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20 Years

  1. 20 years in
  2. 20 years gone
  3. 20 years come
  4. 20 years done
  5. 20 years low
  6. 20 years high
  7. 20 years smile
  8. 20 years sigh
  9. 20 years joy
  10. 20 years pain
  11. 20 years love
  12. I’d do it again
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Book Cover

  1. I saw a laugh jump from his mouth, a tear fall from his eye.
  2. I saw him run, and climb, and jump, and cross the brooklet by.
  3. I saw him cheer a lonely face; I saw him make a friend.
  4. I saw his hands building love, his eyes compassion send.
  5. I walked with him; I talked with him; I shared with him my mind.
  6. I laughed with him; I played with him; he returned in kind.
  7. I camped with him; I ate with him; my wisdom did impart.
  8. I rowed with him; I drove with him; he’s ever in my heart.
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Hinckley

  1. A man who worked.
  2. A man who taught.
  3. A man who led the way.
  4. A man who ran.
  5. A man who fought
  6. A good fight every day.
  7. A man who built.
  8. A man who planned.
  9. A man who always pulled.
  10. A man who hoped.
  11. A man who knew
  12. A glass was always full.
  13. A man who smiled.
  14. A man who laughed;
  15. A twinkle in his eye.
  16. A man who loved.
  17. A man who saw
  18. A need to always try.
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The Storm

  1. The unmounted creature danced on the skies,
  2. And the sparks from its heels are all left behind.
  3. Prancing through clouds all over the world,
  4. And as it did leave them behind itself furled.
  5. Hopping ’neath stars and above all the earth
  6. Living life eternal — no dying, no birth.
  7. Playing all alone — secluded — not knowing to wait,
  8. That at any spot moment, it’d meet its fate’s face.
  9. Girded and able, just hairs from its nose,
  10. Was its master or servant, only battle shall show.
  11. Sharp snorts and deep growls within each mighty chest
  12. Gave warning t’th’other that he is the best.
  13. And with that sweet music, the battle arose.
  14. Blood against blood, foe upon foe.
  15. The clash of strong horns and shatter of bones
  16. Rang through the air, through houses and homes.
  17. The froth which escaped from each snarled lip
  18. Fell to the earth like a crack from a whip.
  19. Charging and striking with each battle scar,
  20. Each beast is collided, each does its harm.
  21. Tired and weary, yet still at full force.
  22. Striking and smashing — an inevitable course.
  23. And with one mighty lunge, the battle does end,
  24. Each victor ’side failure, to ne’er fight again.
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Poetry

The River Turner

  1. They lift the eagle through the air
  2. They gave the bees their drone
  3. They guide the dolphin through the sea
  4. They built the lion’s throne
  5. They painted monarchs black and gold
  6. They quench the rose’s thirst
  7. They lit the sun and kindled stars
  8. They make the geysers squirt
  9. They stir the colours of the sky
  10. When dawn and dusk emerge
  11. They blanket Earth with snowy white
  12. When fall and spring converge
  13. They pause for faith, they guide for fear
  14. They juggle joy and pain
  15. They strike for wrong, they lift for right
  16. They hid when he was slain
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Poetry

St. Valentine’s Trap?

  1. Today’s the day when husbands fret
  2. And wonder what their wives to get
  3. To show their love with costly things
  4. Hearts of red and golden strings.
  5. Florists rake in quite the cash
  6. Bakers make the chocolate dash
  7. Stuffers stuff some record bears
  8. Jewellers cut more diamonds rare.
  9. Men run wild all over town
  10. Here and there and up and down
  11. They know they can’t this day to shirk
  12. They grab their gifts right after work.
  13. What thought is there in all of this?
  14. Do chocolates, bears replace the kiss?
  15. Do diamonds, jewels replace the poem?
  16. Do flowers, smells make the home?
  17. Is love restrained to just one day?
  18. Cannot the love be here to stay?
  19. Is this what all the women want?
  20. Do they need this yearly jaunt?
  21. To love one’s spouse is quite divine
  22. And love today is surely fine.
  23. But love’s not in the gold nor day
  24. It’s found in all we do and say.
  25. Let us all of men unite.
  26. Resolve to treat our spouses right.
  27. Let us love the whole year round,
  28. And show just where are hearts are found.
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Poetry

Regan’s Birth

  1. Two days ago, right after school,
  2. I came right home, and filled the pool.
  3. We found a leak, and scrapped that plan.
  4. Then moved upstairs. Two hours had spanned.
  5. Two hours more, and things were close.
  6. Out of the tub and to our posts.
  7. Just after six and out he came
  8. A little boy, Regan’s his name.
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Poetry

