Category Archives: Reminiscing

Posted on November 9, 2019 by admin

  ONCE WE WERE SOLDIERS H. W. Bryce Once we were soldiers, now we are not. We were wounded. we died; Now it is trouble is all that we got. Once we fought on the battleground, Now we fight the … Continue reading →

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Smoky Jazz Bar

Posted on September 2, 2019 by admin

  SMOKY JAZZ BAR H. W. Bryce Old-fashioned smoky jazz bar, After hours, we find a stool at the Horseshoe counter semi-circling The stage. The buzz of anticipation Is physical. The intro act is tinkling The ivories and the player’s … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 12, 2018 by admin

  TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER H. W. Bryce Unknown, the soldier lies inside his tomb, Remembered specially, one day a year, Encased in local granite there beneath The monument to his fellow dead, Warriors who fought defending freedom For … Continue reading →

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Breakthrough Poem

Posted on September 10, 2018 by admin

  Now appearing in important magazine Flamenco Dreams A Poem by Herb Bryce She lit the flame in flamenco, His feet were a flurry, Her castanets clattered A frantic sweet rhythm and His heart matched her hot beat. They were … Continue reading →

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Bowlful of Seashells

Posted on April 16, 2018 by admin

  Bowlful of Seashells H. W. Bryce   I have on my desk a bowlful of seashells.   As I sit and stare at them My gaze waters and ripples, And out of the shadowy colours Wavers an image– Of … Continue reading →

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Upon Turning 31,776 Days Old

Posted on July 17, 2017 by admin

  Upon Turning 31,776 Days Old I long to see the homestead, The place where I was born. I long to walk my childhood ways, To see the flowers growing there And breathe the forest air… I do not know … Continue reading →

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Great People: Home Town Heroes

Posted on April 3, 2017 by admin

  from Charles Dickens’ Martin Chuzzlewit Great People: Home Town Heroes *from my book Chasing a Butterfly to mark my soft launch and signing Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7:00 p.m. at the ACT Theatre, Maple Ridge, BC Great People: Home Town … Continue reading →

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