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 WeAre1
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Haiku Connection - Part IV
Posted: 6/17/2013 10:00:38 PM
gone a bit too far
pendulum out of balance
slowly losing grip

slowly losing grip
stepping into the present
with summer blossom
 WeAre1
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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux)
Posted: 6/3/2013 1:48:22 AM
no food in the pantry
jest beer in the fridge
he's gettin' pissed again
on a real binge
the vice we didn't share
somehow didn't care
so i was outta there
without despair
had no idea where
but always stayed near
til the day came
i moved back here
 WeAre1
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Haiku Connection - Part IV
Posted: 6/3/2013 1:43:39 AM
conserves energy
in a world of both extremes
balance is the key
 WeAre1
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Post Your Favorite Music Lyrics part 2
Posted: 6/3/2013 1:41:30 AM
John Prine ~ "All the Best"

I wish you love and happiness
I guess I wish you all the best
I wish you don't do like I do
And ever fall in love with someone like you

Cause if you fell just like I did
You'd probably walk around the block like a little kid
But kids don't know they can only guess
How hard it is to wish you happiness

I guess that love is like a Christmas card
You decorate a tree you throw it in the yard
It decays and dies and the snowmen melt
Well I once knew love I knew how love felt

Yeah I knew love love knew me
And when I walked love walked with me
And I got no hate and I got no pride
Well I got so much love that I cannot hide

Say you drive a Chevy say you drive a Ford
You say you drive around the town till you just get bored
Then you change your mind for something else to do
And your heart gets bored with your mind and it changes you

Well it's a doggone shame and it's an awful mess
I wish you love I wish you happiness
I wish you love I wish you happiness
I guess I wish you all the best
 WeAre1
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Pick a line, any line, from the poem above (props to W)
Posted: 5/26/2013 4:55:16 AM
just what did he mean...
don't know his teachings
but guessing for all beings
he meant total respect for all
even those who don't hear the call
to be the best people they can be
who seem to hurt humanity
even they we must respect
for we are loving beings
and essentially
'they' are 'we'
 WeAre1
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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux)
Posted: 5/26/2013 4:46:48 AM
this time
aging like fine wine
letting the sediment settle
where it can just be
not needing company
necessarily
flying high to see
occasionally
feeling free
quite often
actually
 WeAre1
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Cinquain Stains on My Membrane...
Posted: 5/26/2013 3:33:37 AM
except
accept it all
all is necessary
even that which we think is wrong
is not
 WeAre1
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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux)
Posted: 5/24/2013 9:42:56 AM
temptation won't evolve satiation
and won't resolve infatuation
it won't stop my fascination
with all things of this world
and all of other worlds too
interwoven grand creation
fills me with a kind of elation
to know we are all part of it all
helping to turn this planetary ball
or maybe we're really nothing at all
 WeAre1
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Haiku Connection - Part IV
Posted: 5/24/2013 9:36:43 AM
to be on my own
happy in my company
my best friend is me
 WeAre1
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Haiku Connection - Part IV
Posted: 5/20/2013 5:33:52 PM
after the tide turns
the gentle current teases
cold water freezes
 WeAre1
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Msg: 691 (view)
 
Pick a line, any line, from the poem above (props to W)
Posted: 5/20/2013 5:26:27 PM
one should not tell another how to be
for who are we to tell them what to see?
who are we to dis-empower them so
as if we don't trust where they go
or see what they need to see
to be who they need to be
 WeAre1
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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux)
Posted: 5/19/2013 8:35:47 PM
buyer beware of what's for sale
might be a bargain but still tip the scale
into the red while our addiction is fed
buying stuff that's no good when we're dead...

