POETRY

SOMETHING WE ALL NEED

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I WASN'T SURE WHERE THIS ONE WAS GOING BUT LIKE WHERE IT ENDED UP...

SAMPLING

Author's Notes/Comments: 

LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD WITH THIS ONE...

IT CAN TAKE YOU MANY PLACES...

FROM SIMPLE SIMON MET A PIE MAN GOING TO THE FAIR

SAID SIMPLE SIMON TO THE PIE MAN LET ME TASTE YOUR WARES...

TO MUSIC SAMPLING...

TO SAMPLES OF POETRY....

TO PICTURING PUZZLE PIECES THAT ARE NOT ALL PUT TOGETHER YET...

A MERE SAMPLING OF PLACES MY MIND GOES WHEN I WROTE THIS ONE AND WHILE READING THIS ONE....

HAVE FUN

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THE ERRORS OF YOUR WAYS

Author's Notes/Comments: 

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

Author's Notes/Comments: 

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

Author's Notes/Comments: 

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

Author's Notes/Comments: 

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...