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Duty Called

Duty Called

A Poem by toritto


Soldier sitting by the door riding the bus in ’64 just two and twenty he was then going away ’till god knows when riding a bus throu..
Magi in America

Magi in America

A Poem by toritto


Did the Magi follow the star across the seas to the new land, to America seeking Godwho will reveal himself again in a cave? God in a cave; now ..
Thoughts While Writing Out Christmas Cards

Thoughts While Writing Out Christmas Cards

A Poem by toritto


Into the mail box the cards are delivered, angels, a manger, the star and a lamb as the rural carrier makes her rounds listening to the plain..
Solstice

Solstice

A Poem by toritto


by toritto Icy cold frozen moon hanging in a crystalline sky as it was foretold. Tree skeletons appear if dead save..
Oak

Oak

A Poem by toritto


Once in a Winter of discontent I walked in furrows of deep crusted snow through a forest of spindly birch and pine and came upon the ancient o..
Channeling Botticelli

Channeling Botticelli

A Poem by toritto


Simonetta Canttaneo de Candia Vespucci- (1453 �" 1476) The face of the Italian Renaissance . La bella Simonetta looking to the distant ..
Summer - 1914

Summer - 1914

A Poem by toritto


by toritto
11:11

11:11

A Poem by toritto


She visits at 11:11 sometimes A.M; mostly P a sudden haunting urges me to look at a clock which must be digital. Dropping by for just a momen..
On Time

On Time

A Poem by toritto


There is no time; only the motion of decay the chaos of the defined dissolving into infinite Sitting still, the world spins the sun moves, gala..
Sons - Chapter 4 Of 4

Sons - Chapter 4 Of 4

A Story by toritto


by toritto Michael The doctors spoke to them about a “degenerative disorder of the nervous system” and how infant..