Holiday Usa Poems

days dry as can be
rain are you hiding from me
clouds I need to see...

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Your blood cries out to us
        beneath a benign grassy grave

     Yours was the...

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Many think this holiday honors all United States presidents we elect
But let me reflect
It is Washington’s birthday that we celebrate 
It honors President Washington and...

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I
July will forever be "America's birthday"
I try to recall why each month or holiday
Is special, but did forget, for days now
Nelson Mandela had been born...

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Awakening today to a newly retired life,
I'm more attuned to the world around me,
Grateful our freedoms mean little everyday strife,
Unlike hapless people across the sea.

Let's...

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Loose Magic

Pee-a-boo, I see you...
Got your nose, 
and not your toes. 
Skipping rocks, 
and bubbles in the park. 

Eye contact from across the room, 
notes...

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Spaghetti

The meat, 
the cheese,
the sauce.

The smiles,
the laughs,
the wine.

The music, 
the song, 
the moment... 

The vow of forever!

Then...

You and I, 
and the garlic bread!



A. Foster, Ann...

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The Cat

It is late, 
nearly half-past nine. 
You are asleep beside me.
The clock on the wall is too loud. 
I need to buy another. 
This...

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Questions

What defines... success?
Is it how many people you know. 
Is it where you have been, 
or where you will go? 

Is it who you talk...

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U

It is cool here. 
Is it hot there?
You have not written. 
I have not received...
a letter.

Do you think of me?
I remember you. 
I can not...

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Memorial Day, U.S.A.

The morning sun o'er the parapet seen,
Whilst heard on the wall the bugle call;
‘To The Colors’ as ‘Old Glory’ is raised,
To half-mast this...

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Demopublic Day is May 22nd. 
Democrats and the Republicans will
Put down their angry words and listen to each other
Have picnics together
Eating hotdogs 
Watching their children...

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The Stars in My Life

I look up,
I can not see you for the lights,
of the city.
I know you are still there,
I have faith.
Some things are...

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My golden retriever romps through the patio door
Shakes his behind
Cotton-balled as a woolly sheep in need of shear
From the rogue snowstorm on Veteran’s Day
Wind straightened...

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Veterans Day

We were happy
With the war over.
Our eyes swelled tears
When the guns ceased fire.

Those long years
Of suffering ended;
Lives shattered
Always wondering.

And on that day
Soldiers marching,
Rifles shouldered,...

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