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Food

Posted on October 17, 2019 by

Written for:  Poets United Midweek Motif~The Foods We Eat  (posted by Susan) What is your Recipe for a Healthy Life? What foods do you eat (or wish you were eating)?? “There are people in the world so hungry, that God … Continue reading →

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A September Morning

Posted on May 23, 2019 by

Written for:  Wednesday Muse #9  (posted by Toni) “I am making this short and sweet: write about an anniversary or several in one poem. Let’s try our best to make this true poetry instead of prose broken into lines. Fireblossom … Continue reading →

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The Temptation of Animals

Posted on April 11, 2019 by

Written for:  Poets United Midweek Motif~Temptation  (posted by Sumana) “Desiring something wrong or unwise is Temptation. But isn’t it something extremely interesting and delightful once in a while? And powerful? How do you deal with it? Do you give in? … Continue reading →

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Not Stronger in Number

Posted on February 4, 2019 by

Written for:  The Sunday Muse #41 I do not come in a pair. Put me in a bottle, no cork. I will vine out in branches, silhouette your wall. Those pears placed at my base, although two, are not able … Continue reading →

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‘rites of yoga’

Posted on June 18, 2017 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1206 Yoga (especially Tibetan 5 rites Yoga) regaining youth through the Tibetan rites secrets reveiled © Chèvrefeuille  (our host) Here is my attempt: stretching limbs pushing boundaries of movement loosens body and mind   http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/   … Continue reading →

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To Pill Or Not To Pill

Posted on November 22, 2016 by

Written for: Poetic Asides November 2016 Chapbook Challenge – Day 21 Write a thinking out loud poem. How many more days do I have to suffer with these pills? My stomach is objecting with rawness and pain. What is the … Continue reading →

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Ode To My Strength And Balance Instructor

Posted on April 26, 2016 by

Written for:  Poetic Asides April 2016 Challenge – Day 25 Write an exercise poem, e.g. specific exercise, incorporating exercise into the poem, or dedicated to a piece of exercise equipment. You warm us up, get blood flowing with energy and … Continue reading →

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River Lives

Posted on November 13, 2015 by

Written for:  Poets United Mid-week Motif~River Today I would like you to be inspired by Rivers and write your lines. Up the river is a prison where inmates dream of floating along– some swimming, some rafting, some on a riverboat … Continue reading →

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New Year Flower

Posted on January 25, 2015 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #653, Yuzuriha Yuzuriha is a plant with long broaded evergreen leaves and it was very common in ancient Japan to use it as an ornament for New Year to celebrate the good relationship of old and new … Continue reading →

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Picture of Health

Posted on November 21, 2014 by

Written for:  Poets United, Midweek Motif~Health Your challenge: Center a poem on health ~ even if you must begin with disease.  Look at her. She radiates well-being. Good bone structure, agile, weight never changes. Eyes are bright–smile to match, even a … Continue reading →

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