Category Archive: Poetry

Poetry Friday

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The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I… Continue reading

The Friday Poem

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Image- courtesy of Christine Laennec Winter Lights Within   You say: It’s so dark and dreich here So far north So far away I say:  but let me show you The soft gentle darkness… Continue reading

Poetry Friday

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  Life   LIFE, believe, is not a dream So dark as sages say; Oft a little morning rain Foretells a pleasant day. Sometimes there are clouds of gloom, But these are transient… Continue reading

Poetry Friday

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A slightly different take on the traditional Twelve Days of Christmas theme, today’s poem comes courtesty of  the talented Philippa of  the Feisty Blue Gecko blog. The Twelve Days of Chemo On the first… Continue reading

Poetry Friday

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Rememberance And you wait, keep waiting for that one thing which would infinitely enrich your life: the powerful, uniquely uncommon, the awakening of dormant stones, depths that would reveal you to yourself. In… Continue reading

Poetry Friday

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In keeping with the spirit of last week’s thanksgiving, today’s poem is from my favourite poet, Mary Oliver, whose poetry always touches me deeply.  Her poem is an invitation to look closely at all… Continue reading

Poetry Friday

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Today’s poem comes from the pen of Jackie Fox, a breast cancer survivor and writer living in Nebraska. Jackie is the author of  From Zero to Mastectomy: What I Learned and You Need to… Continue reading

Poetry Friday

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I had such a great response to a previous poem submitted by Philippa from the feistybluegecko blog, that I just had to share another with you today. I feel sure that this poem will… Continue reading

Poetry Friday

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Turquoise She was once an eleven year old girl in a long-sleeved and turquoise t-shirt from the children’s department. And now she stands before me, or rather she doesn’t stand before me at… Continue reading

Poetry Friday

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Breath me I meditate on my breath tonight, I breath me in and I breath me out, A cycle, a revolution a feather so light, I am wondering what i am about, A being… Continue reading