tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57116128662658019832024-03-05T09:05:06.225-05:00Poetry Perfected<a href="https://plus.google.com/114918002555532421109" rel="publisher">Find us on Google+</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-90209258448820392362013-08-19T13:10:00.000-04:002013-11-28T09:47:31.147-05:00This Blog Has Moved!<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"> Please<a href="http://poetryperfected.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"> visit my new site</a>!</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm excited to make this move, and know that it will take some time to make the new site "better", but now that I am getting comfortable with sharing my poetry, I'd like to do it on a blog that I "love". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I moved this blog because I really like the WordPress platform better than this one (I love it), since my other blog, <a href="http://lorrainemariereguly.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/post-your-links-here-to-promote-yourself-and-your-blog/" target="_blank">Lorraine Reguly's Life</a> is on WordPress and I'm more familiar with it! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hope you check out both sites, and will continue to be a reader of my poetry. I'd appreciate it if you'd follow my new blog, too!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also hope you leave comments for me on my new blog; I love comments! And there's no CAPTCHAs on WordPress! YAY!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks for expressing an interest in my poetry. See you soon!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-46985978319976739272013-07-23T17:23:00.000-04:002013-07-23T17:23:53.968-04:00Happy 44 Years of Marriage, Mom and Dad!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But Dad loved you, Mom, and wanted a family,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And he chose you, of all women, to marry.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Throughout good times and bad times, throughout happiness and tears.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Together, a total of 3 children you had and raised,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- and I’ve included this in here just for fun, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since your go-to response to this question is always</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because, after all, Mother, we know it was our father, for a husband, you found.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You both must have loved each other</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ever since, 44 years ago, you both said “I do”.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So on this day that you celebrate 44 years of being together, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let me say that all of us wish you the best, and hope you stay together forever!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I posted </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-7.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 7</a>, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-6.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 6</a>, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-5.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 5</a>,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-4.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 4</a>, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-3.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 3</a>, </span><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-2.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 2</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-few-samples.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - A Few Samples</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> already.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are the last of the two dozen Haiku poems I wrote in one sitting:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">colours of bruises</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">white foam at the mouth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">crazy behaviour of dogs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">resemble a rose so weeet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tasty vagina</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you have enjoyed my Haiku poems. When I write more, I will post them. Thank you for reading!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As always, I LOVE getting comments, and will reply to each one that is left for me.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-12851502100801311302013-07-19T07:31:00.000-04:002013-07-19T07:31:37.835-04:00 Haiku Poetry - Part 7<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I posted <a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-6.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 6</a>, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-5.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 5</a>,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-4.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 4</a>, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-3.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 3</a>, </span><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-2.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 2</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-few-samples.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - A Few Samples</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> already.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In keeping with my promise, here are today's poems;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> tomorrow I will post Haiku Poetry - Part 8!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">playing and chasing the ball</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-40292121364082328612013-07-17T06:01:00.002-04:002013-07-17T06:01:32.326-04:00Haiku Poetry - Part 6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I posted </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-5.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 5</a>,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-4.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 4</a>, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-3.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 3</a>, </span><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-2.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 2</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-few-samples.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - A Few Samples</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> already.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In keeping with my promise, here are today's poems;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> tomorrow I will post Haiku Poetry - Part 7!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">morphing into lovely shapes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">smiling down on me</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">chemotherapy waiting</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a balancing act</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">merging lightness with darkness</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I posted </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-4.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 4,</a> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-3.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 3</a>, </span><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-2.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 2</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-few-samples.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - A Few Samples</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> already.