POETRY - A Passage of Motion 2
Poetry has always been my first joy, and I wish to place fresh eyes on anything surrounding me. Many of my poems have been published in print and online. My wife Esther is my soul mate and inspirational Editor. We have lived in Truro, Nova Scotia, since 1986.
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7 POEMS (2003-08)
Writing poetry, in my estimation, is the measure of one's soul; a chance to record emotion, sight and smells around us, and that is a good thing for future generations.
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A Birch Tree
sitting here on a hillside I know it’s watching me
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A BALANCE OF OPINION poem
Nature is where my mind reposes. And I delight in the beauty of this land, its whispers, the face of wind and autumn smells. Yes, living is legendary, with God as our guide.
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A Beginning
Ghostly images slow-dance in smoky tendrils
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A BOY AND HIS DOG - poem
There is nothing like a boy and his dog.
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A Busy Boy
Lug a bag of loose bones to the bookstore
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A Call of Early Settlers
Left early this oyster morning and sought out any old farm long abandoned yet alive
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A CANOEING JOURNEY poem
The day is bright upon his face.
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A Child of Camelot
a frontal assault, as did King Arthur’s stalwart men once charge enemy forces--
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A Child of Hope
fingers poking as a hummingbird at various shelves
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A Child of Promise
fingers like a hummingbird poking at various shelves
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A Circle of Good Intentions
In every avenue are found spirits of confusion
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A CIRCLE poem
My father said I spent so much time in the woods that I might grow into a tree. Nature has always been a place for serenity and a place to think and write. It is truly God's gift to us.
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A Cool Respite
not any space but calm for feathery souls
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A Crisis of Choice
erratic in a new choice of expressions.
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A Cry is Heard
The plaintive wail of my heart Wends into the night
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A CRY IS HEARD - poem
A sense of searching but not finding.
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A Delight
and life is a leafy dance with trembling flings
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A Dexter Bull
a dialogue of disagreement since territorial interests are involved
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A Family Landscape
Night sky provides a celestial necklace
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A Family of Seven
--Your Mama’s on Welfare and y’all got cooties, are taunts that sting.
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A FEAST OF SUMMER - poem
Journey through the galaxy.
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A Fisherman’s Son
They sit on papa’s dory One day they will fish for cod.
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A Friend Indeed
The lady gets her cup of tea and rushes to the window
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A Generational Journey
During my cowboy years Tom Mix and Roy Rogers were heroes for our copycat gang
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A Good Man
The weather was a chill of numbing in its creeping from bone to muscle
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A Higher Divide
its axis like a kaleidoscopic trip on a teeter-totter of values
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A Home for Two
Paws thunder across the kitchen floor--my ears sensitive
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A Journey
a slug of movement meandering slowly across the sidewalk
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A Lake for All Times
dashing themselves as pinpricks against the lake’s surface--
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A Large Vanilla Dish
Below craggy monoliths the forest is a mat
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A League of Shadows
Sandwiches are soggy salad drenched
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A Lesson on Living
I know better he's a worker been at it two hours, not even a coffee break.
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A Long Term Care Facility
One day, many of us will be in a Nursing Home, and this poem has a touch of living satisfaction and a longing to go Home.
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A Lovely Day
Tired shuffles toe-step along the bus aisle with hard stares interrupted by a shout of “Nice Day”
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A Lovely Day
a mocking voice some surmise knowing how humid the day has been.
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A Measure of Time
I am a child of my past, peanut butter fingers fishing with a worm hooked below the surface.
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A Moment, Again
Watch that young man, arm across his girlfriend's back
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A Neighbour’s
stale jokes and lots of booze
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A POEM OR TWO poem
And I live. I live.
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A Red
no fear of predators is this bird from southern trails
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A Rest
thankfully only my hand feels sharp pain from a piercing branch.
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A Restful Pause
thankfully only my hand feels the prick of pain
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A Revelation
I am a seeker of truths, a sanctuary of peace.
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A Ritual of Appeasement
A blackbird settles forcefully upon the back yard porch
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A ROUNDABOUT WALK poem
I need that smile helps me rise above distractions
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A Safari of Desire
lions meditate in pride, crocodile snouts protrude, guarding watery temples
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A Safari of Desire (original poem)
leafy trees understanding Nature’s need for privacy.
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A SEARCHING poem
this was a safe journey, as I traveled from other destinies
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A Separation of Land & Sky
In the natural world, land and sky are more like a sister and brother. Each complements the other and I wish to ally them in a parallel environment.
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A SETTLER'S TRAIL poem
An old wagon trail overcame pasture’s ridge wheel ruts dug deeply in the mud of ancient days
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A Settlers Trail
Ruts from an old wagon trail dug deeply in the mud of ancient days
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A Slice of Night
Later, I looked beyond his shuffle on the way to the can
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A SONG OF LOVE poem
This poem was written after meeting my future wife, Esther, and her three children. Three months later we married. That was almost 34 years ago.
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A THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE poem
A Thirst for Knowledge A game of Scrub in 1952 meant adults and children brought gloves bats and balls old shirts for bases and teams made up from the Veteran’s town-site
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A Tomato Plan
Tomato for a nice sandwich We asked noting her half-hearted Smile
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A Walk Through Time
From my front window view the grass continues grieving, a mower trim once again
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A Whim Unanswered
Before us stands the orator, His feet supplanted on A mound of grass
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A Winter Scene
Rabbit trails cast a dark shadow
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Age Comes Calling
Muffins lulled by his rocking Ida staring from the sofa
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Age is in the Flesh
arthritis a referee for changing times
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AGRA, IN NORTHERN INDIA poem
India is a land of distinction, home of the hand of peace, yet wrapped in emotions deeply embedded in its soul.
