My quest, today

     THIS IS THE PLACE
 
I’m sure in mind this is the place
Behind old curtains made of lace,
Where as a child I used to play.
I wonder if there’s still a trace.
 
I had to make this quest today,
Before they tear all trace away.
The wrecking crew may well be blind
To what this house might have to say.   [...]

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Cleansing my mind

             RELEASE
 
Those tears I tried so hard to hide,
Prepare themselves to be cried.
And, oh, I wish so fervently,
Their cause had never come to be.
They say it heals to shed one’s tears.
I have not found it so in years,
But now I cry those tears held in,
And cleanse my mind as they begin.
 
3/10/96         Phyllis DeWitt-VanVleck
 

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Spinning Tales

   THE STORY LADY         
 
At the Story Lady’s old shack,
the children gathered near,
for what they wished to hear.
She embellished tales with such knack,
they’d lose themselves within                                 
each tail that she would spin,
and it kept them all, coming back.

 
This poetry form is called “Neville”
 
9/5/91        Phyllis DeWitt-VanVleck

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Hidden Secrets

WHAT SECRETS DO YOU HIDE
 
Old house, what secrets do you hide
From dramas that took place inside?
 
There were births, deaths, and marriages
Within your structured frame,
Played out as fate would have it
In life’s exciting game.
 
Your walls shared joys and heartaches
As befits a house of years.
You heard melodies of laughter
And the anguish of tears.
 
You witnessed four generations
Descend from [...]

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Spring’s Display

   SEASONAL PROMISE
 
When stately tulips open up
And I see sunshine in their cup
I know that summer’s on the way
Promised then by spring’s display
 
7/12/00   Phyllis DeWitt -VanVleck

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Spider tricks

       THE DINNER GUEST
 
“I’m looking for a place to sleep,”
Said a fly to Mrs. Spider,
Then folding in his wings
He sat right down beside her.
 
“I’ll make for you, the softest bed,
And weave it with my silken thread.
It will keep you warm and snug.
It’s what I do for fly or bug.”
 
“So come on in and sit [...]

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