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epiphanies aren't always earth shattering
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a Shakespearean sonnet, a journey of Spirit
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a sonnet for the Writer's Cramp, life is a banquet....
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Scatter My Ashes
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a friend asked...where do you want your ashes scattered...a sonnet
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ShapeShifter
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a poem for my 55th birthday--10/31/06--Happy B'day to me!
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TIME
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Murray's Laughter
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a poem for my father-in-law--a victim of Alzheimer's--simplified ghazal form
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I Remember Myself (a Monchielle)
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a monchielle form poem--looking at old photos--healing old pain
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Gypsy
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I created a doll as an alter-ego.
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Pin Doll
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A poem inspired by finding an old pin doll in an antique store.
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It's All in the Cards
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For writing.com pageant. An interview with myself.
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Ridinghood at Fifty
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entry for writing.com pageant--the prompt is "confidence"
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Killing with Kindness
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contest entry for prompt "killing with kindness"--a memory of my first marriage
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To Be.....or Therapy?
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the first day of therapy
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Remembered
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physicists believe time is fluid: past, present and future all merge.
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On Turning Fifty
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the dreaded 50
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