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  ABOUT MY OPERATION   System slowing down All jammed up Feeling the pain Guts are shutting down Begging for more time   Emergency trip to hospital, Doc says surgery required ASAP. I panic during prep time After a lone, … Continue reading

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MISS PICKARD

  MISS PICKARD   Recently, I posted Memory Is on my blog. This week, well, how is this for a memory? Early days with Ann. We have one child, a boy. We are expecting a second child. I decide It … Continue reading

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Portrait of a Mood

  PORTRAIT OF A MOOD   H. W. Bryce   Her face reflects a melancholy mood, Thoughtful, gentle, kindness of soul, exudes Patience and love, rejuvinations. Her face is a portrait of peace.   Slowly, she reawakens from her thoughtful … Continue reading

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Courage

  COURAGE H. W. Bryce –from Chasing a Butterfly –Alzheimer’s or Coronavirus, courage is needed. –I wrote this during my  wife’s struggle with Alzheimer’s –Readers have found it helpful   When adversity calls (and you don’t have the balls) And … Continue reading

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Once We Were Soldiers

  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 … Continue reading

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One Sunny Afternoon

  One Sunny Afternoon   A mood poem   Circa mid 1950s, Regina   Early afternoon, sun streaks paint Slanted anti-shadows on the Scuffed-up, worn to grooves Beer parlor floor, which was propped open With a rusted old anvil.   … Continue reading

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Everything Old Was Not Bad

  EVERYTHING OLD WAS NOT BAD H. W. Bryce Notes There’s a tendency to abandon the old Not just old people into institutions But important traditions, institutions, Buildings, genres in music, story-telling Formats. Poetry, for examples, has swung From formal … Continue reading

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