Jim Yerman Poems

One of his fondest memories of his dad as he was growing up was how at every meal he'd drink from the same cup.

It was little, red and made of metal…the only one of its kind in the house he ever saw…which, over the years, he noticed developed a chip…on its brim…a little flaw.
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Although I hate that there are wars…for they are proof how far from humanity sometimes we humans stray…I am proud to celebrate our soldiers every day…as well as Veterans Day.

What I love about Veteran's day…my biggest source of pride
Is how for at least for one day, as a country, we put our differences aside…
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No matter how much I read and study I will never understand the way we treated the indigenous people…the first ones to live upon this land.

I wish I could go back and change the past…amend our history…but, alas, time only moves forward…and that is not to be.
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When I look at a recent photo of myself…I admit to sometimes feeling dread…because the photo that I'm seeing doesn't match the picture in my head.

In my head I am much younger…on this my heart and mind agree…
while the man in the photograph…is much older…I'm not sure he's even me!
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Of all the tales ever told…of all the stories ever penned…there is never one more beautiful than the evolution of a friend.

A little over a year ago on my morning walk…in the dark…under the stars…I noticed the same man passing me every day…down Main Street…in his car.
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Love is one of those beautiful mysteries of life…we can't control it…we can't obtain it…and so…like most of life's other beautiful mysteries…we look to nature to explain it.

Love is like the wind…it appears suddenly…out of the blue…
you don't go looking for it…it finds its way to you.
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They were seated at the table next to us…(that is where this story begins)
an older couple talking to each other…we couldn't help but listen in.

The man spoke first "Today we celebrate the day our happiness began."
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Children sing uninhibitedly when they're happy…like they haven't got a care.
Children will begin to dance spontaneously when there's music in the air.

Children will climb as high as they can climb…before they realize they can fall.
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Cancer is an ugly disease…not only for the life it takes
But for all the sorrow and sadness…left floating in its wake….

Although I did not know her personally I've kept abreast of cases she has tried
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With the soul of our country in crisis
there is a truth we must behold…
A truth just as important for the young to remember
as it is the old:
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