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Back In Stride

Everything is greening up
Longer days are warming
Neighbors have a new pup
Honeybees are swarming
Violets on the front lawn
I'm seeing dandelions, too
The winter snow is gone
Our street is a zoo …
With children playing ball
House pets are outside
Six pleasant months ‘til fall
I’m getting back in stride! 

Written April 3, 2022

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Caren Krutsinger Date: 4/4/2022 6:45:00 AM Lucky neighbors! Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 4/4/2022 8:21:00 AM I'd say. Tell Buddy I said, "Hey!"

Anselmo Boles Date: 4/3/2022 7:05:00 PM Ok, so when a friend calls, you should lie and say, "Oh, come over, I'm actually wearing my tuxedo"! Lol. Enjoy your day Milt...ab Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 4/3/2022 8:53:00 PM No, no...don't give me any ideas. Since I'm here alone, most of the time I'm not fully dressed. Saves on the clothes-wash-ing, which I don't enjoy doing.

Anselmo Boles Date: 4/3/2022 1:33:00 PM Milt in the buff, woke the neighbors up! Cool...ab Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 4/3/2022 2:39:00 PM (chuckling) All of my friends phone before coming to my house, asking, "Are you dressed?"

Marco Chies Date: 4/3/2022 12:49:00 PM An optimistic look catapulted by the change of season. We all hope that the good winds will blow again and take away the dust of the bitterness that has hindered us in recent years. Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 4/3/2022 1:23:00 PM Ah, that is my wish, definitely. Spring speaks of an opportunity for new things in all of our lives.

Anselmo Boles Date: 4/3/2022 11:39:00 AM This is a real good "smile from ear to ear" poem Milt! I think in a week or two, you'll be dancing in the backyard, maybe with your clothes on! Lol...ab Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 4/3/2022 1:25:00 PM You don't know me, Anselmo, that well. Probably with clothes off! I wrote a poem once about moonbathing in the buff, thinking my neighbors were gone for the weekend. They weren't!

Ilene Bauer Date: 4/3/2022 10:36:00 AM such a joyful poem, milton! i hope you're really feeling as upbeat as it sounds like you are... Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 4/3/2022 10:59:00 AM Actually, for the past three or four days my lower back has been killing me. I'm chalking it up to barometric changes, but, if it's bringing warm weather, I'm not complaining! Things are looking up. I made it through another winter!