Edmund V. Strolis Poems

Some just decay and fade away.
Lost amid the cultural valleys
Reaching out we touch within
Content at last, in sun and shadow.
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The boys were back in town
All hail the conquering heroes!
They had laid the opposition down
Filling bleachers coast to coast
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Society are you a kite?
And we the following tail?
You fly a bit too wild
Master of your chaotic bend.
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Ninety-nine percent
Upon this planet earth
Have taken a bow
And moved on
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Marshmellow haven for simple minds
Professors and puppy dogs
On the campuses we find
Fattened frogs and polliwogs
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His sea tale nearly disappeared with him
Without even the wake of a minnow's tail
Gone with him within that voyage
To the land of no-return
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The aging poet stooped and bent
Made his way along his path
No more high sea adventures
Those reckless days, had long since passed
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Tires rolling to a stop in the shade on somewhere road.
A gravel bi-way speckled by the light
Filtered by the pines from way up high
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Our tiny regal boat fit for two
Barely more than a glorified canoe
Wood worn down to a lustrous shine
By our joyful frames and father time
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Sit you down friend as I fill our rum goblets
Let the worries vanish with a happy sigh
This bread has gone unbroken far too long
Let us greet the evening at this crossroad
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