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AGRA, NORTHERN INDIA poem
Children dash through Yamuna River shallows beside the Taj Mahal, young legs more like spider appendages skipping through splashes
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Alberta in the Raw
Cows are crowding the pasture with magnificent bellowing
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Alight Then Flight
Magpies shuffle feathers in a contrast of white on black
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Almost Made My Day
He moves forward with a determined sprint anxious to celebrate his new-found energy
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Along the Moose
I am a child of peanut butter fingers
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Along the Moose
Around the bend it ripples, overcomes a mound of stone.
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Alzheimer’s Not Just a Word
It came like a robber in the night memory loss confusion and not knowing what’s next on the menu.
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Among Nations
No stone throwing children will die tonight in the war at Gaza
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An Atlantic Return
Family tradition, son & daughter clinging to day’s excitement as a pair of mollusks
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An Attitude
The journey is worth the risk
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AN AWAKENING poem
Our thoughts are at ease in early morning, when mist surrounds our view, and the spirit of peace grows within our hearts.
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An Ending Unmasked
Nature's boundary separating dampness from snowy bliss.
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An Evening Song at Lake Huron
thinly edged at horizon's dip
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An Old Family Farm
This leftover scene an album of reminiscing.
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An Older Age
Muffins asleep at his feet, Ida staring from the sofa, cruel Alzheimer's taking root
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An Outdoor View
ducks sweeping across evening in a silhouette of movement
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An Outdoor View
Wind’s melodious soothing Tempers stream’s cascading surge
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And So it Goes
I’d rather untie the line and let the boat drift
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Apartment View
Maybe she’ll make a pan of cookies peanut butter, the ones hubby used to like he’s gone now, two years this August
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Around Again
Once upon a wide open sky, wagon trains created their own footprints
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Around the Bend
His joy of living, working and traveling up and down routes
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As a Child Learns
Baby footprints straddle foam-crested waves
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AS OUR FERRYBOAT DEPARTS poem
cameras alive with memories from their Prince Edward island touring
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Asleep and At Rest
In nearby rooms Fred dreams of baseball Dorothy and adopted cat
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At Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia
Dockside’s smell is from herring-bait on lobster boats
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At Cap Lumiere, New Brunswick
Slatted traps parade as footprints on ocean’s bottom
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At Cobequid's Bay
Weathered houses are randomly sprinkled
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At Little Dyke Lake
Nighttime is full of creepy night crawlers
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At Pictou, Nova Scotia
Nearby, on reed-like legs viewing their unfolding world
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AT REST - poem
God's gift to me.
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AT ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND - poem
Awaiting the stench of fish-catch.
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At the Acreage
Kenny debates the issue trashing thirty feet of fence in a nose to nose confrontation
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At the Coming
people come at you heels clicking teeth sharpened
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At The Cottage
swimmers are silhouettes at dusk
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At Wilson Creek Cove, California
as knuckled silhouettes of resistance.
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Atlantic Tangle
tangerine faces bloated and float string-fingers
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Aviary
The sky is a lock of water among the hills
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Away to Other Places - poem
Yes he passed on that young boy who was run over after leaving him
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Back Then Times
I scoffed a chocolate bar from Bill’s store when I was ten (didn’t enjoy it then and don’t relish the image now)
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Bay Cobequid
Through field glasses on Economy Mountain I focus upon winter's lingering stare--
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Bear
and he saw her slouched nearby fur matted no longer a glow of flow as when he first called this place home
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Bedouin
breakfast among the dunes, shifting ridges, windy nudges
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BEFORE PRESIDENT OBAMA poem
I gather in your colour, the shape of your skin
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Begins a Journey
oblivious to surroundings in the path of dementia’s pain
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Behind Me
Sleep serene dreaming of tomorrow
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BELOW OUR FOKKER 100 poem
A thimble of activity in our worldly adventures. Life is much more than a stack of greenbacks
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BESIDE DORCHESTER, NB poem
It is a terrible experience to visit your son in prison. To see him locked behind barbed wire, with guards monitoring every movement. We still love him.
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Best of Intentions
I can run after my foe with enthusiasm
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Beth, a Friend
I know that lady walking the streets talking to herself in a language of her own
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Beyond Great Moments
I am threatened with rain when I desire fire---
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BEYOND LIFE'S GREAT MOMENTS poem
I am threatened with rain when I desire fire
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Beyond Life’s Overdrive
My fist is clenched with fire raised defiantly at snowflakes
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Beyond the Music
a hummingbird titillates my senses, a metronome of soundless joy
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Beyond the Overflow
I rise to the occasion wrap arms around myself tighten my collar and struggle to keep my perspective.
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BIG CITY BLUES poem
a ball of pasta in my belly. People crowding life’s destination, scooting to the bus stop amber lights glaring
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Binding the Sea Shore
crumbled clam shells, hulls from crabs and driftwood tidbits
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Birch Trees
winter splashes another coat on its natural primer, an afterthought
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Birds Eye View
Grackles and Black Birds have teamed up once again to raid the feeder
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Bless All the Children
days of the Round Table alive
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Bless the Children
dreaming of being a knight as you charge across the parking lot
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Bounty on the Ocean Shore
its mixture of kelp and fishy leftovers include crumbled clam shells
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Buckwheat
Now he trots off, cloven hooves directing him to his favourite mound of earth
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Building Bonanza
Some prairie towns are bulging side-pockets of development
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Bye Momma
papa busy crying in the corner
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Canadian Woods
The horizon is a slash of colours as ladder steps crawling one above another
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CANADIAN, EH? - poem
As warriors they reigned.
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Cap Lumiere Fishermen
slatted traps parading as footprints on ocean’s bottom
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CAP LUMIERE, NEW BRUNSWICK - poem
Lobster boats lick their way across Northumberland Strait.
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Cape Breton Highlands
From descending cliff to watery lure an expanse to somewhere
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CAPE SPEAR poem
empty the ocean ‘cause sandbars are coming as echoes
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Cape Spear, New Brunswick
“250 traps finally tarred, shameful only eleven fishing boats now carry on the tradition…”
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CAT poem
You make me laugh you.