it just temporarily scratches the itch
every time we fall for the sales pitch
but our finances will feel the glitch
while we keep pretending we're rich
 WeAre1
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Pick a line, any line, from the poem above (props to W)
Posted: 5/18/2013 5:06:02 AM
love the trees
no need to hug them
just looking upon them
is like a peak of heaven

swaying in the breeze
with the rustling melody
as their leaves catch the light
fill me with delight

seeing their green
jump into being
so bright in the light
somehow eases my fright

yes, i love the trees
as they are re-born
though even their winter silhouettes
is never something i mourn

for all the year round
they help keep me warm
or cool with their shade
the japanese maple is my fave

along with the willow
weeping she may be called
but i know the truth of tears
it's 'liquid love' when they fall
 WeAre1
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Cinquain Stains on My Membrane...
Posted: 5/18/2013 4:50:31 AM
waves...hi dime! :)

his son
is growing up
does not really know him
don't know how he let him go...so
special
 WeAre1
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/////\\\\\ 6 Lines or Less //////\\\\\\
Posted: 5/17/2013 8:42:31 PM
day draws to a close
challenges took hold
pulled and twisted me so
could not find a way to let go
in that moment out of the blue
for an instant did not know what to do
 WeAre1
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Cinquain Stains on My Membrane...
Posted: 5/17/2013 10:34:56 AM
fragrant
blossoms rising
delicate pansies lift
my spirit with their scented kiss
of love
 WeAre1
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Pick a line, any line, from the poem above (props to W)
Posted: 5/17/2013 3:30:21 AM
this could have been heaven
please look at your brethren
can't you see their light sparkling
can't you hear their voices singing
can't you feel within your heart
there is mercy you impart
like an angel hovering near
when your mind is totally clear
there is nothing that is not heaven
even the evil with which you speak
even that is what we seek
for we can't see the good
in an all good wood
we must have the other
to know the lost mother
or tyrannical father
to know within our soul
to witness is the real goal
all aspects of being human
all sides of every person
all the ways we like to play
even in ways we wish not to own
even those times the devil is home
 WeAre1
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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux)
Posted: 5/17/2013 3:18:58 AM
my time is my own to be spent as i please
sometimes on my hands and knees
trying to get the stains out
have even tried shout
but the food colours
are indestructible
my cats have issues
when it's un-digestible
creating havoc in their tummy
even though they think it's yummy
 WeAre1
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Msg: 112 (view)
 
Cinquain Stains on My Membrane...
Posted: 5/17/2013 3:13:54 AM
go to
corners of mind
and from there you will find
an open space filled with soft grace
for all
 WeAre1
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Haiku Connection - Part IV
Posted: 5/16/2013 4:55:57 PM
collective conscious
everything is connected
sharing energy
 WeAre1
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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux)
Posted: 5/15/2013 3:52:29 PM
build'n left handed sand castles made out of sand
it's all part of a very grand plan
doors that swing open
that is 'til the ocean
comes and washes it all away
perhaps come back on a rainy day
with your dog that never shows her age
catching the waves as she plays
 WeAre1
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Pick a line, any line, from the poem above (props to W)
Posted: 5/15/2013 10:46:02 AM
mistakes happen right on time
there is nothing less sublime
than realising later the gift of it all
realising you were meant to take a fall
so you could see life through a different view
so you could remember the blessings anew
so you could know you were meant to go
exactly that way...it was meant to be so
 WeAre1
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Msg: 5076 (view)
 
Haiku Connection - Part IV
Posted: 5/14/2013 11:44:24 AM
with afternoon naps
i would miss my gardening
balancing days off
 WeAre1
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I can be
Posted: 5/12/2013 8:40:29 PM
ahhh....it's Spring
your annual drop-in
hi friend
long time no see
long time to be
all we can
or even empty
and free
treasuring life
absolutely
 WeAre1
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Acrostic Poetry - first letter of each line spells the Title of your poem...
Posted: 5/12/2013 7:59:04 AM
H unger pains from children so far away
A ll good memories return today
P laying with them from before they could sit
P erhaps a little less when teenager'hood hit
Y earning for them to become good grown-ups

M ourning the loss of their innocence
O ften reminded that with elegance
T hey have miraculously grown up to be
H uman beings quite splendidly
E verything I hoped they'd be
R eally we share the same blood
S miling with a deep felt love

