Nelmsludwig's Poems

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Another Visit to Bob Johnson’s Department Store

It was always a treat traveling thirteen miles to town.
Especially a treat if going to Bob Johnson’s Department Store.
For these infrequent trips, Mom always dressed me in my Sunday Best.
An Argo laundry starched, and pressed church dress...

– by Sandra Nelms-Ludwig

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Visiting Bob Johnson’s Department Store

In the early 60’s when I was around six or seven years old
riding thirteen miles into town
in my Dad’s old wooden sided station wagon
was a real treat.
Shucks, it was a treat
for any chap in my rural community.

It was time to dress...

– by Sandra Nelms-Ludwig

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No Reverence

Two young men were brutally slaughtered.,
on a street corner,
in our small town.

Blood flowed freely
filling cracked cemented crevices,
of a walkway leading nowhere.

They were gunned down,
by one whose color
belies a kinship.
Skins...

– by Sandra Nelms-Ludwig

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Ashtray

A cigarette dangled from his lips
as he entered the room.
His brooding scowl
scared her into immediate silence.
She knew tip-toeing carefully
around his mood
was the least perilous path.
Must try avoiding the virulent violence
hovering on...

– by Sandra Nelms-Ludwig

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