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Category: Poems

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021joynealkidney

Young Doris Helps With the Horses–1920s (poem)

February 15, 2021February 14, 2021joynealkidney

1950s Date by Gary Knox

February 11, 2021February 25, 2021joynealkidney

Journey Homeward (poem)

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021joynealkidney

Homesick – 1921 (poem)

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021joynealkidney

Roller Skating in the House (poem)

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021joynealkidney

Farm Boy (poem)

January 12, 2021January 16, 2021joynealkidney

Morrisburg Cemetery (poem) by Nicholas Dowd

January 6, 2021January 11, 2021joynealkidney

Come January (poem)

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020joynealkidney

The Blessings of 2020

November 27, 2020December 6, 2020joynealkidney

I Didn’t Tell My Mother (poem)

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020joynealkidney

View from a Nap (poem)

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020joynealkidney

Veterans (poem)

October 29, 2020January 5, 2021joynealkidney

Leaves on the Porch (poem)

October 24, 2020October 24, 2020joynealkidney

Not Just Yet (poem)

September 14, 2020October 24, 2020joynealkidney

Joyride

January 15, 2020January 7, 2021joynealkidney

“Meadowlark” by Nicholas Dowd

January 10, 2020February 1, 2021joynealkidney

How a Meadowlark Poem ended up Introducing “Leora’s Letters”

December 27, 2019January 5, 2021joynealkidney

Dale Wilson’s Diary: Removed Forever (poem)

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