Long Newburgh Poems

Everything here is true
Just as stated
because it's already happened
or - it has yet to occur - 
but it's very soon to occur
and I have such strong feeling
that the future will be as I see it
as...

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The Newburghers

(A Jazz Talk in Six Parts  -

   Dawn  -  Introduction
   Waking  -  Enter Von Newburgh 
   Genesis  -  The Development
 ...

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They once lived here on Hudson River banks-
     Lenape Indians of long ago.
Beneath our home may lie the underworld
     of spirits that we know to come and...

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My Childhood Home


My lovely childhood home, I miss it so...
built Eighteen Eighty-Six, so long ago.

Three floors, all rooms with mantled fireplaces; 
carved woodwork, archways, spindled winding stair;
cathedral ceilings, sparkling chandelier
in dining room enjoyed on holidays.
Third...

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The Fairy Tale Wedding of Prince William and Sandra


     Married life ahead
          Future wonders and unknowns
      ...

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Fourth Floor of nowhere- had a back room where
I spent some secret time, in younger days;
a huge- yet empty space above the stair
that led me to a new-dimension phase.

Though built late eighteen-eighties, it was home
in...

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The chapel stood with grace against the sky of blue,
in setting of lush grass and trees that framed it well.
Within those walls, dear Sisters prayed to God above;
with them, the spell of peace and faith...

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A living thing I was; I graced your land-
three hundred years and more, I stood with pride.
A focal point to meet with friends to stand,
or drive through intersecting roads beside
the wall that sheltered me, your...

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Hudson Valley, New York


Oh, Hudson Valley, place that I call home,
you hug the river from which came your name.
On fertile banks, the settlers came to roam
and stayed to prosper and your land proclaim.

Your winding Hudson...

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Oh, Balmville Tree, you were cut down.
So many years, you spread your gown
of limbs and branches that reached high
so large and stately neath our sky...
but doomed unsafe before our town.

Three hundred, sixteen years with crown...
a...

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Upon a grassy hill, so long ago,
there stood a lovely 'castle', tall and white;
was built in eighteen eighty-six, aglow
with cozy rooms and firesides burning bright. 
So charming was the winding stairs that flared
'neath grand cathedral...

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I turned around...should not have looked;
   they all were there and set to go.
The time was set, the day was booked;
   today would be the final show.

A tear came flowing down...

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I ride by it 'most every day- the ghost
	that once stood real upon that lovely hill,
		with winding creek, a sprawling velvet lawn
			and pillared, wrap-around, fine spindled-porch
with wide front doors that led inside my home.

My home,...

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Sandra
Who is a poet, artist, retired business owner
Who is warm, giving, sensitive, creative, positive
Who is a loving wife of 56 years
Who is a loving mother of three and grandmother of five
Who is a loyal and...

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There Is A View


There is a view that haunts me so
and breaks my heart each time I pass.
Although it happened long ago,
strong memories of past amass.
This sacred place
I can't erase.

My childhood home stood there, I...

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"La De Dah" and "Lucky Ladybug" were hit songs that were great.
Both recordings were released to the public in 1958.
These ditties had cute lyrics and a fine melody.
The artists were a duet by the name...

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