one day at a time

morning’s whisper
a touch of sun
something outside murmurs
the touch of memory
love in spring
lost in autumn
solitude
a leaf turned red
falls
it’s monday
time to start again
a blank sheet
a time for poeming
and first drafts
i let lines speak
before i’m 
interrupted by errands
later the job
and faceless people
in a long line
and unending demands
i take to the streets
for snippets of life
tires sing
i live for today
a friend at the bar
she pours me an iced tea
i don’t have to ask
i'll dance and sing
at nightfall perhaps
but now it is still
it's morning
it's a monday
a beginning
some people say
televisions flicker
the weekend’s
college football scores
for every loss a win
a brief, sweet conversation
with the bartender
she's been working here
since early this year
we brush hands
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Date: 9/20/2024 9:57:00 AM
Hmm! Mike, sweet beginnings! We hope so…every day, every mew week, every ligpfek it is hoped so and with great flow! Superb flowLove this!
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Date: 9/20/2024 1:13:00 AM
Careful of that bartender. She might give you thrills. Oh well, we all get them sometimes: snippets of life :)
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Date: 9/17/2024 8:58:00 PM
Poem is for this century. It is more difficult to find meaning in the crowds than it did during times of distant farms. Poem reminds me that we are losing touch. Thanks for splendid writing.
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Date: 9/17/2024 3:40:00 PM
Oh is this bartender the lady I think you wrote of before? Sure hope things are going well with her. I enjoyed your poem
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Date: 9/17/2024 3:35:00 AM
Nice one Mike, but Oh! how the days fly. But when you are as happy as you no doubt are, who cares - Life is fun - perchance could the little 'hand brushing' bartender be why you visit the Bar? like a haiku - it leaves it to interpretation - Lol - Only kidding you. Maria
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