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CAT-TAILS poem
sentinels at shore’s swept rug
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Catch the Fire
like an éclair, with shades of icing.
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CATCH THE WIND poem
Tumultous and roaring. An approval during Autumn’s season
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Cathedral
illusions are framed pines streaking upwards
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Cavendish Beach, PEI
Bathers in designer swimsuits watch from spreading towels, sizzling beach a natural hazard
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Chasing a Rainbow
others share this habitat, jealous for venison.
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Chasing the Wind
others share this habitat and danger equals momentum
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CHILDREN'S AID WORKER poem
put out his thumb early tuesday night and his first ride took him forty miles from what used to be home
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CHRISTMAS TREE poem
Getting a tree, after snuffling through the snow, powder clinging, breath heavy and eyelids almost frozen shut; but the excitement, aaahh.
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City-Poor
Fathers flee for better times with drunken friends
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CLAIM TO FAME? poem
Fame not essential to the Joining of words
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Coldness
a memory, muddy scar on the clean surface
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COME HOME DAD poem
Finally in tears I fled drunkenly into the street mom crying desperately by my side
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Coming Down the Sidewalk
Flicked from an index finger and thumb the penny flips through the air
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Comparisons
traveling salty waters in search of supper
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CONTRASTS poem
The prow of a dory is a cutting tool, like the sharp tongue of your personality
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Coober Pedy, Australia
and the excitement of an opal hunt flavours today’s conversation
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COOBER PEDY, AUSTRALIA - poem
Tourists arriving in spite of 40 C on the surface...
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COSTA CHICA, MEXICO - poem
Yes Gringos, dig more wells.
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Country Harbour, Nova Scotia
Red plastic surrounds treble hooks, silver lures teasing mackerel
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CPR Freight To Rossport
at the end of the string an old caboose bumps along while men of experience circle a pot-bellied stove
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CREE MAIDEN poem
a muscled grip keeping two OPP constables sweating through tunics
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D-DAY, NORMANDY poem
Victory in Paris, De Gaulle and troops, women rushing into the streets, kisses & flowers the hunger of joy.
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DAD SAID SO - poem
Battle of Britain.
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Dannemora
guard-turrets every fifty feet, barbed wire christening the top
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- 561 reads
Day Before Yesterday
I am loved.
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Day by Day
Ida staring from the sofa Alzheimer’s taking root
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Day of Lightness
wings like a knife melting mist, edging downwards to darker mass of earthly structures
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- 610 reads
Daylight and Common Sense
a total of six blocks; twenty minutes --- 4,281 steps
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Daytime Lady
brother and sister in a march to aging
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Deliberate Notions
An item catches my interest When South of Timbuktu a Dogon Man sits on weathered rocks
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Detroit Unhinged
I saw the face of despair on the news last night—an hour of concern
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DETROIT UNHINGED poem
The wrinkled singer on his porch strumming out hard times came here fifty-one years ago with nothing
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Did I Hear
And watch a homeless man’s ghostly shape drift as mist
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- 668 reads
Did You Watch the Sky
Did you watch the sky last night, I did
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Digital Images
Accepting his vision tourists seek further sights
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Do Not Follow
Do not allow any sympathy for the scene before you, of a fallen elm, now grafted with good intentions
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- 537 reads
Does it Really Matter
Taking turns to lead with faults not leaving the best of impressions at the time
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- 690 reads
Does Love Grow Cold?
tumbles into earthen chunks of nothing
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Doggone It Ace
They'll miss that mouthful of teeth, your frenetic fury
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Don't Go, Momma
Watch her place an arm reluctantly into a coat sleeve, chilly outside she says
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DROPPING ZONE poem
Yikes! Watch out for the pigeons as you walk hastily along the downtown sidewalk; ducking awnings in your search for bargains. Better make sure you don't find what you ain't looking fer.
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Dry Mouth Today
shuffling along as a ragtag remnant
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Dyke Lake Road
our canoe an island of respite
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- 546 reads
Eagle Watches
Rapture eyes above the plunge of shear cliff
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Early Morning Arrival
an expanse of lake illuminating a sober influence
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EASTER ISLAND poem
Be careful, Orongo is sleeping for now.
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Ellie’s Fingers
These same digits once firmly gripped a woodsman’s axe
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ENTERING DORVAL, QUEBEC poem
Travelling the highway can be a bore, or it can be stimulating. Use visual senses to see beyond reality.
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este angel
este angel is simply a blond young lady
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ETHIOPIA IN MY SOUL poem
How lucky we are, never to worry about moisture coming from the air. It makes me grieve for the parched areas of the world, like Ethiopia, where the women are braver than mountains.
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ETHIOPIA OF MY SOUL - poem
Now grown up, today's path a repeat horror of famine.
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Evening at Riviere De Loup
hush of quiet among the silhouettes
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EYES poem
tears heard from loving children a father not realizing his loved one absorbed it all.
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Falling…
I am a flick of a cigarette
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Family Ties
Like a broom he swept around the corner
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Finch Continue to Dare
Lupins the only competition for a riot of colour
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Firefly Chasing
they dart and scramble in the grass
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FIRST LIGHT - poem
Perhaps we too could push aside our timidity.
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Flames in the Forest
changed trees to blackened sticks
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Flew, a Sea Gull
By now other members of the clan have assembled and he wishes he could show them his prowess
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FOOD BANK poem
Today is a meal of hope
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For All Families
You remain nearby as You wait patiently with fingers crossed as they make critical decisions.
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For All Who Search
My ray of sunshine rises above troubles
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For Judy
A husband; son and girls you brought into this world they will remember, yes.
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For My Wife
you're the star in my sky
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For Selwyn
Later on I looked beyond his shuffle, the way he cradled his hand.
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For Teenagers
My heart is a ray of sunshine
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- 545 reads
For the Children
for sorrow to retreat from their family test
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Forest Fire
Its breath of fury captured a helicopter and three passengers
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Forgive Me Jesus (for Bobby)
And she pulls back on that sandwich and drinks her coffee.
