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Category: Poetry
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The white-booted cat watches from the other side of the sliding glass door as I make my breakfast. Her wild green eyes stare at me mesmerized by my mundane morning activity. She watches As I exercise. Her head bobbing To my movements, Eyes locked. I am entertainment. When I turn my head To look at…
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There is a nick on your chin From when you shaved your winter beard. The blood congealed into a scab That will heal into a scar. Your smooth skin makes me Imagine you as a boy on the playground And I wonder What you were like then. I think of myself as a shy little…
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Goodness, I am in a very chatty mood this month. I am full of all sorts of blog posts. Here is a poem I recorded the day before yesterday with my colleague. We are performing this together at a poetry slam at the library I work at.
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As you all know I am a lover of poetry and I love to celebrate National Poetry Month when it comes around every April. I found this project the other day and thought it was really cool so I decided to participate. I encourage you to, also! And share the link to your recording here…
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Death is the calm presence of a male nurse in the hospital room at 3 am describing the act: “You take a breath and die.” Grief is the dull ache deep inside the soul that is always there, sometimes forgotten, but never ignored when it makes its presence known. Love is the compulsion to drive all day, on icy…
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