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THE MANSION IN MEMORY LANE

By on December 24, 2009 in Poems & Stories

(1)Young Tom visited his great aunt, until he was ten years old, And soon after his next birthday, her old mansion would be sold, Since she died, and he would miss them both, as nine years changed the date. He completed school, did two years work, and started college late. (2)At the end of his [...]

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By on December 24, 2009 in Family Poems, Funny Poems, Short Poems

im a poet when i was young and in my prime the world was new and so unkind in this world we all shall pass, working and working trying to by some cheap gas to travel the country side far and near, to  go visit relatives and people  we hold dear. through the interstates and [...]

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When J.O. superintendant left home at seventeen.

By on June 24, 2009 in Poems & Stories

I never see John anymore- The yeras have come between- He left for Minnesota In the fall of Seventeen- An’ then we both got married, An’ the years have skipped away- Since we were little boys at Home A Fiddleing “Nellie Gray”! The wind was blowing the prairie grass- Both of us boys were poor- [...]

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Home of the Hills

By on June 17, 2009 in Poems & Stories

MY HEART……is not in the City; With its crowds moveing where no one knows- It is out in the hills of the PRAIRIE: With their strong SWEEPING WINDS- And their SNOWS! Its out where the stacks of the harvest Once stood in the trail of the “Boo”- Who came humming along with his PITCHFORK; And….stayed [...]

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Life is a Dream

By on June 17, 2009 in Poems & Stories

I can remember….far far away- Those foolish GLAD days- ‘Fore I was gray! I held your hand, Dear- You here devine- YOU GAVE ME YOUR DREAM* I gave you mine! If you like music- Sing this with me! Sometimes the dog came- He made the three! Always the warm winds- Always the same- Happy old [...]

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