smile lights up room
soft spoken ~ kind
Miss Plum RN
needles used with perfecton
cocktails dyn-o-mite
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seize prompt 8 (decipher) …
….have you noticed that prunes
are now sometimes called dried plums,
and
prune juice is now sometimes called plum juice?
Miss Plum was delivering a Plum cocktail…therefore
now her name .. smiles.
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TPOS prompt: Drastic life event: nursing home for rehab
Seaport Village Healthcare, Ellsworth, Maine
2/21/2016
Cartoon unknown source
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January 4, 2011
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Bianca sits
watches quietly
moon eclipses
wondering her thoughts
if understands the mystery
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OctPoWriMo 2015 Day 25
TPOS mysterious
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photo: (c) 2011 Saradunn
“Eclipse of the Wooden Eye Moon” January 4, 2011
acrylic on canvas 9″ w x 12″ H
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hardy Mallards
loving the frosted mill pond
skate with joy
sun opens water for dining
fresh fish for their pleasure
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Sigrid Saradunn
December 17, 2018
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TPOS Prompt: Gerry Muse #134 December
small stones prompt: frozen treasure
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photo: (c) 2014 Saradunn
Tanka Poets on Site ( TPOS ) 2016: prompt: rock art
The coast of Maine is blessed with a coastline
like none other… the rare pink granite shores, sparkling
rocks that glisten in the sun… everywhere we turn,
natures abstract art can be seen.
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tossed and tumbled
waves carried from oceans depths
cobblestones
shaped, polished, sun bleached
ageless earthly beauty
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10/16/2016 Sigrid Saradunn
April 11, 2019
My bucket list
for most of my life
was to be the best mother
and nurse I could be.
.
I can’t remember when,
but I remember the words,
of my daughter,
not too many years ago
spoke up about
carrying on with family traditions.
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She spoke up
very matter of fact and clearly:
“The only traditions in our family
was that Mother worked.
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That festered in my mind.
There is no way to go back,
to create the family memories
she didn’t have, but missed.
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As I will write about my bucket list
from this day on,
the two things on my bucket list
as I got older … like fifty,
were to see Paris and the Eiffel Tower
and
Holland at tulip time.
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There will be in the future
a few for me
with old friends
here in Maine …
maybe the family’ll join me
for some of them.
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I have also forsaken
those treasured friends
from far away places.
… they are important to me
to see once again.
We’ll talk thru the day
and into the night.
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My bucket list
for the rest of my life
is to be the best mother,
to my daughter and son,,
and grand-mother,
and to create memories
of “I remember when
my Mother and I …”
A note 7/22/2022 … Alas, my heart is broken, Stacey died last August 10,2021,’
she being the one who got me thinking about this bucket list. RIP, darling daughter,
as I continue on trying my best to share memories of you as I create new memories
in your honor.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2021 AT 7 PM EDT
TUESDAY ZOOM – Open mic for one of your favorite poems by another poet.
8/17/2021
read on M Cz .. open read, a favorite poem by someone else
Stacey wrote;
Written and inspired by an Alzheimer’s patient I was caring for once.
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What is Needed Indeed
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See my tears
how I cry
my feelings in disguise
Do you know how I feel ?
Am I happy, sad, or maybe just glad
To see what I once had.
Here I sit with tears, living in fear,
that all of this may once disappear.
Because I can’t speak,
Don’t make a peep,
I still hear the secrets that you want to keep.
How do I show what I want you to keep.
How do I show what I wnt is to go.
These eyes may hide my feelings inside,
But if you look closer you will see,
what is needed indeed . . .
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Love, respect, honesty and dignity.
Stacey Doe, Nov. 1995
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inspired to read when finding in
“Stone Lantern”
p. 66
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help is on my side
as I wait in a garden
late summer – will it last ?
surely until the turn
and autumn
finds its way
..
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Jan 3, 2022
sunbeams
heaven sent
family spirits gather
welcoming New Year
— sbs Jan 3, 2022
sun rise
seen from hilltop
clouds above clouds
at sea level blue sky
,
sbs inspiration sharon hawky photo
— sbs Jan 3, 2022
angel beams
reminders
you are remembered
and blessed
— sbs`Jan 3, 2022
sound of flute
discordant notes
echo my thoughts
of discontent
— inspiration Rick Wilson;s flute
… Jan 3, 2022
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ice age car
break thru frozen doors
sun hidden ~ no natural heat
thaw before driving
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Title inspired by poem by Canadian titled:
“Clinging to you” blogger username, Heaven.
kiss me anew, here
before the last maple leaf
falls, and first snowflake
wets my pale lips, stilling time
twisted in salty drenched arms
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hurl me anew, here
before the last rose petal
dips, and first winter
drop caresses my bare hips
unfolding, clinging to you
by Heaven, Canada with permission
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shared on Michael Czarnecki Zoom
When the leaves come falling down
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Mile High fall
red headed toddler
crisp leaves up to knees
pulling rake behind him
dragging for leaves
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shared on Michael Czarnecki Zoom
When the leaves come falling down
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photo by Sierra Stevens
10/26/2021
10/25/2021
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black-hole eyes / soul dead /lost
soul numb / spirit decays / blank view.
aura disappears / heart mourns
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School bell rings, moms cry.
child’s first school day, traumatic
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little ones, grow so fast
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