Rodents, Birds, and Mastodons

  1. I saw an army marching slowly o’er the hill
  2. With guns and cannons blaring enough to make one ill.
  3. Then they kept on coming, the valley they did fill.
  4. When I saw the soldiers, they were stranger still.
  5. Nine hundred six were el’phants with stars across their backs.
  6. Their ev’ry step that thundered made ev’ry boulder crack.
  7. Nine hundred six were eagles lined within a stack
  8. With blood-red painted bellies and iv’ry in their packs.
  9. Yet who could they be fighting on that tiny, tiny plain?
  10. I turned my gaze over away from all the rain.
  11. And right smack in the middle on an isle that seems to wane
  12. Was a roaring purple lion that breathed a roaring flame.
  13. Well, fifty-four were tortured by the fire’s flaming heat,
  14. And forty others suffered behind their comrade’s feet.
  15. The rest had been quite frightened and before they could e’en speak,
  16. Their commander blew the trumpet, and then he yelled, “Retreat!”
  17. Many years went by, and the valley thought it well,
  18. And ’twasn’t long ’til beavers had a population swell.
  19. They knew something’s awry, but couldn’t just quite tell
  20. When they saw the army r’turning bigger than when they fell.
  21. There were no guns nor cannons. They made far too much noise.
  22. Rather gold was now their weapon and the promise of great toys.
  23. The beavers gladly ’ccepted and thanked them for the joys,
  24. And the beavers’ big-chinned leader led them to their death.
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Poetry

A Harvest of Love

  1. All alone, yet there he was, knelt beside another.
  2. Speaking soft, touching slight, trying not to be a bother.
  3. Reaching out, screams of pain, in a way he felt so distant.
  4. Carry on, hold on more, it’s but another instant
  5. Hours drag on, the dusk is gone, and dawn begins to rise
  6. The stars now sleep, the birds now peep, and pinks now fill the sky.
  7. The sun wakes up, the earth warms up, the snow begins to melt
  8. It isn’t long b’fore the waited song amongst the two is felt.
  9. Years gone by. Sorrow, loss, and longing often lived
  10. Within the hearts, beside the souls, without a want or give.
  11. But now the time is quickly here and all these flee away
  12. Replaced with joy and peace and love, all which plan to stay.
  13. And then it’s gone, the pain, the work, and all the world seems still
  14. With all else now just leaving home, the two embrace their thrill.
  15. And now when two were once made three, and three were then made two.
  16. There stood again the two now three, and three with life anew.
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Poetry

Do It Unto the Least of These

  1. He clasped the coal, still glowing red, from off his wooden floor
  2. And placed it back within the flame. A knock was at his door.
  3. T’was dark outside and very late, and the snow fell thick and hard.
  4. He knew not of a single soul who would trek across his yard.
  5. He cautiously stood from his knees and crept across the room.
  6. Unsure who waited there outside beneath the crescent moon.
  7. His hand reached out, then paused a bit, then grabbed the metal latch.
  8. Pulling down, familiar creaks, and then the lock did catch.
  9. Before his face stood weary thin, a man so dark and frail.
  10. His bony hands, chapped and raw, gripped the iron rail.
  11. His clothes were thin, ripped and worn. No hat was on his head.
  12. T’was in his hand, upside down, a dark and dirty red.
  13. His eyes looked back, dark and wide, and shadowed from the light.
  14. His hair was long and full of knots and pathetic to the sight.
  15. His bearded chin began to quake, and parched lips began to part.
  16. His words were short and almost dead, but shot straight to the heart.
  17. He brought him in and sat him down upon a wooden chest.
  18. The man obliged, moving slow, grateful for the rest.
  19. The stranger’s boots were taken off to dry beside the fire.
  20. His feet were bare, no socks in sight, and sore and wet and tired.
  21. A blanket fell, thick and dry, upon his crooked back.
  22. A ceramic tub soaked his feet, misshapen and quite cracked.
  23. Within a moment, a platter sat upon his feeble lap.
  24. With bread and cheese, an apple too, and water from the tap.
  25. When he was done, he was led across the narrow hall.
  26. To a spacious room, with a double bed, and a mirror on the wall.
  27. The mattress firm, the blankets heavy, laid well upon himself.
  28. And as he closed his heavy eyes, he glanced toward a shelf.
  29. When the host awoke that morn and rose from off the floor
  30. He saw the boots were now long gone and his guest was too no more.
  31. The bed was made, the covers tight, and a book lay there on top.
  32. He lifted it, glanced the page and then his eyes did stop.
  33. He saw the words from long ago describe what he had done.
  34. He saw a man in need of care and brought him in his home.
  35. And now the words he read just then caused guilt and pain, regret.
  36. For he had paused and questioned why to help this stranger yet.