D uring this day honouring motherhood
A lways my children are close to my heart
Y earning for the day once again we're not apart
 WeAre1
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Cinquain Stains on My Membrane...
Posted: 5/12/2013 12:32:37 AM
learning
to turn away
when an avalanche starts
or i am sure to be buried
too deep
 WeAre1
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Cinquain Stains on My Membrane...
Posted: 5/11/2013 5:11:07 AM
spirit
gathering force
power of good in all
anything else is illusion
of course
 WeAre1
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Haiku Connection - Part IV
Posted: 5/11/2013 5:06:39 AM
jest not broccoli
always looks like mini trees
sprouting on my plate
 WeAre1
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Pick a line, any line, from the poem above (props to W)
Posted: 5/11/2013 5:00:35 AM
^ nice

a smooth rock with moss on top
slippery when wet i found
stepping lightly through the pond
on a footpath made of stone
something familiar here was shown
was this another place called home
 WeAre1
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Tanka the original spark 5,7,5,7,7
Posted: 5/11/2013 4:43:25 AM
a sleepy morning
hazy light against the green
grass grew overnight
dandelions reign supreme
lawn will never be the same
 WeAre1
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Cinquain on the Membrane
Posted: 5/10/2013 4:06:08 AM
at last
the rain came down
drowning the pollen'd air
causing one's breathing to struggle
with care
 WeAre1
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VII (Tonight I love again.)
Posted: 5/10/2013 4:01:31 AM
^^ ahhh...beautiful. brings tears. touches somewhere familiar.


'knit together with care'
everyone, everywhere
all things we be
and hear and see
all things above
and all below
all from within
yes, it's all thrown in
to this great web
our consciousness weaves
all sewn together
angels and thieves
all are as one
though not really the same
two sides of a coin
the sane and insane
the highs and lows
the joys and woes
the love of the heart
from before it all start
to re-create itself all the time
through the rhythm and rhyme
for to see through One's perception
to see in the reflection
of your eyes and mine
is to peak, sometimes speak
of what's truly divine



written 27th June, 2011, edited this morning...first line wasn't mine
 WeAre1
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Pick a line, any line, from the poem above (props to W)
Posted: 5/10/2013 3:48:07 AM
can you go back in time?
yes, as it's all in the mind
what you remember is what you think
whether jumping for joy or on the brink
of the abyss....is that what you miss?
that point when you lost your balance
or was buried in an avalanche
or perhaps you won that bit of chance
to ride the roller-coaster or prance
down the lane on a gilded mare
and behind you's another
you brought a spare
in case some stranded man appeared
needing help in full knight gear
you'd be the one to rescue them
and turn that tale completely around
yes, it's all in the mind any point in time
just open your imagination and remember when....
then with going back in time you're through
don't forget...you can remember the future too!
 WeAre1
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/////\\\\\ 6 Lines or Less //////\\\\\\
Posted: 5/10/2013 3:40:21 AM
a damp cool morning
rain came with no warning
all my outside things got wet
hope they'll dry but as of yet
they just keep dripping water
soaking the land with tears
 WeAre1
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Haiku Connection - Part IV
Posted: 5/10/2013 3:35:58 AM
addicted to burn
so when will i ever learn
to just walk away

to just walk away
welcoming the brand new day
bright green in the rain
 WeAre1
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VII (Tonight I love again.)
Posted: 5/9/2013 11:58:17 AM
written July 1st, 2010
(on my parents' 59th anniversary)


I guess I am the test
living this life of love and unrest
finding the key that balances me
seems to be my creativity
for when it is free
love flows through me
and thankfully
when I am happy
it flows unconditionally
but when I am closed
then stress starts to take hold
'till I remember to breathe
which releases my body
so then I can be
the loving me
then I can see
our unity
then I can feel
what's false and what's real
knowing fully
it's all energy
rising like the tide of the sea
crashing in waves all around me
then a peacefulness appears
I've been growing for years
that eases my fears
and changes my gears
that's here to remind me
to love unconditionally
for anything less
deprives me of my happiness
 WeAre1
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Cinquain on the Membrane
Posted: 5/9/2013 11:19:34 AM
patching...

