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on August 3, 2015 August 3, 2015
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If I can find even a little bit of beauty in this world, I’ll share it.
i know you really think you’re nothing much, but y i know you really think you’re nothing much, but you don’t know how fast my heart starts beating when you walk into the room with those maroon shorts and tee shirt looking as comfortable as if this were your home - oh, wait - you don’t think you’re special but i’ve always been crazed over you, there are no excuses for the things we’ve done all in the name of love for me and all in the name of preservation for you, we want to live through this, we have to get through this, we have to remember we’re still the same lovers who met by chance or fate or pure luck but which kind, we ask, which kind? +++ #poetry #poetrycommunity #poet #vss365 #poems
“You are under no obligation to be the same person “You are under no obligation to be the same person you were a year, a month, or even a day ago. You are here to create yourself, not to live forever with your past.” — Richard Feynman +++ I wish I could take the whole world by the shoulders and shake shake shake and scream “stop punishing yourself, dumbass!” but we all know the world never listens. #poetrycommunity #poetryisnotdead #poet
there is a blizzard on its way today and i’m hunke there is a blizzard on its way today and i’m hunkering down i have my coffee and books and i’m ready to settle into the couch and create with a warm cuppa snow days are gifts, i am blantant with my joy to get paid to stay home, here, in my pyjamas writing poetry it’s a gift to have cold days but also have a warm place to stay, to be safe inside instead of freezing outside, just surviving let’s all take a moment to appreciate the warmth in our homes and that we have a home to go home to at all +++ Where I work, we help a lot of homeless people. Just last week I brought in a comforter that I only used once because it was too big too fit into the washing machine. What a first world problem. I have a hard time not getting verklempt when I think of them on days like this, when it’s freezing outside and we know there are many inches of snow on the way, brought in by a wind that they’re calling blizzard. Next time you’re cleaning out your linen closet and want to purge old blankets, bring them to shelters or community centers. They’re always very appreciated. #poetry #poetrycommunity #poet #socialjusticepoetry #poetryofig
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that th “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” - Albert Camus +++ I used to hate winter, and now I get hot flashes a few days a week, and I know for sure now I tolerate cold better than heat. Never, ever in my life did I think I would be this way. I used to complain about the cold non-stop and now I’m always just a little too warm, or a little too cold, and never comfortable. Well, comfortable for maybe two weeks each of spring and fall, but that’s probably it. The difference this year is that I am not feeling SAD like I do in winter. The seasonal depression has not come for me this year and it’s noticeable, and I bless it. 
And bless you I’ve you’ve read all this, I’m a very boring person. #poetrycommunity #quotes #quote #writingcommunity #amwriting
Just in case anyone is wondering, it’s really hard Just in case anyone is wondering, it’s really hard to share what you write on the internet. If you do it, I have mad respect for you. #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poem #poetryisnotdead
“I take pleasure in my transformations. I look qui “I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.” ― Anais Nin

+++ I feel shy doing this even though I don’t think anyone is paying attention. I guess that is more than half the battle, making myself keep on posting whether people pay attention or not, and then deciding which is worse. I’m getting older. I’ll be 44 this fall, and that feels scary old to me - my mid forties! I think I am just finally starting to come to terms with the fact that I probably have more good years behind me than I do ahead, and I should be making the most of the time I have left. I am not the same person I was five years ago, or ten, or twenty. I learned that recently at a high school choir reunion concert. We’re all completely different, and we’re all exactly the same, even after twenty-six fucking years. 
Did I mention I feel old? #poetrycommunity #poet #poetryisnotdead #quote #aging
My grandfather was the best man I’ve ever known in My grandfather was the best man I’ve ever known in my life, the best in every way a person can be. 

I still miss him terribly every year on his birthday (today) and death day, and so many days in between when I think “I wish he could see this,” and I remember the terrible impermanence of things. We need to pay attention and be grateful for what we’re happy to have. #poem #poems #vss365 #poetry #poetrycommunity
I’m a poet and no one knows it. At least not yet. I’m a poet and no one knows it. At least not yet. Taking a break from Instagram reminded me of what I loved (and missed) most about the platform - reading such beautiful poetry by these amazing poets who are getting their start on Instagram. I don’t presume I’ll be any good at this, and it’s not without some discomfort that I am starting to share any of this. But, I think of what Stephen King says, that stories are locked inside not because we don’t want to tell them, but for lack of a willing ear. The only people who ever get anywhere with their writing are the ones brave enough to stand up and say, “HEY! Look at what I’m doing! I want you to come over here and do it with me!” So, that’s what this post is for. #poetry #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poem #poetsofinstagram
Hello, world! I don’t want to go back to my old In Hello, world! I don’t want to go back to my old Instagram account so I made this new one to share poetry and other nice things. Follow and enjoy, or not! I don’t give any fucks anymore! #poetry #poetofinstagram #poetrycommunity #vss365 #poem
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