POETRY

THE ERRORS OF YOUR WAYS

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WE'RE ALL HERE TO LEARN AND TEACH

TRY TO PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH

CAME AS AN AFTER THOUGHT...

IT'S OFTEN EASIER TO GIVE ADVICE THAN TAKE IT SO MAKE SURE YOU CAN TAKE IT BEFORE YOU GIVE IT...

TO BECOME ENLIGHTENED

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A LINE JUMPED OUT AT ME IN LITTLE WOMEN SOMETHING ABOUT BEING HOPELESSLY FLAWED...WE ARE NOT HOPELESSLY FLAWED...ONLY FLAWED WITH LOTS OF HOPE...ALWAYS ROOTING TO OVERCOME THE FLAWS AND OFTEN SUCCEEDING IF WE DON'T GIVE UP HOPE.

YOU CAN HEAR THEM IN YOUR MIND ANYTIME

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YOU CAN HEAR THEM IN YOUR MIND ANYTIME YOU NEED TO SOOTHE YOUR SOUL...JUST IMAGINE AND LISTEN...

QUESTIONING ANSWERS

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I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS MAKES ME THINK OF WHEN I HOUSEMANAGED DOING MY USHERS SPEECH LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT I NEEDED HELP WITH FOR THE SHOW...WHEN I GOT TO THE END OF THE SPEECH I WOULD ASK  ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AND USUALLY THERE WERE NOT CUZ I WAS PRETTY THOROUGH SO IF THEY PAID ATTENTION THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS...SO I WOULD FOLLOW IT  UP WITH...ARE THERE ANY ANSWERS...THAT ALWAYS GOT A LAUGH...ONLY ONCE I REMEMBER SOMEONE RESPONDING WITH A STRANGE ANSWER THAT  STUMPED ME...HA HA...CAUGHT ME OFFGUARD...UNEXPECTED...THEY MUST HAVE USHERED FOR ME BEFORE AND CAME PREPARED WITH AN ANSWER...HA HA

BEYOND COMPREHENSION

Author's Notes/Comments: 

ORIGINALLY TITLED MESSAGES FROM BEYOND...THE LAST TWO LINES CAME AS I WAS COPYING THE POEM OVER HERE AND THE TITLE WAS CHANGED...

A MOMENT IN TIME

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THIS CAME TO ME WHILE LISTENING TO  ALEXA READ THE KINDLE BOOK JIMMY AND ME BY LEW BRACKER...SO MANY MOMENTS IN TIME...SOME LAST A LIFETIME...THOSE CHERISHED MEMORIES...

SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN

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WATCHING LITTLE WOMEN AND A LINE POPPED OUT AT ME SOMETHING LIKE   YOU DON'T NEED MANY SUITORS YOU ONLY NEED ONE IF HE'S THE RIGHT ONE....AND I GOT TO THINKING HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IF IT WAS THE RIGHT ONE OR THE WRONG ONE...MY GUESS WOULD BE MOST WOULD FALL SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN...

TO KEEP OUR DIGNITY

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I THINK THE TITLE AND LAST LINE ONE IN THE SAME  ANSWERS THAT QUESTION...

MOST UNFATHOMABLE THINGS

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I HAD THE FIRST TWO LINES STUCK IN MY HEAD AND THE REST JUST FOLLOED ALONG...IT FEELS MORE LIKE A SHORT STORY TO ME...