clay pots
lie by old boots
forgotten in the storm
now with plants growing through the toes
blooming
 WeAre1
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food for thought....or not
Posted: 5/9/2013 9:17:49 AM
^ thank you for sharing this here


we grow in love
strands of thread weave within our hearts
touching cords with our ancient soul
re-membering them from long ago
when we were all together
when we all could remember
who we are
 WeAre1
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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux)
Posted: 5/9/2013 8:57:42 AM
great last line! :)

collective conscience raised by peace mandalas
chanting and rocking with other peace fellas
for some would be spun in a web of gold
interlocking and connecting the universal soul
creating a sum much greater than its parts
and yet that's not true either
if there's just one pair of socks
and as always when laundry day calls
one disappears so just one is all one holds
one for the many, many in the one
and suddenly you feel the room has spun
and your awareness of mind alters again
are you the sock or one looking or nothing at all
are you the spark of creation
or just one who heard the call?
 WeAre1
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Pick a line, any line, from the poem above (props to W)
Posted: 5/9/2013 8:29:51 AM
the river of life that pulls me along
i'm a welcome participant, don't get me wrong
but sometimes the earthquakes come so strong
the avalanche starts hurtling down
you dive for cover in the hole in the ground
and there you find a place you remember
where there is light and you surrender
to the love found within that at times will open
like a flowering blossom welcoming Spring
 WeAre1
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Cinquain Stains on My Membrane...
Posted: 5/9/2013 8:22:36 AM
drink up
it's not the last sup
old friends gather anew
Spring brings refreshing water's flow
at last

at last
now returning
to where i awakened
learning to write poetically
right here
 WeAre1
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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux)
Posted: 5/9/2013 5:21:59 AM
please prepare a picnic pour deux
with scrumptious delights like croissants
with home-made preserves from our stash
and why don't you throw in a little hash
use the glass bong, you remember dear?
make sure it's clean so the water is clear
oh, think i'm going back in time to that year
we really did have fun on that picnic
 WeAre1
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Msg: 5051 (view)
 
Haiku Connection - Part IV
Posted: 5/9/2013 5:17:38 AM
virga or mirages
cascading on their journey
delighting my soul
 WeAre1
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Cinquain Stains on My Membrane...
Posted: 5/9/2013 4:55:55 AM
cleaning
up the debris
was extraordinary
the storm hit suddenly
with no warning now i'm mourning
the loss
 WeAre1
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Pick a line, any line, from the poem above (props to W)
Posted: 5/9/2013 4:52:04 AM
playing with the spirit of the land
feels like being in nature's band
watching the wind gently blow
guiding the breeze to all below
seeing the flowers in full flow
blossom in colours of the rainbow
hear the birds welcoming Spring
feeling a part of every thing
 WeAre1
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VII (Tonight I love again.)
Posted: 5/8/2013 8:51:17 PM
life's road-map gently traced
in his deepening expression
sometimes seeing anticipation
other times a quiet reflection
always with love he looks at me
does he see me or another somebody...
perhaps he sees through his perception
the one who was his special connection
the one meant to be with him your life
the one who vowed to be his wife
 WeAre1
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Msg: 651 (view)
 
Pick a line, any line, from the poem above (props to W)
Posted: 5/8/2013 1:26:37 PM
sky the colour of aquamarine
reflected in my diamond ring
sparkling in the bright sunlight
glistening more in the moonlight
walking through the wood at night
fills me with a sense of delight
mixed with a mildly curious fright
 WeAre1
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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux)
Posted: 5/8/2013 1:20:33 PM
skimming the waves with pelicans
is this a dream of birds as friends
and frivolity in its best bowtie
tuxedo'ed penguins give it a try
soon you hear their holler and cry
and watch your surfboards wave goodbye!
 WeAre1
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Cinquain Stains on My Membrane...
Posted: 5/8/2013 12:09:36 PM
oh well
no shoot today
cheeky duck knows it too
tempting you to make a stew of
his meat

:)
 WeAre1
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First Line, Last Line (Part Deux)
Posted: 5/7/2013 6:20:11 AM
put tennis balls on your walker
to sneak up on the nurses
and to help you move more easily
helps the walker slide effortlessly
as you use it to support your weight
nowhere near ready for heaven's gate
 
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