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"Where have we gone?"
Mask on mask off Battle lines drawn Where only Consideration should dwell Etiquette found In Webster’s Now defunct Empathy as rare As clovers of four...
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"Limited Vision"
Magic shimmers on the edge of periphery Tantalizing humans with its sparkle Teasing wishful thoughts Never to be granted Frolicking fairies Moonbeams...
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"Magic for a Day or 24 Hours of Trouble" (A Magical Fantasy) Chapter 2
When the sunshine filtered through the Venetian blinds and across his room Joey woke up. His first thought was, "could it really be a day of magic?"...
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"Magic for a Day or 24 hours of Trouble" (Children's Fantasy)
The Florida beach was populated with late summer vacationers who had rented houses near the seashore, and eight year old Joey Steven’s family was one...
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"Perception"
We may live on the same street Perhaps in the same building But I will see events Through a prism Created By my experiences I’ll interpret facts As...
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Ah yes, Scrabble - I just
Posted on Thu, 24 Dec 2020
Ah yes, Scrabble - I just bought a new one as the tiles from our old game had chipped and worn and we'd lost the X somewhere? No one knows where or when it went missing but I think, due to its point value, it has been deftly hidden. I loved your...
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Lovely meandering through
Posted on Mon, 07 Sep 2020
Lovely meandering through better days- no cell phones, video game distractions - loved the crackling fire and stories being read to interested children- the milkman in the morning the winter's banketing snow and muffled sounds. All beautifully...
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A Lovely odd to your love.
Posted on Sun, 30 Aug 2020
A Lovely odd to your love.
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Funny you should mention
Posted on Sun, 30 Aug 2020
Funny you should mention crows. I had several on m lawn yesterday morning looking for their breakfast- You set the scene well here- The beating wings, its search for sustenance, the lazy day and I could feel the warmth of the day too- and 24c to...
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Captivating and relatable..
Posted on Tue, 04 Aug 2020
Captivating and relatable...The bedroom of childhood- does it ever truly leave us? To me those are the warmest, most vivid images as we marched on to adulthood. And when we falter, they call us back to comfort and cocoon our bruised ego. This is...
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Thrilling, chilling and oh so
Posted on Sun, 02 Aug 2020
Thrilling, chilling and oh so spooky- not sure what that monster will do but I was frozen in place just reading - very well done horror, this is Stephen King good.
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Thrilling, chilling and oh so
Posted on Sun, 02 Aug 2020
sorry, not sure why - but my comment posted twice - so I'll add this - Your descriptions had me on the edge of my seat and I found no excess of words, only apt and chilling images.
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I enjoyed this- Starting out
Posted on Mon, 03 Aug 2020
I enjoyed this- Starting out searching for monsters but discovering instead the beauty in the unknown and the strangely different. At least, that's where this poem took me and I loved it- I always smile when given optimistic endings.
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No truer words spoken Luigi-
Posted on Mon, 03 Aug 2020
No truer words spoken Luigi- We don't have a lot of time left to reverse this state of our weather and it appears some leaders are still deaf and blind - refusing to admit their is a danger around us- Your words so well paced- so well spoken- and...
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Please don't delete- your
Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020
Please don't delete- your words here are heartfelt and compelling. I was compelled to cry in outrage for this little brutally orphaned hippo and your kind interspersed endearments and encouragement weaved through the sad facts- and felt natural -...
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