Sorry about this comment here. It should have been on your later poem which doesn't have to do with food either though. Anyway, be sure to link a specific poem...rather than just your blog...when you post. If you just link your blog, a reader doesn't know which poem you mean them to read. Peace.
That First Cuppa
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That first morning cup of tea
Lifts me up from lethargy
Perks me up as always
To face another day
A dash of lemon grass
Or a few leaves of basil
Or mayb...
The Face In the Mirror
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The Dog of Joy
Over the years,
as I looked in the mirror,
I have seen many changes -
the same eyes as my mother,
my grandmother,
all the Marrs.
Once,...
1340
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*A numbering error after post 1336, i have corrected today at 1340*
[image courtesy dVerse Poetry Pub]
*“Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink nor **sl...
Garment
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https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2025/11/friday-writings-204-most-expensive.html
We invite you to find inspiration in this quote: “The most e...
Feeling Alive
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What makes me feel most alive
despite the state of the world?
When I think of times past,
the hiking, dancing, teaching,
directing—I smile. I feel mo...
So This Is the Valley of the Sun
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They call it the desert. A wasteland
with bones sticking up through the sand.
A plain, dry, yellowing
spreading epidemic-like for miles.
But ...
So This Is Mississauga
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This city is a lyrebird
echoing voices
from every corner of the world
Arriving through Pearson Airport
the road unfurls - smooth, bright
lights sh...
Alive
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*Alive*
Sunlight spills through the forest,
Olive trots ahead, ecstatic,
the air full of pine and impending winter.
Red and gold of colorful autumn,
and...
Family Portrait
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Click on image to enlarge
Bessie started life as a simple milk cow, but somehow became more like a
dog or the pony I never had. It began the day Jimm...
what the word 'love', is
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*'Love’, such a magnificent word that was articulated then scribed*
*in writ, mumbling initially to be used as an expression of embracing **and
appreciat...
Moon in the Wild
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I sit quietly on a tree stump,
still as a windless night,
and as aware as the
wild things that stare
with their night vision.
I feel their questions
tra...
Writers Circle Prompt: Halloween, et al, the dead
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source
*Spiritual connections between the living and the dead*
When asked what Halloween, All Saints Day, and Day of the Dead have in
common, AI tell...
2 New Short Poems
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IN THE TIME OF SHORTENING DAYS
The crickets have come
to sing summer out,
smooth black invisible chirring
like planets spinning.
I have fed the little rat...
The History of One Life
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Linking with Shay's Word Garden Word List -- The Prodigy
*Come join us!*
*Through many windows life looks out... Through windows rosy with young...
About the Poet
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Collected Works 2009 - 2024 About the Poet
Kerry O’Connor has been writing poetry since 2009. Her themes are
existential and she draws inspiration fro...
Hopefulness
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Cynicism
is the most unforgiving
proof of gravity.
I arrive at
the pinnacle
of the Hill of Hope,
and I stayed up there
for a minute,
catching my...
The Barefoot Peace of Ash Wednesday
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peace, barefoot
walking slowly toward me
floating grey and silver
the Holy flashing through
peace, a gathering of flickering angels
he then she then...
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A Stimulated Mind
by
Belva Staples
*Making things entirely from scratch, *
*Brings a certain sense of satisfaction, *
*Because the uniqueness of a cr...
Time For Testing Testing
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I think it has been a while since the cat posted something here. Who knows
though as time is different for a rhyming rear. What? That doesn't count
one b...
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When I started this blog in 2012, I had no long-term expectations for it. I
simply wanted to provide prompts as a small service to other poets. Over ...
Early morning light
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The sun's early morning light breaks through the bedroom window
And brightens the dim room where I wake from my sleep
Her own pictures on the walls no...
A Note from the Poet
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Excuse me while I kiss the sky....
*Jimi Hendrix*
Dear friends and fellow poets
Thank you for visiting my Skywriting Blog, which has been my creative spa...
I BELIEVE ONLY IN GARLIC
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https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/
*It is mid morning*
*and some salesmonkey in Mississippi*
*is ringing my number*
*ignoring the grave warn...
