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Raindrops are falling
Wind whistles through the treetops
The heavens are opening

I feed the fire
Feeling a final comfort
Relieved that I arrived home...

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In sunless dark dusk
winter blizzard blows across
the road I walk chilled back home.

Cupful hot coffee
my wife gives me at fireplace,
we’re on cloud nine together.

_________________

January 13,...

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I tend my bruised face;
she rides, no care in the world.
How I wish I could be her.
        ...

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Hot coffee in hand 
looking out the cold window 
I see winter has arrived. 
A white snow blanket 
covers nature this winter 
all sleep until...

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Brothel of delights
Temple to serve men and gods
A bridge between void and light

Playground of freedom
Church of law and God's judgment
A bridge falling into void...

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beside the front gate
knowing I will be home soon
my dog barks at passing cars
passersby notice
my dog waiting patiently
“Beware dog, do not enter!”

all is safe at...

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The dark blue mountain
ridge like a statue in sky
Clouds with freedom passing by

Secure and stable
mountain ridge with tint of gray
A home for clouds to return

Heidi...

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They play their home games
in the nation's capital.
The team has no name.

They were the "Redskins".
For Native Americans,
the team dropped their moniker.
...

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City Life


concrete jungle trails
lure predators on the prowl ---
posh picturesque parks

proven hunting grounds
only fools frequent nature ---
green leafy trees shade secrets 


(Sedoka)


11-01-2020...

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is it goodbye too?
Jim Link fought the valiant fight
in and for poems, and friends (me);
first Grady Dorsett
and now it is Christmastime
So tarry, 'til I fly...

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One question for you
How do children live today?
Renting a room is costly.

In the seventies
Eighteen could rent a full house
For a hundred bucks a month

This could...

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Is a place born bad?
Can evil seep in cement,
fear grow then wilt within vine?

Something with no name
weighs in rooms dark, light finite.
Doors lock. Windows look,...

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Far Away i go
more than other realize
so why would i stop
while i can travel widely
fade away to any way
until there is no way

i spread my...

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I'm overtaken
'Tis nigh season of trav'ling
And I alight again, Love
O how I despair 
To wander ancient isles
Alone among the great hordes

How far November
When to our...

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Out of the freezer
I bring the Christmas cookies
as my heart fills up with cheer~~~
The tree lights twinkle
Festivities are prolonged
My baby comes home tonight!

Eileen Manassian

In the...

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