Poetry Friday
I lay my hand on his back, gently hush him, telling him everything is all right . . . when really my life is torn raw and your fading whomp, whomp, whomp is the sound of war far away, yet so close.
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“I like READING!”
EM, in her summer between kindergarten and first grade, full of gift-excitement, stops just in front of me, "It's for you, Gramma."
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Poem for Grandma
Like cookies
need milk,
and boo-boos
need hugs...
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Instructions to a Tree
I wonder, would my poem have been celebrated in the classroom or would it have been set aside because I failed to follow directions explicitly?
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The Sea Calls Me
There are times when I must go to the sea. This past week was one of those times.
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This Is a Test
Three very loud blasts, like a blaring horn, shattered the quiet with a suddenness that makes you panic. I felt a strange tension run through me for a moment.
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Filled with Song
I marvel that they sing such songs in this their darkest night. Such joy, peace, love -- they give to all of us in their songs.
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