Merle Steinmann Poems

Pretty,
Smiling,
Intelligent,
Inspirational.
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One
small
raindrop
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8 X 10 black and white picture
broken frame
1947
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The Western Meadowlark
Gone
Replaced with herbicide, fungicide, insecticide and a gas-powered 'Popper' to keep the birds and geese away
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There's another woman in my life.
She just appeared one night.
She arrives about 10 p.m.,
but leaves before morning.
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
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One lonely bell
peals
across the meadow
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Right over left,
left over right.

Right over wrong,
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Do you ever think

what it really is that
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Footprints of man
Quickly disappear
In the sands
Of
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