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In keeping with my promise, here are today's poems;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> tomorrow I will post Haiku Poetry - Part 6!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">razor-sharp cuts bleed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and colour the water red</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">bathtub suicide</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the screaming won't stop</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">please let it be over soon</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">notifications</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the post office delivers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">bills long overdue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I posted <a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-3.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 3</a>, </span><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-2.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 2</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-few-samples.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - A Few Samples</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> already.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ink flows from my pen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fingers grasp the nubby tip</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the crack pipe is hot</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">thumbs calloused from the lighter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">drugs melting my brain</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and bumper pads line the crib</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I posted <a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-part-2.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - Part 2</a> and <a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-few-samples.html" target="_blank">Haiku Poetry - A Few Samples</a> already.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">intricate designs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">crystalize on the cold glass</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jack Frost works again</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It seems like I am having some trouble getting comments...I know that some people have left me some, and I get emails about them, but Google may have been making more changes, and so I don't know how to view them...</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-15057166098838212142013-07-10T10:14:00.002-04:002013-07-10T10:14:58.483-04:00Haiku Poetry - Part 2<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I gave you a short introduction to Haiku poetry in<a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/haiku-poetry-few-samples.html" target="_blank"> Haiku Poems - A Few Samples</a>, and so today I am posting a few more. In fact, I think I will post three a day for the next week. So, stay tuned tomorrow for Haiku Poetry: Part 3!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-30799331781478033152013-07-09T02:25:00.000-04:002013-07-09T02:26:01.131-04:00Haiku Poetry: A Few Samples<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku" target="_blank">Haiku </a>poetry is easy to write, consists of three lines, and usually follows the 5-7-5 syllable pattern. The third line generally offers some type of "surprise" or something that is unexpected.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For more information on Haiku poetry, read "<a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Haiku-Poem" target="_blank">How To Write A Haiku Poem</a>".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">x-ray vision</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fortune tellers claim to have</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tick tock goes the clock</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As always, I LOVE getting comments, and will reply to each one that is left for me.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">has faded away during a period of time.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The emotions we previously expressed so openly and true</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">are now masked by the person that I once knew.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our attitudes are different, perpetrated by a future cause,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The opinions we shared are not similar anymore; </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Realization emits that some friendships don’t last.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We used to share private thoughts and know we were understood right,</span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-1f1c83de-b4be-b01f-85d7-0e8d0a232805"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I shall bid you farewell for now, </span></span><br />
<span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">my one-time confidante, and long time friend.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-47731926051128907812013-06-30T19:58:00.002-04:002013-06-30T19:58:51.550-04:00Advice + A Poem For My Son, "J"<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J, I wrote this for you on April 29, 1993. I don’t know if I ever gave this to you....but I am giving it to you now, and to the world, too!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now listen closely, and understand these points,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spend your money wisely, on things that you need.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At least once a day, do a good deed.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Persevere, and don’t let life get you down.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wear a warm smile; try not to frown.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Remain determined and ambitious; your rewards will be great.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Always be punctual; never be late.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do not discriminate, nor treat people bad.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Be happy to be alive; try not to be sad.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Remember your friends, and your family, and keep them close to your heart.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Always --- always --- finish anything you start.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do not borrow, and do not lend.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do not fight, nor contend.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Discipline yourself to reach each goal.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strive for excellence, but don’t taint your soul.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Accept disappointment; take it in stride.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Face confrontations head-on; try not to hide.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Enjoy yourself, and indulge once in awhile.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Be cautious of those who are filled with guile.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Treat others the way you’d want them to treat you.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Above all else, be honest and true.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you follow this advice, you’ll never have to pay the price</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That bad an unlawful people do.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instead, happiness will be yours through and through.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please remember all I’ve said,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And store it forever, in your head.