Category Archives: Memories

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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I Apologize

Posted on July 12, 2019 by admin

    I APOLOGIZE H. W. Bryce   I apologize. I cannot remember your name. You look so familiar but do I know you? Yet? Have we met before? I can’t recall, At least for now. You say that you … Continue reading →

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Poor Paris

Posted on April 22, 2019 by admin

  pixay POOR PARIS. Goodbye Notre Dame. What a tragedy. I wrote this poem when Paris and France was under attack by terrorists, but perhaps it is apropos for today. THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS H. W. Herb W Bryce … Continue reading →

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It Rained today

Posted on April 22, 2019 by admin

IT RAINED TODAY H. W. Bryce It rained today. It rained yesterday. And the day before that. Forecast: It will rain tomorrow. Our version Of the monsoon season? ’Fraid not, Just our temperate climate, influenced By the Gulf Stream up … Continue reading →

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LIFE ON THE SCRAPHEAP

Posted on January 21, 2019 by admin

LIFE ON THE SCRAPHEAP H. W. Bryce To all who are stricken with disease There she sits, yet sleek in her design, Marred some say by life’s odd scrape and bump Looking sad though still with life within Trying to … Continue reading →

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This Story Must Be Told

Posted on January 7, 2019 by admin

H. W. Bryce This story must be toldOf a lady who lived so bold,Until the day she was laid so lowBy a sneaky, nasty blow.She fought so hard, she was so game,But the alien attack she could not tame. She … Continue reading →

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AHHH! Sweet Aroma

Posted on December 12, 2018 by admin

H. W. Bryce  AHHH! SWEET AROMA Ahhhhh! The sweet aroma of coffee and eggs, That first sniff of a new minted day, newspaper On door step, hair all askew, bleary and blinking eyes Focussed on you; ah, that sweet sleepy … Continue reading →

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