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A Day Trip

An old poem from my poetry collection "Cherry on Top" - (Edited)
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May you live all the days of your life

This is a piece is one I wrote in 2017 that I have revamped and hopefully made better. picture from pixabay May you live all the days of your life...
Cherry

War makes insomniacs and bad poetry

I woke up and 4 am last night, my stomach in a knot over the news of the last week. This poured out of me on the Notes app on my phone. I always turn to poetry when I'm anxious, I find it unfiltered and visceral. It's neither good nor reasoned, but that's okay, it's one of my best therapeutic tools.
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03.4 Photographer

It was the end of the fasting month and the visitors celebrated Eid according to their Islamic practices – a day for merry-making to mark the break...
Cherry

A Pact of Sorts

“You’re a murderer!” she yelled at him. “I told you. He isn’t dead.” “It’s the next best thing.” “He did the same to me.” “Without knowing. This is...

Florida Keys

Wed. March 2, 2022- Estero, Florida. We had arisen early, on this sunny Florida morning in Winter. We were headed south and east to the Florida Keys...
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Cherry

Nil by Mouth

I don’t want the blood to flow I never want to see it Feel the pull inside Grasping claws, organs entwined Just an apple and an egg Lemon water, a...
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Lily of the Lamplight

She admitted me to the hospital that night at reception I believed it was an emergency people get that way with anxiety, like they can't breathe and...

Flowers

There were flowers In the window Of the house you once lived in Llillies half fainting Craving sleep I walked on by Thinking what could I keep From...
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Miracle Birth

Sophie abruptly woke as Otis, the German Shephard, barked into the darkness. She found this strange because Otis never barked unless he had something...
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03.3 Photographer

Jamal had one more trick up his sleeve. He bought two bottles of vodka and drove to Avenida Mozart, not too far from his lodge. On Lugones bend, he...

Maria and the Bellasis Family 27

I feel like there is very little to write in my diary these days, but I should mention weddings and funerals. I have inherited my mother’s arthritis...

To bodies which no longer exist

To bodies which no longer exist

Teashop Times

Nothing explosive at the teashop this week, but a few whimsical incidents, nonetheless. On taking a window seat one day I observed a perfectly...
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Nomen Est Omen

It's about...well nominative determination, I suppose. "Nomen est omen" Plautus. "The name is a sign, the name speaks for itself." In other words, Mr Bunn has no choice but to be the baker... Image in PD
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Cherry

Older Memories

This would be the place then. Jadda squinted against the heavy hand of the sun. Up on the hillock there were a couple of great stones, man-high...

A Recollection

A Recollection No beauty parlor no jeweler nor tailor no cosmetic surgery either nether mammoth power nor intent prayer stop, can ever time from...

Coffee Solutions

At our Spring Run Golf complex, in southwest Florida, we have a wonderful forum for discussion. Every weekday, at 9 A.M., several individuals gather...

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