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In Search of Inspiration

By windowguy on Tue, 24 Feb 2009

My pen sleeps, Each impulse Is lost In the vas labyrinth Of Thought. The waiting page Remains blank Until… I look into her eyes… I feel her smile… I hear her heart…

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Beautiful Inside

By windowguy on Tue, 24 Feb 2009

Appearances can be deceptive, And to the superficial gaze The outside seems dull and grey Plain looking in many ways, Yet, when a crack causes Water to seep slowly through,

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Great Uncle Kenneth

By Miriam on Tue, 24 Feb 2009

He has a hump on his back and is missing a thumb. Trapped in the sawmill when he was young. He stoops over the table Drinks tea from a tiny cup Dwarfed in his coarse fingers.

Nana

By Miriam on Tue, 24 Feb 2009

Nana and I knit. I sit on the red puffe at her feet. She is mild when no one else is here. When I drop a stitch she picks it up.

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Grandma

By Miriam on Tue, 24 Feb 2009

We play drafts and I always choose the colour We watch Gone with the Wind because she says it’s my favourite We eat mince and dumplings because she says its Dad’s favourite

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Sumo Sister

By Miriam on Tue, 24 Feb 2009

She is a little baby sumo Owl eyes and light wisps of honey hair. I tease her by withdrawing my face As she leans to suck my nose. She flops forward but isn’t ruffled.