SHE STOMPS HER FEET

She yells sometimes and often cries. It’s easy to see anger in her eyes. She stomps her feet when she doesn’t Get her way. It happens frequently, almost every day. After a nap, she’s good as gold. A beautiful angel, she’s a two year old. 7/21/17

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GLITTER

It’s not the everyday object That catches my eye. It’s the unusual or colorful Spectacular or different That makes me stop Without a reason as to why. It’s fool’s gold that sparkles, The flash of glitter That surprises and teases Opens the gates and pleases, The moments that I catch my breath And sigh. Sometimes […]

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Bills, Bills, Bills

He was sitting at the bar, His eyes were full of tears, He claimed he was a bit tipsy, He’d had one too many beers,   “Son, let me tell you a story, About what happened to me, Sometimes life just isn’t fun, And I’ll bet you’ll agree,   If you’ll buy me one more […]

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The Faith I Can Fly

My dreams were big, It was all foretold, I thought I’d make my weight in gold, Life would be easy if I stayed the course, I’d claim my fortune and then rejoice, Though progress was slow in my early years, I had much to be thankful for, no time for tears, My family was growing, […]

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Mountains of Gold

Mountains of Gold In the Sierras there is gold, Gold on the trees before they turn brown, Magnificent panoramas to behold, While other gold lies beneath the ground, There are those who beauty seek, And come from miles around, They rush to be the first to peek, At the treasures to be found, When mountains […]

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Farewell to Trains

Farewell to Trains Oft I have lain awake, Stirred by a train’s mournful cry, Inviting me to distant lands, Where earth and towns meet sky, It would not wait though, As it hurried into the night, Sometimes I rushed to wave farewell, But it had disappeared from sight, Perhaps I had imagined a massive ghost, […]

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