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My Friend the Houseplant

November 21, 2009 – 11:44 am

Kate gave me a houseplant Twas nothing more to me She said it was a bromeliad I laughed heartily I wouldn’t want a name like that So I called it Ann Marie Kate said it would be a friend A plant? Now how could that be? Just something else to take care of The thought [...]

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Springtime in the Meadow

November 21, 2009 – 11:40 am

When winter’s gray has spent it’s day And sun’s warm rays chased snow away When flowering plants bloom and sway A lively breeze fills the air Spring has come dispelling despair On to the meadow unhurried I stroll In the season of new birth, spot a wild foal The wonders of nature I quickly extol [...]

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Cat’s Nothing Stew

November 20, 2009 – 8:43 am

Sally, gaining weight of late, decided to make a stew, determined to omit calories as dieting people do. First she chopped some zilch and tossed it in the pot, added an ounce of nada she knew would hit the spot. Now a dash of zero, now half a stick of naught, then fresh homemade nix, [...]

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Letter to Mother Earth

November 17, 2009 – 10:40 am

Dear Mother Earth of troubles abundant, so many they’re now redundant. It’s time your people had better learn, spread awareness, spread concern. Dear Mother Earth with rising fever, you’re much too warm, I’m a believer. Ignoring you is an aberration, as is conquest and control. Your good health need be our goal, by partnership not [...]

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On Meeting ‘The Thinker’

November 15, 2009 – 8:49 pm

Ambling as slowly as I could through the Muse’e Rodin, I soon stood face to face with the original “Thinker”, still sitting on his rock, fist pressed to his teeth, dreaming, creating, and yes, thinking, after all these years, and after all these years still an inspiration to poets worldwide. I studied him in awe, [...]

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