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For, now, my dear and precious son,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The time, for you, has finally come</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To be on your own, to shed your dependent shell,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And, for me, from my heart, to bid you farewell.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here, for you, is one last rhyme.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Carry this poem all the time.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When you are feeling down or blue, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Read it again, and remember</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That I LOVE YOU.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sincerely from,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your friend, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your Mom.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-72440752050697308852013-06-25T23:40:00.000-04:002013-06-25T23:43:08.889-04:00A Poem and An Award(...and some rule-breaking!)<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to say, I am pretty impressed with the people I have met online in the last six months. One of them even gave me the "Shine On" award! Of course, I have developed a good relationship with her during this time, and even had her <a href="http://lorrainemariereguly.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/using-social-media-to-preserve-the-english-language/" target="_blank">guest post</a> for me on my other blog, <a href="http://lorrainemariereguly.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Lorraine Reguly's Life</a>, which is a WordPress blog where I share (probably way too much) information about me, my life, and my experiences, and which also showcases many author interviews and guest posts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>In honor of receiving this award, I have written a poem, which I hope you will enjoy.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is no greater gift than </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the smile of a baby,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the hug from a friend,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the encouragement of a co-worker,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the laugh of a child,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the purr of a cat,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the nuzzling of a dog,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the blossoming of a flower,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the shade of a tree on a hot day,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the coolness of a breeze flowing through the window of a warm apartment,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the gentleness of a nurse changing the dressing on your wound after an operation,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the first word spoken by an toddler,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the raindrops falling on the roof while you are curled up in bed with a good book,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the brightness of the stars in the sky on a dark night,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the moon glowing over a river or lake, providing mirrored reflection,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the aroma of fresh bread or chocolate chip cookies, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the smile of pride on the faces of parents on graduation day,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the moment you fall in love, or</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the art of a poem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>THE RULES FOR ACCEPTING THE "SHINE ON" AWARD ARE:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Display the award logo on your blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Link back to the person who nominated you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. State 7 things about yourself</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Nominate 15 other bloggers for this award and link to them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Notify those bloggers of the nomination and the award requirements.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7 THINGS ABOUT ME:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. I am an avid reader.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. I love writing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. I prefer poetry that rhymes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. I am a university graduate.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. I am a single mom, and have been for about 23 years.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. Both my parents are still alive.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. All of my grandparents have passed on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7 MORE THINGS ABOUT ME</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. I don't like following a bunch of rules all of the time, so I am adding this list of seven more things about me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. I like chocolate, lobster, pizza, and steak.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. I enjoy crime dramas on TV.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. I taught high school math and English for over 3 years.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. I think many teenagers are misunderstood.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. I am bipolar.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. I am bisexual.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 15 Blogs I Am Nominating Are:</span><br />
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<a href="https://kjpgarcia.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">https://kjpgarcia.wordpress.com/</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://lauriewriting.com/">http://lauriewriting.com/</a> Laurie Kozlowski's blog</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://chaoticsurvivorship.com/">http://chaoticsurvivorship.com/</a> Angela Current's blog</span><br />
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<a href="http://pinkwoods.wordpress.com/category/my-writings/poems/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://pinkwoods.wordpress.com/category/my-writings/poems/</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://thereporterandthegirl.com/">http://thereporterandthegirl.com/</a> (Since I noticed you did not have this award!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://cheryllynnroberts.wordpress.com/">http://cheryllynnroberts.wordpress.com/</a> "Cher Shares" is the title of this blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://verajackson.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/the-sun/">https://verajackson.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/the-sun/</a> "Everyone is Welcome!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ms. Vee's Blogs..Anything Goes." is the title of this blog.</span><br />
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<a href="http://littlegirlstory.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://littlegirlstory.wordpress.com/</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://doreenpendgracs.com/">http://doreenpendgracs.com/</a> I met Doreen in one of my LinkedIn groups, but don't know if she will accept this award...</span><br />
