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December 7, 2015

Sea of Umbrellas

They aren’t Oregonians, that’s for sure. This sea of umbrellas must be somewhere that people are afraid of melting or that a little rain will mess up their perfectly coiffed hair. One hundred percent chance of rain—real drenching rain, not a mere drizzle—and there wouldn’t...

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November 25, 2015

An Unexplainable Feeling

The current prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to write poetry as a vehicle for emotion, which is pretty much what most poetry is anyway. When I read the prompt, I immediately knew the emotion I wanted to write about, but wasn’t sure how I...

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November 20, 2015

What We Deserve

We think we all deserve God’s love All good gifts that come from above A good God wouldn’t send folks to hell And therefore the story we tell saves all with love Except, of course, men like Hitler Terrorists and Jeffrey Dahmer They don’t deserve...

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November 12, 2015

Joy

I’ve been working on finalizing the manuscript for my holiday poetry book, which I’ll be publishing on CreateSpace and Kindle in the next week or so. I decided the “Advent to Christmas” section was a little thin; plus when I try a new form I...

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November 10, 2015

The Weather Here and There

The Meeting the Bar prompt at dVerse Poets Pub today is to write about the weather outside our window. Well, the weather here in Oregon is a bit boring today. A little chilly, but we’re having a break from the rain. So I’ve strayed from...

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October 31, 2015

Grafted

I was a wild olive shoot wandering lost and alone certain I could thrive on skill all my own Lived a wild and crazy life no one to answer to sowing seeds of great regret searching for something new Though I had creativity wisdom was far away focus was quite...

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