Happy 55th Birthday to My Better Half

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“My life, I realize suddenly, is July. Childhood is June, and old age is August, but here it is, July, and my life, this year, is July inside of July” Rick Bass

Happy 55th Birthday to My Better Half

Nineteen
Sixty-one
A year filled
With lots of fun
Brought
Forth
A July’s child
Quit the wild
Born with
The biggest smile

This July
All grown up
But at heart
Still
A young pup
Ready to fly
High as the sky
But never without
That wide smile

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Faces (WP Writing: Intro to Poetry) Two

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Poetry /Humour /Dialogue /Photography 

Poetry, Day Two: Face

* For today’s poem, take a single face you know as your point of departure. It doesn’t even have to be a real-life, flesh-and-blood face you’re writing about. Faces are everywhere in the texture of our daily lives: from portraits in the museum to the banknotes in our wallets, and from billboards and street art to online profile pictures.
* If you’d like to push yourself a bit further today, give alliteration a try — it’s a handy poetic device that involves repeating the same consonant sound multiple times.

Faces

“That’s my face, so what?” Gun Roswell

Um, I don’t know

“Is it a dog, frog or a hog?
I should not have had that last grog!”

“I only see fog,
Or maybe it’s smog?”

“I need to write my blog
And then go out for a jog”

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On the Streets of Helsinki Three (WP Developing Your Eye I)

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Photography /Poetry /Humour /Song

Day Two: “Street” — Establishing Shot

* Today, let’s focus on a street. It can be a quiet road blanketed in snow, an alley covered with murals, or a busy avenue where pedestrians weave between cars and motorbikes.

On the Streets of Helsinki

“I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive” Carrie Fisher

 Street Zombies

Roaming wild
Woman, man and child

“Shopping, shopping,
Need to do more shopping”

There is no stopping
The street zombies
They’re not looking for bodies
But all new produce

“Shopping, shopping,
Need to do more shopping”

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On the Streets of Helsinki Two (WP Developing Your Eye I)

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Photography /Poetry /Humour 

Day Two: “Street” — Establishing Shot

* Today, let’s focus on a street. It can be a quiet road blanketed in snow, an alley covered with murals, or a busy avenue where pedestrians weave between cars and motorbikes.

On the Streets of Helsinki

“I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive” Carrie Fisher

A Symphony for the Street

A welcome distraction
And a new attraction
A mini orchestra
Playing, a familiar formula
Street dwellers stopping
To familiar tunes start bopping
An overnight sensation
Across this tiny nation
Or at least
The street of Alexander’s!

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On the Streets of Helsinki One (WP Developing Your Eye I)

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Day Two: “Street” — Establishing Shot

* Today, let’s focus on a street. It can be a quiet road blanketed in snow, an alley covered with murals, or a busy avenue where pedestrians weave between cars and motorbikes.

On the Streets of Helsinki

“I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive” Carrie Fisher

Ride Your Bike

Ride, ride, ride your bike
Gently down the street
But watch out for the spikes
Or you will end up on your feet

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Freakish Felines for Caturday

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Photography /Poetry 

“A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere” Groucho Marx

Freakish Felines for Caturday

Freakishly feline
Or a soft purring ball
How easy to unwind
Soon to a sleep fall
Hypnotized
By those wide eyes
The limber steps
Command respect
You can never own them
Just borrow for a while
But rest assured, the little gems
Will leave you in big smiles

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Partners of all shapes and sizes for The Daily Post Five

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Partners of all shapes and sizes for The Daily Post

“I’m lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with” Sara Paretsky

Partners in Drag

Partners
Who drag together
Stay together

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Partners of all shapes and sizes for The Daily Post Four

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Partners of all shapes and sizes for The Daily Post

“I’m lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with” Sara Paretsky

Partners in Plastic

Frozen in time
Selling dreams on a dime
Waiting for a sign
To shed this plastic grind

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Partners of all shapes and sizes for The Daily Post Three

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Partners of all shapes and sizes for The Daily Post

“I’m lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with” Sara Paretsky

Partners on Display

We are
Two of a kind
Both streamlined
Dreaming of the races
In all different places
But for now
Window dressing
Is our current setting

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Partners of all shapes and sizes for The Daily Post One

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Partners of all shapes and sizes for The Daily Post

“I’m lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with” Sara Paretsky

Partners in Generations

Aunt and niece
Together complete
A partnership by blood
Sometimes causes a flood
But, as they say
Blood is thicker than water
But sometimes reunions get hotter
And I hope you brought some paddles
It’s going to be rough weather
So, best let out a pray!

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