Long Yearbook Poems

Half a dozen girls, at least, were on my list of ‘maybes’, as I was on the prowl to find a date for junior prom,
When I was coaxed to think about a girl who lived...

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Ask my parents. They’ll tell you, my favorite phrase, growing up was, “I can do it all by myself.” One day, I sat, spinning the top of my Flintstones vitamin bottle, wondering, how many spins...

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Life has no physical form or shape. Life is an essence we all calculate
We calculate our days by looking at a calender to see 
What month, day or year were at.
Days go by quickly sometimes...

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I know you know what happened the year we graduated. Just like everything else, it trickled down the grape vine. We were seniors when SHE said she wanted a blue dress for prom. SHE wanted...

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She sits and stares at his picture
Wondering where he's at
It's been twenty-five years now
Since she thought of him like that

She's been reminiscing more lately
Since her husband passed away
Thinking about her high school years
And her boyfriends...

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Dear freshman me,
Why didn’t you go watch Powder Puff? I promise, it’s really fun. Your classmates darting across the field for a once-a-year-event that you’ll only get once more of in your high school career?
Speaking...

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Working in a bookstore it’s easy to identify….
which books will bring a smile to the face…which ones bring a teardrop to the eye

But every now and then…I see someone’s reaction…I see how they’re affected…
by a...

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A musical throng of 400,000 strong invaded a dairy farm in New York in 1969,
 which set fire to the 70’s; but there was no chance of me being there; 
I was a good girl,...

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From one destructive life into another....My life was never boring :)
I thank God, for he was always my shelter :)


Alone

I was never in a yearbook
I wasn’t in your class
You never saw me wandering
I do not...

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When I heard an old friend from high school was sick
I picked up my high school yearbook from the shelf were it has stood.
and when I opened it…I paused…it smelled like childhood.

I hadn’t seen this...

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Each day that I get up and greet the new dawn
Posing at the mirror,first..to see what changes have been going on
My eyes cannot look at what lies before me
55'waist on a 5ft 7 frame
These hands...

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SMALL   TOWN   LIBRARY   -   OCTOBER


Sleepy with silent words , soundless print       
Outside a world of school bells and  traffic hum.
Cant...

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It’s Memorial Day

I thumb through my high school yearbook,
Soiled, unpadded from another day.
My children don’t know of our mindset then,
The second war all wars to end.
Daily goodbyes to the boys we loved,
The face of the...

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SMALL   TOWN   LIBRARY   IN   OCTOBER


Sleepy with silent words , soundless print       
Outside a world of school bells and  traffic hum.
Cant...

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the ivy crunches ‘neath my boot
        cold sounds that crisp the winds
            a snow has left its...

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Remembering through the years,
A welcome to the country of Canada.

An invitation to the theatre,
Special days at a friend's house.

A school choir and "Long Time Ago in Bethlehem",
Days of leadership and honorary crests.

Graduation with classmates,
A beautiful...

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(fact)

The one thing I miss I wish I knew we're they were
I made a big mistake for those were my treasures indeed.
It's hard not having the things that you try to past down
To your young,...

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I picked up my old high school yearbook from on the shelf where it has stood for many years and when I opened it I thought…it smelled like childhood.

Browsing through its pages I found, much...

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As he stands with his only way out, he sees all the people that had ever made 
his life a living hell, terrified. He just wants a little respect, respect that will never 
happen. He...

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In the corner of a room is a showcase
received from a library rummage sale.
It's being utilized differently than
its original purpose for the public.
It is now very much a family focus.

On top of the case are...

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So many years before have since flown by...
     back then so young...but seniors now are we;
and here are friends I view with tearful eye, 
     yet thankful...

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The portals have echoed the memories of the past
The greens have waved their hands in approval
The humming birds and butterflies have wished us luck
While the velvet aisle witnessed the triumphant march…

And the time has come!
Finally,...

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Picture Frames a poem


Children in families,
Grandmothers, mothers, fathers and grandchildren alike.

Memories, keepsakes found in pictures in Picture Frames.

Look at our Esha(Ayesha) she was 8 in this picture and here she is 10 years old in...

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Dusty from the basement was my yearbook.
Through the molded pages I did take a look
remembering the days when life was so carefree.
Was that young girl with hopeful smile really me?

So many other pages with the...

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You were the first who ever befriended me,
back in elementary of 93'
How I wished we kept in touch longer
But you're just a memory now
No pictures of us at all having fun,
Sharing secrets about our crush
we...

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