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I've recently run across some old poems...
I plan to add them to this poetry blog...
So, reader beware...
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In Loving Memory: 1922- 1996
He was patient and kind, a man of his own
who loved life to the fullest regardless
of what life sometimes dealt to him.
He loved the outdoors:
a hunter, a skier, a sailor, a golfer.
He enjoyed people
sharing his life the best he knew.
His will to live was strong.
Despite overwhelming odds, he continued to strive to be his best.
We will miss him:
his smile, his laugh, his positive outlook on life, his quit wit.
Yet we well remember the joy he brought,
his example of patience and gratitude.
We will ever be thankful for the inspiration
he gave to continue to live life to the fullest;
to never give up.
february, 1996
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The poem above is about my father.
He was in a head-on auto collision in July 1983; it rendered him a quadriplegic until his death in February 1996.
I've written quite a few pieces about that part of his life, of our lives as a family.
Here's a poem about when I 1st laid eyes upon Dad after his wreck: Head-on Collision.
This link is to links of some memoir-type pieces I've written about that time: When Limbs Go Quiet.
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