WATCH THE LILIES BLOOM
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Ava, our youngest granddaughter, headed off to college yesterday…
And as another milestone is passed….
I wonder how it’s possible the years have flown by so fast.
As I walked up to hug her and...
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Categories:
zoomed, granddaughter,
Form: Rhyme
Ozzy
...Ozzy placed an ad that said: Ozzy
Zig requires a gig. It was that ad that
Zoomed him into stardom. As a
Young boy, like many others around the world, I was
Overwrought by the sound he and his ...
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Categories:
zoomed, music,
Form: Acrostic
Close Encounter
...I had a close encounter
Just this morning, on my walk,
When a bird of prey came swooping down -
A falcon or a hawk.
Either way, it flew right at me;
I saw feathers and a face
And it could ha...
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Categories:
zoomed, bird, today,
Form: Rhyme
Suspicious Upper
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Planned a pretty picnic, yet didn’t predict
Pigs begged - please eat us
Allocated table had laid out a feisty feast
Mince never been seen since
Rolled in cracklin...
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Categories:
zoomed, absence, angst, betrayal, bullying,
Form: Free verse
spiritual feeling in the air
...There was a spiritual feeling in the air this autumn eve
Perfect night to meditate, she thought
Her spirit guides were urging her
She felt alive and open
Lit candles and a tiny bell signaled her ...
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Categories:
zoomed, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
I Laugh And Smile
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When somethings so right
We laughed like children
We were as big as the Universe
We laughed at the sun and smiled at the moon
Choosing to return your smile on this April day
Something feels...
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Categories:
zoomed, color, encouraging, universe,
Form: Epitaph
Birthday
...Texts and phone calls,
Gifts and cards,
All conveying
Best regards.
Took my walk and
Zoomed my class –
My quilting project’s
Kickin’ ass.
Had a candle
Which I blew.
(Instead of cake – ...
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Categories:
zoomed, birthday,
Form: Rhyme
1am
...It’s one in the morning.
I zoomed into Lisa’s room
and threw myself on the bed where she lay reading
in a near virtuoso, Fosbury flop.
She bounced, jostled by my mechanical bed wave.
“I hate goo...
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Categories:
zoomed, boyfriend, friendship, missing, school,
Form: Free verse
Augury
...I scry through time with a crystal sphere
Asking of it my future, both far and near
Yet, the images I see were dismally unclear
(It should go without saying that I am not a seer)
I saw a black ...
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Categories:
zoomed, fantasy, future, humorous, magic,
Form: Verse
The Zoom Zone
...Inspired by that Unseeking Seeker
I zoom into fantasy
I zoom into the m(eye)nd
I zoom into the Light
Or was it the darkness of thyme?
Parsley or Sage? Or was it some other Age?
Where I zoomed ...
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Categories:
zoomed, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Chapter 169-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLYANNA: The GIDDY VACATE
...Date: end of October 2051
Godfrey was awake first. He woke his twin Barrington.
The 15 years old woke the rest of the youngsters for the
Trip that morning room by room. We have everybody goi...
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Categories:
zoomed, age, anxiety, beautiful, best
Form: Free verse
SEE THE WORLD
...Do you want to
See the world
From our room
Google search words
Looking at earth
From some maps
Will it be worth
Searching for facts
Waiting for someone
To give an invitation
To a ...
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Categories:
zoomed, holiday, travel, vacation,
Form: Rhyme
Somewhere On Foot Part Two
...“Oh please don’t worry.
I haven’t a heightened sixth sense… about the mint infused lilt here.”
There must be a compass without a point surrounding me
“Looking for directions.
The town you’re seek...
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Categories:
zoomed, beautiful, character, deep, environment,
Form: Prose
unable to solve the case
...A dozen dancing markers ran through the streets screaming for help
Avoiding Mr. Gold and his thugs as best they could
Unfortunately, coal and ebony got lost in a Chicago alley
Their runaway plans ...
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Categories:
zoomed, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE, WOMAN
...I always told you “I love you”;
Even our hearts knew
But you rejected and sealed it with glue.
Whenever I called from the hub,
Your phone you set “Do Not Disturb”
Yet I overlooked that snob.
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Categories:
zoomed, betrayal, break up, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
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