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I live, I die, I know were to go

Blog Posted:6/9/2019 2:17:00 AM

This is in response to a comment I received from Faraz Ajmal,

Thank you for your kind feedback of my first poem on Poetry Soup and entered in to the "Topic of Cancer" contest.  You puff me up. No I do not have cancer. This was written when I was caring for my mum who had breast cancer and died on the 04/12/2018.  She liked the title of the poem which is based on a comment she made one day.  She thought I was too flowery when writing poetry, "keep it plain....why an Indigo Sky!". I love Indigo skies.  Some background: when mum was 17yo she would sneak out of Nurses quarters with her mate and go to Tamatekapua Marae (Maori meeting house) where they held dances. That is where she met my father.  They loved the song, "Georgia on my Mind" version by Ray Charles which I am named after.  Rose and Bella are her sisters who passed, Rose in October 2018, 3 days after we arrived in New Zealand to visit her.  Goldie was mums first dog (she had many over the years and liked them more than humans) and whenever one of her dogs died, Goldie would appear, we think to guide them home. My mum was 78yo and strong minded, she opted not to have chemo or radiation viewing it as putting poison in her body and went on a special diet - no sugar, no preservatives, no dairy etc but sparingly took morphine in her final weeks.  Overall, in the two years from her diagnosis we cruised to Papua New Guinea - the picture of the tree attached to the poem. We went to NZ and saw family, my two siblings. I am glad she died before my younger sister who died 3 weeks after mum.   She died on her feet, at home, where she wanted to be. I hope her strength and vulnerability are projected in the poem. She was an inspiration to many.



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Date: 6/9/2019 5:51:00 PM
I loved this blog, and I admire your mom's strength to turn down both treatments. It's hard enough to turn down just one of them and to know if one made the right choice or not. I also liked your reference to Goldie as guiding the dogs "back home' What a lovely thing. I believe strongly that those who passed before, whether human or animal, can be watching out for us!
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Date: 6/9/2019 8:23:00 AM
Georgia, your poem is a very poignant tribute to the memory of your mother. Thank you for sharing your heart with us. We welcome you to PoetrySoup! ~Mark
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Date: 6/9/2019 3:25:00 AM
Thanks for sharing your story, Georgia, I take care of my two parents now, both 93, both with cancer, (Mom a breast cancer survivor), and can relate to much of it. I haven't read your poem yet but will try to do so. Glad to have you here at The Soup - I've only been here since December 2016, but I have been blessed by doing so, and grown so much as a writer, (I didn't write poetry before then). Welcome and blessings to you and yours! :-) <3
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Spirit Delirium - ICE
Date Posted: 6/25/2019 10:06:00 PM
Desert Dreaming
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I live, I die, I know were to go
Date Posted: 6/9/2019 2:17:00 AM

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10/29/2020 Brink of Beyond Free verseconfusion,psychological,
7/12/2020 Daughter of God Haibunfaith,jesus,spiritual,
6/22/2020 I Am Monokucreation,life,
6/18/2020 Narcissist Haibunemotions,
4/24/2020 Of Imagination Ck Cinqkuimagination,muse,poetry,w
10/20/2019 Love Paradox Questionkulove,
10/12/2019 Mermaid Free verseocean,
9/27/2019 Yellow Post It Haikudepression,
9/5/2019 The One Free verselove,
9/5/2019 Lol Cq Haiku7th grade,giggle,
9/2/2019 Firestone Senryuinspirational love,love,
8/30/2019 Walking On Broken Glass C-Y-S Rhymeemotions,lost love,pain,
8/30/2019 I Am Krptonite Rhymeabuse,father daughter,str
8/25/2019 Nanny Gigi On Liars Rhyme10th grade,11th grade,
8/25/2019 Dizzy Hes That Guy Rhymecharacter,
8/24/2019 Angels Danced Wow Haibunangel,baby,blessing,creat
8/23/2019 Autumn Bares Nonetautumn,tree,wind,
8/23/2019 Hearts Beating Wings Free verselife,love,symbolism,
8/15/2019 Broken Blissful Heart Free verse10th grade,heartbreak,lov
8/14/2019 Mind Flowers Tyburnpower,wisdom,
8/9/2019 Sand Goddess Free versebeach,summer,
8/6/2019 One Love Free versemental illness,music,phil
8/5/2019 The Last Bee Dances Sos Free versecorruption,environment,
7/31/2019 Word Salad Free verseword play,
7/31/2019 Seventeen Is the Lucky Number Rhymemurder,
7/25/2019 Poet, the Alchemist Rondeaupoetry,poets,
7/22/2019 Beyoutiful Acrosticself,
7/22/2019 Broken Bleeding Heart Free versecry,heartbreak,
7/21/2019 Love Is the Essence Haikuhumanity,love,spiritual,
7/18/2019 Malevolent Rapture Rhymedeep,suicide,
7/16/2019 What Happens To the Unborn Chokaangel,blessing,
7/16/2019 Turd In a Taxi Limerickhumor,
7/14/2019 The Rooster Personificationfarm,
7/13/2019 Breathe You In Senryudesire,lust,
7/13/2019 S Doo Text Me, Where Are You Free versedream,funny,silly,
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7/11/2019 Walking In the Clouds At Sapa Verseimagery,mountains,nature,
7/8/2019 Flower Loves Butterfly Haikubutterfly,flower,love,
7/7/2019 I Dug a Hole Carpe Diemwords,
7/5/2019 Olookaylani Sonnetlove,magic,moon,ocean,sta
6/21/2019 Song Line Haikulife,spiritual,
6/18/2019 Senescence Bloom Free verseage,change,childhood,flow
6/15/2019 Spirit Delirium - Ice Rhymedark,drug,
6/11/2019 Tweaked Free versemental illness,
6/8/2019 Desert Dreaming Free verseanxiety,nature,suicide,
6/8/2019 I Live, I Die, I Know Were To Go Free versecancer,grief,loss,mother

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Between Storms Chokachild,death,health,heart,
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