the forget-me-nots

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“Silently,

one by one,

in the infinite meadows

of heaven,

Blossomed the lovely stars,

the forget-me-nots

of the angels.”

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~  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Elfje:            (Cinquain)

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angels

who care

heaven and earth

protecting man from himself

messengers

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Tanka:             5-7-5, 7-7

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very demeaning

just uncomplimentary

vicious malicious

 

defamatory remarks

I’m up since I put you down

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Poem:

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the moss hung low from the old oak tree
the mockingbird added it’s voice
sunrise on the reservation of the Miccosukee
the Creators world to rejoice

then came the Trail of Tears
President Jackson signing the final law
settlers greed and unfounded fears
disposed the warriors and their squaw

a few hundred were able to flee
in the swamps of south Florida they did  breed
wrestling alligators for the visitors to see
along the Tamiami trail they do succeed

from Tampa to Miami
through the southern Everglades
in weather that is always clammy
under the mossy oaks shades

with new road changes to rectify the old
the swamp now is beginning to flow
nature still wondrous to behold
where cypress and oaks continue to grow

keeping alive a heritage now celebrated
the natives are now mostly assimilated

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ME and the Boss

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Roadwork

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“Poets,

like fighters,

both reap

the benefits

of roadwork.”

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~ Cameron Conaway

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Elfje:         (Cinquain)

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read

some fiction

even a newspaper

develop your own thinking

write

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Haiku:

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groundhogs hibernate

sun says winter for six weeks

equinox knows time

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Poem:

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insecurity leads to jealousy
thinking only about me, me, me
what if I lose the thing I love
was it a push or was it a shove

a healthy love thinks of others
the best examples are our mothers
the things we love have a life of their own
God’s inevitable we cannot postpone

love is the emotion of completeness
the feeling that life is a satisfying sweetness
is it the Creators design that we have a soulmate
why do some souls struggle until it’s too late

life and love are all about change
time is the only thing we cannot exchange
make change easy to swallow, call it growth
and the goal to reach is called an oath

don’t be jealous, be grateful
only the selfish are unfaithful
love today, don’t worry about tomorrow
just let your heart radiate a glorious glow

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ME and the Boss

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