Month: May 2010

Growing Up

Cast a mold of life and love The hopes and dreams you’re thinking of A world so big for one so small The sky, the trees, a big red ball Soon to crawl, and then to walk Soon to dream, and then to talk I have a name, I know...

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Just So You Know

I did my job And you’d be proud I kept my head Within the crowd When others ran I moved ahead To help the injured And to find the dead Through smoke and fire We climbed some more Unaware Of what’s in store We saved...

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No Farewells

A whisper in the darknessAn epitaph supremeA life’s full compilationAnd fulfillment of a dream There are no farewells for you this dayI’ve simply gone beforeTo set a place for all of youFor whom I do adore There are...

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Lessons of the Past

Whispers migrate through the hallsResponding to forgotten callsIt seems that man has come so farYet forgotten how to reach the stars In days now past in years beforeYou have a glimpse of what’s in storeThough nothing is as...

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A Bridge to the Future

Roads that wind round canyon wallsLike corridors round learning hallsPoints of light there on the groundWill draw you with familiar sounds Gather there the tools you needAdvice is there for you to heedSpread the word as given...

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inspirational poems by Robert Longley

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