Short Broadened Poems

broadened heart's mirror depicts much casualties than the broadened mind's mirror...

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This age of connecting with other cultures
Has broadened my outlook and appreciation of others
It's no longer us and them
We're one happy blend
No more old prejudices, we're all sisters and brothers...

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Lucille Ball
Made us laugh, playing hardball
With dingbat displays
And clever, nonsensical ways!

Desi Arnaz
Caused mayhem with pizzazz
Zaniness we loved to view
As he broadened the hullabaloo!


September 30, 2021

Contest: Your Pick
Sponsor: Brian Strand

TV Show: I Love Lucy
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"I am," in my own mind
Senses aware of what's around me

"I am," also in spirit
Sensing a divine connection

God revealed through multiple ways
Including a follower of Jesus' pathway

Seeking broadened divine awareness
Living as human, death won't escape me

Eternally connected to the Creation Mystery
Existing always as a God-created wonder...

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The flag waves proud on the 4th of July
telling a story still in the making,
her cloth has been torn and tattered at times
but her spirit never fades,
our nation has broadened her stars
and fought to maintain her stripes,
we disagree with each other routinely 
but will lock arms to sing her glory,
she is much more than a piece of cloth...
she is America - in all of its glory....

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I can look into his eyes 
I see his pain and misery
I see the lies behind 
His broadened smile

I can feel the tears that lye
Behind his misjudging stare
I cant read the message
His mind is in a distant land

What do I do
When I lost all words 
When I cant stop his tear
When he's gone with the 
River beneath his feet

I love all of you
I just dont understand all if you....

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FLYING HIGH

My home ...
an empty nest

Permanent reminders of you
scattered around like fallen twigs

Old school photographs
bring a lump to my throat

You have spread your wings,
flown the nest, broadened your horizons

Like a Swallow
I hope you will return again one day soon

My best free verse from May 2018
sponsored by Laura Loo



5/10/18...

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Lucy And Ricky


That old TV show, 'I Love Lucy', was fun!
     With style, Lucy made us all laugh at each one 
of her silly faces and 'dingbat' displays.
     But yet, she was clever and smart in her ways.

And Ricky, her hubby, was always right there
     engaging in mishaps that would cause a flare,
and form such a comedy we loved to view.
     As goader, he broadened the hullabaloo!


January 12, 2019

Contest: 
Sponsor: Joseph May

TV Show: I Love Lucy...

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The winter’s moon, so bright with glow
It sits there in the sky
Upon the surface, is a face
Complete with nose and eyes
If you look close, you just may see
A man with broadened smile
That resides up there, watching us
Despite the many miles
He’s patient, there, so far above
As he takes in earthly view
Offering then his nighttime light
Meant for me and you
So, if by chance you one night see
The man there in the moon
Give him a wave to let him know
That you can see him too...

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