Life Narrative Poems

My heart is bleeding and my spirit is burning
Day light breaks and births another day
And I kneel down, and pray for you to come my...

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As Passover neared, in the camp* grew a fear           *Nazi WW2 death camp
  that...

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The Seconds 

[Excerpts]

 
(c) 2019, Anita Lerek
 
 
 
Section 1/4

First Generation - Before the Holocaust 

 
Lvov, Poland 1930s.  Mother, you were a...

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Wearing emerald crown, you can form a forest; 
You better know, unity is our strength;
With a signal of green you stand very strong,
You preach all...

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I woke up this morning feeling quite relaxed 
Even though the night was rough my sleep was enough
I picked up my jug to fetch some...

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I remember the click click jangle jangle of her rummage . Oh 
 what a beautiful mess it was as she plucked out a red...

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...And though I miss Riff playing shows with me,
I can't say that his decision is wrong,
I'll take my best friend however I can,
I need him...

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...When we heard of his loss we took it hard,
at first it was very hard to believe,
and it made me double my efforts to
moderate my...

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When I was fifteen my friend 'Riff' and I
started our very own garage band,
and for the first year we truly stank,
but I've always been a...

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Shine of Glory

God shines His glory
To all of life on earth
His first touch begins
At the very start of birth

There are two specific points
To radiate His...

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...The peak is standing clear above,
scrub trees fading to rock,
But now the sun beats down on me,
so I stop to take stock.

Will I find something...

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The trailhead stands there before me,
after two hour's drive,
a peak with a panorama
that others call sublime.

I have been meaning to climb it,
test my will and...

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He'd come west back in forty-nine,
three long years had passed since that time,
and still he mucked 'bout rivers cold,
with pan and shovel, seeking gold.

Fa away...

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Sweat is dribbling down my face, I am feeling hot
I can still hear the cracking sound swirling around 
And the night dancing to its own...

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I went from shy to outspoken
I have Trixie to thank for it.
Trixie was everything I wanted to be but was not.
She was loud, proud; self-confidence...

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Mr. McDill is a young college student who also works at my school.
He is too busy to run down to headquarters and get a badge...

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Hello, Dear, I trust the garbage in the road was picked up on Friday.
To add insult to the sweetness,
“I think it amusing there is a...

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Family History
by Edmund Siejka

A sense of guilt
Made him search the hall closet
Until he found the old cardboard box.
 
Opening it
He stared 
At a handful of...

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THE PEARL                 meditation 

YOU GLIDE YOURSELF TO THE WATER...

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Why should you miss me?
When I was there were you aware?
Aware that I exist or was I someone you chose to dis?
Dismiss from your sight...

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