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Forgotten Lake
dashing themselves as pinpricks of movement against lake’s surface--
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Forgotten Lake
The forest is a visiting silhouette, our tent nearby.
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From a Young Geezer
Memories are precious and this poem relates a few places where sight and scent were meaningful.
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From Africa
Man must do. I’ve been in prison, I’ve done bad things. Apartheid.
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From Apartheid Africa
Poverty pain & suffering was South Africa 1946
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From Day to Day
Muffins asleep on his lap, Ida stares from the sofa
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From the Sidewalk
hurly-burly sounds attract a sink well of lingering stares.
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From Wood Islands, PEI
an embrace at day’s end
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GATHER THEM IN poem
Keep trying to find the right partner, even though a first marriage did not work out. Pray for such a person. I did.
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General Welfare Assistance
I hear the lonely afternoon
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Get Out of the Kitchen
They (whoever they are) say the poor will always be among us. Yet, we must not give up on them. This poem reminds us of their life=state.
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Glorious Revelation
eagle’s soar, king of movement in his outdoor realm
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God is on Our Side
I’ve seen the face of despair the bone-crunching, spirit-draining moments of chaos
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Gone-Gone
The snowman is a smudge upon the front lawn
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Good Morning in the Woods
poplar leaves tingle to tunes of outdoor serenades
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GOOD NEIGHBOUR PAULINE - poem
A chit-chat of memory continues as we team-up scraping whiteness from her car.
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GOODBYE YOUNG RUSSIANS - poem
Six weeks of summer-fun melted away.
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Grandma, Our Rose (1892-1992)
A fragrance flows along with the current, a scent of fresh roses
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Grass and Ice Cream (new version)
dressed in brand names and hurrying off somewhere
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Green Grass and Ice Cream
backyard garbage visited by raccoons and other feral creatures
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GROWING OLDER IS OK poem
Not much energy left these days when I am the caboose with legs that once danced and pranced
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HANGING ON poem
legs stretching toes barely able to touch the earth.
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Happiness
My wife and I walk in the woods for a bout of fresh air
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Hartland Bridge
Pebbles spray a New Brunswick bridge, cars hurrying places to go, late already
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He's a Suit
an executive who carries his Sears apparel well
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Her Shopping
the gray-haired lady heads out on a mission of necessity
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Her Smile Tickles His Nose
her bed large and alone his on the other side of town
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Here I Am
Here I am contemplating my navel, an exercise of the mind, bathing in memories.
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Here to There
Lupins bloomin’ In June
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Herring Cove, Nova Scotia
Grateful eyes spy Morning's glory
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Hey Mr Sandman
Close down the shadows ‘cause I still have time to live
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Hiding Out
Cold on the park bench, skinny butt hiding under a flapping newspaper
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High Up
Engines glisten as our Dash-8 imitates a seagull.
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His Grandma’s in the Kitchen
pain reminding me eighty no longer young
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Home from Somewhere
A parade of steps head home feet stomping on the asphalt
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HOME SWEET HOME poem
Paws thunder across the kitchen floor as punishment for ears still sensitive from last night’s pub-crawling
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Home Sweet on the Bay
and hills a backdrop for lasting winks of sky
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Honey Harbour
head are clumps of land where Canada’s Group of Seven once painted
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How Great Thou Art
green dress impacts the room wheel chairs at attention scratching her leg a routine
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How is Your Day?
a flow of sweetness on the tongue
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I AM A poem
I am trapped in the image of stares but I do not wish to exhort any deficiencies.
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I Am a Prisoner
Yesterday the park was wanting for summer dress, branches in limbo.
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I Am My Father
good times I remember. Fishing among the mosquitoes swimming at Moose Bay
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I AM MY FATHER poem
I’m grown now, a man of graying years, with wisdom about sacrifices he made when life wasn’t quite what dad wanted.
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I AM THE SPOON poem
Sometimes I want to go to a fish market and disappear among the scales
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I Am your Dad
girls no longer in diaper rash but sleek figures
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I Bleed Too
I hurry to win the day, my steps seeking and I bleed passion---
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i bleed--
the sky shudders electrifies me in its storming
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I Can Dance
rainbow fire like an evening soliloquy
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I Can Do
His Mask Dance is a prayer for protection from the vengeance of killed animals.
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I Can Hear My Weeping
The bag lady is up to her neck in leftovers.
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I Cry, You Speak
our tears mingling with Your blood, a rejuvenation the glory of your suffering
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I Do Forever
The Margaree Valley is a tease of winding twists clinging like a lover
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I DON'T LIKE TO SLEEP ALONE poem
the lather of our moments, that sweet smell of assent.
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I Feel Like a Split Wagon
To flit like a Cardinal sweating thunder
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I Get It
TV is a messenger, too often conveys hurtful thoughts
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I Kiss the Night
this blanket of darkness covets my mind
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I KNOW BETTER poem
Dad spent two years in the Battle of Britain during WW 11, in the Canadian Forces, assigned to British Intelligence. Dad's passed on now, but his memory proudly lives.
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I WANT poem
to be a child with good parents holding me tight
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I Write
to enlarge, clarify and opinionate the world
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IN SDEROT poem
rockets are falling and children will cry all night their little feet cold
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In September
wings rapid-fluttering, Pintails and Teal and Canvasback
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In the Blink
reaching out to assail the prize
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IN THE HASTE OF BATTLE poem
Did you notice Kadogo warrior-child of the Hema tribe your blood is the same as that Lendu victim?
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In the Natural
I am a watchman with feelings
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In the Noose
if only he had spent more time sharing supper with family and friends
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In the Presence of Instinct
During one episode of hunting bear, my feet scattering stone on an old lumber road
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In the Valley of Moments
wings beating eagerly for attention
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Inhabit the Wind
Fear and beauty and flame became the soul of inspiration
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- 607 reads
Inside a Better Part of Life
a small nectar of woods surrounded by trees
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- 442 reads
Inside Life's Fire
I want to lay upon the sun and toast my feet
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INSIDE THE FIRE poem
to bathe to delight inside fire and redemption.
