Bri Edwards Poems

My PH "Main Page" says that I, Bri, am 70 years young; SOME say "OLD"!
For goodness sake, I'll not be 70 till the end of June; PH I must NOW scold! !
But THAT is ‘neither here nor there'.It's time to begin my monthly task …
of letting you view some poems I've enjoyed, …………not that YOU've asked …
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She came home (hint, hint) ** from having lunch with an old friend,
………..and, unable to bring her praise of the ‘new' eatery to an end,
she mentioned seeing ‘clam chowder', with VISIBLE flesh of clam! !
Well (‘after all')it WAS "clam" chowder, so it'd be not beef nor ham!
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Scarlet Tanager (Male) [ In County Park In New York State,1980s ]
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I took a salamander from Nature, against the critter's will.
I set it in a shallow dish of water, not far from a window sill,
....inside our kitchen, on a counter, near the kitchen sink.
While I went elsewhere, for a 'few' minutes, away it did slink.
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Introductory Poem:

'Time moves on' some SAY, and I too shall move on some DAY! Don't cry, not yet,
because no 'moving day' is yet set. I've had a good life and now feel not much regret.
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Don, I tried calling when California's BIG ONE …..hit,

but there was ‘no service' on phone, so I quit ….
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A -BRI'S INTRODUCTORY POEM:

It's mid-September and the pressure is mounting,
‘cause I KNOW, on me, Bri, you ALL are still counting to place joy, nay, rapture amidst your dull drudgery,
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The plane fare to the tropic island was $900 (round-trip) ,
and on the island's thorny growth, my Armani swim suit did rip.
Our rustic sleeping accommodations there were another $1000 a night,
and our so-so meals were 'extra', AND prices on their wine list were 'out of sight'!
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Each of three days I've spied a spider ‘idly sitting'…..
…in a web strung between branches.Was it knitting?
[ I don't think it was. ]Was it looking back at me ….
…through the window where I was gazing at its tree?
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From time to time my wife has said to me 'Some day
I wish all of my Internet and snail mail and phone calls will go away.'
(Of course I, her husband, think exactly the opposite about MY mail and calls.
But perhaps you've heard the expression about there being ears in the walls?)
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