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Beware of the Heat
/At any age, we need to be aware …
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We thought of ourselves as courageous and brave.
We can hike for hours in this horrendous heatwave.
“Joe, we can’t walk five steps in this serious…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreGood Ol' Sweet Country Feeling
/Watching the series Nashville I heard …
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I was living in a world that was full of question marks.
I was trying to find the stars to chase away the dark.
I’ve been beside myself …
By Ronn Van Etten
Read MoreThe Lesson from a Heatwave
/When we're young, we dismiss…
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In high school, the four of us were indestructible.
We could build forts in freezing weather.
In the pouring rain, we’d fish for …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreJuly in Phoenix...
/A heatwave? Gotta reach …
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A hundred and ten? Yeah, that’s warm,
but it’s not what we call a heat storm.
One-ten plus is called…
By Ken Gosse
Read MorePoetry & Life
/I’m finding a good bit of my reflection and writing of late, dealing with “why” I’m writing poetry…
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Poetry - or any art
Is not merely an activity
Nor even a compulsion
But a way of life
An attempt to make order
Of the world around us
To find understanding
Meaning
Appreciation of beauty
Connection to the interrelated
unity of all that is
Sharing all we thus learn
With our fellows
In hopes of validating what we feel
And enabling others to feel it too
By Mike Turner
From: United States
Website: http://www.miketurnersongwriter.com
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If My Despair Can...
/If my despair can sink ships like a storm,
and my shores are consumed by tidal gloom,
like apples spoiled by a devouring worm,
where rot and mind's decay lead …
By Ngoc Nguyen
Read MoreMy Manifest
/My favorite vision...
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How much manifesting will it take,
To have a little log cabin, on a crystal lake?
A white picket fence and a …
By Tracey Ross
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