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<a href="http://heather-insidemyhead.blogspot.ca/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://heather-insidemyhead.blogspot.ca/</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://kurtrees.wordpress.com/">http://kurtrees.wordpress.com/</a> Kurt writes some really good poetry on his blog. I really like it; it has its own unique flavour!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found these blogs via a poetry community on Google+, and wanted to give them a mention, <b><i>since this is a poetry blog, after all!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://afrodamusjonz.blogspot.ca/">http://afrodamusjonz.blogspot.ca/</a> Michael David Saunders Hall's blog of poetry</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://lovepainandothercatastrophes.blogspot.com.au/">http://lovepainandothercatastrophes.blogspot.com.au/</a> Poetry is shared on Google+ by this poet, Yobial Marin, all the time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://marcystyleoriginals.blogspot.ca/2013/06/dont-know-what-to-do.html">http://marcystyleoriginals.blogspot.ca/2013/06/dont-know-what-to-do.html</a> Marcy Roth-Richardson's poetry blog</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://t-rytes.blogspot.ca/2013/06/break-free.html">http://t-rytes.blogspot.ca/2013/06/break-free.html</a> Tineeka De Silva's poetry blog</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://alparryblog.wordpress.com/poetry/">http://alparryblog.wordpress.com/poetry/</a> Al Parry's blog, which includes poetry!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Much thanks to <a href="http://aleshiaclarke.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/147/" target="_blank">Aleshia Clarke</a> for this award!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love comments, too, so please don't be shy about leaving one! Thank you!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-49448375603228995452013-06-24T06:05:00.001-04:002013-06-25T17:12:58.671-04:00Once In A Lifetime<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This poem is pretty neat, if I do say so myself. I have decided to accompany it with a picture of some artwork that I did years ago, since I also wrote this poem years ago.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the poem:</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In one’s lifetime, one meets many;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One has many different lovers and friends,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And usually one meets another</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With whom all the time together one spends.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my lifetime, I’ve met many,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And have had many different lovers and friends.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’ve met one other one already</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With whom all my time together was spent.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But in one’s lifetime, when one meets many,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One wants only one lover and many friends;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One wants to be with only one other</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">WIth whom all the time together one spends.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’ve now met one, after meeting many,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And only want one lover, and many friends.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to be with only one other</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With whom all my time together is spent.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But in one’s lifetime, before one meets many;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before one has many different lovers and friends;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One must have one’s first lover</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With whom some time together spent.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my lifetime, after meeting many, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And having many different lovers and friends,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found myself to be another one’s first lover</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With whom some time together was spent.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And in one’s lifetime, after one meets many;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After one has only one lover and many friends;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One wants to be with other lovers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With whom some time together is spent.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But in one’s lifetime, after one meets many,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And was the first to be one’s only lover, as well as a friend,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One sometimes wants to continue on that way,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And be the only one with whom one’s time together is spent.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And in my lifetime, after being one’s first and and only lover,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As well as one’s friend,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to continue on that way;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To be the only one with whom one’s time together was spent.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But in one’s lifetime, one learns much</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About one’s friends, and one’s lovers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One wants to spend time together with one,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But only with this one and no others.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, one must understand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That one’s friends and one’s lovers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are in one’s life at only one time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And different times are spent together with others.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my lifetime, I’ve learned much</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About one’s friends, and no other lovers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to spend time together with one,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But only with this one and no other.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, I do understand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That one’s friends and one’s first lover</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are in one’s life at only one time,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And different times are spent together with others.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In one’s lifetime, one also learns much</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And understands one’s friends and lovers,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even if one cannot have what one wants,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One always remembers one’s first lover.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And in my lifetime, I’ve also learned much;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Always understanding my friends and lovers;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Knowing, right now, I cannot have what I want,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Only remembering my one in a lifetime...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My friend first, and then once-virgin lover. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-72868104338463091042013-06-16T02:05:00.000-04:002013-08-22T09:21:08.780-04:00Cat Love - A Poem + Cat Photo Collage <span id="docs-internal-guid-22a17c64-4b44-0fed-0770-e9ebac3afe89"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I accomplished this by making a Cat Photo Collage for him, because he loves cats. I also wrote the poem, Cat Love, for him, which I included in the collage.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here is the poem, which is pasted into the collage:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">semi-conditional love and joy;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They each have personalities </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and unique characteristics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cats are just like little children, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">My father has owned many cats over the years, beginning with Lucky, a kitten who escaped death more than once, until she eventually died of old age.