Gentle Fist
Gentle FistGentle FistGentle Fist A fist, is a fist, is a fistas that of a childFists are designed to hold thingsSome more tightly than othersFist sizes vary, mostly dependent on ageBasic shapes are the same worldwideFists should not be used to hit people Pundits perch, a thought process from the eminences of those who choose to remain freeWhen...
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Listening in While visiting almost Every age of the past A child was heard to ask Why don’t we live forever Why don’t all the good things last Why do people have to hurt Especially towards one another Why was a friend’s father taken Another one’s mother, the same way When will I go back...
Read More Say hello to anyone who knows me…
Chapter 60: “Say hello to anyone who knows me.” – HK (flavorful farewell words, still today and yesteryear) October 6, 1993: Cathy and Harvey had been married almost one year to the day when they got their first casting work order under the marque lights as the team known as, Kalmenson & Kalmenson. Thirty-plus years...
Read More Personal Cop Out
Chapter 21: Personal Cop Out By Harvey Kalmenson I remember my first car as if it were yesterday. I returned home from the service and my dad somehow found a way to give me a homecoming gift of five hundred dollars. At the time, he must have cleaned out his bank account in order to...
Read More The Revelry Of Bad Times
“A letter to a very young friend” Dear Zeb, The bad times they a-turning now Like in the good old days of yore Days free from deceit Replete with the revelry of joy in my feet Makes me be laughingly sweet No need to be crying To a neighbor lady down the street How’d in the name...
Read More Books Are My Closest Friends
BOOKS ARE MY CLOSEST FRIENDS It may have started way back in time, when I was a kid in high school, probably at age sixteen… Or it may have begun as an eighteen-year-old entering the United States Army—not the most likely period. Then comes some certainty as a man turning twenty-one years of age, beginning...
Read More Follow The Leader
Following a leader, if you will, it may deter the most critical of life’s happenings: STANDING STILL Tempting to find a leader When leaders don’t abound Removing a good one When he, or she, Black, white, or brown Or any other shades comes around Not a good thing to do Say brethren today Echoing this...
Read More 2020 Our lamp is alight, Finally disappearing 2021 Our lamp will again burn brightly More brightly than ever before TOMORROW IS WELCOMED. With this, now slowing, comes peace Not knowing what tomorrow brings Removing susceptible grief Finally, somewhat abating Too soon for applause Though danger is beginning to slow A good time will warm us...
Read More Always and Always What to say And how do we convey The sincerest, best wishes from every member of our Kalmenson & Kalmenson clan This year has been extreme Needless to say Every family and Each and every friend Have joined together With fervent dreams and prayers For all to be safe For a joyous...
Read More Stillness
On this Monday, December 14, 2020 – How responsive can this a recipient person be When truly listening, Dreaming to their heart’s desires While listening to their mind Time slows, peaceful in stillness For those who listen How sublime a trait No need to complain, answers appear Day and each night Before prayer is offered...
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