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Judge at 6th Rabindrinath Tagore Awards - International - English Poetry Contest Author of Ann, A Tribute, and Chasing a Butterfly, A story of love and loss to Acceptance with the poetry of Alzheimer's and poetry for everybody. Appears in anthologies in Canada, US, India, Mexico and Bolivia. Poetry in Ekphrastic Review and NWriteers International Networeworld Review. Member of Federation of BC Wrters, Royal City Literary Society, and Holy Wow Poets Canada. Member Writers International Network: Distinguished Poet, Distinguished writer.

Herb W Bryce Do Not Sing H. W. Bryce Do not sing this siren’s evil song Her words do cut like laser sword Resist, resist, for pity’s sake She will seduce you ’ere too long If you should dally in … Continue reading

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Another Goodbye

  Herb W Bryce August 27 at 8:57 AM ·  ANOTHER GOODBYE Here we are again, Gathered in another place, another time, Same old ceremony, Same goodbye. What fault is it in the Human condition that brings us to this, Time … Continue reading

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Stuck on Daddy’s Old Model T

= Stuck on Daddy’s Old Model T There I was, facing a bald open field, Chilled on a cold hoar-frosty day, Hunting for the enemy scouting group When I spotted a copse in the dip.   I half ran, half … Continue reading

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Bowlful of Seashells

  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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One Long Moment

  One Long Moment* H. W. Bryce For one long moment, I held my breath. No dog barked, no babe cried, And for that one long moment, No one in the world died. For one long moment, the world stood … Continue reading

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Your Greatest Gift: First Prize

  Apparently I wrote this in Istanbul, Dec 1963. From a letter from me forwarded by little sister Marjorie, Feb, 2013. I called them My Jesus Poems. I follow these with a today poem, in the reaffirmation of humankind’s Greatest Gift. I … Continue reading

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Evenings Are Long When at First You Are Alone

  Evenings Are Long When at First You are Alone   H. W. Bryce   Evenings are long when at first you’re alone, And silence falls as dead and deaf as stone. There’s no one else, and no one ever … Continue reading

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