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Day 2 NaPoWriMo 2024

This familiar paper cup • This brown cardboard sleeve… Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 7

all day the wind blew
stealing a wing feather from
a hovering hawk Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo – Day Twelve

I think many are experiencing these sudden grabs of emotion. Every day, a swath of tears leaps unexpected a cut of green against weeds in an April landscape The rest runs to rules hills fading to light and blue above … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo – Day 11

The mail brought a postcard and the NaPoWriMo prompt brought a link to a lovely archived version of Kate Greenaway’s Language of Flowers. Lovely indeed and a welcome diversion on this cold April morning. I looked up the meaning of … Continue reading

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That sudden view, of change

Thanks to Elizabeth Gordon for a second thought on my day yesterday which got me thinking and got this first draft down today. Today at work there were many visitors from different stores and offices loaned working side by side … Continue reading

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