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Poems by Doug Bayliss.

4 circles representing Improvisation

Improvisation

Posted on July 18, 2026July 22, 2026 by Doug Bayliss

A poem about how life’s improvisations.

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Fractured Light

Posted on November 17, 2025May 11, 2026 by Doug Bayliss

Up before your partner, out the door before he wakes.
Tending to the daily grind, not seeing our love at stake.

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a woman looking out a train window

The Shadow Train

Posted on October 28, 2025May 18, 2026 by Doug Bayliss

Smoke on the horizon, moon ridin’ low,
Steel rails hummin’ where cold winds blow.
A train and its shadow, side by side.
Ridin’ the rails with nothing to hide.

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Doug & puppies
4-yr old me with Collie pups at Sky Manor airport.

sky manor airport circa 1960
We lived here a summer while my Pop-Pop built us a house.

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My Grandparents, Robert & Naomi Theisz, building the restaurant at Sky Manor.
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