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Category: Poems by Readers

Our readers have shared with us beautiful words and profound thoughts resulting in quality poetry which we are pleased to be able to share.

 

 

 

October 3, 2021October 3, 2021

I N F I N I T Y

  The English professor assigned,“For next Monday, write a poem on infinity.”Me! Infinity?Whatever could I write?Generating ideas, my mind was as tightAs a miser withholding […]

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August 9, 2021August 29, 2021

Lines to a Summer Cottage

  Submitted by her daughters.   Our mother, Eloise Wayne Jones, was a resident at Marquette for four years in the Health Center after breaking […]

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May 31, 2021June 20, 2021

The Performance of Spring

The daffodils are bloomingprofusely ‘neath the trees.Their Golden heads are held erectall swaying in the breeze.Forsythias abundant bloomsdance lively as a lassLike ballerinas dressed in […]

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February 7, 2021April 24, 2021

Where Has He Gone?

  A lament.   WHERE HAS HE GONE?The man who swept me off my feet.The man who made me feel secure.The man who listened to […]

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December 30, 2020April 18, 2021

What Do You Know?

What do you know old girl?I know times are hard, but I can always choose hope. What do you know?I know in this isolation bubble […]

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July 8, 2020April 18, 2021

Listen World!

  I’ve got stuff I need to tellSince this COVID-19 started,Marquette isn’t doing very well.The Legacy’s closed for diningFireside Grill is shut down tooCan’t go […]

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June 25, 2020April 18, 2021

Isolation

Closets have been tidiedI have cleaned out all the drawers,Rearranged the kitchen cupboardsEven scrubbed the bathrooms floors. Read all the books I care toSewed on […]

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April 26, 2020April 18, 2021

Morning

There you are again,beloved Lord,being beautiful in the SkyThe trees,In the faces of yourCreated ones.My heart swells with a joyThat spills out.Into the world I […]

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April 19, 2020April 18, 2021

COVID-19 Virus Curve*

The COVID-19Virus curve evokes an imageOf a roller coaster ride ascending ever upwardWith unwilling passengers wishing they were elsewhereWhile grasping the bar tightly, not wanting […]

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April 12, 2020April 18, 2021

Still of the Night

  In the still of the nightWhen all, except cat-burglars and nurses, are sleeping,I lie awake.My mind is a parade ground …..Unsummoned, unrelated, unwanted thoughts,Fears […]

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April 4, 2020June 13, 2021

Yesterday

  From my perch on the fence,I watched the little lambs at play.Curly coats clean and pearly white,In the warm sunshine.I watched the little lambs…Yesterday…when […]

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March 28, 2020April 18, 2021

COVID-19

  COVID-19 came a-callingDr. Fauci called the score’U S Mailman wouldn’t enterTwo staff members did his chore. We are called to isolationNo more bus-trips to […]

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March 28, 2020April 18, 2021

Hide and Seek

  A child’s game of hide and seekWe often played. Seeking to know the others’ thoughtsWhile holding back our own.I often asked “Lay bare your […]

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March 23, 2020April 18, 2021

Isolation

  Good I like myselfFor I have been called to isolationJust me and me I pray I may emerge a better personWhile all aloneJust a […]

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March 23, 2020April 18, 2021

The Pilot’s Gift

  Gazing heavenward,A cross appeared in the blue.Prayer filled my heart.Thank you, PilotsFor this beautiful gift.Never will you knowYou sent God’s loveFrom above.   Mary […]

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March 23, 2020April 18, 2021

The Virus

  FearfulAnxiousWhere am II do not know Our fences are uselessThe unseen enemySlips byWhen we hold hands IsolateThe world itself is coldIt grates against meI […]

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June 3, 2019April 18, 2021

Mom Met Dad

  The girl from Valeene rode sidesaddleWith style and with graceIn a black riding habitAnd a smile on her face. She rode like the windOn […]

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May 13, 2019May 8, 2021

Hall Haven

  My Mom named our house  “Hall Haven”.When the Hall kids grew up and went out into the world,she wanted us to know we could […]

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May 2, 2019April 18, 2021

Again?

 If you could repeat your years of marriage, would you?     Again?   Time has dimmed your sight, my love, That I might always […]

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April 15, 2019April 18, 2021

Haiku: Spring

  Snow people once stoodWhere green spikes pierce thru damp soilSand shifts endlessly Spring paints with blossomsBursting forth on stem and treeGrief remains inside By […]

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April 15, 2019April 18, 2021

A Lion on my Street

  My friend yelled at me “There’s a lion on our street”!Best we kill it now ere we become its’ meat.Grabbed my gun and joined […]

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April 15, 2019April 18, 2021

Ode to Dandelions

  Dandelions! Harbingers of spring!Delight to the eye, warmth to the soul!Promise of sunny days , they bringHappy thoughts with golden glow.Childlike, hold them to […]

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April 15, 2019April 18, 2021

Lord Byron

  I first met Lord ByronIn Miss Moore’s Literature classWhen in High School I was in love with loveAnd may still beLord Byron Touched my […]

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March 25, 2019April 18, 2021

Golden Wedding Anniversary

This poem was written in 2005 as my gift to my husband after fifty years of marriage. Perhaps I had better start working on a […]

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February 11, 2019April 18, 2021

The End of Awe

Yesterday I saw a little girl hold a puppy for the first time.Her eyes sparkled as it’s tiny tongue tasted her cheek.As I watched, I […]

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December 31, 2018April 18, 2021

Faces at the Airport

  The people are everywhere. They have color, shape, clothes, but mostly they have disposition. Anger, fear, anxiety, dread, depression, Enthusiasm, confusion, hurry, impatience, Arrogance, […]

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