Memory Ode Poems

“The heart of a father is the masterpiece of nature.” Prevost Abbe
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Beneath the vast and endless canvas of night,
A father’s memory, now a distant light,
I...

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In the hallowed halls of college,
Where dreams bloomed like wildflowers,
I walked with a pencil in my pocket,
And a book cradled close to my heart.

My friends,...

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           In the kingdom's sanctuary, 
atop the regal frame,
lies the emblem of sacrifice, 
the crown's...

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Beyond the ruins my heart once sighed
And there I sang a lullaby
Where rivers dream in euphony
And dwarves march in sullen sleep
The magic wakes the mountains...

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Christmas.
Believe the story, the prophet, the myth?
Is it all about festivity, excessive drinking and gifts? About family, relatives coming together that otherwise wouldn’t mix?

Do you...

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Ode To the Periwinkle

In thinking about it today, it was some time ago, 
But I can still feel the cool bath house concrete, 
As my...

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Image by: Kimberlee Baxter
The nonpareil of a a violin plays late into a golden era
its "An Autumnal Farewell, by Debussy"

With magnificent beauty in dazzling colors...

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PRESENCE IN ABSENCE 
It been long, longer to say you've stayed
Bother not to knock at the neighbour's room for keys
That might have disturbed their sleeping...

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Goodbye to the leprechauns
goodbye clover carpets of green
I will cross many a deep blue sea
 to a wide sunshine land, just for me.

I have my...

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Oh not so distant past
I wish to walk your way again and see
But you are lost 
But for in my memory

Oh not so distant past
The...

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His knowledge was his untapped wellspring,
After 93 years of learning anew;
He valued knowing something about everything, 
From construction & farming, to baseball & screws. 

Early...

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My Wellie boots are battered
and all frayed at the top,
They cost me fifty bob
in C.D. Ellis’s shop.
They have seem better days
but they still keep water...

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I can see the dark hues through my window, 
it’s cloudy outside with no stars or fireflies. 
It’s been three years since the darkness has...

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Ode to Scarlet Jewels

Ode to Scarlet Jewels
I gaze upon your foggy lips, for we are
I offer you my love scars
I bequeath to you my body...

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Pirates Remember

In the days of old, 
the ships were bold, 
and went anywhere they pleased. 
They were men, 
hard men, real men...
released from the burdens...

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