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I awake, put on my clothes,
eat the usual breakfast, and stroll
to the sun-lit campus quad
where, at the moment, she's leaving
the library. I see a student--
who is she? -- she's in a course
we're both taking this semester.
So I stop in her path to say "Hi"
and marry her for sixty years.
© by Robert K Johnson.
Used here with the author's permission.
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Robert K. Johnson writes poems about our everyday world, which, he says, has always gripped me much more than science-fiction worlds.
A former English professor at Suffolk University in Boston, he was the poetry editor for Ibbetson Street magazine for several years. Robert is the author of four collections; he lives in a suburb near Boston.
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Anastasia:
Sometimes, what seems like an ordinary day is anything but!
Posted 02/11/2024 03:57 PM
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Wilda Morris:
Fun poem!
Posted 02/11/2024 08:40 AM
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Jancan:
So sweet~~made me smile!
Posted 02/10/2024 07:02 PM
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CamilleBalla:
I luv it! Happy ❤️ Day!
Posted 02/10/2024 02:23 PM
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Lori Levy:
Simply expressed, but very romantic.
Posted 02/10/2024 01:46 PM
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Arlene Gay Levine:
This deceptively simple poem packs a punch...well done!
Posted 02/10/2024 11:28 AM
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tiddles:
I like it! Just shared it with my husband of 47 years.
Posted 02/10/2024 10:08 AM
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Angela Hoffman:
Such delight in this little poem!
Posted 02/10/2024 09:24 AM
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