Long Silver gray Poems

Memories of a Green Beret

“Where have all the soldiers gone, Long time passing,
Where have all the soldiers gone, Long long time ago,
Where have all the soldiers gone,
Gone to graveyards, every one.
When will they ever learn?
When...

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If my lifevest were a donut that floated, I could float and eat happily for a week.

I was alone amid the choppy sea, baking under a watchful hot sun - 
Near me were scary fins;...

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Last Will and Testament

I think ?, I have known all along
that one day, you would be gone,
as the days – for me – where few,
not much left – for me – from you.

Everything I have...

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Slipping into my silver-gray SUV
Nicknamed  " Sly Buster Cruiser”
I speed off down the rocky, off-highway road.
Twisting and reeling like my wired mind,
windows down, sunroof open,
(Annie Lennox groveling on the CD player),
reckless noon rays on...

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Care not I for the day at noon, 
   air filled with the humidity of June,
      Where is my full mystic moon, 
     ...

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A Sequel
To
The Weathered Old Barn
By: Tom Wright
11-3-04

A stranger came by just the other day,
with an offer that set me to thinking.
He had seen my old barn from the state highway,
and up my driveway he sped...

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No snow has fallen yet,
daises still soak up sunlight,
no wind makes them shiver;
grannies gather outside and chat,
many have silver-gray hair.

Little sparrow afraid of winter
trembling and imagining snowflakes
and that Northern wind with furious gusts,
it's December and...

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The Bitter End of the Road

Travelers coalesce as if from as dense fog 
about the grounds of the retreat.
The lodge shimmers silver-gray
amongst the changing autumn woods.
The gravel way diminishes in rearview mirrors
with the pinging sound...

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Wizard Dream Feather

Four ancient stone cups filled with potions
Distinctly different spells filled to the top
Consumed by a bearded, ancient, wrinkled man
Downed from left to right in perfect sequential order
Down to the wizard mystic world enchantment...

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As Dawn cracks over the horizon
The small crescent moon takes a bow
Greeting her was a delight 
For she paints silver in his hair

The moon was hardly visible
Painted the same shade of blue
That the sky chose...

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Inner self renowned free; owned only by me in the thicket of the woods which is ticket to the 
goods. Lovely dew drop, tear drop worries obliterated by the sun. Rings true that I don't...

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Country Cafeteria

		in Shelby County,
		Illinois, 1989

The two weeks
I spent in that small town
on assignment, I saw no blacks 
except for two older women 
regal in every way, 
hair coifed in silver gray,
working in the Country Cafeteria.
They...

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A Broken Tomorrow:

As I slowly lay my head to rest,
The moonlight glow falls softly on my face.
Staring into days gone by,
Your silver gray shadow silenced my cry..
    -----o0o-----

Painful moments from the past,
Turn...

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Feeling lonely I drove my car into the countryside
 The hot sun scorched the earth that day
With picnic in hand I wanted to drink in nature
Finding a secluded spot under a tree near a field
I...

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I looked at the world through 
my silver gray bars.
Sad and alone 
the only thing I could do was 
reach out and feel the 
wind on my fingers.
Trapped in by the sadness,
guilt, and pain i...

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Quietly the red and gray ship slips out the river's mouth. Guided by the pilot's skilled
hand between the buoys into the open sea.  The red paint a warm contrast to the soft blues and...

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Bless are we with peace, in the midst of pain or joy, a pet, a joyful, 
full of warm loving life, a spirit that finds a place in our heart. 
 Quote _ by poet


My...

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He was my prince,I fell in love with him,
Tall and handsome, and muscular.

His handshake when I met him,
Warm and strong, lasting forever in my memory.

He has beautiful blue eyes and when he smiles you could...

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LATE AUTUMN
by Gregory Firlotte

I sit by the window 
at dusk
as the world outside 
disappears slowly
one moment 
after the other
and the silver gray sun 
takes shelter 
behind barren trees
to seek
another place 
to shine once again
for someone...

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Phyllis, Oh Phyllis 

to my dearest friend Phil

our time together was just one great big thrill

those times that we hung out at the senior citizen's center hall

we socialized with old friends and simply had a...

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The cat sat on the windowsill, 
And stirred a little in his sleep.
Each breath a cloud upon the glass 
And outside the snow was falling fast 
The children all went out to play,
But he couldn’t...

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The day was Valentine's day,
We had a social in our cafe.

I went up to my handsome prince,
 Asked him if I could hug him.

Come to love him as a friend,
He said I could give him...

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LOVE WEAVES A MYSTERIOUS MAGIC SPELL 
It knits a great tale for the praising souls to tell 
The hearts caught in its colorful threads
Cast a glowing flame that spreads 

Even the blades of a thousand...

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Inside my aqua dream, a man, bright-eyed,
stood beckoning to me in ocean’s tide.
I saw him from the shoreline of a bay.
His eyes, reflecting blue of water’s spray,
were tinged with green, and I was mystified. 

A...

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A parade of folk 
fixed on wedge-shaped skyscrapers
faces punctuated by grins wider 
than the horizon

I see them across the avenue
musing upon tower tops, piercing 
the cerulean dome,
turning heads and spooning smiles

this is a place where...

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