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Monthly Archives: December 2015
A MEMORY REVIVED
The shadow of a cloud moved across the grass. I watched it pass. And after it passed it became a pleasant memory – and then it became a forgotten memory for my mind let go of it to … Continue reading
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HAIKU #2
So fast it happened. I got old. Call me “Old Man” That is what I am. Time – it goes so fast. I did not grasp its swiftness. Past my understanding. Nothing I can do. Too late for … Continue reading
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ON A CHRISTMAS EVE
On a Christmas Eve some eighty years ago I quietly descended the stairs and peeked into our living room to see my father setting up an electric train in front of our Christmas tree. No one saw me. … Continue reading
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CHRISTMAS WEEK HAIKU
Christmas – it has changed. So has the world I live in. Can’t handle it well. Age has made me old. Some people don’t get that way. Some folks I envy. But I still know love and am … Continue reading
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A DOSE OF DAWN
The sunlight which strikes my eyes at dawn bears its surprises. Never the same when it returns again – on that I can depend. Of course some days are dark even when the night departs and ushers in … Continue reading
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SWALLOWING THE SUN
Did you know that recently a black hole in space swallowed a star? That’s what I read the other day. I guess it must be true. But the star I read about was millions of miles away, … Continue reading
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PLAYING WITH “SELF-PITY”
Visited by a modicum of self pity while laid way back in my recliner I say to me: “I am useless!” And then I raise the question with myself: “Does that mean I am worthless?” I decide that … Continue reading
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MY LAST SUPPER
It wasn’t a dream for I was already awake. But my head was still on my pillow and, da Vinci’s LAST SUPPER came to mind. I could see the disciples sitting there and Jesus was in the center … Continue reading
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THE BOTTOM SHEET
Putting a bottom sheet onto the mattress of a king size bed is something that I never learned to do ’til after I became eighty-eight. Rather late the process joined my fate. Lots of folks never have had … Continue reading
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THREE HAIKU
Daylight is shrinking. I’m thinking: “I don’t like it.” It will increase soon. The west intrigues me. My old eyes spend much time there. My mind goes way back. Shadows surround me when I go to sleep at … Continue reading
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