Poem A Day – May 14, 2016
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The Burden
Sara Nicholson
I don’t know the Latin names of flowers.
I know that there are cities wherein stars
Will labor to appear in bursts of as
Or under, will command ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 13, 2016
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To My Mother
Christina Rossetti
To-day’s your natal day;
Sweet flowers I bring:
Mother, accept, I pray
My offering.
And may you happy live,
And long us bless;
Receiving ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 12, 2016
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Banking Coal
Jean Toomer
Whoever it was who brought the first wood and coal
To start the Fire, did his part well;
Not all wood takes to fire from a match,
Nor coal from ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 11, 2016
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Dear Melissa –
TC Tolbert
a curve billed thrasher
is cleaning its beak on the ground –
we are closer now than ever – sitting
in shadow – I never ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 9, 2016
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Crows
Marilyn Nelson
What if to taste and see, to notice things,
to stand each is up against emptiness
for a moment or an eternity –
images collected in consciousness
like ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 8, 2016
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Emergency Vehicles
Kay Ryan
Emergency vehicles
are on the way but
slow ones. You will
have to go on for
some time. Well, years.
Then one day they will
suddenly arrive
and ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 7, 2016
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Hunter
Phillip B. Williams
When you were mine though not
mine at all permanently, just a body borrowed
without permission, a body interrupted,
interruptive –
the sky ... Continue Reading →
Winning Ways – Visualization: The power of mental rehearsal
by Pat Iannuzzi
Visualization involves using our imagination to create an idea or picture in our minds of what we want to have, be or accomplish. It can be an effective technique for ... Continue Reading →
Social Security strategies change
by Matilda Charles
Starting this month, May 2016, changes to Social Security will eliminate strategies seniors have used to maximize benefits. Unlike what some doom-mongers have said, ... Continue Reading →
