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Prompt 27 – Curse

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Michael

I have a curse. An inherited one, passed down from my mother to me. It was her undoing at an early age, at a time when medical science didn’t know what they know today. I do not plan to go … Continue reading →

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Poem 33

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Michael

I played with you tempted you not up the garden path but into the vastness of your intellect willingly you played the game added, not detracted we created we evolved words that made sense engaged us for that is the … Continue reading →

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Poem 29

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Michael

Art Work © Lucas Grogan October 2013 My son Lucas stayed with me on the weekend and I asked him to do a drawing for the poem below. I have been watching you, Lying about gazing at the television What … Continue reading →

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Poem 28

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Michael

a birthday unlike all others no pressure no fear a celebration, of age of accomplishment, with friends, family. children who show their love constantly never failing to astound me their generosity their love overflows my heart I realise I am … Continue reading →

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Poem 26

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Michael

Most days my mind is blue But today it is vexed Troubled by immanent change Directions Altered paths Enforced For my good Allegedly. So my mind Is motley Of colour No clear shape For anxiety does that When confronted With … Continue reading →

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Poem 25

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Michael

‘All my life’s a circle, Sunrise and sundown The moon rolls through the nighttime Till the daybreak comes around”          Harry Chapin, Circles. 1972   A circle is about to complete. Time to move on, Find new pastures Bask in the … Continue reading →

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Poem16

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Michael

there are recesses in my mind where demons lurk. they connive to make me doubt, cry, rage, envy, whatever it takes to undo me.   monsters gather in the gloom, feed me messages I hear them, sense their claws tearing … Continue reading →

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Prompt 23 – Anais Nin Quotes – 4

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Michael

  “Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.” … Continue reading →

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Friday Fictioneers – Embrace Change

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Michael

Life is a series of challenges. From one stage of growth to another it’s about the direction we choose to go in. They say opportunity knocks but in this day and age the door you open may take you in … Continue reading →

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Patchwork Woman

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Michael

This poem has been written following a conversation with a friend who has battled breast cancer, at a cost, and who lives daily with  lymphedema.  She described this poem as ‘Shockingly accurate’. There’s a monster within you One that you … Continue reading →

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