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Poem  of  the  Week

The Lone Monolith

4/30/2019

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​The Monolith seems ageless,
enduring endless moments,
while buttressing the heavens,
surviving epoch's agents,
this monument of stone.

The wonder of existence,
in awe by sage and scholar,
would motivate conjecture
of origins in squalor,
its purpose yet unknown.

When seen from vast horizon,
it squats in desolation,
the wind and rain exposing
the Monolith's foundation,
and setting nature's tone.

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Published in "A Troupe in Masquerade" and "Eloquence"
By Jack Huber- All rights reserved.

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Gold Rush

4/23/2019

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Got my backpack brim full
As I hike this decline,
Into Goldfield at last,
Where the gold flows like wine.
I'll forget silver strikes,
It's now gold that's revered,
In the Goldfield ravine,
Where the crowds now appeared.

I will find branching veins,
Teeming thick with gold ore,
That would keep mine cars filled
And still waiting for more.
I may not like the heat,
Or my blistering skin,
A dry hundred and nine,
Listless fever within.

Life's exceedingly hard
In this hot Goldfield town,
I'll be tempted to drink,
And loose women, bunk down.
I will not let escape,
While my confidence wanes,
All the riches and dreams
I hope Goldfield contains.

Population amassed,
Thirty thousand or more,
But the city's decline
Will leave most of them poor.
So the lesson is clear,
With my Goldfield goodbye,
That it's human to strive,
Daring risk to comply.

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Published in "Trappings of the Years" and "Eloquence"
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A Time to Rest

4/16/2019

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​A time for pause, a time to rest, 
the sowing done, you've done your best,
now weather is both friend and foe,
the Doppler watched to keep abreast

of coming thunderstorms, although 
it's early yet, the risk is low.
Equipment sits in wait, for now,
while shoots define each seeded row.

The pace of farming would allow
a single respite from the plow,
another year, another spring,
has etched your face from chin to brow.

The price that winter wheat will bring
affords you time to have your fling,
to go abroad, have fun, relax,
let nature do its April thing.

For May will come, and too, the tracks
of twisters, say the almanacs,
though none had ever hit your land,
you must rely on callow facts.

So take the trip you always planned,
regain the drive that you demand,
go view the world and know you're blessed
to live where generations spanned.
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Published in "The Dilettante's Garden" and"Eloquence"
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Wide Expanses

4/9/2019

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​Cramped aisles of New York's
high-rise apartment buildings
wax claustrophobic;
Wyoming's wide expanses
provide the converse, proudly.
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Published in "Aspects Long Forgotten" and "Eloquence"
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Riverboat Gambler

4/2/2019

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The gambler leaned across the aisle
and tucked the sleeve of Miss Louise.
"Excuse the interruption, please,
do we have time to play a while?"

The callow Miss held back a smile,
for now she didn't want to tease. 
"Why, sir, I think there's time to squeeze
a game or two, if that's worthwhile."

She found him in the poker room
much later, leaving with the pot.
"Now, boys," he said, "please don't assume 
my winning here is luck, it's not.
Just skill, I promise, I presumed
that cheating here would get me shot."

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Published in "A Splendid Alternative" and "Eloquence"
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    Jack has published over 350 poems in his career, many with his own photography.  He specializes in a view of the commonplace and Americana. 

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