Memory Usa Poems

I know I'm slightly losing it and Jill sees that now too,
So all we can but hope for is to Bluster and to Woo.
What If...

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Loss
in wars
Fallen soldiers
Of United States
 Army, Navy, Airforce, 
Marines, in their memory 
Brave heroes honored forever
Both men and woman fought for us all 
The red,...

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An old tree fell this evening,
Its ancient heart surrendered to the saw's cruel embrace,
The gnarled branches yielding to human ambition.
Nobody listened to the crying sparrows,
Their...

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To All Who Gave Their Lives

Far across the seas, they went, to keep this great land ….safe and free.
I was just a wee bit of...

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Why this inhumane suffering
A constant tale of slaughtering
Innocents who die
Forever in the earth to lie.

Do we need to see far more
All that suffering and gore
Lives...

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A pendulum swings 
Right, left, right, left
A bomb flies out and there is no life left to detect

A pendulum swings 
Left, right, left, right 
A...

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At sea
Fish of gold gleams 
Old memories return 
Beam of sunset’s pink light sent from
Valis...

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You’re just watching T.V.
Then a horror you see
It’s beyond comprehension
“That can’t be … it just can’t be

Eyes should see things lovely
Not what they say that...

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listening to the water in the water mill
brings the Iowa State Fair into my mind
We had a water mill ride
In the sixties it was something
We...

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TRAIL OF HOMES

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Mumbling, rambling, wizened and old
This sorry old man leaves me angry and cold.
How such a fool made it this far
Must be the luck of some...

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Here are tribute poems for exceptional children and teachers who should be alive today:

Emilie Parker,
the horror grows starker
as we see your sweet image
and cringe at...

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Unfurled in magisterial splendor
To minds memory forever render
Glorious vision of red, white, and blue
Steadfastly waving, our hearts to renew
Emblematic embodiment we embrace
Thirteen stripes of valor,...

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Tell me your story, leave out no fact,
I’ll pose my questions with sympathy and tact,
You’re a brave woman with a pure heart,
If you’re now ready,...

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Roaring Twenties

Nostalgia and age like bacon and eggs,
With buttered toast and jam on the side for breakfast;
And coffee, and a glass of orange juice to...

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