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Poetry Corner - Description as Mood Food

Hello Dear Ones!

Last week on Poetry Corner I wrote about each of us being the poem in our everyday lives. Expressing our individuality through our uniqueness. Taking pride in all that makes us special, allowing us to stand out in a crowd – even if only a crowd of [...]

Poetry Corner - Poem or Poet?

Hello Dear Ones!

What do you think of when someone mentions poetry? Love? Longing? Beauty? Pain? Maybe even humour – particularly if you think of limericks:

There once was a man from Tumeric Who liked his stew spicy and very thick He sprinkled in some hot pepper, then more Took [...]

Poetry Corner - Dr. Seuss attends Copenhagen talks

If you love Dr. Seuss as I do, and you have any wonderings about what went on at the talks in Copenhagen, check out this imaginative and hilarious poem:

http://bit.ly/5AFKkP

Listen time is only 4 minutes and 12 seconds.

In Light & Laughter,

Marcia

Poetry Corner - moving into 2010

Dear Ones,

Last week’s Poetry Corner honoured women poets and their Christmas poems. This week, so close to New Year’s Eve, I thought to offer the same honour to the male poet counterparts. Alas, there were such sad, depressing and angry poems written by the men that I had a hard time [...]

Poetry Corner

With Christmas just days away, today’s Poetry Corner honours three women who have written poems about this particular topic. I went straight to the top – the cream of the crop. These women you already know by name, but you may not be familiar with their seasonal writings.

Notable Women: Christmas Elizabeth Barrett Browning [...]

Poetry Corner

Poetry Corner: Each Wednesday of the week Mike & I shall choose a poet to honour, a poem that inspires us or may even share one of our own poetic creations. Today’s poetry dedication is to one of my very favourite poets – Mattie Stepanek, the young boy who died at the age of [...]

Our Stories

By the way, for those who haven’t noticed yet, at the top of this page you’ll see a link called ‘Our Stories’.  Clicking on that will bring you two options, titled (you guessed it!), ‘Marcia’s Stories’ and ‘Mike’s Stories’.  There are some there now, and we’ll add to them as we get [...]