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Rated: E · Folder · Emotional · #822317
the rest of my poems
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The majority of my poetry is free verse, though I actually prefer rhymed verse.
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    Never, I Say!  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #850421
    This dates me- I got my degrees on an old Underwood Typewriter, the beast!
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    The Troll  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #801262
    I am my own worst obstacle.
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    Choice  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Emotional · #850745
    the innocent sacfificed in our age- primarily referring to abortion
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    What I Have Lost  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #1958341
    A feeling of loss comes because we have been blessed in the past. I need to remember.
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    Memories  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Other · #1797463
    Clearing out a heap of mementos of a past I let go of reluctantly
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    Time Travel  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #1797451
    a moment in my day took me back to my teen years with my dear horse, Chance
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    I Live in My Head  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #1695226
    Autism spectrum communication issues: Trying to express how I think.
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    Companion Fare  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #1666579
    metaphor as I ponder on what it costs to get to heaven
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    Outside, Looking In  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #1642967
    Ever feel like you are from another planet? Asperger's does that to you.
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    Billboards  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #1588388
    reflections as I drove past my old childhood haunts.
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    Amputee  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #1519585
    What's left for me to let go? *note: I wrote this as a metaphor!
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    Hit and Run  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Emotional · #1215434
    A hero of mine was sent to prison for crimes against children. Can no one be trusted?
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    The Natural State  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Family · #1189750
    haiku for the married. What could be more natural?
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    Empty Skies  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Experience · #1156114
    9-11 in retrospect.
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    Autumn Spirits  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Nature · #1145516
    autumn is like that...
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    ABC of Life (and Death)  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #1145503
    Found this in a folder from my high school years. I like it.
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    Vacation  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Family · #1145494
    Trochaic Monometer
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    Night  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Children's · #1145464
    nightmares...
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    Indigo Creeping  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #1089323
    written for Nature's Beauty contest prompt: dusk over water
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    The Travails of October  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Experience · #1019573
    absolutely true & unembellished tale based on events in our family in October, 1987
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    Fire In the Pool  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #997007
    for Rix's Haiku--Picture Contest
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    Futile Pairings  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #984323
    a metaphorical extreme
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    Another Death  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Comedy · #979828
    This one came to me as I unloaded the dishwasher...
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    Easter Ever After  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #956109
    more meditations on a priest forced from ministry- work in progress
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    Starting From Scratch  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #956107
    a priest I love was removed from ministry-I wonder what this first Easter was like for him
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    Traveling Alone  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #945950
    I stayed in a hotel alone for the first time in 47 years. I missed home.
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    Old Shoes  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #939718
    I visited a place of old pain. It still hurt. A metaphor.
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    Finding My Place  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #928245
    for the WEEKLY Acrostic *Plus Poetry Contest
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    Autumn Eyes  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Personal · #907041
    for some reason the autumn leaves made me think of eyes in midlife
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    Morning  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #901078
    another poem from a morning person
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    Pastoral  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #901076
    visions from a rural life
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    Cold Morning  Open in new Window.
    Rated: · Nature · #901074
    frost on the window
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    Spark  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Experience · #901072
    watching the flames is hypnotic
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    Dawn  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #901070
    Written by a morning person
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    Love Songs  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #901069
    written on hearing frogs after a storm
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    High Places  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #901068
    I love mountains, even if I'm a flat-lander!
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    Gossip  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Community · #901066
    my, how those little tales grow...
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    Change  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Nature · #901065
    another poem about autumn
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    Proposal  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Romance/Love · #901062
    ...'til death do us part
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    Lovers  Open in new Window.
    Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #901060
    haiku isn't just for nature poems, you know
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    Left Out  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Animal · #901057
    watching my cat watching me
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    Grey  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #893107
    when even breathing is a burden
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    Night Thoughts  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #877827
    anticipation's wakefulness
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    Ode to a Preschooler  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Children's · #868659
    If you have a four year old, you'll recognize this one...
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    Busy  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Biographical · #864122
    Wrote this in my college years. It's a lesson I need to relearn!
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    Watchworks  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Relationship · #864118
    Ever meet a gossip?
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    This Day  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #850422
    the power of the past
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    Revelation  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Experience · #850420
    a sonnet from my college days!
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    Ordinary Time  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Philosophy · #836065
    Ordinary time in Catholicism means numbered (ordinal) days
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    Day to day  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Personal · #825815
    written when I lived alone
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    Rambling  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #825622
    in need of a human voice
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    Familiar Roads  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #825621
    trying to reconnect with a dead past
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    Retrospect  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #825613
    dreams are short-lived sometimes
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    Alone  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #822624
    even the rocks feel like crumbling sometimes
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    Time  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Philosophy · #822615
    time as a trinket worn by our immortal souls
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    Thin Thoughts  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #801281
    writing doesn't substitute for people
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    Postal Haiku  Open in new Window.
    Rated: E · Emotional · #801274
    Ever wonder what that mailman's smiling about?
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