Happy Passover to those that celebrate!

Going and moving forward
Too many delays and waiting again and again
The reasons matter and more importantly so does precious time
Not to be wasted on the trivial
So many experiences to embrace
Sometimes those you want to share them with won’t make the time
Some don’t want to share it
Hopeful

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It yearns for a melody
Always seeking new and more insight words to express from the heart and mind
Too many tears fall some for the right and others for the wrong reasons
So observing quietly and then listening more attentively than ever before
My Soul reopened

C@rainbowchaser2024

Disinformation
Misinformation
Facts
Truth
A robin was gathering twigs for a nest being built under a bush near the Guggenheim museum
The Park was filled with visitors, Television and Movie crews, and the Zoo delighting everybody
I wondered who noticed besides yours truly
As I worked yesterday, children were walking to school or visiting the exhibits as the Digital Media curriculum was written with our colleagues
Adults need to learn from children who want to learn and ask questions before they formulate an answer
Let's hope there will be a Year of the Human Being

C@rainbowchaser2024

4.8 shaking and rocking on the East Coast of the United States
Some blamed the former US President
Others Mother Nature
Others claim the Supreme being is angry with us
What will they say about the Solar Eclipse?

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She was lovely and lonely
Her copper-red belly stood out on a gray rainy day with patches of blue
She seemed to be listening to other birds' chirps and squirrel noises
She hopped on just taking everything in
Lovely company
Hello Robin

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To my Friends and Fellow Poets!

Maddy

When the talking stops
When the words do nothing
Just put them on the back burner
Be there when called upon
For the time being, let them deal
Let their Drama Go

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It will be set free
Shaken from the cobwebs of yesterday
Headed for a brighter tomorrow
Take a step and breathe for today
Maybe this time

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Baby Gray Dove was searching for food and gave up.
Spread her wings and flew way up high
How I wished I could have joined her
It's damp and about to shower for hours
The Oldies about the Rain fill my head as I continue walking
There will be a rainbow at some point with our Father saying Hi from way up above
Another Rain song

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It's raining.
It's pouring.
The ark might have to get here.
There's a pigeon furiously flapping her wings on someone's roof.
Maybe a signal or cry for help?
After a few minutes of struggle, another bird joins her.
Flies up and calms her down.
They fly away and the drama ends on a very rainy day

C@rainbowchaser2024

No matter what it was
Or is it , that it reached you in ways you never expected.
It capttured your heart,soul,amd mind
Many likes between someday and today.
Enjoy your journey every moment and as much as possible,
Was it speaking to you?

C@rainbowchaser2024

Are priorities set in stone?
Are they malleable?
Are there three sides to facts and truth?
Are beliefs sacred or have they lost their meaning on desert or sacred air?
Can we learn from yesterday?
Undersfand and accept today.
Be ready for tomorrow.
Enabling is awful.
Supporting any enabler is unacceptable no matter their station in life
The impact on your life is beyond measure
Hstory continues to teach us
Common sense is still alive and well
Remain educated and never stop learning
While you are at it, pick up a book,magazine,or newspaper
Go to the library
It remains to be seen

C@rainbowchaser2024

Not a  political message
Find a place in your heart and soul to do good
Listen
Smile
Contribute funds or time
Quit complaining
If you have been down on tbe floor
Get up as best you can
The Naysayer doomsday folks stay clear
Not a Pollyanna
Not Mickey Mouse
Remain Positive

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Used to walk in Harmony
Melody has changed
Lyrics have a far different meaning
The chorus means what it used to but somehow you forgot the words that you sang at the top of your lungs
Still friends but the Music has changed
It is sad but moving forward time has gone away
You are lost in a shuffle where we had yesterday
Not sure ahout today or tomorrow
You are here and there
Yet far away
The Music has changed not the memories
The Journey continues but not sure  of us because the Music has changed as the friendshilp is stuck in another time and place


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High school graduations
College graduations
Vacations
Holidays
Magical moments
Sons in-law
Weddings and giving your daughters away
Anniversaries
Grandchildren
Great grandchildren
My books being published
Spoiling you
Hope you are proud of all of us
You and Mom are watching over us
Darling Daddy gone too soon and loved beyond neasure

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She will be loyal
She will always be true
She will always be loving and kind
That smile of hers that melts your heart
Even when you know her a short while she stays with you
Joy and kindness personified
She will be greeted at the Rainbowbridge by a handsone Golden Retriever naned Skippy
I can hear him calling her name
Tori  accompanies him and watches over us
We love her forever and always

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Regal swans in the pond
One almost regal washing her feathers
She was incredibly stunning and careful
Birds chirping,singing and flying
Peaceful and lovely but you wonder what the world would be like  if we all co-existed just as Mother Nature's children

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Too sensitive.
Stop crying
You didnt help
You yelled and were embarassed
Turned to writing
It is a gift not a medical issue or psychological problem
All you could do was ignore me and  it
Tell me about it

