Long Track meet Poems

While sorting through the remnants of my mother’s life one day, 
Trying to make decisions of 
“to keep”…… 
or “throw away”……

I chanced upon a letter she’d just written, from her bed.
It started out…. 
“Dear Imogene,”...

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This is to my daughter, who has yet to be conceived.
I will love you as I have never loved another.
I make this promise now, from you I will never leave.
I will always be there for...

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Where the Railroad Track Meet 

Grasping, lunging as does a donkey for the
dangling apple leading it forward, I reached
for the ever elusive spot.  That place where
the railroad track meet.  Almost had it in
Idaho...

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The Devil is a liar yes truly indeed he is, 

He has brought forth, hatred, anger, temptation, and lies to mislead the Lord’s kids, 

But if we are to follow the righteous path that the...

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He looked at that boy with pain in his eyes 
and said I'm sick and tired of seeing all of               
these...

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Finally got home in the dead of a cold night 
With the Gators starting to pull away in this holiday fight 
It seems like this is the end to the day full of games 
That...

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Now and Then in 2017©

There was a time when I was younger
That there was this constant hunger
	
Time has passed and the years have flown by 
Sometimes joy and laughter, sometimes a good cry

Vows kept under...

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The Reluctance of the Young Runner

           by Edmund Siejka

He was a gawky teenager
On a high school track team
Intimidated by his coach
Who exercised almost total control
Over...

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Let's take a trip back,
It was 1992
A young lady had a baby,
she didn't know what to do
She didn't have any 
money
Fortune
Luck
Or a house,
Just a baby boy,
Not even a spouse,
As the years past 
She noticed her...

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My very first picnic is my favorite memory of all time.
Fried chicken, potato salad and a loving smile, sublime.
With a blanket and basket, she chose a spot by the trees.
I felt so special with Mom,...

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Listen....
Let me tell you a secret peep it
poetry is an art form, so intriguing.
Whether you're in solitude
or on stage speaking not speechless.
Poetic speeches teach the future's
young leaders many reasons
to lead the leadless to be leaders.
Knowledge,...

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Little Yellow Bus
	
First day of school yellow bus stopping at the mailbox,
Bouncing down country roads - pausing next to city sidewalks.

Nothing seems to stop you not autumn rain nor early sleet
Morning and by afternoon you...

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My feet,
got a rhythm
A nervous beat

Oh the meet
Should I eat more meat?

Nah focus more on wheat
Better calm down and take a seat.

World coming at you like a big huge fleet
They try and feed you but...

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Every moment I pray,
That you have an extra day,
An extra words to say,
And an extra softball game you can play.
I still want to see your pretty smile on your face.
Do you remember the peanut butter...

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They limbered up and got prepared
To run in all their races,
In uniforms or matching tees,
With masks upon their faces.

The coach gave pep talks as the kids
Stayed cool within the shade,
Until the time for their events,
When...

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