Short 1995 Poems

To share a lifetime memory,
one must first share a moment of joy.
                       (c)1995...

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Life in the fast lane ends up with you being the lead car,
in a slow moving funeral procession. 
J. K. Chenevert 1995...

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WHY?

    I don't know.

    Never mind!

      Forget it.

      I give up!

     Gotta go.


© March, 1995    Gail Wood...

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People that are rich can afford to run away from their problems.
People that are poor, can't afford to have the problems they run away from.
(c) 1995...

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Ginger can't get rid of her pimp boyfriend.
Lester Diamond is his name.
He takes money from her.

based on the 1995 film "Casino"
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Spare change jangles
in my pocket
makes me lean to one
side*
your music warms the
subway station
I gladly give my
tithe

*New Scientist -
Dec. 1995...

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MY LONELY LANGUID LOVE
MY SWEET SORROW
KEEP ME WARM
INSIDE THE CAGE
TELL ME NOT TO FEAR
HOLD ON TO MY EMPTINESS
TAKE ME TO MY LAST.


1995, FOR J RIP...

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So much lost…
 so little gained

Prairies in judgment,
our destiny framed

So little gained
for what we lost

Spirits now orphaned
—tomorrow the cost

(Browning Montana: Blackfoot Reservation - May, 1995)....

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sensor 
as he walked
through 
the semi-dark 
hallway 
the light-sensitive 
switches told the lights 
to stay on 
as he passed his body forming 
a moving 
interruption 
to the 
constant 
flow of ... shadow...

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simply is simple 
I wish I might feign
I wish I might go
to stumble
to quake
simply is something
I feign I might die
I feign I might rise
to reverie
to time
simple is simply is simple is not
to close
to open
to get the maestro out...

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Sarah Adams 14 August 1848

Conrad Aiken 17 August 1973

Kinsley Amis 22 October 1995

Allen Gingsberg 5 April 1997

Pablo Nerudo 23 September 1973

Walt Whitman 26 March 1892

I hope it is not too soon that i too

Am welcomed home...

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Once lived a Montgomery La Verve
He met his end on a winding curve
He was driving too fast,
With his hand in his lap
The rumor was that he was a perv.

Written March 17, 2022
[His epitaph simply reads:
Montgomery La Verve (1950-1995)]...

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MY HEAD IS HEAVY
MY SKIN COLD
THE BRIGHT LIGHT
SHINES ON
EYES GLAZED OVER
BROKEN SMILE
TATTERED PAPER
LIES BEFORE ME
BLACKNESS CRAWLING
ACROSS THE ROOM
SEEKING
FADING
INTO SLEEP
SWEAT
TEARS
CANDY COATED DREAMS
TO FOLLOW
SLEEP COMES SOON
AND EASY.

1995...

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All Three Standing There

Looked at picture and many things do see
That always seem to mean so much to me;
All three standing there;
Family beyond compare;
Best way my family appeared to be.

Jim Horn.

Picture of my wife and two sons
at Disneyland around 1995....

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I watch and see a smile spread across your face,
A glistening wave that breaks upon the sand.

And I, a child once more, run kicking and splashing
Through the blossoming foam.

In such an ocean, I could drown and happily embrace my fate.

© Barry Freeman - 17th August 1995...

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Nothing about life is impossible,
 viewed while looking up

Nothing about death is reversible,
 viewed while looking down

All in between is contestable,
winds blow North and South

Nothing promised, nothing cursed
—the choice to laugh or frown

(Ouray Colorado: October, 1995)...

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(Of a lottery winner on being asked
what his feelings were since
becoming an instant
millionaire.)

His answer was both aromatic
and precise.

“It reminds me of a deep
‘Profound Fart’ In that
it pisses everyone off,
yet the effect is pure
alleviation.”

© Harry J Horsman  1995...

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Heaven during the summer had white flower trees
Which makes Winter for Earth.
The flowers fall from the sky and freeze
Which makes snow on Earth. When our flower trees
grow during the night
The gods take all the flowers
To make Winter for heaven.

Sixth Grade
Nevada Young Writers and Artists 1995...

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The Flame

Mesmerizing dancing light,
Careless in its quest.
Moonlit shadows fade to black,
Smoke rising to digest…
Fireworks bursts of embers,
Floating randomly towards nights sky,
As translucent flames of golden-orange,
Prove desperate in their plight.






							By Jodee Carrigan, 1995...

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A lane alone
A look alike
A lift aloft
A love alive
A luau aloha
A load allied
A laugh aloof
A lode allude
A lore allure
A loan align
A lodge allege
A lobo alibi
A law allow
A loss alas
A lane alone

February 12, 1995
Submitted to contest: Choose A Topic – D, Heartbreak and Loss
Sponsor: Russell Sivey...

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'Round table we sat that fine day

With turkey all carved on a tray.

She grabbed that drumstick

She wanted to lick!

Our nine-month grandbaby- HOORAY!


November 19, 2022

~3rd Place~
Contest: A Fun Holiday Limerick
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Judged: 11/24/2022

(True Memory- Photo Above!)
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I pick a shell up out of the ocean
I pour its water out of the shell
But the ocean remains within it
I hear its water inside my ear
Everytime I am at the ocean
Anytime I will hold a shell
I hear emptiness sounds its limit
Sometimes it water seems so near

                                                                   03-31-1995...

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People used your popcorn in popcorn poppers.
You were the one and only Orville Redenbacher.
Sadly, you died twenty-two years ago today.
Your popcorn is still being eaten and it's here to stay.
People were sad when you died in 1995.
You're deceased but your legacy survives.

[Dedicated to Orville Redenbacher (1907-1995) who died on September 19, 1995.]...

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in cool, green grass
my little dog's at rest --
rain clouds remain

in shades of pink
the sunsets low --
I call her name

fragrant sweet pea
swaying in the spring breeze --
moonlit memories

*for my little Sweet Pea, now chasing cats in Heaven (?1995 - March 13, 2012)
She always kept us on our toes. The house is too quiet without her....

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Today’s the day that Superman
Fell to earth and couldn’t stand
He lit upon his neck all wrong
And found he was no longer strong
His super powers gone all right
His horse’s name – old Kryptonite

Mdailey	5/27/11

Actor Christopher Reeve (Superman) was paralyzed when thrown from his horse 
during a jumping event in Charlottesville, Virginia on May 27, 1995...

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