Jim Yerman Poems

The young man noticed the older couple walking toward him at a slow and labored pace
The older man clinging to the older woman…his arm around her waist.

They stopped along the water's edge…he gave her an embrace.
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He was about to become a father…yes, a child he would beget!
So he browsed through countless bookstores…and he surfed the internet.

He was searching for a book on parenting…because he didn't have a clue…
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On their 50th anniversary I was curious
so I asked them, what sparked their love and why…

"When I looked at her I saw my future." Grandpa said…
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When it is dark upon the ocean
and the water misbehaves…
once the torrent settles
we might find
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She died…our friend…it's been three years now…
and we still wonder why.
Why was she chosen?
Why her?
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The sky was filled with clouds today they hugged the mountains…hanging low…
As a breeze picked up and the leaves were falling…I stopped to enjoy the show.

As I watched the clouds move across the sky…sometimes independently…sometimes intertwined…
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How wondrous is our heart…it performs a Herculean feat
by bringing us to life…when it begins to beat.

How enduring is the heart...it keeps beating even when we're asleep.
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Two photos of two people…taken as World War II began
The woman…was quite beautiful…and handsome was the man.

Two people I would come to know…two photos my brother had…
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She was alone on a bench in the middle of the park when walking along I spied her
I'm not sure what drew me in…but I ended up sitting beside her.

For a while we sat in silence…me…and this old woman I'd never seen before
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There is so much that is wrong with the United States…
and even though our founders were farsighted
the country they created
Is far from one united.
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