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INVESTITURE poem
Having your son invested as a Cub is a special affair. I remember the experience when it was my turn. Now, it's his.
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IT SHALL BE YOURS poem
farewell in the distance calls to me
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It Was Often I Saw Her
The bag lady is up to her sleeves in leftovers
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Jasper - Alberta
Rocky Mountains ebb and flow as mist
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Jasper in the Sun
Trees petition Nature in artful display dressed among strokes of landscape green
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Jo-Anne
they don't realize her world is fun and games
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Journey of the Return
scraggly bunches dip and twirl, one direction then another
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Just For Once
maybe a deer pointing nose at the sky, accepting glory in a day full of sun
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Kakabeka Falls
Courageous Princess who endured threats and torture-chants
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Kelly Broke Jail
his shotgun riding easy on his hip
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King Street Downtown
Towers of glass are monuments to society
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Kite Flying
Wooden main brace paper-painted tail, string attached to the bevel
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La Mauricie - Quebec
my wife and I inhale the silence, the beauty
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Lady of the Day
She absorbs me with her eyes and a usual wave of cheerfulness
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LADY OF THE EYES poem
she’s from the land of Afghanistan with little grass to soothe hardened soles
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Land of Seekers
sails unfurled adults eager for land, children overcome by ocean swells
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Lateness of Light
The tundra witness to each sunset
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Laughing Eyes
after fun and games the tempo increases, quick kisses in the dark
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Lay Feathers Down
The sun brings blistering heat, dewy wings
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Lay Me Down
I want to lay in the sun and let my feathers dry.
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Leaning on Rake
Autumn reminds us of raking leaves, after which children leap and toss into the piles. But first think of the memories of those long days ago.
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- 582 reads
Leaning on the Rake
laughing and wrestling in the last of summer innocence
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Leaves
adrift on Autumn’s waterfall of colour
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Leaves of Season
a mighty burst followed by mini-toreadors dashing and clashing
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LET IT GO poem
changes in their lives repenting sin from life’s past indiscretions
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Life is a Treaty
It’s a rub a-dub-dub journey with taunts and flirting
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LIFE SHOULD BE SMILES poem
Snarls deride and words describe
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Light at Dusk
serene ridges viewing wilderness as a domain within ancient sunsets
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Living on the Reserve
Listen to the sounds of silence drums no longer thumping, and only empty rooms for children
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LONG...LONG AGO poem
Through his room window, an aged man smiles from the Old Folks Home
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LOOK UPON A MAN poem
Once he held court among the wildness, young legs able to dash headstrong through thickets
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Looking for a Handout
I was a fighter then
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- 496 reads
Looking in the Mirror
I see sagging eyelids And draggy cheeks needing Some toning up
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Looking Out for Number One
A coffee break means hustling across the icy sidewalk
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LOOKING THROUGH poem
misty breath on kitchen’s window a man seeks recognition
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LOOKING UP poem
Beauty is seen easily in a waterfall. It's reflecting sheen like angel dust, and this sight is at the Elora Falls, in Fergus, Ontario.
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LOVE ME poem
someone who brings joy in a smile who gurgles with knowledge in a path to womanhood
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Mail Man
red, blue and white truck parked inside my view
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Man on a Tractor
The life of a young farmer blissful at peace with himself
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Man With a Pot
The surprise of bread falling like Niagara Falls shakes him from a quick doze
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Manitoulin Island, Ontario
Family memories capture the time we crossed Lake Huron waters
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Marie, Your Smile (prose poem)
In my mind’s eye you stumbled across a smoke-filled passage desperate for air
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Marie, Your Smile (prose poem)
I remember you nursing others at hospital emergency then accepting last breaths in Palliative Care.
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Mary of the Bay
colours within cloudy gray. Below, a fishing village
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Mask of Stillness
once thought of as a slice of steak on plates
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Mattatall, the Lake
canoe accepting motivation, wind pouting its resistance.
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Me Down
no words of sorrow hidden from turmoil’s scruff
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MEMORIES poem
There’s joy among fireflies as love abounds
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Metamorphosis
Climb after climb we search for insight
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- 487 reads
MILK WAGON DAYS poem
through alleys, between overstuffed garbage cans and a serenade of clinking
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Mom, Baby Boy & Rick
I am always experimenting with thoughts and ideas, sometimes getting off base, yet at times come up with a new way of looking at things. This poem presents a mirror of thoughts.
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- 502 reads
MOMENTS IN LIFE poem
As my age advances, I sense how precious this world is, along with family and friends. This poem is written to breathe special meaning into life lived.
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Moose River, Nova Scotia
Around the bend ripples overcome a bridge of stone
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More Than Poetry
I’m in love with a dream. Sloppy pants and farmer boots
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Movement
high tide reclaiming empty ocean space.
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Mr. Homeless Man
Bottle in hand he hides from the chill
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MUMBLES AND STUMBLES ALONG poem
he’s in no rush, neither is he shy about his unwashed state nor unshaven face, yet hungry enough to snitch something else
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My Mother's Snow
t was during the year of a great storm when the wind coughed up blood
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Nature is…
an eagle and his whispering soar, a river of silvery ripples
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NEFU DESERT - poem
Sleeping lions point regal stares...
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Neighbours
it’s a faded worn down building, the garbage always late for pickup
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NEON NEIGHBOURS poem
The sea and its splashing waves, its tidal surge arouse mystery within our souls. Go out on its shoreline at night and listen.
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NEW YORK CITY SEPT 11, 2001 poem
cell-phones cry love to distant homes families listen in terror, sad conversations memories of precious voices, and then silence, smoke, faces raised in awe.
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Night-Time
on two silent feet a magic came
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No Fences
sticks and stones, suicide bombs, rubber bullets now pushed aside.
