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After a Hiatus

After a hiatus Getting back to your routine Feels both strange and yet familiar Or more likely, in-between. So today I took the subway ‘Cause my quilting class begins. I’d forgotten how the crowds get, Bumping knees and toes and shins. But at last I reunited With my classmates, what a treat! And arrived in time for claiming What I think of as “my” seat. It’s a pleasure to return to Someplace where you feel at ease Though when there is a hiatus, There can be no guarantees.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 9/15/2017 6:37:00 PM
It takes courage, in my opinion, to ride the subway. I did it years ago and it left a nightmarish stain on my mind ever since. I'll take a bus, thank you. Happy guilting. My mother did it for years. / M
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Date: 9/15/2017 2:23:00 AM
- Always nice to meet again ... get started with the routines - Lovely written, Ilene - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 9/15/2017 1:23:00 AM
A change of routines can throw us Ilene I'm delighted you are back on track:-0 really can relate to your poem as I've recently returned from Italy:-) hugs jan xx
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Date: 9/14/2017 8:55:00 PM
Sounds like fun, Ilene!
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Date: 9/14/2017 8:48:00 PM
that is the joy of living. We have routines and then we change them up and start again. Love this!!
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