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Sandra Lee Dec 2018
Around the campfire we listened
To the stories
From Girl Scout Leaders, Boy Scout Leaders, Moms, Dads, Sons, Daughters
Whose lives had been forever changed through wilderness experiences in Northern Minnesota and Canadian Boundary Waters.
Humans touched by the spirit of the wild places
Inhabited by loons, bears, giant turtles, moose, and lynx.
The desire to return to this place so special that it must not be Destroyed by those who only crave to extract the minerals copper, nickel, rare metals
And leave behind contaminated waters to run to Hudson Bay,
Lake Superior, Rainy Lake
Forever leaching into the once pristine environment.
There is no other place on earth like this,
A land preserved by those who understood the importance of such Exquisite jewels that they spent their lives trying to protect it.
Sandra Lee Dec 2018
Sometimes our hearts are confused.
Life gives us too many choices,
Too few choices
What is the right thing to do?
Which is the path to be taken?
What should one let play in the decision?
Where will this lead me?
Is it a dead end?
I've been down that road before.
Is everything we do in life a learning experience?
Is it worth the trouble?
Would there be an easier way
To learn the same thing?
I don't know. Only God knows.
Sandra Lee Nov 2018
What does this word mean?
I thought the word was disenfranchise.
Little did I know that is means
Depriving a person of some of the rights of citizenship
Specifically the right to Vote.

On Tuesday, November 6, 2018
All who are of proper age,
Carrying correct identification
Containing a perfect likeness of themselves
Having a legitimate street address
Arriving at the proper location
Having transportation
Or the ability to perambulate properly
May have an opportunity to express their preferences
For who will represent their
Values
Aspirations
Hope
For
America's
Future

Let's
All
Who
Qualify
Get
Out
And
Vote!!

Speak for the Voiceless
election, voiceless
Sandra Lee Jun 2018
Mining
***
        Unsafe, Hazardous
          Polluting,  Contaminating, Fouling
        Waste,     Blight,     Damage,     Liability
        Spoiling,  Dirtying,  Poisoning
       Tainted, Unclean
      
****
         Desecration
This is a Diamante poem, shaped like a diamond. Thanks to APriCoT for her influence and encouragement. See her poem Global Warming for information on how to write one.
Sandra Lee Jun 2018
****** into a new role
With a brand new moniker.
Do you think that I may now be the Queen Mother,
The First Lady, The Duchess of Somewhere?
No, I am The Mother-in-Law
It is only a handle, a label
A sobriquet or alias
Cognomen
Appellation
My nom de plume
Henceforth I shall be Sandra Lee,
Aka Mother-in-Law
I shall identify as MIL.
My son and longtime girlfriend just married. I suddenly realized I am now the much maligned mother-in-law at least in name and historically.
Sandra Lee May 2018
Spring
Brings
Daffodils
Yellow
Bright
Bloom
Bright
Yellow
Daffodi­ls
Brings
Spring
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