Birthday Prose Poetry Poems

#IN THE ELEVENTH MONTH, ON THE ELEVENTH DAY, I WAS BLESSED TO AWAKE AND HONOR "A SPECIAL ANGEL" ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HER 81st....

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What could I bring you Gran?
This did her heart good.
But she did not need anything.
Just come back safe, she told her grandson.

He did.
Over and over...

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Captain Mars left the wheel to Sarge, first mate
I have to check the lower deck, he said.
If I am not back in twenty minutes, I...

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RED States/Blue States
Finances: RED or Black?
Cincinnati REDS
Boston RED Socks
Chicago White Socks
Detroit RED Wings
RED Blood Cells
White Blood Cells
RED Tape
RED Cars
RED Socks

I have stories of two friends...

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a drop of fossilized tree resin
incasing a prehistoric ant
sold by auction on the internet
informed of this delightful offering, bidding gets outrageous

a drop of fossilized tree...

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Shelly did the best she could
baking the cake was easy
finding a candle was not

but she was seven
and seven-year-olds are wise
this one was no different

Shelly found...

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She wanted to spend all of her birthday money on llama socks.
They were beautiful, blue llamas with lavender and marigold stripes.
Fluffy tassels on the side;...

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LITTLE. ARIANNA 

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She grabbed at the quarter full pop bottle neck, 
cream soda from Marsh’s,
and held like a truncheon, in the harshest
of voices 
produced an otherworldly sound,...

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I traversed the tunnel of time,
never looking to find gold or silver.
I sought one alone with whom to celebrate.

I traversed the tunnel of time,
hoping to...

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*** SINGING MEMORIES ***

“Many days you have lingered around my cabin door.
Hard times, come again no more.” **

A memory came flying through to me this...

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The ingenious fluffy baby bunny sat at the kitchen table.
She liked the feel of the slick plastic cloth.
It had pink roses, and it smelled of...

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He followed his she-wolf self within the owl’s den.
Leaving his tiger self in the brightness of the day.
Her owl totem shined a rainbow truth unseen...

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My husband knew I would break down and clean something.
Because company is coming tomorrow, for my birthday. 
I am coughing, spitting and snarling up Great...

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Do not….
I repeat…
Do not not not not not
Have brand new carpeting put in
The same day as a rain storm and an 8-year-old girl's slumber party.

I...

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