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Waking (Response Poem)

Another response poem this one to whimsy~mimsy‘s poem waking. Thanks again for another poem inspiring poem. Hers really is a lovely poem and you should go and read it, even if it means not reading mine. I toyed with just leaving hers alone and … Continue reading

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Life in Death in Life – poetry reading

I’ve decided to go back and do a reading or two of some of my poetry. Here’s one that I wrote based on a painting. See the original post and painting that inspired the poem here. In short, the painting … Continue reading

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My Garden, Me – Poem (with video and reading)

Today I had the wonderful experience of cutting up squash, zucchini and jalapeños and mixing them up into a first attempt at a squash, zucchini type soup. I also went out and picked some tomatoes as well and created a delicious … Continue reading

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Garden living – Poem – NaPoWriMo Day 25

This is a recent photo taken while my youngest was helping me in the garden. Garden living Hand held out, palm steady as fingers spread Balancing the unearthed treasure there Steady, proud, face creased with a grin Fingers covered with … Continue reading

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You Dig – Ghazal – Poem – NaPoWriMo Day 13

Ghazal – As I’ve been reading other NaPoWriMo posts I’ve noticed that a lot of folks are doing this from a daily prompt. As such, I’ve seen several writers using the “Ghazal” prompt like the one from here. That post discusses … Continue reading

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A view from the back deck – photo

Many of you know that I moved recently, same town, kids are in the same schools etc but the neighborhood is much better. I’ve also mentioned that I’ll post pictures, especially of the back deck area, but up ’til now I’ve only … Continue reading

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Life, in death, in life – Poem – Inspired by a painting

I’ve been inspired to write a poem based on another of Leslie Whites paintings called October. She does wonderful work and takes the time to explain the process as well. Thank you Leslie for, once again, inspiring me to write … Continue reading

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Sad boy, Bye cat… RIP – Acrostic made up of Haikus

I decided to try to combine two forms of writing. Acrostic and Haiku. Below is my attempt. The acrostic part doesn’t quite flow as much as I’d like but it still seems to work. Sad boy, Bye cat… RIP Solemn … Continue reading

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Friend of the Dew – Prose

I started to write this a few weeks ago. Tonight I made the time to sit down and work on it some more. I may go back and rework it some, we’ll see. For now, I wanted to get it … Continue reading

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Soothing waters – Haiku

Soothing waters Bubbling cool creek Washing over tired feet Soothing inner soul Stephen Kellogg – 2010

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