May 16

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Do I?

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What happens when the glass is broken?

What happens when the glass is broken?

Do alarms sound with the shards hitting the floor?

Do alarms sound with the shards hitting the floor?

When the alarm is broken, what happens?

Do the glass shards sound hitting the floor?

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Antique ancient vintage alert system

Antique ancient vintage alert system

Speaks to bygone days before digital whistles and whines

Speaks to bygone days before digital whistles and whines

Ancient, antique, vintage system speaks to before

Digital whistles and whines alert to bygone days.

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There is only one way to find out what will happen.

There is only one way to find out what will happen.

Eyes squinting, shoulders hunched, body flinching, hands raised, do I do it?

Eyes squinting, shoulders hunched, body flinching, hands raised, do I do it?

Shoulders, eyes, hands, body find out what will happen

There is only one way I do it – flinching, squinting, raised, hunched.

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Shoulders hunched – to the ancient bygone days

Eyes squinting – the antique shards hitting the floor

Body flinching – when the broken glass sound happens

Hands raised – before vintage alert system

Alarm speaks – digital whines and whistles, there is only one way

Find out what will happen, when I do it. What to do?

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(A Paradelle Poem)

May 15

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Mid-Term Primary

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Sisters before me fought for the right

Not all that many years ago

Empowering us with legal might

I’m not willing to forgo

Mid-term, special, general or primary

If there’s a ballot to be cast I’ll cast one

Even when all of the options are scary

I’ll keep voting til my breath is the last one

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Some say it’s a duty, that you’re morally bound

I understand it’s a choice

For some it’s an inconvenient run-around

For me, the quietest way to raise my voice

“Every vote counts” some people scoff, well I believe that it’s true

Some believe the candidate is pulling a fast one

But with my polling station I have a rendezvous

I’ll keep voting til my breath is the last one.

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(A Canzonetta Poem)

May 12

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(Inspired by) Sunset by Stella Elkins Tyler 1938

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Just out of bed she receives some bad news

Devastated she collapses wholly

Deflated she takes the shape of her chair

Sinking deeply until she disappears

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Slowly she inflates breathing in deeply

Emerging from the cracks of the cushions

Spine strengthening heart hardening, healing

Soul searching, not looking for answers.

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Answers will not change what is the present

Without questions and without answers she

Pulls herself up into her new today

Moving her breath through her new body

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It’s the best she can do, breathe in, breathe out

Emerging, strengthening, moving, healing.

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( A Lannet Poem)

May 11

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Give Geese a Chance

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Some people think these geese a pest

Going so far to raid their nest.

Now I know they can be a pain

And if they’re around folks complain.

Honking, eating, pooping machines causing a stink

Need to be eradicated some people think.

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Give geese a chance, stop and observe

At one time we tried to conserve

These special V-flying creatures

With distinct black and white features.

Living two decades, long flyers, long time romance

Good parents who care for the weak, give geese a chance.

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(A Wrapped Refrain Poem)

May 10

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Spring Daze

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The dogwood blooms in early May

Old leaves decay

Soft bees take flight

There’s more sunlight

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New spring is dressed in subtle hues

Soft pinks, pale blues

Enhancing fast

As months go past

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With rapid speed the colors shift

The change is swift

From pale to bright

With growing light.

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(A Minute Poem)

May 9

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Night Fliers

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Flattened against the house wall

Moths appear on warming nights

Electric duping instinct

Hunkered under bright porch lights

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Not dull or boring at all

Butterflies with evening flight

Flecked, ruffled each one distinct

Look closely, they will delight.

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(A Jueju Poem – Qijue Form)

May 7

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Wildflower Wander

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With my sweetheart Wandering winded along a

Winding wooded path of

Waving wild flowers in the

Warming weather without

Worry and wearing wonder welcoming the

Wisdom of this wildflower wilderness and

Woodland with towering white oak.

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(A Tongue Twister Poem)