Category: Poem
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The Morning Show
I step out the door and onto my porch Friday morning, 6 am Better than any live news show Out here, an overlooked gem Spring is early The sky above the trees is still dark but I see cobalt blue The sky gets lighter, the clouds are swirly The heavens, better than any commercial production…
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Cleaning House
An elderly couple lived next door They’re not there anymore Age came to them Along with heart disease, back pain, falls, dementia Let’s not pretend Either way in life, one of them will get ya I sit in my front yard and watch their children and grandchildren go in and out They take things to…
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Whoosh
President’s Day An early evening stroll Cloudy out but we can see that spring is making its way We talked of kayaks, friends, overbooked weekends Dinner, what we’ll eat The things we’ll never let our kids say Our shoes hit the sidewalk from the street Whhoooossshhh! A group of blackbirds takes off A patch of…
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How’d We Get Here
The team didn’t know how she landed there An elderly woman Feet bare They checked her out said she needed oxygen Some mood stabilizers as well After three days they wheeled her out to where she first went in The next week she was found lying in the brush Her hair was a tangled web…
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Running to a Song
I heard a song today that reminded me of you The guy was singing about a sad life and being alone A dismal tune Somehow the drums fueled me as I ran on my own I felt my heart and brain connect with my muscles I rolled down the street like the water of a…
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Mick’s
I remember that Sunday morning We met early before the service The place we wouldn’t leave now On the beach, that long strip in Ocean View Our early 20s, just friends I was elated to meet with you I was supposed to be studying chemistry I couldn’t help but abandon my studies When you called…
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Motives
Do you ever ask yourself why you’re doing something Why are you reading this Are you now wondering You know, there’s an enemy out there Trying to destroy you It’s true Look at your life Be still Ask if what you’re doing is really what you will Be quiet Turn off the screens Try it…
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Balance
I’d just returned from a 12 mile run My husband Richard had been lifting weights – benching 315 We thought it’d be fun I peeled off my compression sleeves He cleaned his hands of the chalk We were both exhausted He said, “Come over here, let’s have a talk” I propped my feet up, they…
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Grocery Shopping
She was coming out of the grocery store Among the downtrodden of the town As well as the mean Looking forward to a new reality She was pushing her shopping cart on a Tuesday afternoon One wheel defective Chipped paint on the sides A reflection of how she felt inside She had her goods in…
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Braces
I’ve lived my life in a 10 mile radius At 34-years-old now I didn’t know back then it would amount to this I drove past that building today Where I used to sit in the cushy chair once a month Behind or before all the other private school kids Our parents couldn’t spend enough For…
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