
Holding me...

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I squeeze in on the horse’s side,
spurring the mustang to a trot,
he makes his way on this trail ride,
up a hill to a sunny spot.

Three others are along with me,
two strangers and guide, the owner,
there...

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You could feel it in the atmosphere
Things were set to change
The girl from the Midwest was here
And things got mighty strange

She came from Kansas, the mid west
She was country through and through
But when she came...

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The Walk

Roans, chestnuts, blacks and greys
Stand the line in perfect swathes
Tunic buttons and brasses glisten
Brave men sit and for orders listen

The finest horse out on parade
Six hundred men, the Light Brigade
Speedy chargers of sword and...

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Have you ever stopped yourself 
when thinking of your present life and
wishing for a better tomorrow?
Then realized tomorrow is elusive.

Indefinable like an illusion,
as tomorrow is always close
but too far to reach,
yet with patience tomorrow always...

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 ~The Hot Spell Is Over~
Watching the clouds gather
There is thunder in the air
After a beautiful week 
It really doesn’t seem fair
We finally cast off winter woollies
Then sat with hankies on our heads
Tomorrow I suppose...

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You see me, I know
Caked with deepen shade
Everyone teased, but you hurt the worst
When you ignored and walked away

Now limping with a heartache
Disadvantaged with a broken soul
Those physical abuse wasn't their game
Teasing and taunts satisfied...

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Boredom is such a drag it sucks,
It sucks the life away from us.
A waste of time, a waste of space,
There's so much waste we waste away.
We kick our heels and laugh out loud,
we pray our...

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The moon is bright, and the chores are done
Tonight's the night to have some fun!

The harvest in, calls for a night's hell-raisin'
Take me out in the old hay wagon!

Not far to go, where the old...

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Be easygoing, jovial, beaming good cheer,
With a happy-go-lucky coat hiding gloom's smear.
Beaming a carefree heart, shining a joyful grin,
Let's rekindle the joyousness that lies within.

No troubles too heavy, no burdens too large,
Can quell a positive...

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I close my eyes and look back,
always back...
to a time, a place,
to you...
I wonder about you,
often I wonder,
always you...
I loved you dearly,
only you...
love parted,
no one's fault,
just parted...
I longed for you daily,
each hour...
I looked for you...

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