Best Sophie Poems

Sophie Scholl was raised a Christian in a Lutheran family
Born in the town of Forchtenberg in south west Germany
For standing defiant against evil with her...

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 Wisdom à la Sophie
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Behind calm mind can come a fear,

So conquer it, and sprightly.

A fear must not despoil your year.

Quick, quell it.  Live...

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He defied tragedy as he rowed
His sturdy boat towards the middle
Of the cursed lake where once
His wife fell into the icy water
And drowned.  He...

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Dunblane
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It's 3 a.m.  The universal witching hour, so of course, I'm wide awake.
The snarly opossums are on the porch, fighting over a delicious corn-fed...

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around her neck
she wears her heart
dangled on a silver chain

the pink of polished quartz
-- more valuable than any treasure --
the special gift she gave
her precious...

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"I saw some road kill on my way over," she said.
She had a horse laugh. "Just a dumb raccoon," she added.
I leapt over the sink...

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Flesh so ripe for elegance to burst
the town is invaded by agents of lust.
A soaking chest with anti-depressing glands
no room to crash, she is a...

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My husband looks tough, and I am sure he could be if he wanted to be.
But he is such a nice guy, I cannot imagine...

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should joy or gratitude I find
and dance with them in dreams of bliss
dark anxious whispers will remind
that dangers lurk in hiddenness


12/29/2018

"Fear is a slinking cat...

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The poison parrot is repulsed by me, hates my art, laughs at my poems.
sneers when I enter my imaginary world, pokes fun at it.
She throws...

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It is Magic Wand Day!
Magic Wand Day!
Magic Wand Day!
 
Magic Wand Day only comes onto the planet Earth once every 175,143 years.
Which means we are...

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In Your Neighborhood

Local 
Opal

Also in Your Neighborhood

Near a
Vera

Combat Lady

Sniper
Piper

Girly Girl

Frilly
Tillie

The Boxing Girl

Bobbin’
Robyn

Fashion Setter

Trendy
Wendy

Miss Competitive

Trophy
Sophie

Guys will Do Anything . . .

For a
Cora

For a
Dora

For a
Nora...

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Lucky left on Thursday
a stroke
Friday no tip tap in hallway
Saturday no tip tap in hallway

Sunday morning, we woke to tip tap in hallway
"Did you hear...

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TV has captured me fully today. 
I am not struggling. 
Sophie dog is loving it. 
Peapod snuggled in our dual Lazy Boy heaven.

Bag of salty...

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