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Merle Manu Poem
Please shut
the ornamental
gate
gently -
lock can be
temperamental.
The lock
on the ornamental
front gate
has been sticking
and difficult to open.
If you find
that the lock refuses
to open,
please use the side
gate
by the kitchen.
The lock
seems to work
just fine,
if the last person
to close the gate
does not slam
it, but closes
the gate
gently.
Therefore, please
close
the ornamental gate
gently.
Copyright © Merle Manu | Year Posted 2016
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Merle Manu Poem
Simple Joys
Wishes for
the simplest
of joys,
to watch her
healthy,
well-fed boy
play in a paddling
pool, on a sunny
warm day
bits of mowed grass
stick to his legs,
hands, as he stands
up, by 16 months,
so confident on
his feet
that he plays
at making himself
slip on the lawn
how many
have had this?
--this joy--
she thinks about the early
days when the top
of his head was something
she knew, and loved
that oval, that egg-shape
that bread-loaf scent
Copyright © Merle Manu | Year Posted 2022
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Merle Manu Poem
The Soul Eater
Has a very deep voice; he
gurgles and gargles, and
he call out names and eats
them up. He belches and fumes
And has a great
sense of direction; he knows
which way is up. Yet all
he really wants
is to be
admired.
Copyright © Merle Manu | Year Posted 2022
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