Tag: people
member name: sheila ~the hapless housewife~ j.
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March 08, 2007 07:18 PM EST --
(This is another poem I wrote when I was a teenager)
To be a friend or not to be
That's the question you ask me
You want me to do something that's wrong
I didn't know confusion . . .
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January 19, 2008 10:26 AM EST --
I had to trudge a mile from the parking lot to the front of the store. Once inside, I couldn't help but witness the chaos. People were running from aisle to aisle, climbing over each . . .
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January 27, 2008 08:40 PM EST --
I do. I believe that a loved one's spirit can linger after death, or can stay for years to help watch over the ones they left behind.
Do you believe? Has anything happened that makes . . .
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January 13, 2008 01:10 PM EST --
I anxiously glance at the clock; it's 7:45. Only 5 more minutes and I can leave. The first store I'm going to hit opens at eight, so I have to leave at 7:50. If I drive . . .
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February 21, 2007 09:28 PM EST --
Which is her? Which is me?
A mirror image for all to see
One is perfect, no thoughts or fears
The other is used to shedding tears
One has never had heartache or pain
The other waits for hurt to gain. . . .
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March 05, 2007 09:43 PM EST --
I loved to see the days go by
all blue and green and gold
It showed me that the world was mine
and all its glories would unfold.
I loved the blueness of the sky
with clouds all drifting 'round . . .
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January 02, 2007 01:09 PM EST --
Mama told me
keep away
He'll never stay
He'll walk out on you.
Mama told me
he's not your kind
he'll cross the line
he'll bring hurt to you.
But Mama couldn't . . .
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February 10, 2007 07:03 PM EST --
Kids go from one extreme to the other. First they want a dinner at the toilet because they love it so much. Have you ever seen a 3 year old drag a sleeping bag to the potty? It gives . . .
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February 17, 2007 05:52 PM EST --
(I wrote this in July 2002 for a little girl in the news, Samantha Runnion. Her story broke my heart and I cried for a week. I didn't know her, but she was close to the same age as . . .
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March 05, 2007 12:05 PM EST --
Nighttime, fireflies
dancing in the trees
Moonlight, spring skies
magic everybody sees.
Firefly, take me high
let your bodylight sing
help me soar through the sky
as my imagination takes . . .
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January 14, 2008 02:01 PM EST --
There were coupons for soy joy bars in the paper. Why they include the word "joy" in the title, I'll never know. Is the taste supposed to send a burst of happiness across your . . .
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January 14, 2008 07:16 PM EST --
Do you know what happens to a coupon after it's been used at the store? Have you ever heard of the coupon ranch? Oh, it's a magical place!
After you give . . .
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January 15, 2008 08:26 AM EST --
(republished for poetry groups)
I'm not a go-getter, appointment setter, fortune 500,
tennis shoes in the drawer, scratch for more.
I don't get IRA, 401K, bonus . . .
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February 11, 2007 11:37 AM EST --
When did chicken nuggets become a food group? According to my daughter, it's the most important part of her diet. (What part of the chicken is a nugget, anyway?) Add fries and a . . .
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February 18, 2007 06:23 PM EST --
Ice cream! Ice cream!
Mommy, get me some
Ice cream! Ice cream!
Yummy! Here we come
Ice cream! Ice cream!
Vanilla just might do
Ice cream! Ice cream!
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February 18, 2007 09:09 PM EST --
Remember when we used to chase lightning bugs?
It was twilight, that perfect time between the stresses of the day, and slumber of night. Of course, we were children, . . .
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March 22, 2008 02:34 PM EDT --
Candlelight
shimmers
flickering shadows
. . .
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February 12, 2007 09:28 AM EST --
( This is meant in fun, so if you're easily offended, don't read!)
Husbands are funny creatures! Not "ha-ha" funny, but just plain baffling ( or weird, you . . .
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October 26, 2006 11:14 AM EDT --
One of my friends used to drink alot and then ask the stupidest questions! What are some stupid questions you have been asked and the answers you have given?
The . . .
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November 30, 2006 10:33 AM EST --
I saw you looking
out the window
and I saw the wistfulness
and I saw the tear
you hid with the finger
of hopelessness.
I stepped behind you
and slipped into your mind.
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