• NAPOWRIMO Day 8

    White Weather Blues. Now spring is here and so I sit, And watch the falling snow. The robins sit upon my lawn, Shout every curse they know. l know the snow won’t stay this time, But still I’ve had enough. With every extra flake that falls, The more I hate that stuff. Tomorrow when I…

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  • NAPOWRIMO Day 7.

    Celebrate! Ignore The Hate! No flowers, cake or dress for you, ‘Cause this book says you’re bad. Some think that that’s how things should be, And that is very sad. They blame a God, a book, a faith, For their hard-hearted state, They talk a lot about Gods love, But then they act from hate,…

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  • NAPOWRIMO Day 6.

    Music Is… The notes and words go flowing by, Some let us ride along. And for a time, once in a while, We find a favourite song. But faithless hearts and fickle ears, All ensure that will change. They tempt us then and captivate, With tunes both new and strange. A beat that’s new, no…

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  • NAPOWRIMO Day 5

    Overcoming The Noise. I cannot think, I cannot hear, The voices in my head. They try to speak and to be heard, Don’t know just what they said. There’s poetry that I can’t hear, It’s lost in all this noise. The words are lost beyond recall, l’ve lost so many joys. Voices within and more…

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  • NAPOWRlMO Day 4

    The Lies Myself Tells Me I fear the time has come I said, As I sat there alone. I found that I agreed with me, Been too long on my own. I used to argue with myself, Don’t bother any more. The fact is I’ve learned to my grief, I am a dreadful bore. But…

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  • NAPOWRIMO Day 3.

    The Best Things In Life Are… You! Dear Universe, I’d like to say, A thank you from my heart. For bringing me this person who, I’ve loved right from the start. My love provides a piece of me l didn’t know was gone. She gives so much, brings me such joy, My strength to carry…

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  • NAPOWRIMO Day 2.

    We’re All In This Together (Except For Those Who Aren’t) Dreaming the days go drifting by, A bit of truth in each. Some grasp the dream and take from it, The lesson it would teach. So many more are lost to it, Content to blindly sleep. They push the dream of truth aside, Let life…

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  • NAPOWRIMO Day 1

    So… it’s that time of the year again.  Thirty poems in thirty days.  How hard can that be?  Last year I stretched it out to over two months… sixty-plus consecutive poems.  After that, thirty will be nothing… hopefully…. maybe…. ah well, may as well get started, My Beloved Friend A day, a week, a month,…

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  • Mortality Redux

    For some time, I had been getting chest pains. Like any sensible person, I saw my doctor. He referred  me to a specialist who did a treadmill stress test. The results at that time shoved no immediate threat.   Over the next year and a bit, things went from bad to downright nasty. By the…

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  • I’m Back

    For those of you who used to follow  this blog, my apologies.   For a variety of reasons, it is quite some  time since I have posted anything.   This is largely because to ran out  of things to say. I still follow the  news and it still winds me up as much as it…

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