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lucky was a kitten who climbed into my dad's car one morning as he was leaving for an out-of-town work trip. Lucky got stuck in the space where the gas and brake pedals join with the frame of the car. His hands were too large to free her, and she had to ride for four hours, stuck there, until he arrived at his destination and found a young boy who had hands small enough to retrieve her. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">That night, while laying in his hotel room bed, my dad fell asleep while smoking. His cigarette landed on Lucky, because he had brought her to bed and was cuddling her.</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lucky survived against all odds, maybe because she had more than 9 lives! Loved sex, too; her many babies were proof of this! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Neebs was a fat cat with an attitude, who took no guff from anyone; she was the alpha female of the house! She was always underfoot! She was also sometimes anti-social, but happy she was rescued! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Swiper was a brave, friendly, fearless boy who had the loudest purr ever! He was an outdoor cat who got dirty all the time, too! Clean was not in his vocabulary. He got used to taking baths, but he never liked them!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pounce was Princess’s playful little buddy, and was protective of her. She’s a Princess, after all.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Princess is a patient cat who takes her sweet time thinking about things, except when she’s doing her aerobics or running from the litter box!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jacoby loves to eat treats, lay on his back, and chase invisible “ghosts”. He should have been called “Prince” or “King”.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blackie is friendly but impatient. She is a treat lover with bad table manners who likes rooftops and breaking into houses. She hates baths, and will use your head as a springboard to get away from the water! She’s a free spirit who used to go by the name C-A-T until we re-named her.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Missing: Zorro, who broke his leg and healed himself, without the help of a $1500 vet. He only came home to “hang his hat”, since he preferred the outdoors. He never came home, and we don’t know what happened to him.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Missing: Hootie, who loved “pets”, was super-sweet, and lost his life to poison he consumed while out in the neighbourhood one day.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.15; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Missing: Sam, one of Lucky’s kittens, who would take your finger off when you fed her from your hand. She was a good mouser who ended up having kittens of her own.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I selected specific pictures to include. I chose some old photographs, and some digital ones that I took with my phone.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I emailed the digital ones to Japan Camera, and then went there. The woman that worked there printed them out for me once I chose the size I wanted.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I bought a piece of bristol board, washable markers, and a glue stick.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I used a pencil and a ruler to draw lines on the bristol board.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I used the markers to colour the bristol board, first experimenting with the order of the colours on a small piece of cardboard. Both are shown in this picture:</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTbheF8Ps6K_r8O7TNtSyGLERdfWdkaA_nWBQj5SADx6AKYLOXCYq4JNs1UEg4ltygdoap-2B29uQULxde3iCPeJdLeR87oUAtruiFXe7dAhN7CAWFGA7pfnmU3RL51IgpklJS9-Q6gtc/s1600/Cat+collage+background2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTbheF8Ps6K_r8O7TNtSyGLERdfWdkaA_nWBQj5SADx6AKYLOXCYq4JNs1UEg4ltygdoap-2B29uQULxde3iCPeJdLeR87oUAtruiFXe7dAhN7CAWFGA7pfnmU3RL51IgpklJS9-Q6gtc/s320/Cat+collage+background2.jpg" width="320" /></a></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I printed out the captions, then used scissors to cut them and trim them.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I arranged the photos and captions on the bristol board, trying different arrangements until I found one I liked.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I trimmed the photos in the middle using scissors. Three photos had their corners trimmed off, and two I "rounded".</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I glued the photos and captions down using a glue stick. I was going to use white, wet glue, but thought that the moisture would warp the photos. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">On a piece of cardboard, I drew a paw print. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Using a pen, I outlined the paw print repeatedly until holes were eventually made. (I did not have an Exacto knife to cut with, so I improvised!)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I used permanent marker and the stencil to add a bunch of paw prints to the collage.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I went to the UPS store to get the collage laminated.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I hung it on the wall using four nails, one in each corner.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The total cost for making this gift was less than $30.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here is a breakdown:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">$9.25 pictures printed out</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">$1.13 bristol board ($1.00 + .13 tax)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">$13.00 laminating (this could have been $6.50 if I chose the thinner laminate)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Total $27.90</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I already had scissors, so I did not have to buy them. I also printed out the poem on my sister's printer for free.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have estimated that the time involved to make this collage was a total of about 5 or 6 hours, since my activities were spread out over a few days.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 16.363636016845703px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; white-space: pre-wrap;">All in all, it was worth the time and the cost involved to see my dad both smile and cry, and now he has something that he can enjoy for the rest of his life!</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-52005611853126714652013-06-11T12:04:00.003-04:002013-06-11T12:04:50.303-04:00Quicksand Suicide<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Deeply sinking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Way down yonder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Into a place</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where nobody goes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Willingly.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Caught --- can’t escape </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This terrible feeling.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Emotions are lost</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To the clouds up above.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Light disappears,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sight is gone, history.