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Just a Leaf

  JUST A LEAF H. W. Bryce from a blog by Giselle Roeder “Change of Seasons…”   She writes: I am next in line, just a leaf blowing in the wind.   Like the gusting wind Swirling eddies of autumn … 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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Mysterious Man

  MYSTERIOUS MAN I am African, I am Asian, I am Caucasian, Hindu, Turk, I am Muslim, Christian, Jew —I am so very much like you. I am love and I’m compassion I am hate, I’m destruction, I am jealousy, … Continue reading

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Heavy Is My Gut

  HEAVY IS MY GUT  H. W. Bryce   RE: The Covid pandemic co-conspirators Many have confessed.    Heavy is my gut from all the beer I drunk, It has given my breath the odour of the skunk, And loud … Continue reading

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All Roads

  ALL ROADS  H. W. Bryce   After Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken   All roads, they say, lead into Rome. What if I took Road A, so greened? Long I planned and and prayed, shalom, And what if … Continue reading

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But I’m Not Bitter

  BUT I’M NOT BITTER H. W. Bryce In response to Renee Drummond-Brown’s “Allow Me to Introduce Me to You” You reject me, you put me down, You sneer at my part of town, You segregate me, you choke my … Continue reading

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Aching for a hug

  ACHING FOR A HUG   H. W. Bryce   My arms are aching for a hug, My heart is yearning   for my drug— That’s you, my love, and you my friend, And you and you and you, my all, … Continue reading

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