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Embarrassment of Riches
I find myself amazed and somewhat embarrassed by these awards. It’s difficult to describe how gratifying it is to realize my work is being appreciated. Poetry reading always delighted me. Poetry...
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More Sunshine
Amazingly, I’ve been nominated for another Sunshine Award. This time by Kristen Mazzola at http://khmazzola124.wordpress.com/, a blog I only recently discovered. She is a versatile, gifted author of...
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Dispositive
Image from econintersect.com you sling my shoulders with your grapples climb the back of my legs with your barbed-wire toes coming higher and closer intent for the unguarded portals that lead to my...
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Grateful Pause
Dear Readers, It’s time to take a poetry pause so I can once again thank all who have paid me the honor of visiting this blog. I am grateful beyond measure for your kind consideration and...
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Appreciation
Dear Readers, It’s time to take a poetry pause so I can once again thank all who have paid me the honor of visiting this blog. I am grateful beyond measure for your kind consideration and attention....
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Match
“Burning Match”Photo by DoWhoRanZoneFrom fineartamerica.com (The following poem represents my 1,000th published post since I launched “Poesy plus Polemics” eleven months ago. I can hardly believe it....
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Thank You, WordPress
It’s time to take a poetry pause so I can once again thank all who pay me the honor of visiting this blog. I am profoundly grateful for your kind consideration and attention. It moves me to realize my...
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Boon
“Homeless Veteran”Photo by Tomas Andres DonosoFrom tomasdonoso.com (a lament for our forgotten veterans) what boon could you grant this old warrior soul or is time too far gone for advantage to matter...
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White Gold
“Old Couple”Painting by Joan BreckwoldtFrom joanbreckwoldt.blogspot.com precious alloy made stronger more durable thanks to base elements metals of homelier cast like the glorious glow of a love well...
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Decoration Day Thoughts
Antique Note Card From vintageglorycards.com (I grew up knowing it as Decoration Day. Today it is called Memorial Day.) (To America’s three million uniformed soldiers and sailors, flyers and marines, –...
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Thank You WordPress Community
It’s time for me to take a brief poetry pause so I can once again thank all who pay me the honor of visiting this blog. I am profoundly grateful for your kind consideration and attention. It moves me...
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To My Followers
“The Good People” Painting by Laurie Pace From paletteknifepainters.blogspot.com I awoke this morning to find that the number of you has grown beyond the 5,000 mark. I am frankly amazed – rather...
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Poetic Healing
Paul F. Lenzi:It is so deeply gratifying to find one’s work recognized and appreciated by others. My heartfelt thanks go to Kendall F. Person and Sally Cronin for the honor they have paid to my poem...
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Dear Readers
Graphic from openclipart.org Dear readers, WordPress tells me that the number of you now following this blog has surpassed 6,000. I feel blessed beyond any measure by so many readers and so many new...
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Fourth
“New York 4th of July 2013″ Photo from enjoyfestivals.com night explodes bursting with brilliant chrysanthemums bright blood of history shimmers in droplets from high arcing trails revolution resounds...
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Dear Readers
Dear Readers, It’s time to take a brief pause from poetry in order to acknowledge this amazing WordPress community. I am quite blessed to have found so many followers and friends here, and I am...
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Columbus Day
Originally posted on Poesy plus Polemics: (With the approach of Columbus Day, I’m reposting this brief tribute that I wrote for my father in 1994, when he was eighty-five years old. Columbus Day is a...
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So Many Visits
“Girl Reading”Painting by Oliver RayFrom poeticapubishing.com Thank you dear readers for pushing your number of visits to this blog over the 200,000 mark. I sincerely hope that you continue to enjoy...
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November Morn
“Hyperborean Forest at Dawn”Painting by aegiandyadFrom deviantart.com pieces of sky rise up through the trees carry light of the morning awaken the forest towering pines stretch their arms mountains...
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To My Friends and Followers
American Sign Language for “Friends” by Nancy Rourke Dear Readers, It’s time I take a brief pause from poetry in order to acknowledge you – the amazing members of my WordPress community. As of this...
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