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Struggling to climb</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A ladder not there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anxiously awaiting rescue</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Never to arrive,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gasping for a lost hold,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fighting for life.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Deeply sinking deeper...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Further and further down...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No way out now;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Turning back is impossible.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Goodbyes never said.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Was anything within ever read?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-6924173688376861442013-06-06T13:56:00.001-04:002013-06-06T13:56:47.163-04:00Love?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When people hear the word “love”,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They associate it with caring,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Caring about certain people they love,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like their parents, siblings, spouses, and children.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They associate it with sharing,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sharing with each other of their innermost</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thoughts and feelings.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And they associate it with security,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For, with love, a kind of guarantee comes with it ---</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Security at home, within the family, at work,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And in their social lives.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But when I hear the word “love”,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I sometimes think of the times</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I was beaten and thrown around,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Literally, by someone I love,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And who is supposed to love me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes love is blind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But then again, how can you see love</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you have a purple and black eye,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And are in so much physical and emotional pain</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That you wish you could die?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That’s just one of my questions</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(that you’ve read above);</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have many more --- another is:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What, really, is love?</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-1246187254812007152013-05-31T04:50:00.001-04:002013-08-17T07:35:28.186-04:00The Heart and Soul of the Heart and Soul - A Poem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A lonely, empty soul<br />
Trapped within<br />
The depths of oneself<br />
Struggling to break free<br />
From inside<br />
Through<br />
To the outer shell.<br />
Feelings are hidden<br />
Carefully,<br />
Underneath,<br />
Waiting<br />
To rise to the above.<br />
Teardrops<br />
Fall down<br />
The broken,<br />
Aching heart.<br />
Boiling blood trickles<br />
Endlessly downward,<br />
Staining<br />
The pure-as-driven-snow’s<br />
Soul.<br />
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Comments, anyone? Like or dislike? Don't be afraid of hurting my feelings...please just say what you think and/or feel. There is no "right" or "wrong" here...</div>
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I love hearing from you! Please comment!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-82417985355163868822013-05-27T02:12:00.001-04:002013-05-27T02:12:18.083-04:00A Smile - Poem<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A smile</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of joy,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a symbol </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of happiness,</span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-59706c09-e49b-94e1-d8b0-24c044c8926c"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of love.</span></span><br />
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<span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This poem is short and sweet, don't you think? :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Tell me your thoughts on what a "smile" means to you, please, as I would love to hear them!</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-33342254613686118292013-05-22T05:06:00.001-04:002013-05-22T05:09:05.348-04:00Dreams or Destruction? - A Poem - to be "re-titled" (suggestions please!)<b id="docs-internal-guid-694a9ea7-cb7d-f4df-6654-e39222cd79a7" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-694a9ea7-cb7d-f4df-6654-e39222cd79a7" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dreams or Destruction?</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-694a9ea7-cb7d-f4df-6654-e39222cd79a7" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is failure?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is success?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What happens to dreams shattered, left in a mess?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why should I try, and put forth effort to succeed?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Are happiness and security my only needs?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why should I try and make it in this world by myself?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Will the only joys I’ll ever have be stored on a closet shelf?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If I’m successful, what am I to achieve my wealth in?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If I should fail, does it leave me hope for anything?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I get annoyed with myself for asking these questions,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For I’m destroying myself without the intention.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why do I do such things as this?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why can’t I cry silent tears of bliss?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I suppose I know why:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don’t, unfulfilled, want to die.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The sun is still shining,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but are the clouds still silver with lining?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don’t want to end life</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With a knife,</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But a kiss.</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don't like the title of this poem, and want to change it. Can you offer me a better title? Leave your suggestion in the comments, please!!!</span></b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-68781929586994636712013-05-14T07:14:00.002-04:002013-05-14T07:14:30.539-04:00The Dark Night - A Super Short Poem<b id="docs-internal-guid-5504fba5-a2b5-bc2a-c189-77378ef7bcff" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The flash of lightning<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(5)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So razor sharp bright<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(5)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Quickly sets aglow<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(5)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The cold, wet, dark night.