Lucky’s Win
Lucky won first prize in the street poetry contest,
maybe the first thing he ever won,
but it wasn’t a win like a draw for a raffle
to win something small like an electric toaster, or
something big like a new car.
It wasn’t really a win,
but rather an achievement,
recognition of his own talent and ability,
an award for his accomplishment.
First prize was a fifty-dollar merchandise certificate
from the local drug store.
but Lucky didn’t cash it in for something he could use
like a bottle of shampoo, toothbrush and toothpaste,
deodorant, soap, a bottle of aspirin,
a pack of cigarettes to share with fellow street poets,
and whatever else the fifty bucks would get.
Instead, he pinned the gift certificate up on the wall of his room,
treasured it like the first dollar some people save from their first job.
he even wrote to his mother to tell her,
the first time he contacted her in years,
because this was such big news for him.
Lucky has moved on, and we don’t know where he lives now,
but hope that his mother wrote back,
and hope that he still writes poetry
and still keeps his certificate posted on the wall
to remind himself of what he can do,
displayed like a graduation degree
from the School of Hard Knocks.
By John J. Chalmers
January 17, 2001

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My
Greatest
Poems

A selection of original poetry
By
Pat Pentameter

This chapbook of poetry is published by
Poetic Enterprises
123 Main Street
Edmonton, Alberta
Copyright © Pat Pentameter 2002
Copies of this publication may be ordered from the above address for $5.00 each plus $2.00 postage.

This first effort at publishing my own poetry represents a selection of personal favorites from poems I have written over the past 10 years. For those who have helped instill in me a love for the written and spoken word, and poetry in particular, I am most grateful. Their inspiration by example and encouragement have helped to provide me with the confidence to embark upon this venture.
P.P.

Table of Contents
My First Poem 1
Another Poem 2
This Is The Third Poem 4
Here’s Another One 5
Now Read This 6
Just A Short Poem 7
A Longer Poem 8
The Next One 10
Etc.
Etc.
Etc.

This chapbook of poetry is published by
Poetic Enterprises
123 Main Street
Edmonton, Alberta
Copyright © Pat Pentameter 2002
Copies of this publication may be ordered from the above address for $5.00 each plus $2.00 postage.

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