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Salutation

12/31/2016

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Salutation

The 
Lesson
Of 
The
Past
Is
That
Nothing
Can 
Last.
Good,
Bad,
Happy
Or
Sad,
It
Will
Pass
Away,
And
There
Is
Little
More
To 
Say.
Happy
New
Year,
And
Have
No 
Fear,
The
Way 
Ahead
Will
Become
Clear.
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Last Rites

12/29/2016

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Last Rites

What
Can
We
Say
When
All
Our
Hero’s
Have 
Been
Taken
Away?
Faces
That
We
Carried
In 
Our
Mind,
But
Can
No 
Longer
Find?
The
Ranks
Thin
And
How
Shall
We
Replace
Their
Laughter
And
Sweet
Grace?
The
Old
Year
Dies
As
Well
And
For
Solace,
We
Recall
Until 
They
Fell,
We
Had
Them
All.
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Politics

12/27/2016

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Politics

When 
He
Is
Betrayed
And
Samson’s
Seven
Braids
Are
Cut,
He
Is
Forced
To
Tread
A
Basement
Rut
Grinding
Grain,
In
Mortal
Pain.
So
Has
Our
Nation
Fallen
Low, 
Now
To
Be
Led
By
A
Moral
Foe,
But
Our
Strength
Will
Grow
Sooner
Than
Our
Enemies
Can
Know,
And
We
Will
Once
More
Take
The
Helm
Of
This
Sometimes
Noble
Realm.
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Winter Feast Day

12/25/2016

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Winter Feast Day

As
Has
Been
Said,
A
Cold
Coming
We
Had,
Our
Goal
To
Seek
And
Lift
Our
Soul,
To
Find
A
Way
To
Put
Meaning
In
The
Every
Day.
But
That
Hope
Has
Dwindled
Away
Through
Empty
Cant
And
Mindless
Chant,
And
Left
Us
With
No
Definite
Sway.
Yet,
We 
Rise 
To
Rejoice
And
Once
More
Lift
Our
Voice
To
Praise
A
Distant
Star, 
In
Hope
Of
Knowing
Who
We
Are.
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Damp

12/23/2016

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Damp

Fog
Furs
The
Trees
And
Blurs
The
Street
And
I can’t
See
Where 
Earth
And
Sky
Meet.
It’s
Winter’s
Joke,
To
Make
Sweet
Air
Smoke,
Lest
We
Forget
Rain
Is
More
Than
Wet.





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Testing

12/23/2016

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Winter

12/21/2016

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*Susan Seddon Boulet*
Winter

The
Solstice
Came
While 
No 
One 
Took 
Heed,
Or
Saw
No 
Need
To
Pause
Like
The
Sun,
To
Count
The
Cost
Of
Daylight
Lost
Or
Remark
The
Sudden
Early
Dark.
So
It
Is
And
Has
Been
Through
Time,
And
I make
This
Useless
Rhyme
To
Note
The
Spot
Of
What
I had,
And
Now
Have
Not.
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Adieu

12/19/2016

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*Jane Peterson*
Adieu

In
My
Other
Life
I would
Be
Living
Well
In
Gay 
Paree,
Singing
Piaf
And
Jacque
Brel, 
Giving
La
Publique
Hell,
Breaking
Every
Heart,
My
French 
So
Smart,
My
Couture,
My
Hats
And
Shoes
Enough 
To
Give
Faint
Bourgeoisie
The
Blues.
Ne
Me
Quitte
Pas
Would 
Be
My
Song,
That
And
Je
Suis
A
Toi.
Oh,
How
I long
To
Flee
Far
From
Everything
I see,
And
She,
The
Woman
Before
You
Calmly
Drinking
Tea,
Would
Not
Be
Me.

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Brrrrr

12/17/2016

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Brrrrrr

I wake
In
The
Night,
Before 
Any
Light
As
Gusty
Wind
And
Sharp
Rains
Blow.
In
The
Northern
Sangria
De
Cristo
There
Is
Falling
Snow 
On
Mountain
Tops
Where
I won’t
Go.
Too
Wet,
Too
Cold,
And
I’m
Too
Old,
I fear,
To 
Slide
Down
Hills
And
Chill
My
Rear.
So
If
You 
Please,
I’ll
Stay
Right
Here,
Warm,
Dry,
And
At
My
Ease.
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Ornaments

12/15/2016

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Ornaments

The
Holly
Tree
Which
I can
See
From
My
Table
Is
Now
Hung
About,
As
High
As
I was
Able,
With
Large
Balls
Of
Red
And
Glossy
Pink.
I think
They
Make
A
Jolly
Show
But
Can’t
Know
If
Those
That
Hurry
Past
Will
At
Last
See
What
Constitutes
A
Holiday
For 
Me.



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