Memory Sedoka Poems

powdery snow-drenched
coldest in seventy years
eyes frostbitten from hot tears

frozen mustaches
stalactites dripping with chill
million ruble lunch to thaw...

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Sweetest expression
as she smiled to greet her love,
as when they met long ago.
The sky burst with stars’
tremulous emotion.
Hungry first kiss then, and now....

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Angst of ascending
oh, stairs pose beckoning woes
once easily surmounted…

...Missing youthful* zest
ah, I still climb by God’s strength
midst soaring faith legacy.

*Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now thy Creator...

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MEMORY OF YOUTH
      
         Zealous vibrant youth
     ...

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romantic music
played on his car radio . . .
his smooth kisses melted me

all of a sudden
occurred the strange invasion
of his tongue inside my mouth


Nov. 1,...

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she lost a marble

ran downhill to catch the fall

slid the slope and bruised her knees ...


found hidden treasures

near the spring of bouncing hope

drank from the...

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during summertime
          I tucked marbles in round jars
        ...

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Blue hill’s tuned cadence
Bronze leaves’ rustling melody
Flowed in stream of beguiled youth. 

In fading twilight
Lattice of chased butterflies
Glows on memory layers.


October 31, 2020
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My kite’s white string drifts.
Sunlight shines through its canvas -
leaf, shell, feather. Wisp of cloud.

Up, away, lost, gone - 
floating from my childhood hands.
They grasp...

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School children's laughter -
playful shouts of fun and games
carries on the gentle breeze. 

Distant memories 
childhood tears and smiles re-lived -
yet it seems like yesterday.

written 29th October...

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 bare limbs reach skyward
against cloud dappled ceiling
as evening quiet descends

its spreading branches
speak of  hard scrabble farmers
and their long lost hopes and dreams...

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those young afternoons
   spent on hills running with kites-
dared my nimble arms to fly

with bruises as marks--
I learned the wonder and curse
 ...

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Inside we sit, still,
hoping that change will soon come.
Fingers crossed, hands in a prayer;
goldfish in a bowl.
Chance for people to reflect -
a moment in time....

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When love fills your soul
All seems right with the world
The warmth of his touch, his kiss

‘Twas to be the goal,
But life is not always kind.
Now...

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Her brain surrounded,
    mind altering chemicals,
       made her life miserable.
memories crowded,
    she was...

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