Category: Poem
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Running with a Mermaid
She wanted to run with the mermaids It was an odd wish Not a high school sport Or rec center activity She worked on her grades Composed herself to be respected The water was always too cold The dresses too tight Her hair too short But she thought about it every night Flipped through pictures…
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The Finish Line
I saw a race photo from the other day Some guy I didn’t know He crossed the finish line around the same time as me His friend on the other side stuck out a hand They were both smiling A conglomerate of runners all pushed STOP on their watches In that picture we were a…
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Backpacks
His large head peaked around the door When I was in the bedroom, retrieving stuff from the closet where it was stored I pulled that backpack from the shelf Caught a glimpse in the mirror as I did so I didn’t recognize myself I dusted off that backpack from years ago It still had a…
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The Final 48
It was the final 48 hours Not the search for a missing person Or a list of unbearable burdens She’d been running all year long Waiting all year to get in with that throng Up north, running through the town To conquer the hills, all the ups and downs Nutrition just right Sleep light Ironically…
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My Neighbor and Me
She was wearing that same sweatshirt And her sweatpants My dog brought her over and they did a dance In my front yard on a Saturday evening My not-too-well-known neighbor started talking And in a moment she was seething We’d never talked much, just said hello in passing But this night it bordered on trespassing…
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Seasons
I love that rush of cold air The first of the season, hopefully here to stay I feel bad because of something I said today: “I don’t care” Did I hurt someone with my words Maybe I could run off to the beach again Escape this curse No matter what I do someone suffers Because…
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Halloween Roll
I was always a good kid growing up One time I said a bad word casually My mom heard And that was enough I’m grateful that in my late teens I moved in the right direction gradually I met some wonderful friends I wished to capture the heart of one of them I got a…
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The Horizon
It was like a pretty post card But live I was in motion, running hard Turning the corner at mile 2.2 The vast Atlantic finally in my view Three miles of boardwalk ahead The warm sun rising Surfers in the waves in October Visitors on the benches Surprising for the A.M. I looked over, delightingI…
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River Adventure
We hopped in the truck for a short drive I was looking for a place for my pup to dive Our neighborhood sits on the river but it seems everyone wants a sliver Big houses line it There are fences at the water’s edge A marshy swamp is at its banks Even in the sun…
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Blaaahhh
We had a paint party You simply painted a word in black For an English teacher it was pretty apt I thought you might paint a runner or the sky in summer But hardly It was just a word on that small wooden block Now I look at it in between glancing at the clock…
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