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Which Witch Will You Pick by Lindell Vecchio

  Posted on October 7, 2013 by Lindy Lee   Which witch has been true to you, Mothered your children, took them to school Gave up herself, lived under your roof Grew old, lost her shape and her face to … Continue reading

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Love and Forgiveness Posted on June 20, 2013 by Jamie Dedes

i can see it in mind’s eye . . . the phone hanging on the wall between your bedroom and the living room, next to the closet door, across from the bathroom for endless years it hung there, dripping its … Continue reading

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Autumn By Rainer Maria Wilke (1875-1926)

  Tree leaves are falling, from grey sky, as if orchards were aging quickly without knowing why, Each fallen leaf tells us that death is the motion of “no”. ~ And tonight the heavy earth murmurs, withdrawing from the milky … Continue reading

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For Funny Bunny Friday Week 9: The Baffulo

The Buffalo is too witty, I fear To be seen as needy, dear, If he should be punished by law, It would be harmful to us all, For nothing is perfect on earth, Rebirth comes after the fate of death, … Continue reading

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Paraguay = Patricia Young + Rauren C. Scott + Ravence + EL Paso + Dale Alspach + Patricia Jordan + Pat Brown + Sarah Palin + Ayala + Ramesh Sood + Taylor Boomer + Laura Bush + Waystationone + Ferguson + Jaymie Tho. + Sara K. Broyles + Paul Seymour

Paraguay, officially called the Republic of Paraguay, is a small, landlocked country in the heart of South America. It shares its national borders with Argentina on the south and southwest, Brazil on the east and northeast, and Bolivia on the … Continue reading

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Maze

You lived with me like a maze, and you took me like a shadow, There you were melted inside me and I in you, We got stuck on a sailboat- We were directed by the will of the wind- then … Continue reading

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Tunisia = Tu Jun+Piano Tuners+Toni+Visa Agency+Christy+Iris+ Georgia (America+Russia)

“Tunisia, known as the Tunisian Republic, is a republic with a president serving as chief of state, a prime minister as head of government, a bicameral legislature. Bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean … Continue reading

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30 Poems in 30 Days Day 25: Centoes: Write A Poem Using Lines from Other Poems

Today, we are asked to start a poem with a line from another poem, in particular, we need to do a centoes, with a poem entirely from lines taken from other poems, I decide to invent or revise the requirement, I … Continue reading

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30 poems in 30 days Day 23: Ekphrastic poem

Write a poem inspired by an artist, well, I am inspired by many…here is one of my takes: History’s Memory by Lexi Jiao Wu Evil pushed the red button, Boats break the puzzled waters, Senses retrieved by realizations, April enabled … Continue reading

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30 Poems in 30 Days Day 10: Downstream

Think of the most misleading thing you can think of, It’s purposeful in its way, It has wings, It stirs up things. * It goes downstream, It vanishes in the woods, It sharpens your mind, It hurts the innocent kind. … Continue reading

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