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60 things I have learned

2023/03/16

This is an updated version of a list I made just before I turned 50. Somehow I didn’t figure out until revising that list that it actually contained 49 things—one was duplicated (albeit with slightly different wording) just a few lines apart. Anyway, now I’m 60. Here’s the list:

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On Yumi’s birthday (A poem)

2016/03/15

Continuing to explore the pantoum…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged birthday, bond, calendar, day, friend, Julius Caesar, March 2016, memory, pantoum, poem, poetry, Shakespeare, solitude, Yumi. Bookmark the permalink.

Paris, 2015 (a poem)

2015/04/06

Today’s entry in the Writer’s Digest 2015 April PAD Challenge involves writing a ‘things-not-as-they-appear’ poem…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged 2015 April PAD Challenge, ambiguity, April 2015, birthday, chanteuse, evening, Paris, Piaf, poem, poetry, prompt, secrets, sidewalk cafe, spring, woman, Writer's Digest. Bookmark the permalink.

On your birthday (a poem)

2015/03/15

A few weeks ago, I learned that a friend of mine died of cancer last September. Today would have been her 52nd birthday.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged absence, birthday, candles, celebration, friend, March 2015, memories, poem, poetry, remembering, smiling face. Bookmark the permalink.
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