Author: Jennie Olson Six
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23/30 April is National Poetry Month – Cadburry
Eating Easter Eggsof the Cadbury Cream kindOh how I love thee.
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22/30 April is National Poetry Month
Empathic – the ability or capacity to recognize and sometimes share in the feelings of others. Told by a therapist long ago that I was very empathic.I feel sometimes, too much.Sometimes it is too much for me to look into the eyes of another human being and see what they are feeling.If they are suffering…
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21/30 April is National Poetry Month
It is not enough to have known you.It is not enough to have the shared moments with you.It is not enough the brief sprinkling of time and space that held the words spoken between us.There is never enough time and space for that.You, funny, witty, own sense of humor and timing,not reluctant to reach out,…
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20/30 April is National Poetry Month
Nineteen “It’s the last year of your teen-aged years” she said,I was going to marry her sonThirties, two children and a drug habit that would take him from everything. I didn’t know that.I also didn’t know that love didn’t come on the end of acid filled tongues,rageful fits of thrown items across rooms,squeeling tires peeling…
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17/18/19 April is National Poetry Month
17. Why? Why did I decide that writing a poem a day would be a good idea?Why did I decide to embrace my creativity instead of stifle it? Why did I decide that 3 yoga classes in one day is a sane thing to do?Why did I decide to do yoga again the day after?Why…
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15 and 16/30 National Poetry Month "Early"
Early (too early for Haiku) Neighbors pounding tileSix-thirty in the amSunday morning foul! BlueIs one of my favorite colorsSky blue, ocean blue, midnight blue, turquoise and all shades in between.It is also a favorite color to paint emotion,heart as blue as midnight, blueness of my tears, bluish hint of his smile,in the blue of my…
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14/30 April is National Poetry Month
Snowcold wind blowing driftswhistling through cedarssharp chill on my skingray soft skies promising morenever felt so close to Godthan here.
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13/30 April is National Poetry Month
BeEverythingLifeIntrisiclyEnthusiasticlyVeritable EmbodyReality Yet OneUndeniable MorallyUnderstandSincerelyTaught TalkExpressListenLament TrustedReliableUnequivocalTellingHonesty
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Blind 12/30
Some can’t see because their eyes fail themSome can’t see because their mind fails them…
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11/30 more poetry than you can shake a stick at
My cat is fierce,loving, ferocious, and a little bit crazy.He responds to many of his names,Pudding, Count Snackula, Snacky Von Dracky,Little-Little-Little-Little-Little,Turkey Leg, Precious, Fatty-Pattaty,Oh Pussy-Cat, Snarshy, Hissy,and finally Hissy Paticy.Maybe that’s why he’s a little cooky.
Jennie Olson Six 