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BACK TO SCHOOL

...BACK TO SCHOOL
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In August, young Sam felt quite cool,
with a backpack, he headed to school.
     He packed up some peanuts,
     and a few silly musical...

Twenty Twenty Vision

...Jacques Daviel
A brilliant eye specialist Jaques Daviel,
does his cataract field at all ring a bell?
the word cataract used with utmost respect,
on his vision and foresight I duly reflect


Fr...

Renowned for Good Deeds

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 	A scholar is known for his scholarly output
           A minister’s renowned for good deeds

        God sits back and judges them both
           ~ based on what His creations need
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London

...Shoreditch clung to its ruin
Its roughhewn gate staring out at corpses
And the clutch of travellers heading from the fields,
The shepherds rambling onwards,
The herders with their slow-moving cat...

Finding Poetry’s Voice

...I used to think poems lived in leather-bound books,
guarded by professors with stern looks,
that words worth speaking needed permission,
academic citations, scholarly submission.

I sat in corne...

I drove the meaning of the poem home

...I drove the meaning of the poem home,
dropped her at her front door, then drove home alone.
And I never heard much more about her after that,
except a rumor that some scholarly types had made a sa...

The Epic Tale of Immortal Al

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Immortal Al, the poet. 
Yes, and don’t he know it 
And forget me not, his imaginary friend, Mortal Lee, that’s me! 
He has a Masters in Authorship. Me, his penmanship. 
He’s not just any or ord...

The Middle East

...The Middle East 

When the persecuted became persecutors 
chaos followed; what a mess the Middle East is
Both sides of the conflict like killing one other
up pops more fanatics with eager knives...

Destination MLB Birthday Wishes Grandson

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A tall baseball player with a bat, he knocks it clear 
out of the park!
Whilst other boys sit so comfortably at their home, 
he is a Varsity player, under bright lights, in the dark!

So ...

Swimming In Poetry Soup

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Poetry contests offer an inspiration frame,
where the competing poems get fairly judged, 
get a place in the shared showcase.
It’s not to earn any literary accolade or fame,
for nobody is run...

Exploitation of Researchers' Passion and Dedication

...In ivory towers, oblivious reigns,
Blind to the weight of scholarly chains, 
Reports unread, insights ignored, 
The fruits of labour, rashly scored.

Heads turn away from midnight oil, 
Unseein...

Emilia J

...I knew Billie and Bobbi and boy, were they fun,
At the end of the day when my work was all done,
And Miss Sally Sue Treet was a challenge to beat,
For the bakery that closed at the end of the stre...

We, the generation of '50

...We, the generation of '50,
Time-travelers with stardust in our hair, with memories planted in pockets,
Rooted in decades embraced by change, souls adorned with the dawn of the post-war world.
We s...

In the Hall of Legends

...In the Hall of Legends, where tales unfold,
Inscribed in time, in letters bold.
Among the heroes, a teacher stands tall,
A legend in whispers, revered by all.

Through the annals of learning, th...

the gray of today in the long yawn of awakening

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each sleight is the haunt 
of some evicted ghost.
grieving me a life of greater pain;
I see pieces of people passing, 
drifting into the footsteps 
of another's future. 

I feel the rough sa...

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