Tag: family
group name: peaceandjoy
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October 04, 2007 12:39 PM EDT --
Little girl
At play with pots and cups today;
A cook who puts her plates away—
Joy awhirl!
Little boy
At bat with eyes that strain to catch
The flight of white across the patch—
Swings . . . more
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April 12, 2007 09:06 AM EDT --
I feel too much.
i have an archive of saved messages
from the people whose voices i'm afraid of losing.
my head and my heart never get along.
my best friends are my mom and dad
i put way too much . . . more
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June 13, 2008 09:47 PM EDT --
I decided to take a dose of my own medicine. This is a writing exercise based on a poem by Carl Sandburg. See An Invitation to Write
My head spins round . . . more
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June 19, 2008 03:35 PM EDT --
In my house,
my little house
. . . more
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June 05, 2007 11:43 AM EDT --
As I sat thinking about this war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and all the loved ones who have gone to fight, this started forming in my mind. I want our loved ones to be safe. I want them to come . . . more
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August 09, 2007 07:31 AM EDT --
Myopic foresight
Panavision pixel dream
Dad’s projected pride
more
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October 26, 2007 03:32 PM EDT --
My Ghosts
The first so subtle
Scented my studio
Her sweet smell
Floral talc, unique
I dropped my book
To search for the source . . . more
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February 02, 2008 12:15 PM EST --
He pulled an arrow from the quiver
Emotions swelling like a river
Yet with practiced ease he
Loosed the fated dart
The sting was sudden, unexpected . . . more
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May 28, 2008 07:34 AM EDT --
I held you
when my aching body
no longer could,
reveling in the scent
of your newness;
I held you
when your body
was racked with fever,
giving . . . more
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May 31, 2007 11:04 PM EDT --
A friend is someone on whom you can depend;
To share with you both joy and sorrow;
To walk with you again tomorrow.
A friend is honest, true, sincere;
A ariend though afar, is in heart near. . . . more
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May 15, 2007 01:01 PM EDT --
(I wrote this one for my daughter)
sunlight in your hair
your giggles wash over me
you brighten my day
more
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May 12, 2007 11:18 AM EDT --
This mirror of mortality . . . more
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August 19, 2007 01:26 PM EDT --
You leap for joy with news of fun,
You scram so fast you fall—
Then scramble to your feet and run
To dress way down the hall.
You’re back again before I blink,
The paper’s hardly . . . more
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May 12, 2007 10:12 PM EDT --
Thought I lost my mom, my best friend
But it was a beginning not an end
The love she gave me wont ever go away
The kindness of her words are now mine to say
I can see the world now through her eyes . . . more
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June 27, 2008 01:48 AM EDT --
Welcome to Gather Essentials: Writing
for Friday, June 27th. Last week I was visiting my younger brother who is facing mortality at the age of fifty. My three . . . more
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September 19, 2008 10:59 PM EDT --
A starry summer night in East Tennessee,
Bugs racheting and cricketing and zoom-biting, too......
Smells of dewey grass and mosquito repellant and canvas pup tent,
Pillows and blankets damp and . . . more
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October 26, 2007 03:46 AM EDT --
By Jen D @ October, 26, 2007
Under the Midnight sky in a little mountain nook;
sits a home cozy and warm.
Inside children are sleeping snug in their beds;
Dreaming of wonderous . . . more
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April 21, 2007 11:42 AM EDT --
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE,
FORGET THE NAME, FACE, OR ANYTHING, ABOUT THE COLD BLOODED, MURDERING BASTARD, WHO SLAUGHTERED INNOCENT LIVES AT VIRGINIA TECH. RECENTLY.
OUR THOUGHTS . . . more
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May 14, 2007 06:20 PM EDT --
1. My daughter got a job and starts work June 7th
2. My daughter will graduate from Spokane Community College June 15th
3. My Son got his boat fixed and can use it the rest of the summer now
4. I have . . . more
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April 08, 2007 04:09 AM EDT --
The Breath of God
The Breath of God
is not like the spring breeze
. . . more
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