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Rated: E · Folder · Community · #1004863

Poems written about or for people I have known. They capture an essence.

Here you will meet people I have known. Colored glasses tint some in rose. Others? In any case, they are based on people. My nature and regional poems are found elsewhere.
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    For Jan ... when next it snows  
    Rated: E · Other · #992790
    For Janice Jay. Based on a journal entry after my house burned down in early Spring.
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    Smoothing wrinkles  
    Rated: ASR · Family · #984754
    A poem that goes down memory lane with the lingering smell of patchouli.
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    Summer in Sabetha  
    Rated: E · Personal · #982977
    This is based on a very beautiful summer in Sabetha, Kansas ... a long time ago.
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    Fine wine  
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #986499
    Eyes and grape juice ferment. Drawn from a real story.
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    Not in the picture  
    Rated: 13+ · Family · #1002017
    The person behind the camera feels left out.
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    Dundrearies  
    Rated: E · Other · #986503
    A ditty for Howard at Henry's Coffeehouse on Old Henry Street, Lawrence.
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    Seventeen  
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #985344
    An anniversary poem for friends who married late in life.
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    Teke  
    Rated: E · Family · #984327
    Memories of baking bread and fragrant flowers. For my grandmother, Teresa Deuel.
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    She who serves  
    Rated: ASR · Career · #984032
    For Lisa and those who deserve more recognition of their daily endeavors.
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    Yellow Rose of Kansas  
    Rated: E · Other · #984023
    A short but sweet poem for Rose Lynn of the Jayhawk bookstore. Velveteen rules.
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    Two chance encounters  
    Rated: E · Other · #984019
    Based on an actual experience. No reason our paths should cross, they just do.
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    Mirrored in your eyes  
    Rated: E · Biographical · #983277
    The poem that started it all in 1999. Someone I had just met had the key.