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From: Matthew Scott to his youngest daughter

From: Matthew Scott to his youngest daughter

to where Redmond Proficiency Academy located.

who chanced to come upon this file 
after 724 Railroad Avenue you did flee
(understandable why and how eagerness
arose to go west after your big sister left prithee
to attend a Philadelphia ivy league University
nine years ago to the tee.

alias harris40tude at america online dot com
Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 12:57 AM
High School Sadness sans S_ A_ H_

Subtitled: A quiz sic hull 
emotionally test ting senior event
where the best years of her life spent.

Valedictorian somberly treads

across makeshift platform

i.e. most likely auditorium stage

marked by frankly zapped,
pronounced and hushed audience,

who exude a collective
sigh leant sage

laden tour de force

vis a vis inhaling, notating,

and regaling gleeful
yet pained page

turned - closing a chapter

of progeny prolific accomplishments,

I honor S_, who did engage

her wholesome being
i.e., she with her sunny

delightful disposition
and lightness of being

buoyant feat (yeat

as heavy of hearted butler)

feted for 2017 Redmond i’ ching

a bundle of mixed emotions sans

Enrichment Academy graduates, by tests acing

who attained milestone
vis a vis earning
hardy laurels and plaudits

from family members hook air

high school diploma,

and ready to launch

bountiful daunting challenges,
yet surely unclear

about destiny, though

place one foot before

t'other each young gal
and/or guy will exude flair

to succeed, now

bestirred by joy and sorrow

upon grasping their papier

ma shay – nah -

High school diploma aware,

a sound education

sent each on their
own future path veer

ring this way and that,

while pomp and
circumstances issues forth

by adroit musically
talented underclass mates

and seniors next school year

from the human or hue woman, 
twitching emotional celebrate

achievement denoted, evoked,

and feted voiced loud and clear

by keynote student speaker,

whose melodious voice
reaches every ear

who braves the tsunami

of glomming audible suppressed tear

but also underscored via

shutter-flying pristine mortarboard,
linkedin, kickstarter, Joyus

eye-to-eye grin
freshly minted graduates wear

the mood swept up
via that well-worn tune

(composed by Sir Edward Elgar, his moon
light Sonata - subtitled

March Number 1) acknowledging June

a per cheers,

eliciting grownups immense

Kleenex moistening
overpowering quintessential immune

eye zing, simmering,
twittering, ululating wrenching

and yowling laments
indistinguishable from a loon

as tassels get tossed, ripped
and flipped in tandem with a boon

dog gull (maybe in conjunction

with a non twittering
uber angry big bird)

to the left side

of the caparisoned
newly anointed future

where flocking sounds of silence heard

Dharma Bums walk

along the road of broken dreams,

many obeisance’s proffered
to professionals and/or trades persons

momentarily stung with 
sadness NOT absurd

to cry departing
iz such sweet sorrows adieu

to favorite classmates
and teachers, whose supportive word

just the perfect balm

to ease academic
despair, who voluntarily

cosseted, ferried, and whispered magic.

 

How quick capitalone
two-step flickr ring imperceptibly,

kneaded asper byte

sized LivingSocial ties,

linkedin and massaged
viz MineCraft flight

of fancy outlook with

plenti of off fish shill
filleting full confidence,
though with faith no more,

and inherent lettered oblations height

ten ing to serve

snapchatting amidst misty soundcloud,

thence spring boarding
into unknown ether akin to a kite

thing shutterflying at warp speed of light

weft turn signal
dimension of opportunities,

no matter what destiny
each young man
or woman doth await

decision to pursue

with accolades dedicated genuinely

(just distant participation)
for gem I helped create

thus aye write this poem

for special veneration of ecstasy

accorded beautiful daughter,
now this papa does evaluate

her outstanding success

wells sorrow at my absence,

but internally rejoice that fate

did proffer ecstatic

gloating honestly jubilant heiress –

whose worth to me....
(no matter aye gyrate

thought, thy dost weep,
how fast sands of time

flow in one direction,
this dada loathes to scorn fate

cuz, he will miss,
and thus Doth hate

not being present
at tha mucho greatest chapter

Per Story of Your Life

when hosannas hooray
gift of your being great

tar than fine-spun gold,

cuz aye ache
fur yar sore absence,

kind hearted, kindred
and linkedin offspring of late

made noble perseverance

reaching the ultimate

write angle of hypotenuse
passage ja squarely x zit

that will usher her
as proud 2017 class mate

onward toward opportunities

sustained by confidence gained

thru academic ambition like ice-skate

ting with dynamic dedication,

and gigantic germination

i.e. maturation metamorphosis trait

whose individual future

exploits icon hardly a wait

further education and
thence employment endeavors

So Punim – a pet name assigned

trajectory predicated with rubric

of essential scholastic tools
essential to gain positive

(whom this dada,
whose more omnipotent

than Comcast cables can bind

attempted to let words

tumble upon display screen

communicating with difficulty defined

in my patois,

(a gallimaufry of mumbo jumbo

shrimp limp ping missive)

at your success
and lucky Gadshill find

attaining laudable momentous occasions,

when positive autonomy

exceeded my bag of tricks,
thus genuine praise

goes to a gamut
of tender loving hands,
when ma did grind

to a halt, nonetheless
rejoicing, at how ye mined

inherent esprit de corp

no matter the message
possibly all a jumble

lost amidst

this cobbled gobbledygook,

the literary analogy
of watermelon rind
and/or reflections
on the gift of a watermelon pickle

which attempts to pass

as acclaimed endeavor
literary scholarly signed.

Okay, I experience tears of euphoria

and misgiving entwined

at lack of finances to share
in person how this dada

daubs dribbling tears ducts that wind

down cheeks creating tiny rivulets

Congratulations thy beloved S_.


 

Great strides finds
this papa wide eyed,
slack jack jawed and agog,

begat whence soon

after birth sans
full term healthy pregnancy

milestones hie did blog

how ye did leap

with unbridled support
like a lily pad hopping frog

those many needs based
supportive services practically

from first year
of your life) did hog

quite a bit of

our time, but intervention

well wool worth effort
at complex edifice,

despite exhausting bout
sans being at log

er heads, which

persistence with a safety net

immensely helped feed yar nog

gin with wholesome

cognitive dissonance
learning no matter we

(as a family) frequently did slog

thru torturous figurative quagmires,

that nary did hint
that this dada spellbound

with utmost wordlessness,
and stunned at
how ye didst develop

into a lovely and
precious young woman, via series

of fortunate events

(Take that Lemony Snicket!),

this papa doth regale and marvel!

— Jane A. Rug, Jun 03, 2026

About This Poem

Last Few Words: though written nine years ago, this proud older papa just felt compulsion to post this poem.

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?
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Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - polished draft

About the Author

Region, Country: PA, USA

Favorite Poets: Robert Burns, Charles Dickens, Robert Frost, Matthew Scott Harris, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sylvia Plath, Gary Snyder, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman

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