Time Places Poems

The school year’s ending.  ‘Spring Fling’ is tonight (Saturday) the biggest event (concert) of the year, and next week - final exams. It’s hard...

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Every now and then take some time
look back at the good and bad I' done
so careless in tryin to heal a heart
when I didn't know...

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In shot snap seconds, everything changed.
The horror was sudden -
a shatter-shower of bullets
bouncing off rock.
The picnic I'd laid so carefully
blew apart - black olives
tossed into...

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Train bypassing just over the rivers bend
Sturdiest and unpromising of bridges, carry my feet along your lumber
Steal away the time I should be an honorable...

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This small town is where I was born
The train comes through at two in the morn
As I near my last day
One last wish if you...

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I came to reside in a charming town, 
Where golden shores and azure horizons abound. 

A tropical heaven of palms that sway, 
Gracing the beaches...

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Donning splendiferous landscapes stretching for miles,
A culture that aptly prides, in bold, welcoming smiles;
A thriving land of islands~ an archipelago evincing awe,
A resplendence of nature,...

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Summon your demons, devils, and wraiths,
visit moments of hurt and loss.
Replay what might have been, wrestle with regrets,
Do “if only” scenes haunt your past?

I follow...

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There are forgotten fords, in the shadow of our silence, places within us that cry out in waiting,
A path that flows through the waters of...

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“And I remember Muscatine -still more pleasantly  - for its summer sunset. I have never seen any on either side of the ocean that...

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In this landscape, lies a nest 
made of brown brittle leaves, 
cracked asphalt, 
and tire flattened filters
this creature, stands 
broad shouldered and stupid
with a flat...

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The first time I saw you - there -
Sophisticated, warm-blooded,
And for a kiss, you blubbered - 
Barbary lipped, presenting the bill.

If I'd snuggle up, you'd...

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Meet me there ...
Be it rain or shine,
Since I like both
Any weather is fine

Find me there ...
With those already met,
To mingle there ...
With ones I...

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Dilapidated by harsh weather.
Ivy growing over it held it together. 
Not much more than a shack.
My life ended there in that cul de sac. 
...

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Sacred places abound
in this ancient continent. 
Caves with ochre painted
figures storyboarded on walls,
mountains, scrub plains
and rock pools glistening 
in the sun seared outback 
where spirits...

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