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Mane

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Ten thousand brushes In hands blessed with genius Cannot paint the light

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Little Truths

Posted on June 26, 2017 by

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Old women know things Hidden life jackets, escapes Codes to ancient safes   _______________ Photo: Jez Timms          

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Hazard

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A workman’s nail Rusting on concrete Thorns of poisonous weeds In a vase on the table A fish with teeth We never imagined Gloves folded In the bottom drawer   ________________ The Daily Post: Puncture Photo: Stanislav Stajer

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Drop

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Green is as it does First love, heart, rolling carpet Our home in a drop   ___________ Photo: 贝莉儿 NG, Unsplash

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Homesick for a Hot Place

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Two lanes, U.S. 1 Thin black ribbon to Key West Night travel is best

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Street Sign

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Wring the most from life My mother didn’t say that It was some stranger

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Line by Line

Posted on May 1, 2017 by

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I’m glad for a day that has this poem in it. Yes, I could have found this poem on my own but I wouldn’t have, being in my own world as I am. So the benefit of going back to school, at the ripe… Continue Reading “Line by Line”

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Newlyweds

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You used to make pie Lemon meringue, blueberry I remember pie   _________________ Photo: Artur Rutkowski

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Perfect Rounds

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Sharp cuts, straight across Time to go, get on the truck Make something useful  

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Hamburger Joint

Posted on April 11, 2017 by

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Her whole life or some Linoleum paths bending Pickles, no mustard

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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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