Jim.rainey's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by jim.rainey  —  There are currently 3 poems total — keep up the great work!

Brooklyn Bridge

Eighteen sixty-nine to eighteen eighty-three,
Fourteen years and fifteen million dollars;
Twenty lives lost, strikes, scandals and cost overruns.
The Roeblings – engineers and overseers;
Father and then son and then daughter-in-law

  given to...

by Jim Rainey

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Barbara Lynn

I would take the heartache and regret;
Embrace the tears that cross my face
And pause upon my chin to know
Another day of joy will come when
I am once again with Barbara...

by Jim Rainey

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The River

The River

  Jim Rainey, Illinois

 
The river carries all my tears away
For still, it seems, she died but yesterday.
But it was many, many years ago
And still, I come to watch the river flow.

She smiled until...

by Jim Rainey

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