Memory Roundel Poems

 
"Every secret memory, every experience in life, and every 
thought can be written within the words of a poem."

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To live in the moment
Means we get to see things first hand
Made by the masters hand.
This is by no means an accident.
We get to see...

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My bro and sis approached Dad by design
while staying in the background was my whim.
Dad drove me for care when sick at age nine.
Daddy carried...

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We climbed the fence
but I must say
in our defense

it seemed a good idea

but on that day
childhood’s pretense
said “it’s only play”

a dog immense
not trained to stay
reinstated...

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My eyes fixed on the scene in front of me,
I stopped in the museum just to stare
at two stuffed beasts, frozen in tragedy.
I stayed unmoving.

What...

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Each afternoon my mom and I would walk
          Two miles along the old lake road to...

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A CHILDHOOD MEMORY

I recall how in my younger days
I created things to entertain myself 
I had some very memorable ways

Let me not forget my youth

The...

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For dear life, I was frozen...hanging there 
Clinging on, slipping, were my fingertips 
Teen-ager like, stupidly...not I care 

I asked, to the lord "please father...help...

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I sat upon a stair
and saw a little man;
he smiled, but oozed despair.

A sad and lonely guy.

I didn't like to stare.
I waited for my gran,
and...

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One child memory brought much pain 
Innocence lost, hurt was my friend
Love in itself was a hard strain
Until hope shows up

Slowly sadness came to an...

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My mind won't get in to gear
Memories come and go like a flash in
The old pan.
Neopolitan
My mom's favorite ice cream that's clear.
Shoot! I had something...

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If I were a mayfly, living but for a day, 
I’d still live each moment with no thought of goodbye, 
Ever hopeful like summer in...

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Fight For queen and country, I'm told to in your pointless  wars.    
My family and principles I will leave at my...

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