Write List Poems

2025.5.1

It has been quite a while,
I wished I could really write
Some lyrics to go with music
Just like song writers or composers.
I have not a fantest...

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Seventy Plus

Have been retired for 7 years
The best parts:
no work hassles
more time to write poetry
more time to play music
more time to work on my project...

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Aging

Problems with my joints
Problems with insomnia
Problems with my memory
Problems with my concentration
Problems with my energy levels
Problems with my taste buds
Problems with desire

Getting old is one...

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I search my purse for money or credit cards.
Discovering four brochures from September
Receipts from the veterinarian clinic with dog tags
Twelve poem ideas jotted on a...

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Dreams scribbled on paper,
a roadmap of desires.
Adventure calls.

Mountains to climb,
both real and metaphorical.
Challenge accepted.

Languages to learn,
tongues twisting new sounds.
Worlds open up.

Skydive into a blue expanse,
fear...

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I miss: 

Roaming in forested lands with a child 
Walking at least a mile 
Thrills of adventure as to what we will see 
Unwind, relax...

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What should I write, what do you think
How's about tightie whities
The kind that get most women all worked up
Divesting themselves of their nighties

Even if you...

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“Write I will – until my heart stops – when the pen from my hand finally drops.” by author

I write about love and the beautiful...

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Life is a diary waiting to be written

Observe
what is obvious
what is hidden
what is experienced
what is felt

A record of life
by day
by week
by year
by any moment

Twelve diary...

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Old newspaper clippings 
as they hang on the wall 
my old toys 
stored in the cedar chest 
the color of skin 
as we work together...

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Revelation chapter 21
He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are...

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All
True
Goths
Covet
Lace
Vampires
Lightning
Spiders
Coffins
And
Poetry



*I wrote this poem on January 8, 2024, as part of a ’30 days of poetry’ January challenge. This was day 8 and the prompt...

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A Parody for Soupers based on the song, 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town.'

You better not shout
You better not sigh
You better not pout
I'm telling you...

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Anne-Lise Andresen-  "Hugs"
Anisha Dutta- "Sweet Lady" 
Beata Agustin- "Spiritual" 
Bill Baker- "Friend from Texas" 
Brandy Nicole- "Whispers & Scribbles" 
Brian Sambourne- "One of my...

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If I could take the music you left in my head,
if I could bring those moments back to life;
If it would work to keep you...

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