S and D Railway
...In 1821 began by S&DR
the world commenced to travel by railwaycar
Pulled by No 1,the very first locomotive
& christened by Stephenson&Co ....the Active...
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Categories:
stephenson, travel, tribute,
Form: Clerihew
The Debut of Storm
...Storm made no sound when the doctor pulled her from her mother's womb and handed her to the nurse.
And the angel's sighs uprooted mighty trees and their tears covered the land and swell the rivers...
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Categories:
stephenson, birth,
Form: Free verse
The Halcyon
...IN THE WINTER SOLSTICE,
WHERE HATE AND FEAR LAY
DESTINE TO THE DARKNESS
UNTIL THE HALCYON LAYS HER
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Categories:
stephenson, allegory,
Form: Free verse
I Know This Man of God
...I know this man of God that roars from the bottom of the city, below the red blood line.
Knowing that his words never fail, every Sunday I make my way down to the bottom of the city to hear this man...
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Categories:
stephenson, dedication,
Form: Light Verse
The Dust of Life
...I came about when the world was hot and embroiled in a rumble.
When transit men carried all they had in a frayed bundle.
When steel was gold or so I was told, and silkworms are of quietud...
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Categories:
stephenson, life,
Form: Free verse
True Vine Baptist Church
...It was a good day, a Sunday going to church day.
The sun was a brilliant glow.
The weather was agreeable, a welcoming change from the brutally brisk weather we been having.
True Vin...
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Categories:
stephenson, dedication,
Form: Narrative
My Reconstructed House
...March 17, 2016
Mary E.W. Stephenson
My Reconstructed House
In my house of reconstruction, it is very well lit und...
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Categories:
stephenson, god,
Form: Prose
Tribute To the Taz Et Al
...Hail friend and fellow well met!
Are ye inspired yet Taz?
Are ye ready to post one yet?
With your usual pizzazz?
Well perhaps if we goad you,
And your boss unloads you,
You’ll both write; you...
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Categories:
stephenson, friendship
Form: Rhyme
Thank You Fellow Poets In Poetry Soup
...Thank you fellow poets in poetry soup
For leaving all your kind thoughts and critiques
You have given me the inspiration to continue on
And for that I am humbled and grateful
May twenty...
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Categories:
stephenson, thank youautumn,
Form: Free verse
Mirrors
...I don't like the mirrors, hate the face I see
Don't want to even bother thinking that it's me
I see a flawed body, try to keep my eyes closed
I try not to notice what I don't want to know
Sur...
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Categories:
stephenson, life, loss, sad,
Form: I do not know?
Nicole
...I don't know where you are, but I hope you're near
Hope you know the times I seem to feel you here
Sometimes I think of the friendship taken away
And wonder if there was ever really such a day...
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Categories:
stephenson, friendship, nostalgia, sad, hope,
Form: Ode
I'D Like
...I'd like to say I miss you, need you all the time
Touch me anytime you'd like, don't ever leave my life
I'd like to say let's start again, love me like before
Fill my body wit...
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Categories:
stephenson, nostalgia, sad, sorry, me,
Form: I do not know?
Lost In a World
...I don't look around me, I don't even really see
All the people in my life who really might love me
Because I'm too busy thinking, or just rearranging
the things in my head
Dreaming of better thin...
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Categories:
stephenson, life, love, sad, life,
Form: I do not know?