Musings of An Old Man

by Brian K. Moore

I Bough a Card

I BOUGHT A CARD FOR YOU TODAY BUT THERE’S NO WAY A CARD CAN SAY THE LOVE MY HEART HOLDS FOR YOU ON THIS ANNIVERSARY FORTY TWO IT CAN’T DESCRIBE THE…

ANNIVERSARY 47

I LOOKED AROUND TO FIND A CARDALL FULL OF MUSH AND GOO. FOR I WAS TRYING VERY HARD TO SHOW MY SENTIMENT FOR YOU. THERE WAS NO CARD THAT I COULD FIND THAT…

ANNIVERSARY 49

49 YEARS! WE’VE BEEN MARRIED FORTY NINEAND IT’S FINE WE COULD SAY THAT IT’S A SIGNTHAT WE ALIGNSUN WILL SHINETOE THE LINE AIN’T IT FINE? WE’VE BEEN…

ANNIVERSARY 50

Date: 50 Years Plus 4 Days WHILE THOUGHTS OF THE PAST AND OUR MEMORIES FILL US I LOOK AT MY WIFEAND I CALL OUT “HEY PILLUS” FOR THAT’S WHAT SHE’S CALLED…

ANNIVERSARY 52

OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT I EVER DID DO, THE VERY BESTWAS MARRYING YOU, AND: OF ALL THE GOOD THINGSTHAT I’VE EVER DONE, MARRYING YOUWAS THE VERY BEST…

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Photocopy from Anniversary Poems Notebook

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Photocopy from Anniversary Poems Notebook

ANNIVERSARY 57

Photocopy from Anniversary Poems Notebook

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Photocopy from Anniversary Poems Notebook

ANNIVERSARY 59

Photocopy from Anniversary Poems Notebook

ANNIVERSARY 60

Photocopy of My Card for Phyllis

ANNIVERSARY 62... WHOOPS!

ONE YEAR AGO I WROTE A POEM,FOR ANNIVERSARY 63, IT WAS A REAL NICE POEM, AS NICE AS IT COULD BE, BUT WHEN I OFFERED IT TO YOU, I FOUND TO MY DISMAY, WE’D…

MY LOVE FOR YOU

MY LOVE FOR YOU WAS MEANT TO BE,FOR ALL OF TIME – ETERNITY. I’VE LOVED YOU AS YOUNG LOVERS MUST,WITH FORCE OF PASSION – NEED – AND LUST. I’VE LOVED YOU AS…

ANNIVERSARY 63

TO MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE ON OUR 63RDWEDDING ANNIVERSARY MY LOVING WIFE AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU’VE SHARED MY LIFEFOR 63. ALL THIS TIME WE’VE JUST BEEN…

ANNIVERSARY 64

TO MY PILLUS FOR SIXTY FOUR WONDERFUL YEARS OF MARRIAGE AT OUR ANNIVERSARY 64, IT’S STILL MY PILLUS I ADORE. HOW BLESSED AM I TO SPEND MY LIFE,HAVING…

65 YEARS OF HAPPINESS

TO MY PHYLLIS:FOR 65 YEARS OF HAPPINESS WE KNEW THE THRILL OF LOVE’S BEGINNING WE PLAYED A GAME WE BOTH WERE WINNING THE GAME THAT WE PLAYED. WENT THIS…

ANNIVERSARY 66!

TO PHYLLIS, MY LOVEFOR OUR ANNIVERSARY 66 PHYLLIS, MY LOVE, DO YOU KNOW THAT IT’S TRUE SEVENTY FOUR, PERCENT OF MY LIFE, I,VE BEEN MARRIED TO YOU? THOUGH…

ANNIVERSARY 67

Anniversary 67, I face it alone For the love of my life forever is gone My life now is full of sadness and grief But the wonderful memories, do bring some…