Category Archives: Care Giving

DON’T NEED NO DRUGS Written while watching Sutton Foster, Live from Lincoln Centre, singing John Denver’s Sunshine Almost Always Makes Me High   Don’t need no drugs ’Cause you being here gives me a high Don’t need artificial stimulants ’Cause … Continue reading

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  ALWAYS AFTER THE FACT Always after the fact comes the sorry. Always after the angry words comes the sorry. Always after the back-sliding comes the sorry, And it’s always after the divorce comes the sorry. Comes the sorry too … Continue reading

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  CALLING ALL CAREGIVERS H. W. Bryce Commiserations shared With all who have ever cared For a loved one who needed love and care.   You’ve learned more about how And you are much stronger now, Inner strength with faith … Continue reading

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Breakthrough Poem

  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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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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