Joseph T. Renaldi Poems

Valentine's Day 1929 began like most winter days
in Chicago, Illinois with gray skies and stinging cold.
A light covering of snow powdered the city streets.
Shops opened for Holiday customers, anxious and bold.
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Sometimes children fail to appreciate
the blessings in their lives-
for in the midst of their own living
they inadvertently fail to realize
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The burden that weighs down my mind
is too oppressive to bear.
I know, my darling, of your benevolent concern
and you love me and sincerely care.
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I returned to the defunct school on the hill
to experience again all the charms of old,
and the days when the members of the teaching staff
were all dedicated, firm, strict and bold.
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I long to see the evergreen tree,
Green and covered with needles free,
Thinking of Christmas approaching fast,
I cut and dragged the tree home at last.
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Once on this land, many years ago,
Immigrants resolved to build their home.
They labored hard and long in the mines,
And to develop a town near the rising culm.
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Bearded man, sitting there,
In the alley midst garbage fare,
Bloodshot eyes you stare at me.
Are you inebriated - or could it be
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They said, 'He is only an impractical visionary, '
And passed him by with a sneer or sneaky smile,
But his non violence rhetoric fashioned a dream
That made his life prominent and more worth while.
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I wonder why at class reunions
We bring to mind anew,
The lively and cheerful days
And recall and pass them in review.
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Work coupled with a little play
to keep us progressing through each day,
A feeling of warmth, as a sparkle of light
Of love conveying through each night.
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