Why should I write a poem
if one doesn’t come to mind
What would be the point
even though I have the time
Is it like exercise
Building up the brain
Suddenly I realize
I’m feeling zero pain!
I like when that happens
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Like most things, writing takes practice. So here is a bit of something to keep in practice.
I. Am. Still. Here. And so far, so good.
I had planned to be enlightened by Wednesday (quite a few years ago)……..
….and yet….the lights are still not completely on; but there are lights, so that’s good.
Experiencing healthy days and interesting pursuits and many happy moments are things not to be taken for granted. I like my husband, and my new kitchen counter (in that order) and so I light a candle each evening to acknowledge not only the husband and counter, but all the good stuff and great people in my life. I will probably do that for awhile until I forget about it but someone mentioned it and I’m trying it out.
This acknowledgement seems important anytime but especially in times like these in which it seems we are literally and consistently encouraged to be afraid and on constant high alert. What happened to you have nothing to fear but fear itself? Enough is enough.
Watched a show yesterday called Finding Alice (on AcornTV). One of Alice’s comments was that she had no real “girlfriends” I’m not good at that, she said; I’m like a man. (That line made me smile).
End of practice session.
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Let the sunshine in please
and bring its warmth to earth
Time to gather hope again
and find out what it’s worth
Let the gale become breeze
and find its way my way
This winter wind that lingers
has clearly overstayed
Let the weather perk up
and settle into spring
The lettuce seeds have sprouted
the grass is turning green
Which means the time is just right
to brighten up the scene
From the sublime to the ridiculous:
May we absorb wisdom and grace and act with compassion and intelligence. May we be okay today and notice the good stuff with relish (no tomato)!
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So, take a look at the bright side
Is what she recently said
Just means it might be sooner, not later,
that you’re gonna be dead
Shake out those forever thoughts
you’ve built up in your head
There are songs to be sung
there are books to be read
Leave it for awhile; all the hope and the dread
Now could be the day for the silly instead
The dark side of humor
Can be found to be kind
It helps to see finally
that it’s all in your mind
For me, there’s some comfort
in accepting the sad
And often the good stuff
will outweigh the bad
Lot of ipse dixit
goin’ on round the world
and I’m gettin’ a little weary
of hearing all the spins and spurious platitudes
that pose as reason and empathy
Oh happy day
We are about to be spun around into a better
frame of mind
as soon as everybody sticks it
to this crazy ipse dixit
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Tagged Commentary, funny?, Thoughts, Writing Prompts
I had a bit of an inkling
as to what is required
but less of an inkling
now that I’ve retired
I look forward to exploring
with a dollop of dread
while visions of happiness
dance in my head
With an inkling of mortality
and an inkling of life
Expecting the joyful might
outrun the strife
What can happen?
Who can say
As I flounder through the day
Seeking to be well-aware
of all the good
I’m almost there
and if you look,
it’s everywhere.
Appalling stuff has such a draw
all the news that’s fit to awe
it shouts and beckons
with screaming hues
attempting to distort all views
Enough, enough
I choose to find
some wisdom ways
to calm my mind
Perspective and context
a path to grace
Anticipate this joyful place
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Tagged Poems, Poetry, Random, Thoughts, Writing Prompts
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Enveloped.”
It’s safe and soft in here.
robinbenjamin4 
Foreword
I’m just not in love with forewords to books.
I want to read the book itself not what someone I don’t even know thinks about it.
This might mean I’m not intellectual enough. But sometimes having someone dissect a work of art just seems condescending as if I won’t get it just by the author’s words. Might be insulting to the writer in a way.
If it needs a foreword, is it because the writer didn’t make things clear in the book?
I might like an “afterword” especially if I don’t feel like finishing a book that I’m not wild about and I want a summary of it. Or if it’s so great I want to have a conversation about it–even a remote one.
Sometimes I’ll read the foreword after i read the book–if it draws me in. I usually try reading the foreword up to the point I become exasperated. That tends to happen if it’s a long ordeal: write your own damn book why doncha’ ?
That’s my two cents!
Anyway…. I wonder what other people think about forewords? Helpful? What do you say, other people?
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