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When Someone Truly Gets You
It felt like a stranger opened a window to my soul and wrote what she saw.
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Staring 60 in the Eye
Last I looked, I was 19.
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The Poetry That No One Ever Sees
Poetry is everywhere.
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Haiku Adjacent
Did I ever actually know the rules?
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All I Wanted
One of those days.
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N-N-1 Season Changes
Delightful submissions this time around for our N-N-1 writing/photography adventure!
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Getting Unclogged
I grew up in such a dysfunctional household that as I child I actually believed that when I was out of someone’s sight, I disappeared for them. What a horrid mindset for a little girl to live with! I was thinking about that the other day, and I wrote this poem. Getting Unclogged There is…
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What Perishes is Not Real
For the life of me, I will never understand people who don’t like to read. There is so much wisdom out there. Reading is like accessing the brains of millions of other people. There is more knowledge in this world than one brain could possibly hold. Think of books as thumb drives that enhance the…
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Salting Pigeon’s Tails, and Other Games for Kids
My mother was one smart lady. She had three kids to keep busy and very little money to do it with, so she got creative. We would often pack up a picnic lunch and go to the nearest cemetery. My friends think this is nuts, but I remember these as being very fun times. When…
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My Prayer
I am grateful this day for the rain that sustains me for the sun that nurtures me, for the wind that buffets me. I wish to give back more than I take from this world, value more than that which is has been given me and shore up that which has always endured me.…