A Wise Woman Writes a Survival Manual
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Morgue File
by Ken Brasier
I do what I can,
whip white horses into froth
to line a horizon
pull at bone layers
to make spit out of fire
fill you w...
Everyday Table
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This is a poem written for the Midweek Motif on Poets United on “Everyday
Living.”
http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2019/10/poets-united-midweek-motif-ev...
Poets United
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I happened to visit Poets United and discovered two wonderful ladies, who
have given hours of their time to this creative poetic endeavor are passing
their...
Zipline
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I was browsing my Facebook page when a promotion from Toroverde - Jebel
Jais Flight popped up. It was offering a 54% discount from its regular
price for y...
How Did It Feel
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How did it feel
the breath that you held
for heartbeats,
four heartbeats,
a sway hollow knell.
Rattling ribs
till they finally fell
apart - tell me, how did ...
A MOMENT of PERFECT PEACE...
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I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light.
For a time I rest in the grace of the world,...
Poem: ACCEPT
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*This was written for Poets United's Midweek Motif:*
*Dark Moon, New Moon*
*I have to accept the hurricanes*
*that are happening everywhere*
*Look at them l...
A Lesson in Melittology (or Tea with Plath)
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“You always made the best tea”, I confess.
Something in the method: fanning the bag
In the cathartic lung space ‘tween spoon and china. ...
Lions and Tigers and Bears
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Oh my...
Lion, hats and background from the Midnight Reverie collab from Mischief
Circus; the rest from my stash.
I love polar bears!
Tuesday Poem - 'Agnus Dei' by Marty Smith
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*Agnus Dei*
I carried the lamb in a sack on my horse
It's buggered, said Dad, throw it in the creek.
The creek leaped, dimpled. Small bubbles
whirled, i...
My Parents
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Courtesy: Poets United
When you two fought
you never knew
how I burnt
in your wrath.
I was a water body,
too brine to taste.
But the Kal-boishakhi*** days...
Tick Tock
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Tick Tock
I hear my
Biological clock
Ticking away
The eggs I have
In short supply.
“Yuh nuh have
A child, yet?”
He looks at me
Like fertile soil
In whi...
Sad Eyes
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Photo:SlaRueB weeping in the wind as the willow blows a remembrance of
forgotten times bending branches moves as one as we danced all night to the
Autumn m...
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Another Day
My smoke alarm is beeping
it sounds like my Peach Faced Lovebird
I have missed him for a long time
sitting on my shoulder, nibbling my ear
now...
Cuz Culcha
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Sista,
remember makin cinnamon toast
and chewin back
bitz of the periodick table
like it were vitamins.
knowble gases
hevvy metals
an your luv letters
to Jon...
cheers with life
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*Fill one half*
*in passion*
*Sandy *
*The remaining half*
*in Love ....*
*this is coonect to - **PoetryPantry #287 of PU*
*photo credit here*
*-nuwan-*
Every Scrap
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Life is fragile
You, my friend, are not so
Such a small creature
You have such a
presence
Such a strong grip
on this life-
Claws scratching
Teeth bared
You w...
Ring of Fire by Mary Eliza Crane
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At the wane of a long season of heat filled yellow sky, fire consumes
mountain forests infested, decimated by bark beetles feasting in their own
changing w...
faded pages
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*in the days of mostly easy time, *
*there is the odd reminder of another place.*
*fragrant reminiscence in a flash; *
*passed - but in its wake - a trace....
There Comes A Time...
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when we rethink things. Looking back and reflecting on one thousand
thirty-two posts, six thousand fifty-nine comments, and two hundred eleven
followers ...
Your poetry comes out as sn entreaty from within. Very well done in so few words. Remarkable.
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Fresh and unique...!
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Hmmmm, I don't see anything about food (the topic of this week's Midweek Motif) in your poem. Did you post this one here by mistake?
ReplyDeleteSorry about this comment here. It should have been on your later poem which doesn't have to do with food either though. Anyway, be sure to link a specific poem...rather than just your blog...when you post. If you just link your blog, a reader doesn't know which poem you mean them to read. Peace.
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Deletei'll do correct next time
good luck mary!