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(5)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The candle’s hot flame<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(5)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Burns orange so bright.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(5)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then, without warning,<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(5)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fades in the dark night.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(5)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Caught within a world<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(5)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of flickering light,<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(5)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is no escape<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(5)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From the cold, dark night.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(5)</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was going to enter this poem into the contest along with my other four, but somehow it either slipped my mind, or I did not think that this was worthy of first prize. At any rate, be happy I can share this with you!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">ANALYSIS:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Note that I used the same number of syllables in each line. This was intentional, from a technical standpoint. Imagery is present within this poem, too. Colors include black (the night sky), white or silver (the lightning), and orange (the flame from the candle). Noise is also apparent, since lightning is generally accompanied by thunder, which is frequently loud. The image of someone being trapped indoors while a storm rages outdoors is evident from the fact that candles cannot stay lit in the rain. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">All in all, I think I should have sent this poem into the contest, or maybe saved it for another one... But, I wanted to showcase my abilities on this blog, and so here is another sample of my talent for writing.</span></span><br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Comments, anyone?</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02158165871114032127noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711612866265801983.post-24605649243623054962013-05-04T08:43:00.000-04:002013-05-04T08:49:21.490-04:00"Sisters" - A Poem <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Sisters</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">There are many things in this great world</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">that are wonderful and good,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">and there are many things in this great world</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">that to change them, we wish we could.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Our sisterhood falls among both of these;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Our relationship is unique.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Because of our many differences,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">There is one thing, however,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">That can’t be changed, in this great world,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">and that is the love I have for you,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">My sister, a woman, once girl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">And Janice, whatever you’re thinking or feeling right now,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Please know that I’m being sincere;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">You have only me and I have only you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">To call my “sister dear”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">So, putting our many differences aside,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">A good and wonderful thing in this world is you (whom I love),</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">And that, as sisters, we’ll be forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: normal; white-space: normal;">I wrote this poem for my sister, Janice, after taking her out for her birthday many years ago (in 1995). </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: red;">Hello again, everyone! I have some big news! I am proud to be a Canadian! I am also entering a contest for Canadian Poets!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am going to enter a poetry contest, at <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/literaryprizes/poetry/" target="_blank">Canada Writes</a>. This contest charges a reading fee of $25, and the first place prize is <span style="color: #d5a6bd;">$6000 cash, plus publications in</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I do know that I will not win if I do not enter. This fact prompted me to "give it a go", and "aim for the stars"! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I decided to enter a submission, I needed to determine which poems I should submit. Since they only accept previously unpublished poems, I was pretty thankful that I didn't post any of my poetry on this blog, because then my poems would have been published! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I then decided to do a bit of investigating and learning. So, lately, I have been doing some research on publishing and copyright laws. <br /><br /><span style="color: red;">I have found a few good links, and I would like to share them here. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_4925855_publish-poetry-canada.html#page=9" target="_blank">How To Publish Poetry In Canada</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. <a href="http://www.track0.com/ogwc/resources/canpublishers.html" target="_blank">Online Guide to Writing in Canada - Publishers in Canada</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. <a href="http://www.writing-world.com/rights/rights.shtml" target="_blank">Rights: What They Mean and Why They're Important</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4. <a href="http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary2.html" target="_blank">Glossary of Poetic Terms</a> - I threw this one in here since it directly relates to my book, The Life and Love of Canadian Poetry: An Interpretative View. (This book contains a glossary of literary terms, as I mentioned in my video <a href="http://poetryperfected.blogspot.ca/2013/04/welcome-everyone.html" target="_blank">in this post</a>.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> - A guide to publishers and publishing services for serious writers since 1997</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Knowledge is good to have, especially BEFOREHAND! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am really excited, and a little nervous, and have selected two poems to enter. However, they are not long enough to meet the contest requirements. I now have to choose one or two more to include to make my submission whole. The problem is that I only think one of my poems is worthy of the first-place prize. I would like to share these poems with you, but cannot, since they will then be considered as "published"! So, I am forced to make a few decisions, and I TRULY hope that I make THE RIGHT ONES.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wish me luck...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once I have solved this dilemma, I will post some of my poetry in this blog. I think I will begin with some of the poetry that I wrote for others, rather than the poetry I wrote for myself. Maybe I will even make an accompanying video!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(...with better lighting...)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>QUESTION FOR YOU:</b><span style="color: #ea9999;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">DO YOU LIKE TO READ POETRY, OR DO YOU LIKE TO LISTEN TO IT?</span></div>
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