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Pure Sounds
Her hands poised over the keyboard Her posture properly straight Her eyes focused on the notes Awaiting maestros cue The violin was crying...
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Threads of Christmas...past to present
Precious ornaments Fragile with memories Sparkling with Tinsel boughs And twinkling lights On display But once a year Old friends Passed down From...
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Rockefeller Center Babysitting Service
Sisters are great but there are times in certain adolescent years that older sisters can view younger ones as bothersome, and I suppose I was. Being...
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You are Here --> ?
A ripple in a puddle Just a drop into a well All the minutes We are given Flow like water Through a mill Paddle backwards Going nowhere Moving...
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Horn and Hardart Automat - (A day spent with my dad)
The New York City streets were crowded and, from my six year old vantage point, with giants, but I had the biggest giant with me holding my hand, so...
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I found so many ways to
Posted on Fri, 03 May 2019
I found so many ways to interpret this, one, it sounds like a marvelous garden planted and protected, but two, I feel it is a soul that is planted and defended in that garden and will not venture beyond the wall to where it is not protected. I...
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I love that you respect all
Posted on Fri, 03 May 2019
I love that you respect all these animals as do I, and I know my dog is smarter than me because he tells me exactly what he wants( food, water, walk) and I listen every time.
Great rhyme and flow of this poem, I loved it and the cherries...
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Hi Jenny,
Posted on Tue, 30 Apr 2019
Hi Jenny,
Yes, I know we both wish they had written down those well loved recipes. I have ingredients but nothing of the measurements so her special touch, her loving touch, to all she did is lost to me.
Just as you'd said, the...
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I often wonder about the
Posted on Tue, 16 Apr 2019
I often wonder about the house I grew up in, now someone else's home...did we forget a picture? Leave behind a treasured trinket that fell into a floor board? Maybe a well loved house does capture some of our beloingings just to hold on to us as...
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Hi Jenny,
Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2019
Hi Jenny,
You take us along on these journeys to your past and we are all grateful travelers.
Your warm remembrances are lit with love and friendship. I really enjoyed the last line, truly fond memories. Thank you for sharing this...
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This is clearly written with
Posted on Wed, 12 Dec 2018
This is clearly written with true heartfelt devotion and is powerful in its conviction.
Christmas songs throughout the year- is a lovely thought and one I wish could be true too. For if we could keep the Christmas light in our hearts all...
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I had to look it up too
Posted on Mon, 10 Sep 2018
I had to look it up too (sough) great word to use in this image invoking poem. Loved it.
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SO much flavor of the times,
Posted on Wed, 01 Mar 2017
SO much flavor of the times, very well described. I loved the images and travel tales-- they provoked in me a longing to travel and a fond remeberence of yester years.
Loved it, very well written and the end was superb...a Buddhist...
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I so enjoyed reading this-
Posted on Mon, 19 Dec 2016
I so enjoyed reading this- glad the boy recovered but I didn't want the adventure to end. So many rhymes and interesting turns of phrase kept me smiling. I do love a hope filled story and this was amazing. Loved your take on the Angel too, pipe...
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Where do I begin? This was so
Posted on Wed, 07 Dec 2016
Where do I begin? This was so well written and so to the point it hurts and that is a good thing. Your voice in this is strong and begs the reader to think. I loved this and wish everyone in the whole of our planet could read this and reflect on...
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