Long Ramage Poems

I love to travel anywhere, the more foreign the better for me,
Strange lands and how other people live is very interesting to see.
This travel bug I caught got started when I was only eighteen years...

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“a little time to give... a little time to live, time always means so much”

Before I knew it, I could retire, everyone said it would be so great,
Having nursed for 37 years I got full...

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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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Being a nurse I had a good understanding of medications for pain,
Explained to my Obstetrician I wanted everything, I was not insane,
This was my first baby and being in healthcare had very few perks,
I’d be...

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Well I could write endlessly about Frankie my cute English bulldog,
But when it comes to being a good watchdog, she’s closer to a log.
I do however have a pet that notifies us if someone is...

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In October as each Thanksgiving nears, I reflect on the past year,
I have developed a little ritual that I perform to add some cheer.
Making a list of people who have gone out of their way...

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Do you ever feel like you are losing your mind,
Stand up and speak ~ would you feel so inclined.
Enter a room and ask yourself why you are there,
Re-tracing every step, trying to become aware.
Or telling...

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H awthorne bushes wildly overgrown, line the mud and gravel driveway
A bandoned by a farmer years ago, sold to someone unknown to all
U ntouched by human hands, it now appears to be totally deserted
N oticeable...

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Every time I pass an airport, I wonder where you are,
Looking up in the sky, is that you gliding by the star.
Tall, dark, angular jaw, handsome, the perfect mate,
Had to be the luckiest girl when...

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When problems arise in life, I would turn to my family but they have passed,
As I make hard decisions, heaviness weighs on me that I know will last.
Often with no straight-forward answers to issues, all...

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As the sun moves down and sets behind the distant trees,
You take a deep breath, the perfect time of day, if you please.
Shoulders relax as you sit and reflect on the hours gone by,
Evening approaches...

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Majestic and grand, a wonderous mythical creature,
The central horn on their head is the prominent feature. 
I’m afraid I don’t know much more about the unicorn,
But not sending you a birthday wish, I become forlorn.

So...

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The siren reels coming into the hospital bay,
Emergency staff run, a “Code 4” on the way,
Staff know that it is a serious situation,
A person in distress is coming to this location.

Out of the ambulance, a...

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I awaken to the lovely snorts of my sweet English bulldog,
Frankie sits up in my bed, legs out, looks sort of like a frog.

Toddling down the stairs assessing the light from the window,
We know whether...

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With the death of my parents something changed inside,
Its a secret very deep that I’ve tried so hard to hide,
I keep busy working but admit I often have denied,
There’s not a day go by that...

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Oddity to Perfection

Who is this enigma, what is he about,
You think you know him but its all a facade,
But with every movie, we enter his world,
Another story, another character sometimes a little odd.  

He...

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Only seven years old but always bullied and hurt,
A constant string of hurtful names others would blurt,
Wondered how I’d ever get through grade three,
Figured that was the way life would always be.

Until Mrs. Shrum my...

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Sleeping in your crib, you were curled onto your side,
A thumb inside your mouth, a blanket cuddled in your arm.
Only 18 months old, your baby blue eyes so beautiful,
How could anyone bruise you this way,...

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My Dearest Lee…How we miss thee!
Please come back…here is our plea…
If you’d come back, we agree…
To eat cold Brussels sprouts and a pea
To swim across the Yellow sea
To take you on a shopping spree
To suck...

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LOSS
by~ LEE  RAMAGE

Just as poems paint a picture 
And songs take you on a journey 
How do I keep you with me 
Now that you’re no longer here 
I am pink clay and you...

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I was minding my own business, a smart tabby cat lazing in the sun,
As the chief of this roost, the house diva, the boss of my domain,
Having such a busy itinerary, its really hard to...

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Fall’s fire is written on every deciduous tree, 
A chorus of harmony displayed for all to see.

The first frost paints lace on the window pane,
Patterns and designs are never quite the same,

The smell of burning...

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LOSS

by~ LEE  RAMAGE

Just as poems paint a picture 
And songs take you on a journey 
How do I keep you with me 
Now that you’re no longer here 
I am pink clay and you...

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Where has romance gone, seems so far away,
Memories need to be brought back in sight, 
The sultry nights with my black negligee,
Quiet dinners spent over candle light,
You’d call just to see if I was alright.
So...

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Horizons painted orange and red and yellow and gold,
Means there will be added garbage bags to fill and fold.
Temperatures cool and people begin to move inside,
Soon Influenza is at its peak, you’ve no place to...

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