Stories & Poetry: Michael Halperin
By mhalperin
Random stories and poetry for your pleasure.
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Excerpt from DAVID AND THE COLONEL (A true story following a character in my best-selling children's novel "Jacob's Rescue", Random House))
David ran down a rain-swollen street. Solders came closer and closer behind him. They raised their rifles. Bullets flew past his head. All of a...
PRINCESS AND PEST (Written for my grandson)
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THE PROBLEM WITH REMEMBERING
The problem with remembering Is the memory itself. Recalling hurts and scars, Revisiting pain and anguish, Turning inside out joy that Should have...
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THE BAKER STREET IRREGULAR The first chapter of my new YA book inspired by a true story. Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, adopts the tactics of his fictional character and with the aid of a 12-year-old orphan and a Lestrade-type Detective
unbound.co.uk/books/flaglers-island If you're intrigued, let me know. "It is impossible to read and weigh the facts in connection with the conviction...
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FOLLOW YOUR STAR (Excerpt)
Currently working on a biography targeted for Young Adults. Antonio Velasco, a physician in California, came to the United States from a small town...
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WALKING
unbound.co.uk/books/flaglers-island This poem was inspired by the times we pass individuals and never see them. I choose to rise early and walk the...
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WHAT SHALL WE SAY? (One of my few poems written with a rhyming scheme)
What shall we say about a friend When all that’s said is read In smiles and eyes that lend To us a view found tightly wed In wiser words and honest...
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PERFECT
unbound.co.uk/books/flaglers-island Published in several anthologies I pray for the will to achieve perfection, And that is good as far as it goes...
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ALL STEPS NECESSARY (excerpt
unbound.co.uk/books/flaglers-island An excerpt from my play that premiered in Los Angeles, California in 2006. Inspired by a true incident. On...
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ALL STEPS NECESSARY (excerpt)
unbound.co.uk/books/flaglers-island An excerpt from my play that premiered in Los Angeles, California in 2006. Inspired by a true incident. On...
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MORIAH
Written on one of my trips to Israel where I stood on Mt. Moriah and contemplated its vast, complicated history. Words tumble down to the foot of...
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FALSE COLOURS
Completed a new novel “ False Colors” or in the UK “False Colours ”, a thriller with international flavor. The only people who have read it are my...
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I CAN NOT BE CYNICAL
I can not be cynical about death, It comes too often Yet it comes one at a time. Old men and women look at death As in a mirror reflecting Life gone...
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FORGIVE
To say we forgive Becomes a trick of the tongue Falling swiftly on the air, Drifting along the senses, Easing our feet Along paths of no-regard Where...
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HE-MAN & THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
For fun I uploaded my script for the enormously successful animated TV series "He-Man & the Masters of the Universe". I created the TV show in...
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A MOMENT IN TIME
There is a moment when time, with its inexorable momentum, halts at the border of elegant love. In that moment between then and now; between now and...
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AT THE SEA
Perhaps the water will be warmer When I return tomorrow. Perhaps dry land will appear And I will walk across, unafraid. Perhaps, if tomorrow ever...
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ALONE
He sleeps alone in his lounging chair, Feet level to improve his circulation, Eyes blink now and then. A young man dances the street, Eyes the ladies...
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APPLES AND HONEY
Do not eat the apple, study it. Seeds stir inside its womb, inside its heart Ready to give birth if allowed. We devour it before its time With sweet...
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CITY
I have fallen in love with a city Where marble and stone worn thin by time Chant beyond the temples and tombs Where my ancestors lie In deep chalk...
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MURMERS AND WHISPERS
Murmurs of seeds, whispers of trees, Long trails that lead nowhere To find gray-streaked stones Tumbled beneath a waterfall Where eddied pools circle...
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ONCE
The once steady hand trembles At the slightest grasp. Where calloused fingers gripped, Now smooth ridges slip Along the edge calling, calling For a...
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MYSTERY
Where does it come from? The impish smile, the knowing look, The turn of phrase that makes me smile Wondering what goes on Beneath the curly hair,...
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The Relativity of Time
We travel with each other through time, Touching, embracing, loving, laughing, Arguing, disagreeing, agreeing, compromising, Coming together, parting...
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