Poem 5, August 12,2023 Long ago A girl was asked how much? Her reply: “My fair share.” I want that too. My fair share. Relationship mutually. Not 50/50. Tit for tat. Simple equity. Life in the do, Not in lip service. Behavior doesn’t lie, But sings I love you. Is it too hard? Is it…
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Universal language
Poem 4, August 11, 2023 Love, Forgiveness, Kindness, Universal language Everyone understands. Yet, it’s not spoken Nearly enough. Too many things Work hard to silence it.
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Limerick
Poem 3, August 10, 2023 Limericks are supposed to be funny and absurd. They can also be bawdy tales that are are not fit to print. A limerick is a five-line poem that rhymes. It’s an AABBA pattern, meaning the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme and the third and fourth lines rhyme. Yet, I…
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Grace for Me
Poem 2, August 9, 2023 This poem is a quatrain or four-line stanza followed by a tercet or three-line stanza. It doesn’t rhyme. I am having trouble trying to define this one and cannot really do it. I can tell what it’s not: ode, elegy, free verse, sonnet, limerick. Let’s just say it a smash…
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This is the first day of publishing a poem a day. I have opted to start with haiku. Haiku is a Japanese poem consisting of three lines, with five syllables in its first line, seven in its second, and five in its third. Her body she is Embodied spirit joyful She is her body By…
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Good things are good things
Everyone likes good things. From warm cookies and hot coffee to special finds. From a cause that’s doing some good for a troubled world to a nice hand lotion. Introducing a new blog that will roundup all the good things in life and share them with you.I’ll connect you with good causes, good gifts, good…
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{Re}expect
Mary, mother of God. Whatever Mary was expecting as a young mother, I suspect it had nothing to do with deliverying a baby in a barn. I’m fairly certain the last thing she expected was to only have Joseph attend her. The bible story leaves so much out. We’re left to wonder what happened. I…
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{Re}evaluate
New information informs your decisions. Keck and I are in receiving new information mode, which also means we’re in re-evaluation mode. We’ve found ourselves in this place before. And it’s always an interesting place to be. The list of pros and cons. The constant balancing of important to us ideas and plans. If this happens…
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{Re}gress
I cannot believe that it’s taken me an entire year to find this site. It’s called Membean, and it helps students, second-language learners, test takes, and curious logophiles like me. Reflect upon re-, and your vocabulary prowess will never regress! Word Root of The Day: ReMembean Regress, of course, means to return to a former undeveloped state.…
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Reprocess means to process again or differently, typically in order to reuse it. This is used often to refer to nuclear fuel. But tonight I’m processing good words from friends and learning to think about myself differently. I’ve heard the words before, but some reprocessing needs to happen before I can share. ❤
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