Long Lafrance Poems

Kit

Before I opened the carton,
   I’d chose the name Kit,
      Thinking of strong Wild West women.

Our little girl, Gigi, ran to my bedside, barking
   Excitedly, “A...

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cold rain
to slow-streak the
glass I watch you through -
you and your
christ ...
the ginger bread man,
sugar daddy savior, all that
I was not, (and less) ...
choices of
compromise, to provide
the lifeblood of your
"needs" ...

you, admiring
your bullion reflection in...

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*Note:  A 60-year annual tradition that involved a mysterious visitor leaving three 
roses at the grave of writer Edgar Allan Poe on the anniversary of his birthday 
ended in January 2010.  Curators of...

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Daddy left Mommy, when I was two
She really didn't know what to do
Four little children under the age of six
Was a situation, she just could not fix

Christmas was coming, she didn't have a dime
The bills...

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This is how it feels sometimes when I try to communicate with my husband.
Hello.  Welcome.  
Would you like to connect? 
Processing.  Please wait.  
Your husband is not responding. 
Would you like...

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Geraniums have always been my favorite flowering plant,
with their vibrant burst of colors with warm spicy fragrant scents.
Nostalgic memories of going to my Grandmother’s house in Spring.
Sitting on her sunny porch, her smile as bright...

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“when I left her side she said something, nothing of great importance,
I did not know those were her last words...”

It’s been three years since you have spoken to me,
Your voice I hear in my head,...

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Church on a Cliff by the Ocean....

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.`  ~.~                          ...

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Can you imagine a world where folk 
would have genuine respect and 
acceptance for one another?

I believe those two characteristics 
would bring unity all over the land.

I want to live on a planet where love...

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Being cracked is no better than being shattered or broken. 
    Ask a heart if this is true.     ~ Quote by poet ~



Morning broke at the crack of...

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Fascinated by the dark waters—what lies beneath the harried waves? Cold clings with liquid silk and seaweed; her tail impresses, her flippant lips drown sailors. They smile for the camera, teeth white as their sails....

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“Grief is just love with no place to go”
                          ...

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I found her in my garden among the Gardenia's
a solitary little sprite with wings
she was tiny and luminous
perched upon a flower petal
a mythical and magical creature
and I was enchanted
to have my very own garden sprite
the...

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Music of My Soul 

The earth ever composes mystical arias for me
That taste the splendor in thunder’s profusion,
Then touch the silent metronomes of lyric waves free
To hypnotize my pulse in movements of fusion.

The sounds of...

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Proud of my red coat, that others admired,
         or was it the charm and wit I had, that they desired?
       ...

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My muse opens my eyes to starlight, when in darkness I would cower.  
                    ...

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  "You Are A Rose In My Bouquet"


When I think of you, I cry and smile,
you are such a good friend to me, Linda-Marie.
So thoughtful, so warm and compassionate,
with you by my side, life...

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            Our seconds- they drift by each day-
                ...

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I watch the news on television
from my safe Canadian city (for now)
and see the unbelievable destruction
by Russia on a peaceful country
and I hate what I am seeing
Putin is surely an evil man
then, I listen to...

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The thought of endless is so hard to grasp;
   we live on Earth where most things are finite.
Ideas of boundaries, minds must unclasp-
   can't vision an unbroken, boundless sight.

We live on...

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I have been gone for a while
needed time to regroup
this delectable mixture
this poetry soup

When I am not here
I wonder with query
uplifting comments of Karen Leary

Kristin Reynolds my friend
this is not a wrap
as she weaves you...

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Shadow of Dreams

Look at this HOUSE – shadow of dreams 
Of hands once strong with hope –
This empty shell echos
Dreams once dreamed
Where promise once sat
On a PORCH decorated
With swings sheltered by FERNS
Hung from a ROOF...

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My laptop is a very pretty shade of purple,
     I open her top gently and dust off her keys;
        Calmly I press the start...

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Heart Song Separation

“We got separated from us last week and I haven’t found you since.”   Poet’s Quote

Too long my heart we beat in arrhythmic clashes
 Languishing in sudden cardiac heart arrest
Out of sync...

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Our choir cantata won't take place this year.
We lack the space to be six feet apart
on stage or in the choir loft, but the fear
of Covid can't crowd Christmas from ONE heart!
All congregants will sing...

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