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    SHORT NIGHTS, LONG DAYS Short nights, long days. They’ll make you long and lean And hungry, like yon Cassius. They’ll wake your temper short, Earn distrust from the many. That long day’s night makes life a fright Your … Continue reading

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  ORANGE PUMPKINS, ORANGE SKY H. W. Bryce   Orange pumpkins, orange skies, Canadian Geese flying by, Witches and goblins dancing ’round, Little kids laughing, joyous bound To a Hallowe’en party Hallowe’en night, Adults reliving the fun again, Remembering always … Continue reading

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  LIFE IS AN OPEN VERSE H. W. BRYCE   Life is an open verse, Often undisciplined                rugged and rough /with broken lines, unlike its synonyms, Frequently enjambed.   With calms between the storms, With reasons, maybe rhymes, … Continue reading

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From these Hunched and Aching Shoulders

  From these hunched and aching shoulders Let drop the onuses of work and duty, Worries, fears and fretful tears. O merciful Gods of health and welfare, ease up the Ache of pressure, introduce me to the Odes of pleasure. … Continue reading

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Furled or Unfurled

  FURLED OR UNFURLED   Furled or unfurled, life outdoors is ecstasy, Refreshment for the soul re-minding minds How wonderful is Gaia, how breathlessly We are taken, how beautifully designed.   How gifted we folk are to live here and … Continue reading

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Snow Daze

MOCK ME WITH YOUR FLOWERS H. W. Bryce You mock me with your flowers, Your Yuccas and Aagapanthas, While we at home here on the now Dark side of the earth are chilled By icy winds and sluggish rain and … Continue reading

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LOOK AWAY , but… H. W. Bryce You look away for one minuteAnd the whole world changes.And things aren’t what they used to be;Things aren’t where they should be,People are neither where they wereNor doing what they used to do.It … Continue reading

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