Long Toronto Poems

Fall Of Berlin

There on the wall hangs a mixture of paint on linen,
Leaving the impression of a city besieged, encased in ice;
Purposely frozen in horror to remind the living,
Of blood oozing from the rubble into...

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What ever is fast and cheap you say...
You are so funny -
this is not a fast thing - 
to do a video montage of 5 minutes 
may take me a lifetime
as I move from inspiration...

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.Now here's a short story of Lou,
Who spent a whole day at the zoo.
And while he was there,
He met a fine pair,
Of friendly and beautiful gnus.

Next he went to the camel enclosure,
Where one, made the...

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CHANDRA
		  
Down to my last dollar, staring at the floor,
As lonely near two million as on Sable Island’s shore.
Another grey Toronto day, the saddest I had known,
No place now to lay my head, so...

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Memories of L B  - 1
Could love have ever blossomed ?

Sacrificing one’s family – ones potential life.
Sacrificing my all – for a love that could never be.
Sacrificing – in hindsight – for love, that,...

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drove for thirty minutes to the subway station, took a train for forty minutes, got into another for only ten minutes, and reached Queen's Park. Mornings are so hectic, people are rushing to their work-places....

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Gordon Lightfoot was born on Nov. 17, 1938, in Orillia, Ca.
His first concert at Massey Hall in Toronto, encouraged by his parents,
He won a contest for boys with unmodified voices prior to turning 13.
In the early...

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On a historic, emotional night of March 28th, 2015
It was the most important hockey night to be remembered

While the current players played 82 games for the season
This member played only 1 game for one true...

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( Please share with me the photo story of my visit in April 2011
Please copy and paste in your browser the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-R6jFRX2Tk




We do take stocks of a natural treasure
And the man made jewels every...

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Kitted out with a uniform, I felt the part, 
But the deesire inside is always the art;
I was enlisted as a pilot under training, 
And inoculated, vaccinated in yearning. 

The medical exam asserted no divinity,
And...

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Summer love, starts slowly. But as the summer nights last longer, so do the 
feelings of love resonate in the air for young lovers. This is exactly where our 
story begins. It all started near...

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The girl was only thirteen but she decided to runaway from home,
     Her parents did not hit her but their words were like whips;
They called her stupid, and told her she...

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Hold back the night

She was a chestnut haired beauty,
standing there all alone...
I knew that I... had to get close to her,

She had a stare that could melt 
your heart... if she wanted to...
I felt... something...

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Picture it. 
		3:00 AM 
Niagara Falls, Canada
We are rudely awakened
by an intermittent buzzing
      	 very loud
irritating, nerve grating.
“What is that?” I ask.
“Fire alarm,” he answers.
We get up, wide awake now.
“Maybe...

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I awoke this morning
To a brand new day
The sun was shining
Neighbourhood children played
 
Then i heard on the news
That made my hair stand on end
The Reapers elves
To our world they descend
 
Dressed in black
These creatures...

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The metropolitan area consists of everything like theaters, museums, restaurants, and a lot of hotels and skyscrapers. But most of all, the cities are filled with public transportation(city buses, subways, trains, taxi cabs, and airports,...

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I have such good memories of our beautiful mother and handsome father,
Days and nights of growing up with them.

We lived in beautiful houses, the Magnolia house, the Chopin house and the Lorne Park house,

Grandma Elfrieda...

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I should just keep on dreaming

I try to keep our routine,
serve your breakfast in bed
I come to pick up the dishes,
food's untouched and cold instead

(refrain)
Oh I should just keep on dreaming....
that's the only place I...

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The hit single, "Don't Let It Go To Your Head," is the best song all music fans have ever heard. It was performed by Fefe Dobson and Jordin Sparks. this song is so amazing, so...

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Good Friday Gratitude to Settlers
Columbus gave it lip service
He loved the Virgin Mary
Almost knew Jesus Christ
Could not have had the Holy Spirit Fire

Today, or any hour of night and day,
Brian Houston’s Ministry covers the Globe
With...

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When my nana first moved in,
I thought it would be terrible.
I figured that living with someone who has Alzheimer’s,
Would be hard to deal with.
And it is,
But not for the reason I thought it would be.
It’s...

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My poem was too long so I had to wrote it in two separate parts.

In a quiet town where memories blend,
Lived a man named Mike, a cherished friend.
At fifty-nine, his journey took a new flight,
Into...

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KETTLERS RESPONSE
KELP... WE WANT TO BRING IN TO THE INTERVIEW AREA
THE ONE AND ONLY: THE WORLD FAMOUS
" THE KETTLER" PIPPA GRATERY.. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
( PAUSING TO LET THE CROWD RESPOND)

KELP......

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My father is a very good memory in my mind,
He was very handsome and tall.

Always very kind and understanding,
He mentored our love of God and the church.

Educated my brother Tom and I to become teachers,
My...

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I think of my brother's wedding at Pioneer Village many happy years ago
My brother Tom wore a handsome tuxedo and  his wife wore a beautiful bridal white gown.

They arrived in an elegant carriage, 
He...

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