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May Writings 2026 May 4th For My Granddaughter Good morning my most precious one I wish you joy this day May blessings find you through your life To help you on your way. May happiness outweigh each hurt May peace outweigh your pain May good times teach you gratitude From problems, wisdom gain. I wish…
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Where I’m From Is Not My Home The road so long and longer years I’ve been so long away. Back then I thought I’d be back soon Who knew how long I’d stay? But one thing led to something else And that to something more. Now years have passed and nothing looks Just like it…
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NaPoWriMo Day 17 Count My Blessings My life is filled with love so sweet No question, always there My wife of nearly thirty years I’m blessed beyond compare My daughter when she looks at me Can see how much I care Though adult now still loves me too I’m blessed beyond compare She also has…
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Flash fiction February Day 11 Remnants – Reminders – Heartbreak – Absence Everything of yours is still here. The bed where you slept. Your favourite snacks. Everything where it was before you left. I can’t bring myself to get rid of anything. I can’t even bear to move them. It would be like pretending you…
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Flash Fiction February Day 10 Cooking For Her Travis sipped his coffee, placed his cup on the counter and let himself out into the garden. It was early enough that there were still traces of dew in the shadows and he paused to breath in the smell of damp earth and growing things. Moving down…
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Overheard On Holiday “You seem irritable today.” “I’m not irritable, I’m irritated.” “I would think that if you weren’t irritable, you wouldn’t be irritated.” “If you would stop irritating me, then I wouldn’t be irritated.” “Well, if you weren’t irritable, you wouldn’t find me irritating.” “You are irritating me because you are an irritant, not…
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A Different Way My father once told me that you can drown in flax seeds. Claimed it had happened to a neighbour’s child when he was a kid. I’ve never bothered to look it up, but it always sounded plausible to me. Probably because of how much a field of grain moves like the waves…
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My Mother’s Love From heaven fell those gentle dropsto kiss each leaf and bloom,A gentle, restful tapping onThe window of my room. My mother laid a cool, damp clothUpon my fevered brow.She took my hand, she stroked my hairMade soothing noises now. The fever burned much hotter nowCould scarcely see or hear,Yet through it all…
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As i was sitting and wondering what to write about tonight, my dog came and asked me why we hadn’t gone to bed yet. So yes, tonight’s poem is about Ducky. Enjoy! Our Amazing Puppy There is a puppy that I love, This Ducky boy so sweet, He’s gentle and adorable, And has the cutest…