Tag: love
member name: Linda Douglas
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June 08, 2006 04:31 PM EDT --
I am sitting here wondering why some women think they can change the men in their lives?
One scenario goes like this: A smart, savvy woman who has completed her education and advanced in her career . . .
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June 23, 2006 04:39 AM EDT --
Oh, my darling daughter,
dry your tears and learn
that love lies to those
who choose to yearn
for those men that
cannot love in return.
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June 06, 2006 08:17 PM EDT --
Grasping for straws and searching for treasure,
Leaping to the moon.
Looking for silver linings and wishing on a star,
My heart keeps coming back to you.
Turning over a new leaf, starting a . . .
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June 08, 2006 08:46 AM EDT --
Where do skinny women put their children?
I mean, how do you carry a child when you have
no hips on which to rest his sweet bum?
How . . .
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June 19, 2006 10:28 PM EDT --
The rain came through tonight and
washed away the stickiness of a hot June day.
Along with the breeze came a memory of you
carried along on the scent of honeysuckle
outside my bedroom window. . . .
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July 29, 2006 07:42 PM EDT --
Ode to Sting
Oh, beautiful man with the voice
and body of a god,
let me hear your voice call my
name as if I were Roxanne
as we begin a brand new day
searching for rain forests in
our dreams. . . .
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August 10, 2006 09:41 PM EDT --
Cool, late summer breeze carries
the scent of rain and fresh cut grass
into the old church as the trio plays
Beethoven with passion and life.
I watch and wonder as the pages turn,
. . .
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August 23, 2006 05:16 PM EDT --
I just got done spending three days with my mother. I hadn't seen her since Christmas and seeing her again brought home how quickly our parents can age.
My father passed away in . . .
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October 22, 2006 03:26 PM EDT --
Getting Lost
I have been many places and taken many turns
on highways leading to open spaces or dirt roads
under canopies of trees that would lead others to
fear they are lost and hopelessly turned . . .
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January 21, 2007 01:24 PM EST --
Grief is such a tricky emotion. It shows up in a variety of ways.
My mother is gone. I am now an orphan. I tell myself that I knew this was coming. It was only a . . .
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May 14, 2006 11:20 AM EDT --
The Bathrobe
I knew it was inevitable.
Genetics are the strongest force in the world
And there is a point when acceptance is the only answer.
I had seen her face in my grandmother
But still . . .
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July 29, 2006 06:49 PM EDT --
Free Spirit
My father's youngest brother,
same age as my mother,
handsome as a movie star
with deep brown eyes.
I adored him.
His guilt for having
poured the coffee
that spilled . . .
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August 05, 2006 07:36 AM EDT --
Help!! My head is spinning. I have a decision to make and it is making me crazy.
For twenty six years I lived in southeast Virginia while my parents lived in northern Wisconsin. . . .
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August 18, 2006 08:43 PM EDT --
Sometimes I wonder what "growing up" really means. There are days when I think I have "grown up" and days that I feel I may be lacking in maturity. But maturity is not the . . .
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August 24, 2006 09:19 AM EDT --
My heart has been calling out to you for the past day
and I wonder if you can feel it over the miles and years
that have become between us.
Do you remember the rainy nights of skin on . . .
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May 30, 2006 08:26 PM EDT --
He had known for a while that he would be taking the trip sometime soon. He wasn't sure when. He just knew that there was no avoiding the inevitable and preparations might as well start . . .
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July 05, 2006 09:06 PM EDT --
There is a loneliness that comes with a new attraction,
a reminder of closeness, kind words, intimate secrets,
of loves come and gone and mourned in the dark
spaces of nights spent . . .
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July 26, 2006 01:07 PM EDT --
I just spent my lunch hour reading a beautiful book of poetry. Without by Donald Hall is a heart wrenching and exquisite book that tells the story of Donald's grief at the loss of his wife, Jane . . .
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November 17, 2006 01:56 PM EST --
I woke up this morning feeling better than I have in weeks. I was finally able to get a good night of sleep and the aura of anxiety that has been following me around since my mother was diagnosed . . .
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August 08, 2006 07:24 AM EDT --
Does the urge to sooth a crying baby
ever leave a woman who has even
just once given birth?
The desire to breathe in the baby scent,
wipe away tears,
smooth down the sweaty hair?
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