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"Willow's Tail" 5
Perfidia finally caught up with her hat and grabbed it away from the dancing wind. She put it back on her head just as that wayward wind suddenly...
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"Willow's Tail" 4
Martha slid a sideways glance at Perfidia as they walked the two blocks to the market. Perfidia was wearing a brilliant yellow sundress and a big...
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"Willow's Tail" 3
Martha placed Willow's breakfast bowl down near her and went back to her seat at the table. Willow kept her eyes on the visitor as she lowered her...
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Storm clouds rolling in
Cold front coming in Disturbance in the upper atmosphere Shivers expected Electrical flashes Dangerous lightning Rumbles of thunder over the home...
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"The Canines of My Life"
My best friend left this world last year and I still miss him terribly. Today I am thinking about the dimensions he added to my days and it made me...
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Tender and sensitive, fragile
Posted on Wed, 16 Jun 2021
Tender and sensitive, fragile in the knowledge that life can turn instantly to tragedy, or joy. Never knowing which will be given, at any moment. Your story unfolded with happiness then drew us backwards through the unknown terror of a diagnosis...
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Touchingly raw and a tearful
Posted on Wed, 09 Jun 2021
Touchingly raw and a tearful and sad comparison. Caged birds are a painful sight to behold, knowing thier freedom is just an open door away. One should never trap a free spirit or a feathered friend- allow it to soar, even if it gets caught in a...
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The vaulted mind, locked, key
Posted on Sun, 30 May 2021
The vaulted mind, locked, key lost and unable to see another's view is a difficult thing to be confronted with and I am so sorry your aunt and you had to have that experieince, but it was a comfort and support for you to be with her. And maybe...
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When you bring these stories
Posted on Mon, 24 May 2021
When you bring these stories to paper they shimmer. There is a similarity in the decades for me, I too was young in the 60's so the games of marble, imagining of cowboy wagons, finger guns and pirate ships from crates, rings true to me. But I...
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Brilliant -I could see this
Posted on Sat, 29 May 2021
Brilliant -I could see this person so clearly and you captured a human moment of misunderstanding and embarrassed communication and captured it so humorously- I loved this one very much, well done!
Read full commentPosted in Don't judge a book by its cover!
Ah first love, the awakening
Posted on Sat, 29 May 2021
Ah first love, the awakening of emotions we never knew we could feel for another. It is heady and the world is vivid with color when we feel it but, as Jenny said, we do go through journeys good and bad to enlighten us, to bring us to discovery...
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A Powerful, chilling truth,
Posted on Wed, 12 May 2021
A Powerful, chilling truth, "Amazonian lungs reduced to ash'. You have hit on every cause and sorrow and any who read this should feel effected by these truths. Thinking beings supposedly of higher intelligence, should have an immediate empathy...
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Whispers of love do travel
Posted on Thu, 13 May 2021
Whispers of love do travel along sensory paths , a fragrance, a sound, the weather of the day can bring swift recall. Precious moments we've shared, recorded on our timeline, waiting for a replay. They are the whispered hello from the ones we...
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The poem is crafted in
Posted on Wed, 05 May 2021
The poem is crafted in perfect harmony from the first word and Where this poem takes you, is to that incredible, vulnerable moment you trust your love to someone. It is tender and heartbreaking and by your ending, it was the wrong person to...
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Never thought about how
Posted on Wed, 05 May 2021
Never thought about how difficult that migration would be for birds, now I think I'll never forget. Sharp writing, no superfluous words, every line flows into the next and the journey is with awareness. Thank you for posting this for I love when...
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