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I’m actually a day late with this. I had planned a while ago to participate again in NaPoWriMo. Then totally zoned yesterday and forgot about it. Oops. Here we go anyway! The Return of the Poet It’s April once again and I, Begin to write anew. To search throughout my cobwebbed mind, Tell something that…
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I’m A Very Rash Person I almost wrote no verse today, My focus is not there. I’ve got the plague, the walking death, My skin hates me I swear. It’s blistered, lumpy, burning, raw, The itching drives me mad. It’s spreading fast it’s spreading far, My face looks really bad. I do not know just…
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Writers’ Dream Immortal words upon the page, A lasting legacy. Which unborn generations yet May read and think of me. For in these words a man may live, Far longer than his days. That’s why one must choose carefully, Exactly what he says. Who wants to be remembered as, A bully or a thug? As…
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Creative Block It’s happening, that time of year, A full week yet to go. My inspiration has dried up, What will I write? Oh no! This happens every year to me, Not sure what I should write. If I can’t get my head to work, There’ll be no post tonight. Somehow the harder that I…
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How Was Your Day? Another day a crisis fixed, A dozen more to go. By the time they’re all resolved, Two dozen more I know. I run and run and work and swear, The problems multiply. Some days I want to rage or drink, Some days just want to cry. I know we’re all in…
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Live To Read To Live A simple book it can contain, A world far away. We slip between the pages and, Into that place we stray. The people in those stories seem, Like ones we’ve always known. And their adventures start to feel, Just like they are our own. Those characters we know and love,…
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Princess The Dog This Princess is a lovely dog, Well trained and sweet as pie. Her family is in a fix, Don’t need the reason why. So Princess needs a place to stay, We want a dog around. Not ready yet to have our own, A doggy friend we’ve found. We go for walks and…
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Tough Times. Sometimes our road in life is straight, Sometimes will twist and turn. Sometimes the seas are calm and flat, Sometimes a storm tossed churn. Whatever comes is what will be, Can’t change the shape of fate The only thing you can control, Is how you will relate. So think on this when troubles…
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A Joy Deferred Today the sun came out again, I always knew it would. The wind is cold but that’s okay, Spring’s on it’s way that’s good. Before too long the days will warm, The leaves once more appear. The birds return their lovely songs, Are what I long to hear. To feel the grass…