Tribute Number Poems

   Happy Number 110, Dad
     Thanks to you I can recall
   Life before the Internet
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In the pages of history
there's a baffling mystery
about the passing of the crew 
since eighteen ninety two.

Bright stars turned to dim 
whether fat or slim,...

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AC Benus translation of "O süßer Tod"
by August von Platen


O mellifluous death, who stiffens most men,
You've received but artless tribute from my tongue,
For often I've...

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In money, a zero
is the round, empty symbol that cannot transcend;
no hero.

It's worthless- yet
When added to a number's end-   
you're set!

It soars!
Grants more...

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repost inspired by Constance contest

A well travelled lass named Adelaide
Innovative and never staid,
Unmarried,single but no old maid-
A short life,latterly full of pain,
Her epitaph,the American cinquain.

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Frozen in Crystalline – Number 2


Cold light, held above the vacant bench,
iced tribute to love’s passioned warmth.


11/21/2014

submitted to Frozen in Crystalline – Poetry Contest
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When I met her , a very old lady she was , yet inside lay a frightened child .
I felt my heart cry , I...

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A tragedy struck the USA a decade ago
The World Trade Center was attacked by an enemy we didn’t know
Thousands died quickly from a terrible fate
The...

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