Tag: relationships
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 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 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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June 25, 2006 02:47 PM EDT --
Yesterday afternoon I called my son. I didn't get an answer and I didn't leave a message. I knew that I wasn't going to be home for him to call me back. He has caller ID, . . .
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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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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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August 10, 2006 06:39 PM EDT --
It had been a long day at the hospital. Working as an aide on a mental health unit was not as bad as she thought it would be, but now that she was pregnant she was concerned about the possibility . . .
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August 23, 2006 02:36 PM EDT --
What is it about women and their hair? We are never satisfied and we base so much of our self esteem on how our hair looks. I consider myself to be a fairly basic and low fuss woman but my . . .
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June 25, 2006 02:10 PM EDT --
It was just before Christmas about twenty years ago and I had been out for a run and a stop at the gym. I was sweaty and cranky. I was at my worst. My hair was in sweat dreads and I know . . .
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July 29, 2006 06:13 PM EDT --
Bitter Violet
She wore her bitterness like the
scarf she wore to keep her pin curls
in place.
Eleven children in fifteen Depression
years by a man who only came home
from . . .
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February 15, 2006 09:25 PM EST --
Republish for Memorial Day
She awoke with a start just
before the alarm clock buzzed and
vibrated next to his picture
on the night stand.
She shut it off and looked at the . . .
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May 19, 2006 07:49 AM EDT --
I have a passion that not too many people know about. It's almost embarrassing to admit. I think a lot of people would be very surprised, some appalled, a few disappointed and some would . . .
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April 16, 2006 07:03 PM EDT --
I haven't a clue who it was, but someone once said that, as a woman, the most important relationship you will ever have is with your sister. I think that was probably said by someone who didn't . . .
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April 16, 2006 09:43 PM EDT --
I loved a man once.
He told me my scent reminded him
Of the smell of the breeze as he dove
From a rope swing
Into a Pennsylvania river
On a hot summer's day in his youth.
I think that . . .
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March 30, 2006 08:10 AM EST --
A Middle Aged Women Looks At the Headlines
Sometimes I just want to scream.
Three days before I turn fifty
I wake to find a headline about
actresses entitled "50-ish and Hot".
Please . . .
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April 20, 2006 10:00 PM EDT --
Too long
I miss being in love.
It's been too long.
Too long since I have
lost my breath at the sight
of a pair of deep brown eyes.
Too long since I wished
the hours would fly . . .
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March 11, 2006 08:04 AM EST --
I sit here alone at my desk
keeping in touch
with people near in my
heart and far by miles,
cat chattering at birds
through window,
remembering Saturday
mornings waking
to hear parents
at the . . .
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