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  • a poet’s playground
    • alternate avenues
    • evocative muse
    • meditation relaxation
    • reflective healing
  • a poet’s art
  • a poet’s kitchen
  • a poet’s notes
  • contact
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  • about
  • a poet’s playground
    • alternate avenues
    • evocative muse
    • meditation relaxation
    • reflective healing
  • a poet’s art
  • a poet’s kitchen
  • a poet’s notes
  • contact

a poet's playground

stream

discover your meaning
no thinking
no direction
no inflections
no reactions

the result
astoundingly
empowering

find your flow
the stream
is a formidable
force

no longer masking pain
with band-aids that
won’t stick
the water

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look who’s smiling

there was an inkling
in the air
for those
in or out
of despair
to wake
decidedly different
to take on
a new
perspective
put on those old
rose colored glasses
the ones hidden
on the top

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Wednesday’s malaise

was it the wrong side of the bed
that started the day
as if your out of step
the feet seem to work
as you mull about
but
something ain’t right
not battling
a cold or flu
can’t say it’s the blues
but

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bff’s home

don’t you remember
your bff lived here

really dear
it wasn’t that long ago
though the
ivy
would not
lead you to believe so

does it depress
you
to see
her house
in abandonment
does it wipe
the wonderful
memories
from

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house beautiful

was it a dream
or a memory

she said she’d never leave
a grand dame
in need of a palace

you were
to her
everyone who went by
couldn’t help
but stop and take in your beauty

she cared for you
more than the kids
you

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gray

every shade of gray
was exposed
in the lack of sunlight

they stood tall
they stood strong
though the wind
howled through their limbs

they had lasted
decades of wear & tear
rooted tightly together
holding each other up

sharing
seasons that passed so fast

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