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So Many Sweet Things

Teapots that whistle on chilled Winter morns
                               Calling the day to begin as it scorns
Wake up you sleepy head, make room for love
                        Walking to work as the sun shines above

Thinking of happy and thinking of you
                         I think I’ll paint it and skies will be blue 
Tipping my hat to the songbird that sings
                   Feeling so blessed for so many sweet things

Hot dogs with mustard and friends who stand by
                     Watching new parents with babies that cry
Stoplights that muster the traffic that flows
                        Bakeries that summon to follow my nose

Dinners with Mama, then home to my pet
                         Help me remember and never forget
Life is a blessing though sometimes a pain
                      Just like a flower, we sometimes need rain

Cuddles and kisses and good books to read
                Pillows for dreaming, ideas that are freed
Grateful for love and the goodness it brings
                   Feeling so blessed for so many sweet things

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Paula Goldsmith

Date: 12/20/2021 9:26:00 AM

I love your "So Many Sweet Things." We do have many sweet/wonderful things in life. We just need to look for them. Have a Blessed Christmas and 2022.......................

Mike Gentile
Date: 12/21/2021 3:26:00 AM

Thank you Paula and the very same to you xxoo

Gershon Wolf

Date: 12/11/2021 8:54:00 PM

Oh, I'm humming and whistling your lines right along with the teapot, Mike! Your poem is now one of my FAVE-orite things. Thanks, gw

Mike Gentile
Date: 12/12/2021 5:14:00 AM

Thanks so much Gershon!!

Heidi Sands

Date: 12/8/2021 1:32:00 PM

Wow, such sweet blessings. It made me think of my tea pot on my woodstove and my walks in the sun. Simple, special things to be grateful for all around us every day. A Fave for me. Happy Wednesday ! Hugs :)

Mike Gentile
Date: 12/9/2021 4:48:00 AM

Thank you so much Heidi, I am so glad it resonated with you Happy Wednesday! xxoo