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Retired USAF living in New Mexico for the past twenty years. Have writing poetry since 1973. My most favorite poem is titled The Eyes Of A Child. It should be in your way back data base. Look it up if you can.

  February 2021     13 days ago

Submitted Poems 15 total

Smiling

We all do it
Each and every day
Maybe

Where does it
Coming from
Inside or outside

We reach
Deep within
To find whatever

To smile
Is to laugh
Outward and inward

So grasp the idea
Sunshine and all
And smile at the...

– by Joseph m Novo

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String of Life

We all have some
Long and short
Depending on the person
Young or old it does not matter
It is the string of life
Some of us have knots
Others do not
To detangle these will not be easy
Big knots are harder to undo
Little knots may be just...

– by Joseph m Novo

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added 1 year ago
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Sands Of The Mind

If each memory
Be a grain of sand
Then the world would think
Of everything wonderful
The world would offer
To each and every one
For with all worldly thoughts
Sending out a message
To be buried in the sand
Building castles of dreams
They...

– by Joseph m. Novo

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For Every Wish

For every wish
A child makes
To see their mom and dad
For every wish
A father has
To hold his newborn son
For every wish
A mother has
To make her child smile
For every wish
A person has
To see their hearts desire
For every wish
A...

– by Joseph m. Novo

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What If

What if the world
Should stop it tracks
Would anyone stop
To find out the facts

Should the stars not shine
The night sky be black
All would look
Wondering when they're coming back

With the flowers left bare
Losing all of their fragrance...

– by Joseph m Novo

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added 1 year ago
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