Loving Life
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May Writings 2026 May 5th Life With A Cat With huge, cute eyes and soothing purr You homicidal ball of fur All teeth and claws and soft, soft hair So balanced, poised, it’s just not fair. There’s litter on my bathroom floor You yowl each time I close a door So patient wait, ‘til past…
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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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NaPoWriMo Day 29 New Home I grew up in the furthest way I think there is from here. With forests, hills and streams and glades And skies so high and clear. My heart lives still in wild lands With beavers, wolves and bears. The towering trees and babbling brooks Far from this city’s cares. It…
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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 25 Lesson From A Tree Oh tiny tree why do you grow just there, I would like to know In a hollow atop a trunk how small now is your world shrunk. Oh tiny tree what mad caprice said here gamete I release Here, where there is no room to grow countless seasons…
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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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NaPoWriMo Day 14 My Magic Brew I am not a magician so Don’t think of me as such Though I brew a magic potion Which lets me do so much Some can’t stand the taste of it To some it tastes like life Some hate it if you add to it Aren’t happy with no…
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NaPoWriMo Day 13 Why Summer Matters Here Summer does not mean the same To those in warmer climes But here where winter seems the rule We live for those brief times All winter long we curse the dark Then too we curse the cold Once summer comes, we curse the heat And bask in light…
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NaPoWriMo Day 12 Ode To An Un-Named Season Winter’s garb of brilliant white Rent now, drab, grey, grubby Make way now, new beauty comes Verdant, life, sap rising Birds cluster ‘midst new buds Mates call, sing, chirp, whistle Stunning blossoms soon appear Bees hum, zip, sip, working Vernal sun now warms the land Ground thaws,…
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NaPoWriMo Day 4 Today’s prompt was “Morning”. There is a place I love next to a lake. I love to sit on the west bank of the lake and watch the sun come up across the water. It truly is the best reason to get up ludicrously early on a weekend. This poem is about…
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