Jim Yerman Poems

One man searched for happiness.
He traveled far and wide.
He wanted to experience happiness
at least once...before he died.
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One of the fringe benefits of working in a rare book bookstore is I get to hold and see…books that were published in the 1890's…books twice as old as me!

More often than not in these rare old books I've come to understand
when I open the cover I'm going to find a dedication…written by someone's hand.
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As we visited our youngest grandson in his first year of college…a college close to the ocean…I must admit…the two of us…were filled with mixed emotions.

Our minds were happy seeing he's grown into a fine young man…more confident and stronger…while our hearts were a little more melancholy…wishing he had remained a child just a little longer.
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POEMS AND ROCKS

I believe it should be our mission while on the Earth…
to do our part to improve and to advance her….
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How lucky we are as humans
that on the wings of nature drift
a myriad of wonders...
A host of unexpected gifts.
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What is it about a sunset? What is it that we treasure?
What is it about a sunset…that we derive such pleasure?

It could be while we watch the sun as it slips out of the sky
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There is this funny thing about alphabets...
from the letters they contain
can be created
words of love and happiness...
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When you walk in silence in the morning...
you hear the wind whisper to the trees...
As the syncopation of the crickets
Floats upon the breeze.
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This morning, while out walking,
I hadn't gotten very far…
when I happened to look up
and see a shooting star.
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She said, "Look how old I have become...do you still love me yet? "
He smiled, "I shall always be your Romeo...and you...my Juliet."

"But I was once so beautiful...or have you, to my delight... forgot."
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