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 Apr 2023
Melanie Anne Paulos
The gold touches the tops of the trees in atlanta
Pekerson park smells like
Elementary school breakfast
Nostalgia
steamed in a bag
My tire is flat
Again
The guy says you
Can’t plug a hole
On the outside
can you do it from the inside?
I don’t know much about rubber
but I know I’ve bounced back
Enough to feel like
My blood could just be air
I am sure though
That’s not true
Because I can feel it thicken
Early in the morning
In the crisp mundanity
Of finding honeysuckle
& blackberries crawling
Along shady fences
In the Atlanta south
the gold is still just touching the tops of the trees
 Mar 2023
Anais Vionet
Give me a spring morning, far from winter’s troubles.
On an earth axis-turned toward the life-giving sun.

Announce it with tulips and trumpets of yellow daffodils.

Watch as young, colorful, impressionist, bluebell,
dogwood, snowdrop, and primrose blossoms preen,
in the candid radiance of the abaxial springtime sun.

Enjoy new life dancing, playfully on tactile wafts of warm air.

Inhale that air, freshly fragranced by flowers in luscious bloom.

Catch the bright chirp of new life and hear the humble
buzz of bees hard at their work, spreading the pollen of life.  

Then lengthen these hopeful, verdant days, like a blessing.
BLT Marriam Webster word of the day challenge: Tactile: perceptible by touch.

Sure, it doesn’t feel like spring yet, I’m going with it, but I’m thirsty for it.
 Mar 2023
FredErick le Roux
Bright the moon
And stars at night
Beams are born
Of Angels flight
Hush my dear
Sleep sound in peace
Tomorrow brings
Just what you need
So sail away
Ebb on the shore
When happily
Your heart explore
Treasured moments
Dreams unfold
Of riches more
Than silver or gold...
 Mar 2023
SCHEDAR
After
a series of binges,
self awareness
chased
the nightmare
into
a dream of
recovery
 Mar 2023
Edmund black
I wonder how many people I’ve hurt.

Heavenly Father, in this beautiful morning I am so thankful that You are able and often do make impossible situations possible.In this beautiful morning I like to ask for forgiveness for the seemingly limitless capacity I have to be foolish. Heavenly Father, please help us live our lives with loving intent, cultivating meaningful relationships with our families, friends, and even our brothers and sisters we’ll never engage in our lifetime. Heavenly Father please teach me in your wisdom,so that my life might be pleasing to You and a blessing to others around me....In Your name I am strong, fearless and blissful. In your name Jesus Christ, I’ll continue to pray… Amen!
 Mar 2023
rose hopkins
A late February evening
A tree lined silhouette
On the far horizon
Against a sunset
Of burnished gold .
 Mar 2023
Edmund black
The greatest thing
in life are the people
We  love , the places
We’ve seen, and
The memories we’ve
Made along the way

Where do you
See yourself
At the end of the day with
The people you love
And the things you like

Do you used the things
And love the people ?

Or do you love the things
And used the people ?

Based on
how you answer
This question
Will shed light on
where
You stand in life

But Understand that
A person
Who lacks compassion
Is their own hangman

It’s never too late to
Find a way to
Appreciate those
Who love you best

That’s the message!
 Mar 2023
Exosphere
the morning is a cold clean shower
making me happy to be alive
the brain is a lovely washcloth
 Mar 2023
Benzene
Love is like a long walk with someone.
Or just feel the rain from the window with just one hand out.
Maybe like the long mysterious pause in the rain with someone.
The sunrise in the winter mornings!
Or the first conversations, all night long.
Love is like a sudden crazy wind against your face.
Or staring at the night sky full of bright stars
A magical forehead kiss or even a sudden warm hug.
Seeing your children do silly things,
seeing your mom & dad grow old,
Even when leaving with so many happy memories to cherish for.
Love is what you cannot count on your fingertip.
So give love & take love whenever, wherever & whoever you get! Embrace it even if you don't get it all at once
Love is not about just two people , it's an emotion that we carry in our heart .
 Mar 2023
Unpolished Ink
Come spring
extend your hand
caress  the waiting warming land
give us singing birds on green and leafy trees
swap gale for breeze
soft light and scented air
disperse our shivering winter cares
and bless each fertile blooming day
through April and then on to May
please stay
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