Tag: gratitude
group name: i-am-grateful
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October 18, 2007 08:50 PM EDT --
Perhaps some of you will remember that we put up a portable shelter for our mares earlier this summer. Maybe you will even recall how pleased we were to finally have provided shelter for them that would . . . more
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September 18, 2006 05:07 PM EDT --
In spite of all its' warts, I am greatful to Gather and to all of you.
When I recovered my Poet's voice that I honestly believed
died with my wife Joanne, Gather gave me a place to publish . . . more
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December 15, 2007 08:21 PM EST --
Now, and always, I wish to thank the men and women of the armed forces who are serving our country abroad. I thank you for taking the oath, and stepping forward to protect our country, our ideals and . . . more
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April 11, 2007 02:15 PM EDT --
He stood looking down at her
As she lay in her casket
In front of the altar in their parish church
She looked so beautiful
Not the way she looked the day she died
Tired worn and haggard. . . . more
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April 14, 2007 11:40 PM EDT --
(I may have put this up before but tonight I just got to thinking about horses, the mustangs of the American west. To me they are more a symbol of America than the bald eagle. And like . . . more
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June 27, 2007 03:13 PM EDT --
Acknowledgment
I have lived long
Traveled far
And learned much
But the greatest sources
Of my knowledge even wisdom
Are two wonderful women
A calico Kitten
And a black . . . more
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September 25, 2006 02:43 PM EDT --
In Japan they are called ring gongs
In China and Tibet they are called singing bowls
Usually hand hammered brass bowls
Enthroned on a round ornate pillow
With a hard wooden striker.
. . . more
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May 01, 2007 12:15 AM EDT --
1. I started a new novel!
2. I was sitting in my office, drinking strong coffee with a decadent dollop of cream, feeling safe and cozy when thunder and hailstones rat-a-tatting on the roof and windows, . . . more
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July 01, 2008 05:34 AM EDT --
This morning I am grateful that I can talk without terrible pain. I deal with a rare autoimmune disease and one of the symptoms is that it gives me mouth sores. For a week out of each month I find myself . . . more
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September 24, 2006 01:18 PM EDT --
( this was the first poem that was published commercially)
The shaman of autumn extends his staff
And touches the green leaves,
Transmuting them into gold and flame.
But all too soon they turn . . . more
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May 11, 2007 04:34 PM EDT --
Thought I would share of few of these...
1. I had an Ice Cream Sunday at work day
2. I saw some beautiful lilacs blooming this morning on my commute.
3. . . . more
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March 28, 2007 09:39 AM EDT --
Transported in Dianna's magical canoe
Past myth, and story and song
Beyond planets, comets and galaxies
Oblivious to the smiling gaze of angles and saints
And even beyond the Gateway . . . more
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April 14, 2007 11:55 PM EDT --
(This is another poem written in "Cowboy Poetry" form. This is a unique American style that grew out of the long nights on the cattle drives. It very rarely shows up in English . . . more
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May 01, 2007 05:44 PM EDT --
Just thought I would throw these out there....
1. Two words. Gilmore Girls
2. I had a chance to get outside for lunch today.
3. Good Friends and Family . . . more
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September 27, 2006 02:30 PM EDT --
The aroma of burning leaves
The flights of birds heading south
Glorious sunsets, early evening cloud patterns
And the cool caressing of the breezes
Should, but do not cool
The ardor of . . . more
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October 01, 2006 03:14 PM EDT --
"We could be like Jane Kenyon and Donald Hall", she said
"Live in the country and write poetry," he said
"And give readings and go to poetry festivals", . . . more
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April 12, 2007 12:01 AM EDT --
As he stepped through his front door he could smell the Spring
Even though the weather was unseasonably chilly, and he remembered
In his mind he heard the grinding sound of the icepacks . . . more
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September 19, 2006 02:54 PM EDT --
Emerging from the house of sorrow
Two birds renew an old friendship
The younger giving new life to the older
The older sharing the life and joy
With the world
September 19, 2006
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December 21, 2007 11:28 AM EST --
He was present at most of the happiest moments I spent indoors with my family. Whether my mother who worked two jobs was cleaning house or ironing, whether my grandmother was just coming home from her . . . more
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January 17, 2008 05:30 PM EST --
Every once in a while a person comes along in your life that just touches it in some special way.........Not saying you don't all touch my heart but just some just touch you in a special way. . . . more
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