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No More Love
insisting one path over the other leading to an unfinished disagreement
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Normandy Beach, a Beginning
Too many grim-faces from afar, some 10,000 casualties that first day.
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NORTH CAPE, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND poem
...a grandpa and grandson share hiking conversations, about life wisdom, youthful dreams.
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Not So Far Away
He’s peeking from nearly shadows
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NOTTAWASAGA BEACH poem
This is one of the nicest beaches in Ontario. And I remember that special moment, warm water, lots of activity and setting sun. A great memory.
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- 1080 reads
Now and Again
reverence and irreverence clash in the night
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- 576 reads
Octoberfest
a flotilla of curled-up edges layered in calico shades
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ODDS 'N SUDS poem
Being wild and silly after working all day may be exciting, but there is a price to pay. Next morning one could face a headache of mountainous proportions.
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Ode to Be
Birch slivers are more than strands of beauty marching along my path
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ODE TO GRASS poem
Like a beard of Irish green it protrudes from the ground between the roots of fame creeping in all directions a revolution of silence
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Of Our Desires
Life’s long distance run is an adventure
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Oh Boyhood
It was something when I was young, a-hiking with the lads
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Oh So Nosey
Where are you Coming from friend...
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Oh, Memories
Your voice from the past, a guitar with sounds which linger
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Oh, Oh Canada
Nova Scotia sends us clapping and sword dancing
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Okay to Grow Older
now a slow shuffle leads me to the dinner table
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Old Bones
creating cliffs of indifference as scales of shale climb upwards
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ON GREEN BAY NEW BRUNSWICK poem
Green Bay New Brunswick is tranquil, fish abound and the sand soft underfoot, a great place to relax and earn a living.
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ON GREEN BAY, NEW BRUNSWICK - poem
Morning trawlers will soon prowl as pussycats.
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On July 1st
I watched our flag saluting an afternoon breeze children dancing to band shell tunes
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On July 1st
Singers in caps and white beards short and Scottish ditties with Newfoundland flavour and fishermen fables
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- 536 reads
ON THE MEND poem
Got carried away Jolly Jones did trying hard not to sneak-attack another tourist for a bite
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On the Outskirts of Life
a handout, perhaps enough for a coffee at the local diner
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On the Right Side of Life (prose poem)
My route passes by a slough of murky water, good for ducks, dozens of them as they feather in flight, no time for bonding right now, only for scooting on by.
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On the Run
now the cops are looking parents worried
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On to Edmonton
From Jasper BC we leave vanilla-capped mountains
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On to Montreal
Conversations wind through corridors, jokes lost in the melee
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Once Upon the Atlantic
Lobster fishing is a combination of salty air seagulls and cormorants
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One Day in September (prose poem)
Leaves hopscotch before a parade of Autumn moments, hooves sheep-shuffled, baaing for grain
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One Day Soon
The earth Chilled from winter snow
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One Deliberate Notion
I continue to withstand TV messages and sometimes wonder if they are really a tongue of reality
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One Eyelash at a Time
Why else would two furry creatures disturb the solemnity of the moment?
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One More Dance
I want to fly to the moon
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One More Day (prose poem)
Another day for a summer walk downtown, the two of them able to have watchers eye-clock them
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One More Gift to Wrap
Fred nodded as he bit into the last of an A&W burger, smacking lips and pawing his beard with greasy fingers.
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One Pander at a Time
No one’s sure what caused his leg to shift into a limp---boating accident some say
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One Son
locked in rules and steel bars tears flow.
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Our Downtown Pub (new version)
Some can't down a glass fast enough but...
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Outdoor Retreat 2
Honoured guests We are this Breathless night
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Pandering Man
I could not avoid his cyclone steps hurling across the street
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Past the Night of Day
your love, a pause in life
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POETRY ANYONE? poem
Some poets go to great lengths to discover their muse
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POLAR BEARS poem
Beauty is starkness, hunters awed by the eruption of iceberg sentinels
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POLITICAL CORRECTNESS poem
Racism allegations and misunderstandings create a chasm between co-operation and unity, where the tongue decides who is at fault
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Poor Little Rag
Not long ago its colour was radiant A Wal-mart special at .29
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PORTUGESE COVE poem
This little port is one of many on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. It was home to early wayfarers and remains so for later inhabitants who cherish the land, and sustenance the sea provides.
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Prey to the Falling
We’re never far from the steps of charity
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Puffed Up Desires
Puffing up within the splayed breath of sun,
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RACE CAR DRIVER poem
Grown up hot wheels race asphalt-spaced lines passing slower-vehicles
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Rain
plinking pellets against Storm’s water dish
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RCMP at Your Service
The officer is a handgun of Authority 9mm slick at his side
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Red Bridge
My childhood is a refuge of captured memories
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Red-Bright
sun’s furnace stokes morning
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REMEMBERING JULIA - poem
How brave you were when they cut off your leg. Cancer can be a terrible thing, yet your spirit endured. And we are inspired by your attitude.
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RETURN TO SUDAN poem
Thank goodness for our young people who have discovered a world beyond the borders of North America. Working with the UN or others will provide opportunities to return with a new view on life.
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Riverview Variety
my son Troy impressed, impolitely inquiring
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ROUNDABOUT
Yet kicking at the can Ain’t the way to get to town
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Salvation Corner
Here comes someone looking prosperous in a three-piece suit
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SEA GYPSIES poem
Happy in their ancient rituals of handmade boats, living day to day
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Second Hand Music
and the pain now bearable as numbness is soothing
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SEPTEMBER SNOW poem
Early sweep of sunset trails, as wings withdraw from windy heights heavy eyes in need of rest from journey’s flight –
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September's Song
Canada's distant from Hudson Bay shore
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Seven’s a Bunch
their small shack stuck off county road 46 no indoor plumbing
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Shuffling Along King Street
empty pockets are waiting, shoe leather worn thin
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Sidewalk Encounter
Sees my hard stare, me dressed in nice trousers, real-leather jacket
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SIDEWALK ENCOUNTER poem
“I’m a Canadian,” you said. “And I’m not crazy either.”
