Joy Prose Poems

I was 18 when we met.
I still remember sliding my hand in yours
As we introduced ourselves.

It didn't take me long to want you.
I watched as...

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A soul is not meant to live alone
And a heart is not meant to be lonely
A dream sometimes has a message
With a hope to believe...

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Glitters of the waters of a mountain lake were turquoise blue
Showing activities of various fish swimming through 
Exultant duck families were floating with efficacy that...

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A dull-looking scuffed up ebony toolbox full of pure happiness,
Sat in the back of Charley’s old green Chevy pick-up truck,
Waiting for him to drink his...

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Petition

Lord grant that I might walk softly,
Down quiet, untrodden ways.
That I might explore the hidden recesses
Of the mind, henceforth unsearched.

Let me plum the depths of...

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Paris is  this:
A comedian
on the street an...

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I think of death and wonder,

I think of death and wonder,
What would it be like
To depart this life?
Perhaps to drown?

Ah yes, to drown
To choke, to...

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                  Standing, thinking without thinking of anything ...
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What’s the use of crying, in a Yesterday that’s gone?
What’s the point of worrying, in a Tomorrow not yet born?
Why not live in bliss and...

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It will be a fine, fabulous, fun, day at Kalamazoo. 
Susan will be riding on the back of her golden elephants,
Elise, flying in on her...

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He came to live with us at the age of 9 weeks in 2003 March 
Besides absolute cuteness and pure innocence,
He also brought immeasurable joy...

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We all want to be Happy
We pray to God for bliss
But where does God truly live
This point we sadly miss

God is not on a distant...

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The Fourth Quarter

Here in the fourth quarter
When time seems to 
Press the pedal to the
Floor and years rush by
Like birds migrating south
In a rush to...

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"A Tribute to Heather "
It all started 38 years ago
December 11 
An angel was sent from heaven 
From the time she came out the womb
She...

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the weather is right
walking at night
big city b'way light
in country town
its hiways sound
theyer moving along
 its   not wrong
oh boy
love this
SUMMER JOY...

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I remember that ‘69’ Chevrolet
dark green and with the spit
of a combat soldier;
a mean green, power machine.

My Great Uncle bought it new,
his pride and joy...

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Oh, Music
Oh music, how you know my soul. 
You pulled me from the darkest corners 
of my mind.
Taking me from depression’s grasp,
to a mood that...

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Standing here in the mind of mine
passing through and over time
pulling out thoughts sublime:
sorrow, hate, pain, joy, love, sanity--
all the mould character of my humanity;

On...

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To say you are my everything
Does not capture everything

To say you fill my every need
Does not tell all that you exceed

To say you satisfy me...

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