Poems
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Bill Smith Bill’s little house was just two doors down fromReinke’s store where he bought all his groceries.He lived alone and had a vegetable garden, so,given his age, didn’t buy a lot of food. He wasnot a slender man though, but well put together,tall, slightly bent, a white and bushy moustache. His brother, a little…
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Sentimental Journey When I was a boy in our back yard was a fine, healthy chestnut treeAttached to a limb there was a rope, a swing tied there just for me In the fall of each year horse chestnuts fell to the groundNot just from my tree but from many trees in our small town…
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My Gal Together for so many yearssome rivers hard to fordDespite some troubled waterswe were seldom bored I think about the life we’ve sharedwith gratitude and pridethe bumpy road that we’ve been onwe traveled side by side So when will I be leaving you?My answer? never, neverbecause I have decidedto stick around forever A little…
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What You Say? Some have ridiculed my verses and for that they’re gonna payI’ll send them my creations at least seven times a dayThe quality may not be high but with that many what the heyYou can’t ask for perfection from a guy who’s lost his way With body aching and with hair that’s turning…
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Hearing Aids She spoke indistinctly so naturally I said What?She came and said Honey you say what a lotI denied that, said you are wrong, I do notBut no doubt about it her temper was hotI looked with some fear, said don’t get overwroughtThat was the beginning of a tough night that I got We…
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Albert Einstein When I first met Albert Einstein he was sitting in a parkSquinting at a newspaper, it was almost getting dark strange little guy, I thought, his hair was outa handBut I was soon to realize he could think to beat the band Something in that paper I guess had made him sad and…
PoetJimHall 