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Category: Poetry
#Haibun: New Beginnings
Christmas and New Year’s Day came and went without any raucous festivities. No holiday parties, no Feast of the Seven Fishes, no gluttonous eating or over-imbibing. After over a year of unexpected health issues, taking a breath and awaking each morning are pure joy.… Continue Reading “#Haibun: New Beginnings”
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#Haiku: Cold Moon
waning cold moon shinessinking low in morning sky-from the east, sunrise
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Bittersweet Thoughts on a Morning Walk
“Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.” ― Joanne Harris, Chocolat Through the open window driftsdeep melancholy notesAs an unseen cellist plays a familiar song‘Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah’And all at once I’m struckwith a heartspur so profoundas the scent… Continue Reading “Bittersweet Thoughts on a Morning Walk”
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Her Crown
The crown she wore was nothing morethan an illustration of inner self-An ancient garden of floating butterfliesdancing in sundrenched air Where golden legged honeybeesget drunk on riotous wildflowerswoven together in an intricate mazeof stems and petals and leaves dVerse Poets Pub: Quadrille #145- Heady… Continue Reading “Her Crown”
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A Woman Blessed
“And she was fair as is the rose in May.” –Geoffrey Chaucer Sunshine glows on fair skinLights her face with joy- for though Life has dealt her countless blows She rises above the noise Weathering sunshine or rainShe inherited the strength of a woman… Continue Reading “A Woman Blessed”
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Driving to Church
“When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time.” ― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak At fourteen, you don’t think too much about death;but then there are days it kicks you in the gut. Riding to a church meeting with my best friendher mom… Continue Reading “Driving to Church”
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Lipstick on Broken Glass
“Love! Love until the night collapses!” ― Pablo Neruda Let me go mad –While the sun sits pretty in autumn sky Let me raise my glass –to a long life all these years gone by Let me drift away- with falling stars on an obscure night… Continue Reading “Lipstick on Broken Glass”
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