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16 Oct 2013

Each

by Rebecca | posted in: baby, daily poem, garden, hobbies, poetry | 0

I will pick the pears, for you’re too small too reach.And you shall test the pears. Just take a bite of each.

14 Oct 2013

Thoughts on a Popular Poem

by Rebecca | posted in: daily poem, poetry | 0

She heard “Dance as if no one is watching you,”but then she didn’t know why she would.He heard “Love like you’ve never been hurt,”so he loved only for his own good.She heard “Sing as though no one can hear you,”so … Continued

13 Oct 2013

Repeat

by Rebecca | posted in: daily poem, memories, poetry | 0

Until that lunch when we broke out some MREsyou had never told me all those memories.There are years you’d probably never even think aboutif they weren’t arranged in layers in the closets of this house.And I never really realized just … Continued

13 Oct 2013

Creative

by Rebecca | posted in: baby, daily poem, home, ideas, love, poetry, thanks, work | 1

I tell my husband my ideas; some are smart, some just wild.He says “Don’t quit your day job!” as he smiles at our child,and “Go for it! You’re home, so what are you afraid of?”I get to be a mom … Continued

11 Oct 2013

To Do Right

by Rebecca | posted in: daily poem, desire, difficulty, poetry | 0

He had dreams, and not just at night,and he also knew what he had to do.And he knew he’d have to sacrifice,either way that he would choose.And in the end he chose to do rightand lay his dreams aside. But … Continued

11 Oct 2013

Caught Up

by Rebecca | posted in: daily poem, love, poetry, time, work | 0

If you never know what it’s like to be caught up, to cross off your whole list, to have nothing left to do, then at least let yourself by caught up in love.

9 Oct 2013

The Truth

by Rebecca | posted in: daily poem, difficulty, poetry | 0

I don’t want to hear what I want to hear.I’m not okay with “everything’s fine.”I want to know the truth.When you say “don’t worry” I’m worried.I know we can’t all have our way all the time.I want to know the … Continued

9 Oct 2013

Your Day

by Rebecca | posted in: beauty, daily poem, desire, difficulty, family, friends, grace, poetry, time | 0

Your grandparents are in townYour hoping gravity will pull downall the wrinkles from your graduation gownin time for your speech tonight. And regardless of how long you’ve known this day was on its way,you still cannot believe that its today.Your … Continued

7 Oct 2013

Good One, Goodell

by Rebecca | posted in: daily poem, food, hobbies, poetry, thanks, work | 0

Good one, Goodell. It works so well.Alongside McCormick, Edison and Bellyou deserve a venerable mention.Yours is one of my favorite inventions.

7 Oct 2013

Pressing

by Rebecca | posted in: daily poem, food, poetry, thanks, work | 0

With buckets of apples beginning to stack up,the need to process them becomes pressing.Freezing and thawing and mashing and pressingthat is, and then some clean-up-the-messing.

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