Category: Poet’s Corner

Poet’s Corner

A Good Life You are right I know you do not hear that often enough to please you but this time you are right chocolate cream pie in Missoula on the 4th of July is no small thing nor is the Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway or a flyover of military jets as we…

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Do You Remember   Do you remember the day we met? Everything seemed so ordinary, I could not have imagined what that encounter would mean. It was your earrings which drew me to you. They did not match. I figured it was with intent; But was not sufficiently sophisticated to know that was the look…

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An Ice-cream Scoop She is overwhelmed And perhaps in a bit of shock As I extend my hand toward hers Her thank you Are the most sincere words I have ever heard uttered She has been asking the cashier For the total after each item is rung Clutching her wallet Trying to calculate What she…

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Ready or Not Change calls out to us: “Ready or not here I come!” Wait! I respond; I am not ready. But whether we are ready or not is actually of no concern to her. She was just stating a fact, not asking a question. Either way she is coming and we must embrace whatever…

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Possibilities There are so many ways This could go What it might become I have to wonder Which path will be taken Either way I know There will be consequences You do not seem to mind Neither do I But I do not believe That all choices are equal I suppose We will know more…

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Summer is Almost Over It is not the calendar which alerts me that summer is almost over; nor has an anxious neighbor put out an autumn display of scarecrows, bales of hay, and deep orange pumpkins; I do not think they would dare quite yet. Rather it is the laughing children on bicycles, the parents…

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I Miss You I miss the laughter. I miss the sound of the children running down the hall  and jumping into the pool. I miss the serving dishes being utilized and the vases filled with flowers. I miss anticipating your arrival. I miss adorning the teacart with berries and delicacies, which I think you will…

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Happy Thoughts I miss being okay.Do you rememberwhen we were okay?One moment we were fine,I would not say we were outstandingor even content really,but we were all okay,yes, at the very leastwe were okay;now suddenlynone of us are even okay. The world no longer makes sense,and I am having troubleunderstanding what happened.When exactly was our…

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Pandemic Dare I say the word?It still seems surreal.But here we are,in the middle of a pandemic.Some horrible virus has spread throughout world;now whether we want to admit it or not,our lives have been redefined.This day should be about something else.We should all be snapping hundreds of photos,as we nudge each other to get closer…

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Is Someone Holding Our Place The world has gone to sleepOr at least to take a napDo you questionWhat it all meansAndWhen will it wake up againThe streets are emptyShops closedAndWhere we gathered darkenedWill life stir againIf soWhenFor the momentThe shades are drawnDoors are lockedAndWindows are boarded shutBut surly not foreverI have to wonderWhat will…