Life
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Superpower
An example of a poem started but only revisited and completed months later, I finished this poem in October 2024. It speaks to that yearning many of us may share for a world that is different from the everyday in which we find ourselves; one where there is justice, compassion, kindness and respect and love…
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In a Heartbeat
Written today October 25, 2024, to reflect upon the speed with which life can change, and the lack of control we have over external forces, this poem also speaks to how each of us is also a source of change and power. In fact, our words and actions may be what drives a change for…
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Living your Song
Written in August 2024, this poem arose from moments of reflection on the importance of realizing one’s potential and pushing the limits to achieve dreams by being willing to try new experiences. I have heard the comment that we should not be encouraging our children to dream BIG and that we should instead be teaching…
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Last Day?
Perhaps it is simply my aging, and being almost 70 years of age that I ask myself about my last day on earth. And perhaps it is with the relative recency of my mother dying in November 2023, that her gratitude for a life well-lived stays with me. But this poem written in July 2024,…
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Mirrors and Reflections
I wrote this in June 2024 as I considered how I looked at myself. The mirror plays the role of easy to look at; reflection is about looking beyond and deeper. Both play an important role. Here’s hoping you like what you see no matter what! When you look in the mirror, what do you…
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I am Music
Being an artist, as a poet, the creative part of my mind takes me into pretty outlandish directions at times. It is like freeing up my childhood mind and living in a fantasy world. And yet as I write with these notions passing through my grey matter, I find myself adding a quirk. That quirk being reflecting on…