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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Walking in a Field (poem, 1970)
When walking in a field, Admiring the weedy ground, My knees did yield, To a daisy found. Engulfed in my fingers, As if growing there,...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20212 min read
A Brave Soldier Died Today (poem, 1968)
He was still tall and slim And his hair was thinning fast, And he sat around the table, Telling stories of the past. Of a war that he...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Wolf Man (poem, 2010)
The wolf appeared in his dream, To his surprise he did not scream. He thought for sure it was the end, But he glared back, did not bend,...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Crippled Warrior (Poem, 2005)
I AM A DRAINED AND CRIPPLED WARRIOR, WITH NO HOPE OF A VALIANT SAVIOR, A SCARED WARRIOR ALL MY LIFE, ALWAYS BATTLING EMOTIONAL STRIFE....
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Birth and Death of a Storm (Poem, 1973)
The sky grows black and ominous, The bald trees bend with strain. Rain, like bullets, scatter the dust, While dried leaves obey the wind,...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
The Other Side (Poem, 1973)
While working on his plot of ground The man looked up to stare At stones piled high to form a mound, To keep him out of there. He slowly...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Sagacious Sam (Poem, 1972)
Sam, the turtle, walked so slow, His friends teased him and shouted, “Go!” They wondered how he got anywhere, And they joked about a race...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Little Jimmy (Poem, 1972)
Little Jimmy was a boy, Full of happiness, full of joy, Until one day when nothing mattered, Because his world had been shattered. Jimmy...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Walking in a Field (Poem, 1970)
When walking in a field, Admiring the weedy ground, My knees did yield, To a daisy found. Engulfed in my fingers, As if growing there,...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Robert Connery (Poem, 1970)
Robert Connery was the young man, Walking calmly on dangerous land. He often walked these mountain slopes, When repairing his broken...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Vietnam Soldier (Poem, 1970)
Must the young soldier die, Without really knowing why? Must his widow weep, From thoughts of his mined jeep? Must the soldier’s father...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Pattern Makers (Poem, 1970)
Their buoyant splendor, like swans on ice, Their movements so velvety, so precise, With silver blades upon their feet, Eyes in awe from...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
The Door (Poem, 1970)
Light shined through the crack, Of the slightly open door, Brightening his room of black, With color and nature’s sweet odor. As he...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Society's Posse (Poem, 1970)
I turn, I look, I laugh, Straying from a traditional path. Society’s posse can’t follow me, Without departing the path of conformity....
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Precious Things (Poem, 1969)
The heart grows fonder of precious things, When they have gone away. The mind remembers, through its dreams, And desires them to stay....
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Windows on My Face (Poem, 1969)
I wonder how dreary life would be Without the splendid gift to see Through the windows on my face The colors and movements of life’s...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Upon the Grass (Poem, 1969)
When first we met upon the grass, Few words spoken, glances did pass, Her brown eyes warm, so full of joy, I felt as does a little boy,...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Ghost Soldier (Poem, 2016)
Ghosts noisily roam In my mental zone. Ghosts of those slayed For wrongs they played In a time long gone In a war long done Where...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Sunshine (Poem, 2013)
They are my comforting sunshine. They keep my depression away. They push away gray clouds and Let the sunshine pour my way. Last night as...
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billsheehan1
Feb 15, 20213 min read
The Stranger (Poem, 2015)
I see this guy almost every day, A mist of tears guarded by steely eyes. A mysterious smile, unfathomable and His thoughts impenetrable....
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