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We articulate the world
Words can flow like wine and effervese like excellent champagne
Words can trickle down like rain after a downpour
Where did intelligence and common sense go?
In a workd with wonder and idiocy simultaneously battling
Watch for dullness now again and then again
We are the words and ideas  that hopefilly bring better timesand celebration
Words

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Words come to call any time of day or night
Try to remember to record them or write them down
You polish  and perfect
Searching for a different more original way to say it or write
Do I dare call myself a Poet?
Like tbe greats,unknown,and up and coming
Just because I write Poetry

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There is no band aid
No secret potion
The words do little for you
You are angry with the world
You can no longer use me as a punching bag
Filling my mind and heart with your pain
Stepping back and when you are ready I will be there
That is up to you
Wish there was more to do than to wish you the very best
That us all for now
Your Debby downer stuff is more than getting old
You need a professional to help you sort it out
Whatever it is

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She is amazing and engaging
Wish my camera and lenses were always available
Hkw do sone ignore it?
It is'beyond heart and comprehension
Things concern them
Shopping obsessed
Can a butterfly or interest sonebody instead of Obtaining more stuff?
I am with Nature.

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Instinct
Art
Prose
Observation
A craft which you perfect
You are a Poet
Look a little harder
Feel a little stronger
You are a Writer
Welcone to my world

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Don't think that what works for you works for everybody
Not so
Cbange is inevitable but as an old sing tells us
You make your own kind  of music
Even if nobody else sings along
Enjoy what you like
Have a lovely life
Your life isn't a prescription for everybody
So next time you talk about your life like a Del Webb commercial
It isn't for everybody


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Hugs that last hours on end
Whispers and laughter in tbe wee hours
Enjoying memories and making new ones
Grateful for where we have been and where we may be going
We cherish now and every moment
Whispers and laughter only we share and understand
The Magic continues .....
How lucky can you get

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Gray clouds playing shades of gray games
Then a small patch of light blue sky
Sun slowly coming out while skies grayer for a quick sunshower
Blue Jay flying up to a adjacent tree
While a squirrel scurried up his favorite place for a snack and snooze
Patch of blue kept returning to remind us that the rain and thunder will end.
Sunnier days will befriend us again

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Walk it
Run it
Drive it
Quickly
Speedily
Dreamily
See it with different eyes
Embrace what you remember
Open your heart and mind for what may come your way
Down that road again
Down that road again
Dont take me down that road again
I know where I am going and where I have been
Just wanted you to let me in
Hoped to follow a  different bend
Don't take me down tbat road again

(Song lyrics?)

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Tired of being awakened by what used to be
Past hasn't always been  a friend
Still trying to learn how to put it way behind me
Hopefully moving forward
Stand tall and enlighten the world
When your mind awakens your heart and soul in the wee hours of the morning
The two steps back and one  step forward isnt a recipe for everybody
Changing the game and making a difference
Illuminate every moment
Now and forever
Play a more positive and active role for a reflective you

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Plain Jane
Echoes softly
Not a princess or a Barbie wanna be
Maybe that is you not me
This Ugly Duckling became a nice swan
When a pair of  bespectacled blue eyes looks at me
How could anybody call my poet an Ugly Duckling?

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Not ROYGIBIV
Deeper and more vibrant
Original and new to the eye
Not traditional but incredibly profound and lovely
Harmony and melody personified
Accepting abd gracious on our khaki coil
May your rainbows be Glorious and of your own making amd sharing
Mine tells me my Daddy is saying Hello from Heaven
Shades of Blue

C@rainbowchaser2024

Questions
Situations
They change along with the answers
Just as memories and seasons do
You must capture them
Enjoy them to the utmost
In an instant or New York minute
There are reasons beyond your control which cause delays,disruptions,cancellations,and in many cases unfortunately heartbreak
Seasons

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Never knew I was but I am.
Highly sensitive person.
Intuitive,creative,feeling
Always shy and a loner
Those who stir the *** not my cup of tea
I am an HSP

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When you love somebody
You sometimes put yourself on the back burner when necessary
Just needs to be that way
Then you realize you need to be number one every now and then
When You Love Somebiody you are not good for them if you are not good to yourself

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Conditions
Situations
Traditions
Some hold on
Some lose their flavor
Some don't go they stay static
Tions

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Sweetness personified
Funny and charming
Those blue eyes, still send me to another solar system
You put the k kindness and the C in Caring
Extremely smart and you listen attentively.
A shoulder to cuddle and dream upon
Loving you is easy since I have been loving you for so very long
And You love me too!

