Poems
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He was never Langdon, he was always known as Buck Meeting him in ‘59 was the greatest stroke of luck Just out of the Navy, starting toward my Ph.D. He just a little older on the Psychology faculty I had an assistantship at the Youth Studies Center I met him there; he would became my…
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Ciao Baby I recall a certain dinner guest who lingered on after all the rest A guest we feared would never leave Whose departure led none of us to grieve With that in mind here’s my farewell As I listen for my final bell What will nature do with this old man I suppose she’ll…
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Still Here Once it becomes a memory it seems it’s there to stay. I see that big radio sitting in one corner, the Sunday funnies all about the carpet, as are Daddy Bill and Jimmy. What’s Lil’ Abner done this week, where is Popeye going. Jimmy’s favorite was Alley Oop, a straight and narrow…
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Late Thoughts What’s done is fun the leader piped as he or she rode pastSo hang your hat upon the tree and dance out here at last What’s this signify I wondered thinking fast and slowWhat did those phrases mean to me, I just didn’t know Life move upside down sometimes and old can seem…
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Lost Words Often I need or at least badly want a wordthat has unexpectedly, like a wild bird,flown out of sight or rather out of mind.Absurd to lose a word, a word I’ve ownedfor many years, perhaps since I wasin second grade or even earlier when I reador was read to in Nanny’s lap.It seems…
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Loneliness Like my old friendsmy words can slip awayunlike those friendsthey return another day We have so very many wordsa nearby substitute will dowhereas I find with friendsthose near your heart are few Modern medical procedureshave been a great success.But will they find a curefor death by loneliness?
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Last Dance So you gods are disillusioned about how we treat the planetYou’ve seen wars begun by those fools who have run it The planet’s heating up and we’re slow in our reactionDue to so many dummies in the lunatic faction Before you pull the plug on us please wait,Come with me before you call…
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Just Dead When I leave this mortal coilPeople mourning, that’s the styleKeep in mind what I have saidI’ll not be passing, I’ll be dead There’ll be no shadows standing roundWhen I am burned or in the groundRemember what I’ve clearly saidI haven’t passed, I’m really dead Newton and Darwin sent to usEnlightenment that caused a…
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To the Fallbrook Land Conservancy I hold this land conservancy very close to my old heartAnd I’m surely gonna miss it when we will have to part When we arrived in Fallbrook back in two thousand twoI met young Wallace Tucker and his motley crew Vince and Jackie were among the driving forcesBut many others…
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Losing Hand How can one lose what one never hadHe was only five weeks oldOr so he was always toldHis teen-aged father couldn’t be a dad So the older couple living all aloneAdopted that baby still lying in a cribChanged his diapers, washed his little bibAnd raised that child to be their very own Were…
PoetJimHall 