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Beyond Every Cloud

Tell the moon, universe and
the seas, that beyond every
cloud my love waits for me…

Cross the streams and rivers
below for my love awaits
for me…

There is no mystery, that
I hold my love for him so
dear…

Whether it be night with the
starry sky, or day with the
sun so bright…

For beyond all those clouds,
my love awaits me…

By Sandra L. Hoban
©2005

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Losing Someone To Cancer

I did speak with them, seemed very confused.

Apparently from what I have been told,
the cancer has gotten worse, and has 
began invading the rest of the body…

The hospice nurse doesn’t,
think they will be with us much longer…

They don’t know where they are living, can't 
remember me seeing them recently, can't 
remember me talking with them yesterday...

I know that this is very depressing news,
and if it weren't for friends and family,
I would be going crazy…

For it is hard to lose a loved one,
whether it be family or friend…

Since we don't know, when that fateful day
will happen, we can only take it one day at a time,
I only hope and pray that they won't suffer, I would
 rather see them be in a coma, and not have 
the pain and suffering…

I know that sounds harsh, however,
I don't want them to suffer, I want them
 to go in there sleep….

By Sandra L. Hoban
©2007

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Poisons

Witches and warlocks gather around, 
will give you a list of poisons abound…

Arsenic, Hemlock, Belladonna you know…

Add to your list, these below;
Purple Foxglove; Black Hellebore;
 Deadly Nightshade; Strychnine Tree; 
Stavesacre; Jimsonweed; Yew; 
Calabar Bean; Aconite; Clematis; 
Cocculus Indicus and to many
 more to mention…

You will find truth serum, sulfur 
elixir, embalming fluid, spider venom, 
snake venom too…

Toxic gases are a must, to mix 
with this dastardly stuff…  

How else will you be able to 
whip up this nasty brew…

Wishing you a rocking Halloween!

By Sandra Lea Hoban
©2009

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Battle of Manila

My great, great, Uncle who fought in the
 Spanish-American War, although this was 
long before my time I was proud, my hero…

As told to me, he was in the Battle
 of Manila, he lost his life on March 30, 1899
 in this Battle…

Sending all the bodies of the heroes who 
fell on the Manila battlefield were brought
 to their respective homes…

The boy who gave his life for his 
country in the Spanish and Philippine
 Wars, arrived in Osceola Monday 
at 10:45 a.m. for burial near his
 family home…

War is a terrible thing, but freedom
 Is not free and it is a must!

By Sandra Lea Hoban
©2012

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American Beauty

We often hear America the 
Beautiful being played 
somewhere…

The Bald Eagle is the national 
symbol of the United States…

There are many monuments 
and memorials that play tribute
 to many, Vietnam, World
 War II, Korean, Tomb of the
 Unknown Soldier, Iwo Jima,
 Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt
 and so many more…

There is Mount Rushmore, 
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, 
Pentagon Memorials…

We also have a National Flower 
that one being the Rose!

Memorial Day and every day
 remember all those Monuments, 
Memorials and there meanings, 
never forget all those who
 have given there life for
 our Country…

By Sandra Lea Hoban
©2010

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Young Soldier

I was a boy not quit seventeen,
I enlisted when I was sixteen…

Wanting to serve my country…

I had no family it was just 
my sister and me…

My mother had died, when
 I was very young, new family
 adopted me…

My sister was also adopted,
 by another family…

As you can see, it was just
 my sister and me…

It wasn’t long before my adopted
 family, first my new father died 
then my new mother, followed him…

She missed him so much, for
 she had a broken heart,
 that wouldn’t mend …

I went to war as a little boy,
 came home a man…

As you see I was just sixteen…

The time was at “Chaute Thierry”,
doing world war one…

As a young man I thought we won… 

Standing behind a cannon as 
it was fired, shell casing discharging 
from the breach, sent hot shrapnel 
and pain into my foot… 

Sent me to hospital where I
 laid in pain, until they treated me, 
sent me home, with crippled foot, 
shrapnel of imbedded in my foot, 
as well as the pain in my foot…

I’ve never been able NOT to work,
 even though I have shrapnel
 in my foot, walk with a limp, and 
have pain in my foot everyday…

Now you can see, that it didn’t
keep me from work…

Though I was wounded during
 war, no purple heart was given
 this boy a young soldier…

Wasn’t until my son wrote our
 Congressman, explaining what had
 happen, and what hadn’t been done…

Took over fifty years, but I got my
 purple heart, thanks to my son for 
what he done…

I would have gone to my grave,
 for I wouldn’t have said anything,
 as I hadn’t for years, for I thought it
 was their job, to recognize what I
 had done…

My family was proud, of what I’d
done, but I feel, that they were more 
proud of me now…

Only told my story a few times,
 mostly to a few close friends, and my
 children, for it was part of history…

Now you know my story, the young 
soldier, just boy…

By Sandra L. Hoban
©2006

This poem was written and dedicated to my father who served as an infantry soldier during World War I. This is also dedicated to all those who have served our country and was wounded or lost there life while serving, not just World War I but all wars, conflicts and military police actions.

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Unicorn

One says that a Unicorn
 is a mythical creature, 
one horn in the middle 
of it’s his head…

Unicorns are said to be 
a very gentle creature…

Were they “Fantasy or Real”?

Cultures have stories from 
China, Scotland, Greece and
 many more places you see…

Coats of the Unicorn have been
 said to be of many colors,
 from dark-brown, very black, 
silver and pure white…

Do you believe in Unicorns?

By Sandra Lea Hoban
©2009

Copyright © Sandra Hoban | Year Posted 2012

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Excalibur

Sword of King Arthur…

Oh, how I wish that I 
where able to remove 
Excalibur from the stone…

That I was strong enough
 and pure of heart…

I could slew dragons and
 keep the peace…

If only I had Excalibur!

By Sandra Lea Hoban
©2010

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Snip, Snip, Clip, Clip

Sound scissors make,
each time they are 
opened and closed…

Snipping out and ad 
or clipping the hair…

Snip, snip, clip, clip…

By Sandra Lea Hoban
©2007

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Ignorance and Intolerance

So you think you are superior species…

You think animals are below your
 standards, that they are wild beast…

Well, you belong to that species
  “Animal” you are not, a vegetable…

Do you think, you are better than, 
the other person standing or sitting 
next to you…

Well, you are not, we are but 
one race, one family and that is 
the Human Race…

Remember these animals don’t see 
or know the difference, a snow leopard
 is the same as the African leopard; 
the white tiger is related to the 
Bengal tiger and so on…

So why does the human race see
 peoples as different? 

We are all related 
and should be able to get 
along with each other…

By Sandra Lea Hoban
©2012

Copyright © Sandra Hoban | Year Posted 2012

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