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Silence in the Forest
Footfalls are muffled steps each reach of stride stepping silently between the hardwood.
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Sky Around Me
scrabble is a game and I am the dice tossed about
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SLASH poem
day’s journey long the wilderness an extension of paw prints.
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Sleepover in Toronto
Hiding our thoughts, we pray those vagabond warriors are gathering at local soup kitchens
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Slider
I strive to dodge today’s plastic bumpers when they stop suddenly leaving me shaken
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Smelly Fox
Too soon empty bellies began to overcome the group, a chance for Fox to show prowess, his style that never failed.
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SOLDIER BOYS IN AFRICA - poem
...madness is war.
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Some Came Calling
determined, one step at a time--
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Someday, My Turn
I’d never seen dad cry before, sobbing after a night of boozing
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SOMEDAY, MY TURN poem
I’d never seen dad cry before, his sobbing after a night of boozing
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Sometimes
we dream, and when we do bright stars come alive
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Soul-Searching
I search – my heart to satisfy While others seek their needs to fulfill.
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Spending Time
.50 to blow on hockey cards
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ST. PETER'S HARBOUR, PEI poem
Boats in the harbour, smell of fish in your nostrils, evening sounds: all add to the excitement of a fishing village, as a crowd awaits.
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Stay Young
fearless of slippery slopes streets no hindrance to acts of valour
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STEPPING OUT poem
...not around any more up the hill in her new nest another hunk in her mixed-up life forgetting three children...
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Steps on High
from my window perch clouds create cotton balls of misshapen puffs sprinkled across the sky
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Stinky Breath
might not like his choice of name brands. Ha.
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Summer Feast
artistic in its journey across our galaxy
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Summer Holidays 1975
Did I tell you I love you?
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Sunset Over Some Hills
something to write home about
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Sun’s Red-Bright
Through the mist of distance morning’s stillness
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SWIMMING IN SENTIMENT poem
In spite of the world being in chaos, there remains good people achieving much. Putting words together and provide such a viewpoint is a challenge in a poem.
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Syrup Season
sap's running and buckets full
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Take Your Pick
Life is beautiful in its ride, a whisper of timing, like accolades from a trilling loon, its calls in ascending charm
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Tasting All Flavours
travel the Oromocto searching for hidden truths
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Tenting in the Woods
The lake is swirling with activity
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Thames, River of Sadness
Time to wipe away the tears
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THAT OLD MILL poem
icicle eyes staring dimly at the scene, leftover pussy willows as stiff fingers beside river’s bank.
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The Benefits of Empty Space
There is a crack in the cliff where I go to hide my face
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The Best of Love
Hold me in the colour of your arms
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The Canoe
is a purveyor of memories, salient in its demeanor, a traveling smorgasbord of memory
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The Chasing
Cautious hooves pause within morning’s misty silence
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THE CIGARETTE LADY - poem
She's home to wash and cook and be there, for them.
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The Dandelion
a refuse in the wildness as scent abounds
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The Dream
I hear a cry that draws me into the dark
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The Electric King
He snorts commands through flared nostrlis
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The Family Farm
As children we swam in the creek chased cows fed pigs minded the chickens
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The Front
simply go somewhere, a hot dog perhaps at the corner stand
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The Generation Gap
hiding in woods from desperadoes, helping to protect towns as we boldly fought for goodness
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The Haste of Battle
Did you notice Kadogo warrior child of the Hema tribe
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The Journey
a slug of movement meandering across the sidewalk
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THE JOURNEY OF OUR DOMAIN poem
Furry body seeking respite.
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The Kite
the fragile paper launched by a ten year old
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THE LAST DAY IN SEPTEMBER poem
Sitting on my daughter's porch in Alberta grazing country is always a joy. Watching the birds and animals snort and fling themselves from branch to branch is like watching children at play.
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The Law of First Things
The first time I tasted fullness of love was at Niagara Falls a place for all young of heart lovers
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The Lighthouse
seeking wayward ships before they argue with shore’s delight
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The Lighthouse (enhanced)
perched high above a nauseous sea, clouds furious in their masking layer inside evening’s shuffle
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The Lock Up
Across floor tiles prisoners in adjacent cells rant “Cops! Pigs!” and other well-used names
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The Man in the Mirror
Morning’s journey begins with a shave shower and bagel with jam
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The Mennonite
Melvin rises early listens to the quiet
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The Miner
only twenty years old, man-child sharing a paycheck with mom and family
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The Name My Jesus Loves, is Me
Within the whisper of an eagle He hovers nearby
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The New Me
nights are lonely as a dove seeking a mate, searching for the right one
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The Old Dump Road
my nine year old friend mile-a-minute talking Eddie lived in that stinky place at the end of town
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The Old Family Farm (2nd version)
This home of fallen timbers
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The Old Tiger Stadium, Detroit
silence in the streets alarming
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The Peanut Wind
a seasonal change capturing my attention
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The Pick-Up Man
hasn’t missed a roadside curb or street litter box since 6 am
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The Quest
my blood-stained friend was sad awhile
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THE RAMP poem
Iraq War arms take two smoking tries to roll up the incline, sometimes three
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The Road Guardian
His hand is a monitor in slower motion, swivels a dusty STOP sign
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The Sacred Hour
Thunderous winds shepherd restless waves
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The Senior Season
It’s not fair, his bed isn’t quite prepared.
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The Sky Around Me
Through the door and into another world
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THE SPRING OF LIFE poem
This is a short poem about how futile is man in the scheme of things. He really isn't King of the Hill.
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The Strong Survive
Nature has a special meaning for me---a place of respite for heart and mind. A place to enjoy.
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The Taxi
Cars an exhausting parade of colour
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THE WHITE SHIRT poem
The White Shirt is wrinkled and needs a little ironing.
