I returned last night from a funeral in Minnesota. A week ago my dad’s sister’s husband passed away at 93. At least 200 people attended Uncle Jim’s funeral. He and my aunt were married 62 years and they socialized playing tennis, dancing and while attending their church. My favorite memory of my uncle is from […]
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Thanks for a wonderful 2022 celebrated in verse. I appreciate last year’s fabulous featured poets and poems. Now our thoughts turn to 2023; 8 poets from 5 countries tell you their traditions and sentiments of the new year’s transition. May the fireworks, marzipan pigs and black-eyed peas bring you luck. Gracias por un 2022 maravilloso […]
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Happy New Year! Hope New Year’s Eve was just the way you like it; noisy glitz til dawn or peaceful evening not quite til midnight. Blogging friend Devang from India had a good suggestion for this month’s poetry challenge; write a poem about New Year’s traditions in your country. USAA cork sent flying hunger no […]
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Grainy, fluffy, icy, crunchy, wet, slushy. Each day a different texture of precipitation. New poem about after our snow day Thursday. Peaceful eyes snow falls from skies flakes scattered idyllic patterned window gazing poetry mazing shrieks of delight white mid-calf height snow day is here bundle in warm gear sled down a hill wee ones […]
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Today is a day for poetry and journaling. Seems the Bay Area has sent fog and rain our way… Fourth Dark December Day Pine boughs ripple in the breeze. green against the white page of the sky. Rain refrain while skiers think snow Where is the sun? The slanted wheel Invisibly tips over the horizon […]
Read moreI believe it was yesterday we wrote our November poems. This month we’ll try a Japanese poetry form; dodoitsu. It is non-rhyming, with a humorous twist. (información en español abajo) Dodoitsu has four lines: 7 syllables, 7 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables. Please write about harvest or nature. You have until December 11 noon CST to place […]
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