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About merb010

Spring Hill, FL, United States Two nice old folks just hanging out, not hurting a bug or anything larger. The years have been kind to us and we now we are enjoying our golden years reading and writing. We are grateful for the God given talents that we now use to help others.

Some Echo

“One way poetry

connects

is across time. .

. . Some echo of

a writer’s physical

experience

comes into us

when we read

her poem.”

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Jane Hirshfield

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Elfje: ….. Classic: each word only one syllable. Cinquain
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time
this week
in that month
it’s been a year
clock

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Haiku: 5x7x5
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animals colors
defense against predators
only man can see
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Poem:
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she put on the tease
it was him she wanted to please
a life partner who was fun
days enjoyed playing in the sun

quite conscience of the here and now
no concerns about yesterday or tomorrow
growing older together they could accept
trust and faith in each other they kept

providing a family their earthly mission met
volunteered their services with no regret
church and state obligations done as a duty
their gardens always a thing of beauty

a doing couple until the end
people upon whom you could depend
their epitaphs honored each other
father, mother, sister and brother

the world thanks God for couples like this
proving that God’s will is not hit or miss

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ME and the Boss
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https://michaelerb.wordpress.com/

https://meandtheboss.com

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The Flesh Made Word

“It’s not the word

made flesh

we want in writing,

in poetry and fiction,

but the flesh

made word”


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William Gass

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Elfje: ….. Classic: each word only one syllable. Cinquain
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word
is told
was not old
some like it hot
news
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Tanka: 5x7x5 7×7
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one, sitting alone
everyone else disappeared
Father Time has won

it’s a game of attrition
no one will get out alive

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Poem:
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if we ask a million poets
what words do you use to express love
true poets will say that I don’t know it
poets who receive their inspiration from above

they will tell you love is a personal thing
love is a constantly changing feeling
there are the sick who think love is a plaything
a false God’s game of double dealing

the healthy know love is a two way street
believing that the Great Creator loves every soul
a true analogy, love is to pleasure as taste is to sweet
love is the awesome feeling that makes one whole

great poets are glad love is so unexplainable
it keeps the art of wordcraft sustainable
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ME and the Boss
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https://michaelerb.wordpress.com/

https://meandtheboss.com/


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