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The Wind is a Peanut
I want to make the wind wobble, to watch it squirm
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The Wind is a Peanut
I want to make the wind wobble
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The Window of Time
Many years ago being brave Meant arms outstretched
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THE WOODEN RAMP poem
Afghan arms need several tries to roar up the inclination, a painful tumble not part of the plan.
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THIS EARTH - poem
We lay claim to its whispering.
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This Jewel
The tall wind-soaked trees stand whispering still
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This Precious Life
an aching foot journey, sweat-stained shirt a sign of accomplishing ways
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Thorn of Sentiment (prose poem)
tormented people not diminished, their lives a testament of struggle within a frontier of adverse circumstances.
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Those Laughing Eyes
Like a calico cat you grew up proud and beautiful.
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Three Baby Chicks
Momma feeds her progeny one beak at a time
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THROUGH DADDY'S EYES poem
Life is love- tenderness from a father for his little boy.
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Through This Window (poem)
I see a sun hovering in the far sky
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Tiger Stadium, USA
In 1976 everyone Roared Reggie’s at bat!
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Time Gets Spent
a summer sky downtown flags heroic in their salute
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Time is a Mistress
In younger days I always led the charge
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Time Is Fleeting
The children are grown, so fast too soon
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To Be or Not So
but I must shortly take time to rest, a chance to relieve my views ---life and its baseball curves
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To Die is Gain
Hope came upon me as a light bulb in a storm
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To Melanie
I am the child of your dreams
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To Toronto
Near Brockville, highway 401 rubber tires discard as skin
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Today is a
I mediate on journeys afar like flipping on a banana peel.
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TODAY poem
Life can be a drag on your esteem; that is, if you allow it. I do not belong to that clan. In my poem I am an eagle and lay claim to adventures which stretch before me; my eye on the next horizon.
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Tongue of My Youth
now I am subdued in a fast lane of an Indiana 500 world
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TOO FAR TOO SOON poem
a carpenter by trade too busy with captured hours losing wife to inattention and love drifted into different streams storm clouds covering their home
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Top of the Mountain
I dwell on your shade of skin eyes from a people once downcast
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Trading Up The Ladder
chewing gum like a kid trying out for the baseball team
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Train to Sudbury
hours later the radio report, unidentified man discovered dead
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TRAPPED poem
I become a worn trail of wool winding down
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TROY poem
Remember the morning we sat around our kitchen table, the round one bought from Uncle Moody and pretended we won a million dollars?
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Turn Around Skip Rope
Rainbow and evening light share my daylight.
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Twister
roof tops, grass and trimmed trees torn from earth’s succor
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Two Better Than One
I opened the door to see two red lobsters willing to join our company
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Valley of Moments
I feel their flutters on my face
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Vanilla Dish
Far below craggy monoliths the forest sprinkles itself in a mat of yellowed September leaves
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VANILLA DISH poem
Below those craggy monoliths forest is a mat of September leaves sprinkled yellow
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Vanilla, a Choice of Season
The Rocky Mountains are distinctive with a dash of snow
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Victoria Park, Truro
Where stress is eased from worried frowns and songbirds pluck a vibrant cord
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Voyager 1
Black and white Pictures Of Jupiter
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War Among the Nations
In death they are heroes and we are their reflection
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Water I’m Drowning
When you’re here I’m not
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WAY UP NORTH poem
surrounding the island-village of Moose River Crossing, then to the lowlands where coureur-de-bois once sought the beaver
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Wednesday’s Menu
in the corridor a culture of hunger awaits, tummies grumbling.
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WESTMORLAND, NEW BRUNSWICK poem
I was in the dark and must not look back he said in the letter, strong and full of hope.
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When a Child Dies
You may not know me little one, but I know you
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WHEN AN AUNT DIES - poem
You're a star so bright.
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When Chaos Rules
I am desperate to disappear.
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When Evening Comes
The sky is restless from its Lost shine
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WHEN I WAS poem
chase bad guys rope them into submission and ride proudly into town
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WHEN LOVE FLOURISHES a story-poem
There are so many family situations today. I am pleased to be married 34 years to a wonderful lady, and we have three adopted children (two from Esther's first marriage).
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When Someone Cares
new outfits planned for belly buttons, stiletto heels
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When the Air Ceases
Breathe in breath of life---
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When the Fishermen are Gone
slap of water slings the shore
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WHEN THE LION ROARS - poem
In the morning of our daily struggles...
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Whose Farm is this
where a yeller moon crests behind the barn
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WHY WHY WHY poem
when someone cries everyone assumes it’s due to life’s challenge
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Why, in Sderot
Why Isaac and Ishmael did you not reconcile differences ancestral days ago?
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WiIson Creek Cove, California
reddish-dazzle interrupting pink and lavender
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WILL HE?
Will he remember when we're old and gray?
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WINDED IN THE PINES poem
Living is great. Oh to be alive and try to fulfill expectations no matter what challenges confront us.
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Windy as a Morning Scent
Leftovers include a carpet of kelp like handfuls of moss hurled from the bay
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WINDY WORDS poem
“Mister, got some small change for a coffee?” then searching with puppy eyes expecting a thrust of hand into my pocket, not expecting a negative response
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Winter Comes
Birch trees are handcuffed by frigid wind, tormenting storm
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WINTER COMING poem
The trees are handcuffed today by a frigid wind.
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Winter is
freezing sleet stokes the rules for cautious driving
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Winter Solstice
The bear lay beside her
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Winter’s Scene
A cold wind in pursuit
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Within the Glory
filled the sky with bright led me on a journey
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Writing Poetry is Fun
Some poets go to great lengths to discover their muse
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You Take Me
no one else could assume you know my heart
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A Terror in Our Midst
The air is a trembling sky full of trouble almost Spring but an onslaught of snow remains- it is relentless & determined. First the icy particles...
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Richard & Esther Provencher
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