A violet bird sits
in her nest in the arbor,
filling sky with song
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Congratulations Philip and Violet
just 10 more weeks ’til hatching!
Mid-life crisis? April 18, 2011
We were young and full of dreams
We learned that nothing’s as it seems
We wished at futures, grabbed at one
Played our games: lost or won.
Suffered, fought, rejoiced, survived
Collapsed, gave up, came out alive.
And now we look back at our choice
And rearrange to find the voice
We silenced when we made our pick
of futures piled and buried thick.
We re-invent the selves we were,
Embrace the dreams that we deferred,
Move forward into something new,
and grow beyond all that we knew.
We are less young. less full of dreams,
so we construct our own life themes.
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For S & L,
college sweethearts who are re-kindling romance 25 years later…
Many blessings on you both.
iloveross17 (chapter six) April 15, 2011
click NARRATIVE above to see all previous chapters
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Chapter six
Log in
User name- SuzieQ
Password- confused1
CHAT ALERT!
Dave – Hey!
SuzieQ- what have u been saying?
Dave – ?
SuzieQ – about us making out?
Dave – ohh
SuzieQ – so?
Dave has left the chat
Log off
Spring tanka March 28, 2011
Crocuses and tulips
Erupt from their winter sleep
They stretch up their stems
reaching toward a blue sky
to fill the garden with joy
Chocolate or vanilla? March 14, 2011
Prompt #70: Chocolate or vanilla?
Chocolate OR vanilla?
No
Chocolate AND vanilla
Ebony and ivory
Male and female
Bitter and sweet
Life and death
Ying and Yang
Chocolate and vanilla
missing you March 6, 2011
I can not be
without you.
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I can not
be without
you.
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I can not be.
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I am not me
without you.
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I am not
me without
you.
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I am not me.
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I need
we
to be
us.
story: iloveross17 (chapter two) March 4, 2011
Previous chapters: one,
(Chapter two)
user name: suzieq@
password: iloveross18mos
change password: confused1
Status updates:
Bixby- oh yeah man!
Zara- wtf?
Lena- save me from my boredom!
CHAT ALERT!
Zara- R U OK?
SusieQ- Ya
Zara-What happened?
SusieQ- Still trying to figure that out, actually.
Zara- Do u think Ross saw you making out with Dave?
SusieQ- 😦
and onto chapter three
Pin pricks March 1, 2011
prompt #58 What is the smallest thing beside you?
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Angels are dancing
on the head of it
but from the other end
I’m being pricked
and poked.
I’m pitted with holes
and pinned together again.
My pieces are
held tightly and tautly
~if temporarily.
Story: iloveross17 (chapter one) February 26, 2011
Log in
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Password: iloveross17mos
Change password: iloveross18mos
Status updates:
Zara- math test! Gonna die.
Bixby- what is the reason to fear what we do not understand?
Ross- is now single.
Lena- have to babysit my little sister, someone text me!
CHAT ALERT!
Zara- Suzanne! OMG! Are you ok?!!!
Log off
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Deep breath.
Ross…is single??????????
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Next installment: Chapter 2
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Submitted as part of Monday Poetry Potluck Mar 7, 2011. If you’re here from the potluck, add the link to your contribution in a comment.
Shawn L. Bird 
Invocation poem: THANKS April 30, 2011
Tags: acrostic poem, invocation, poetry, Rotary, Rotary International
Today we are thankful for all we’ve received
© Shawn Bird 2011 Available for free use within Rotary; however, please indicate in the comment section below that you have used it at your club (date and name).However we live, we firmly believe
All is a blessing that we must pass on.
No matter our status or where we have gone.
Kindness and generosity are what we impart
Showing the world what’s in Rotary’s heart
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