What Sets Us Apart Rotating our plate when we eatEnsuring our foods do not touchFolding our socks instead of squeezing them into each otherHolding our cards in ascending order when playing a gameOr maybe in descending orderLiking dogs, or hedgehogs, or weasels as petsReading instead of watching storiesAlways getting the window seatWe each have our …
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Poem for April 21, 2020
We Love We love because we get each other.We love when we are sneaking and creeping.We love when you drive an hour to buy groceries.We love when we play games.We love when we search for lost things.We love as we read to each other.We love when we do things because they please the other of …
Poem for April 20, 2020
Fare Thee Well External adventure restricted,We flit in our lonely abode.We feel increasingly constricted,Anxiety tempts to explode. Be thankful for places to shelter,For food to be cooked and enjoyed.So many at risk will soon swelter,And, thanks to greed, be unemployed.
Poem for April 19, 2020
Darkness and Light The things that go “bump” in the night,That test our resolve and our grit,The howl in the blackness; the plightThat we face leaves us lonely, unfit. But when challenges unseen we face,When fear as a fixture descends,Then hope in o’ercoming embrace,That light against darkness defends.
Poem for April 18, 2020
Words Sharing of thoughts and of feelingOf episodes, fun and appealingDesires and ambitions, of closureOr sadness, unwanted exposureSend hope and encouragement to allWho linger in solitude’s thrall.
Poem for April 17, 2020
Full of Potential The brushes unstained by the ink it contained,The paper unblemished and clean;The well and the tray are unmarred, on display.All items within are pristine.Calligraphy implements, unused and wrapped,Full of potential, but silent, untapped.
Poem for April 16, 2020
The Last to Cross The last on the road was a doe.But Michael was sure she would goAcross his lane faster,But just as he passed her,The buck’s rack smashed through his window.
Poem for April 15, 2020
How Like Dreams Those words you cannot fathom coming from his mouth–Cutting, slashing, stabbing, vicious, wrong.Poetic, praising, gracious, as in song. Those sights you cannot see but in imagination–Dizzying, perilous, threatening, extreme.Magnificent, blazing, lustrous, agleam. Sensations you cannot duplicate even by design–Shivering, twisting, falling, flailing.Floating, drifting, soaring, sailing. Our minds unhinged from conscious reality–Playing out …
Poem for April 14, 2020
Words The wonder of wordsLies within their conveyor,As both sword and salve.
Poem for April 13, 2020
Why? To what end do we struggle?To what goal do we strive?For what gain do we labor?What causes us to thrive? Is it merely profit,That our attention gains?Or maybe fame and gloryIs why our body strains. For vain and hollow prizesDo we our talents waste,Rushing to exhaustion,Our ending, in our haste? More to life there …
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