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Mother, veteran, former interpretative national park ranger, retired educator, poet and activist, Sandra Nelms-Ludwig was born and raised in rural Bedford County, Virginia, nestled beneath the Blue Ridge Mountains. She began writing poetry at age 12 and has performed in numerous poetry slams and open mics both in Germany and America. Her poetry has appeared in two chapbooks, Litspeak at Hollins University in 1994 and Mouth Music at Big Island, Virginia, in 1997. She released in August 2021, Literal LIFE Lessons, her first book of poetry. This collection is a sampling of her writing from over the past 50 years. She presently resides with her beloved Cocker Spaniel, Sir Duke, in Virginia.

  November 2022     6 months ago

Submitted Poems 4 total

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...

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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...

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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...

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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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