Jim Yerman Poems

It's funny how we all learn the same alphabet
with the 26 letters it contains
letters we can combine into words of love and happiness
or words of hatefulness and pain.
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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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I wonder about wisdom, for I see wisdom in disguise
When people think they know it all, and thusly think they're wise.

Brains and wisdom are not necessarily linked, for only the wise discern
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One of the wonders of the memories which flow beneath the surface of our minds…nonstop…is that we never know what random act will bring them to the top.

It happens all of a sudden…out of the blue…and it's not easy to explain…like this morning halfway through my walk when it began to rain.
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If each drop of water adds beauty to the river as it flows
And each tiny petal adds its beauty to the rose...

Then it stands to reason each person...from the moment of their birth
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I wonder what makes a person smile...an older couple walking hand in hand?
Clouds with shapes, a baby laughing, a castle in the sand?

Friendship, rainbows, family...waving to a train
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When I look into the mirror lately...I'm not sure who'll I'll see.
Today I saw my father...smiling out at me.

True, I didn't have my glasses on...and I know the light was dim
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Goodnight Love are the first words he remembers..the first words he holds dear…Goodnight Love always made him smile when his mom whispered them in his ear.

And when he got too old for her to tuck him in…instead…Goodnight Love she'd always say as he headed off to bed.
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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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