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The ducks swim in the winter wind and quack away
The squirrels do their acrobatic routines on powerlines and get those nuts and goodies hidden
Poets and writers look for fresh ways to say it better and enjoy their craft
Geese follow
their leader with the large piece of bread hanging from her mouth
The US government will punish the guilty ones with their fake tan and hopefully wearing an orange jumpsuit next to Guiliani
What you used to be Mr. Mayor no longer counts
The good people still count not the phony ones
People have the right to live their lives peacefully and joyfully
Hang in there
Be safe and true
Believe

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Bunnies, Squirrels and Birds getting a taste of the nuts and goodies left them before the rain and snow.
Sad to think they are ignored, and people don't stop to look at them and share their wonder.
That wonder has never left me.
So Facebook is not as entertaining, and some chats are beyond boring.
Visiting a zoo in the Winter months and any time of year is still a joy.
They are the pets I can't have at home due to a loved one's severe allergies
A Hypoallergenic dog came to visit and we learned the hard way that we can't have dogs around or go to homes with them
Dog charities are my way of having a pet
All Little and Big Creatures I will always love you and visit

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The notebooks are at hand
The pens are too
Inspiration has come from many places and times
It is still a great friend and always an adventure
It listens and doesn't judge
Never interrupts
So I have decided to stay though other types of writing have called me
Poetry is still with me
I am still and always will be a poet
Still with me

C@rainbowchaser2024

Thinking of how much Henry David Thoreau would have enjoyed this.
Moment of Nature on CBS returned me to Cape Cod at Sunrise.
All one had to do was enjoy the sights and sounds.
The Ocean, Seagulls, Sea Lions and the calm.
Lately Scott Miller's videos are a weekly delight.
We have great gifts from Mother Nature that we should cherish and take good care of
In a world that is sometimes hard to believe and recognize this is a great gift.
Reminds me of teaching Walden again.

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We share a surname
We share a life
We bid fond farewells to many but keep them in our hearts
We have a love others may never know
You gave me your heart
You gave me a diamond
We travel and continue more journeys and adventures
We have been patient but it will come around again
You show me love that others wish for and may never encounter
We welcomed new faces and family
We are way Beyond Thank you
And yet, you Thanked me for breakfast earlier today

C@rainbowchaser2024

A lovely Golden Retriever Puppy barked at me and wanted to play.
Her owner was trying to teach her to walk on a leash so I didn't pet or play with her.
Looked up to the sky and my Skippy was saying Hello and I miss you too.
I almost heard him say I am OK at Rainbow Bridge but whenever you see a Golden walking, I am saying Hello.
When I arrived home looked at his photo and smiled through my tears.

C@Rainbowchaser2024

The amazing Norman Lear left us with incredible work
His spirit is always with you if you listen to his words
Amazing philosophy
The most important gift he left was his kindness and humanity
So as Monty Python's song would say, Always look on the bright side of life
What an amazing man!

C@Rainbowchaser2024

Be impeccable with your words
Never assume.
Find the beat, rhythm, notes, and syncopated music that fills your soul.
Find the soundtrack of your life and add to it
The genre should only matter to you and your story.
Country, Rock, Hip Hop, Broadway, Standards, Latin, Reggae
Just sing your songs and keep your memories close to your heart.
You will need them.
Like the first time you made love with your one and only
Your Wedding Song
The theme song to your favorite kiddie show
Soundtrack of your life

C@rainbowchaser2024

The happiest
The most memorable
Good Health and Joy
Last year was difficult and this year is so much better
We are Survivors but not free for five years
We are grateful and kindness is by far the very best gift
No matter what you celebrate Enjoy!
The Very Best of Everything in 2024 and Always!

C@rainbowchaser2023

The woman is a blessing
The forever kind
Changed lives and lived every day as an inspiration to us all
A Storybook Love and Life
To Honor she isn't enough
She would not want that anyway
Your politics and ideas don't matter here
What she accomplished still grows and helps many
What matters is that we say farewell to this amazing human being
We should strive to be as kind and incredible as she was
To say the mold was broken is not enough but she was so much more than enough
She more than cared she did something with it and about it

C@rainbowchaser2023

Was it you?
The marble-colored French bulldog is always happy to see me on my walks.
He comes running to me.
The pat on the head from me and the kiss from the dog for me.
Daddy, is it you?
In spirit.
I miss you and love you.
I know that you know that.

C@rainbowchaser2023

Have heart
Have soul
Be careful if you lose control
Be kind
Be caring
Be considerate
The world has changed and is changing
You can change it or stay with it
You can stay true to your beliefs
Take a road less traveled
Try a different journey
It is up to you

C@rainbowchaser2023

Several years ago a horrible cry came from the park.
A feral cat was killing a squirrel
Many people feed the cats so this made me incredibly sad
Yesterday I saw two squirrels in trees flicking their tails to signal danger or a problem
A white and gray cat was watching their every move on the trees
Ready to pounce or make her way to the tree
I stood there watching for a while hoping that the cat would leave
I hope next time I feed the squirrels that they are all safe and sound
I love animals and am involved in animal charities but this hurt my heart to view
This was survival of cruelty

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