Long Lafayette Poems

In June of seventeen seventy-eight
General Clinton led British troops north,
forced to abandon Philadelphia,
he now marched leisurely for New York.

He knew American troops shadowed him,
and he realized that he had a good chance
to draw Washington out...

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...He reformed the routing patriots,
formed a line atop a rise, Perrine’s Hill,
brought in General Knox and the artillery,
commanding the mass through sheer force of will.

He needed to buy time for the main force
to march on...

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We are in the age of raging time,
rhyme and reason down the drain
 with our coffee grinds,
quick views and videos, terror on the tubes,
smart-mouths cursing
between commercials
repeating Breaking News.
Find somehow a parking place,
stand in line, glazed...

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St. James Discernment Question Answers
Thank you answering these questions and helping the Discernment Committee
with it's work.

From: James Thomas Horn 
#1 Remember a moment that was a high point, when you felt our church was doing...

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man created thunder awakening brooklyn with the promise of hell to come
if god is generous it will rain on the night of unregulated fire works
for dogs and cats not to fear the roar of drunken...

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Dad never knew his father.  That soldier died in a war.
All Dad heard was brief stories of the man that went before.
Grandma had some pictures and some medals on a wall.
But Dad never knew...

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Foundation.
I took some flowers to the cemetery and saw a man in deep conversation 

And wondered what he might be saying?

Love of a lifetime at Lafayette

(A lone voice whispers)

I once ran for a rare taste...

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Monroe*,Shreveport, Alexandria*, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge*, New Orleans*, 
support the  woman who has either visited or lived there before. She's coming straight from 
the top of the bottom of the map. She wrote...

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We, pedestrians, who love open range
walk in and out for freedom and bread.
It is now high time for autumnal change
And the city streets are propelling us ahead.

Reality is contained and so in it is my...

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aspirante suono escono abitare come violino, 
per aprire la crescente punteggio su par

con quelle che parla delicatamente, si trova

diretto dal piano di un parente prossimo.

 

essa sollecita più in pace mentre a dissipare,

la prua ha...

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I always considered you littered my home,
Small knickknacks adorning overcrowded shelves.
The marble statues you bought from lovely Rome,
I leave them there, a memory of ourselves.

And in gay Paris, you just went mad with joy
Those miniatures...

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~A Wooden Cross~


South of Lafayette on interstate 65
I saw a wooden cross.

The roadside monument,
weathered and grey,
was a tribute to a loved one
who lost his life in a car crash.

At 70 mph I only saw it...

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I lost my outside cat tonight
a dear to me I am drenched in tears
as I will miss the company
of rubs  and what not
looking for a meal and share of fleas

my heart broken again
all old...

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