Moorings

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a skinned or bruised knee,
battered pride, when ball games lose…
bandages to soothe…

mother’s bag, filled to the brim
were words of understanding

~

way around the bend
fast curve balls came unending…

a soft place to land
a gentle hand for mending…

my bag of tricks holds ….loving


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Inspired by Linda Marie's contest "Bag of Tricks"
By Carrie Richards

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011



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Date: 7/25/2011 10:47:00 PM
Congrats Carrie on your win in the contest of Linda.
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Date: 7/25/2011 10:34:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved win in Linda-Marie's "Bag Of Tricks" contest Carrie. Love, Carol
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Date: 7/24/2011 4:53:00 AM
wow !!!! IT MAKES ME PROUD THAT I'VE BEEN SHARING THE PLACEMENT WITH THESE GREAT POETS. . . . " congratulations " *-* junjun ~~~~~smile ~~~~~
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Date: 7/24/2011 4:29:00 AM
hey Carrie, congrats on your win, David
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Date: 7/23/2011 8:31:00 PM
Very expressive of the job of motherhood..Congrats on your win..Sara
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Date: 7/23/2011 2:39:00 PM
I haven't been on Soup much in the last couple of days and have a ton of congrats messages to send - and not much time to send them in today! Forgive hasty message -many congrats on your wins : )
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Date: 7/23/2011 2:12:00 PM
My congratulations on the third place win in the contest of Linda, Carrie
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Date: 7/23/2011 2:04:00 PM
Congrats Carrie on your success in my contest and thankxx for your support always... very true to life scenario luv..
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Date: 7/23/2011 12:26:00 PM
great title for this very sweet and loving poem. Congrats on this win, Carrie.
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Date: 7/20/2011 7:33:00 AM
A wonderful write Carrie, I enjoyed the read. Being a mother is always staying prepared. Best to you in the contest~ Caryl
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Date: 7/14/2011 11:36:00 AM
Enjoying reading the very diverse poetry here today. I am happy to see you have shared a bit of your amazing writing with us today Carrie. Heres hoping you have a wonderful day. Love, Carol
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Date: 7/14/2011 10:37:00 AM
Very nice poem. I like it.
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