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October 17, 2015

Sixty Years

Celebrating newfound love Your vows were never to betray Blessed together by God above Sixty years ago today Many years of abiding grace Have followed that blessed day A life begun in love’s embrace Sixty years ago today As we honor husband and wife Years...

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October 2, 2015

Blessings of Boldness

Being bold and courageous is hard and sometimes risky, but it’s always worth the risk. Last week when I posted my 6th Anniversary post, I mentioned that I was going to share on Monday about the blessings of being bold. But one of the two...

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September 15, 2015

In a Heartbeat, in a Flash

Kanzen is tending the bar today for Poetics at dVerse Poets Pub asking for poems on change. I went to a new favorite form, the Kyrielle, and decided to touch on a topic that’s been on my mind a lot lately. I wrote an in-depth...

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September 7, 2015

The Wedding Is Only the Beginning

Today is the first Haibun Monday at dVerse Poets Pub. We were supposed to keep the prose portion of our haibun to two paragraphs and focus on nature. I started with nature but expanded my offering to God’s purpose for marriage. The Wedding Is Only...

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August 22, 2015

Camping

Listen closely and you will hear Conversations about anything Family and friends who are dear In the circle of chairs camping Never a dearth of food to eat “We brought skillet; what did you bring?” Chips and hot dogs, salad and sweets To the circle...

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July 17, 2015

The Philosophy of Choice

The prompt at dVerse Poets Pub yesterday was offered by Brian Miller, back from a 5-month break from the pub. During his absence, he took a philosophy class and so is calling us to write about philosophy, with the requirement that our poem be titled...

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July 14, 2015

A Little about Me

Over at dVerse Poets Pub we’re celebrating the 4-year anniversary of the pub with Marina’s prompt that calls us to get to know each other a little better. Each poet is to pick six words—three that describe us and three that describe things or people we...

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