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Poems by Slaho… or also can be thought of as Slaho’s poems… which when shortened comes out to be Slahoems. Get it? No really? Ah, forget it! Read them if you wish.

A Man of My “Words”

Here’s the first poem (albeit a short one) I’ve written in a long time, but it’s definitely pertinent, considering yesterday’s blog… A MAN OF MY “WORDS” Yesterday I said I’d write today I’d write today, I swore So today I … Continue reading

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My Satellite

It’s been a while since I wrote a poem…  heck, it’s been a while since I wrote anything. But this image of a friend has been stuck in my head for a while and I just had to get it … Continue reading

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Ode to Tennis

So I said that I was going to be blogging every other day… HAHAHAHA!  Who was I kidding?  Now that I’m back teaching, AND coaching both my sons basketball teams, AND with the St. Timothy Carnival around the corner, PLUS … Continue reading

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Not Quite Done

NOT QUITE DONE I know that I like to dream big There are so many things I want to do in life But you think my dreams are folly That’s because you don’t see them from where I lie Stop … Continue reading

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Alternative to Blogging

Sometimes my mind’s in a fog Those days I don’t want to blog Sometimes my mind’s in a haze I don’t want to blog those days Sometimes my mind is asleep I can’t seem to write something deep So those … Continue reading

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The Incredible Shrinking Flea

Welcome, everybody, I want you all to gather ’round,    And witness the freak of nature that by fortune I have found  It’s not every day that we come across one of these,  The youngest of a family of the incredible shrinking … Continue reading

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Unlocking the Hero

It seems we’re always waiting for permission to save our world. In the meantime we wait to see if someone else will do us all the favor. We watch in horror as so many tragedies before our eyes unfurl. And … Continue reading

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CHEESE

Cheese, oh cheese, I do loveth thee so. Except when you formeth in my baby’s bottle when it rolleth under the bed and sitteth there for four days. Then I don’t loveth thee so much. At alleth.

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IF

If I wake as the sun comes out If my boys start to scream and shout If my daughter decides to pout I will praise the Lord If gas goes up another 10 cents If my brother calls to make … Continue reading

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The Longest Poem Title That Has Ever Been Written, at Least That I’ve Come Across, That I Know of, and Which I Won’t Change Even If I Find a Longer Title Somewhere Else, Because After All It Is the Title of This Poem, and Changing It Would Change the Artistic Value of This Poem, at Least in My Estimation, So Let’s Hope I never Find Another Longer One

The title of this poem is really long Maybe I should take it and make it a song I’d have to find it a rhythm and rhyme And then I could hum it all of the time Eventually someone will … Continue reading

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