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Rebecca loves

Enchanting her children with good books at night

Bewitching her family with new recipes

Effortlessly flying along on her skateboard

Cackling at puns and pranks

Carving out time to write each day

Attending to her bearded dragon and tarantula familiars.

Rebecca Herzog, 2020

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Hello.  This poem will be
ending almost before it begins.
I won't have much time to
dive in, dig deep, describe my true
inner self before it's over.  See?

©Heidi Mordhorst

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Keeper of secrets
And memories spun into
Yarns, tales, and poems

Kindness brings me
Awareness of beauty and
Your inner truth

2019 Kay Jernigan McGriff
http://kaymcgriff.edublogs.org/2019/09/27/poetry-friday-hello-acrostic

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Juanita is my great aunt’s name.

Understandably, we never met.

At twenty she gave birth and died,

not rare, this death, I so regret.

I have a single photograph,

that plucky girl in tricorn hat––

aunt I never knew and can’t forget.

Juanita Havill, 2019

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Sandra

Always a friend

Not saying no to opportunity

Determined to live healthy

Ready to help others do the same

And staying hopeful in a troubled world.

Sandra Vaisnoras, 2019

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Rosi is a woman who is easily distracted.
Oh! Look at the shiny thing.
Sometimes she manages to stick to her business.
It’s feels good to to type “The End.”

©Rosi Hollinbeck, 2019

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Mornings lure me with their sweet siren song
Out into the crisp air, the soft waking
Lens in hand, I wander
Linger in this in-between time
Yesterday a memory, today a dawning promise

©Molly Hogan

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equally Bubbly

and Reserved –

depending on the sItuation

Devoted to m&m's

Giver of jazz hands

and Eternal

opTimism

©2019, Bridget Magee.

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My all-about-me acrostic is included in my blog post at  https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2019/09/grateful-for.html.

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Tulsi-scented tea

Alongside apple pie,

Beside books

And animals --

Together in thankful tumult --

Homemade

Abundance.

© Tabatha Yeatts

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Joyfully spreading poetry love
Among children of all ages!
Never tires of finding new poems.
Each poet to her, a
Treasure.

Cheerful, compassionate teacher,
Loves learners and all their stages.
Always supportive, is
Ready to share…… POETRY’s
Enduring pleasure.

Janet Clare Fagal 2019
(*revised)

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Marriage, morals, motherhood, music

Imagination, inspiration, intelligence, introspection

Nature, neatness, nonviolence, nutrition

Details, determination, dogs, dreams

Yang, yin, yoga, youthfulness

Ballet, beauty, boldness, books

Education, efficiency, empathy, excellence

Teaching, tenacity, tranquility, truth

Happiness, health, home, humility

© 2019 Mindy Beth Gars Dolandis

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Angel in disguise
Never stops believing
Gives others rise
Expects great thriving
Loves to surprise
Interests are roving
Quietly defies
Uniquely perceiving
Ever she tries.

By Angelique Pacheco
(c) 2019

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Maker of poetry, picture books, and art–

I’m drawn to our environment–Flora, and

Critters, and endangered species pull my heart.

Humanity, yes! Let’s invest in her fund,

Elevate our appetite for compassion,

Light our small world with a hunger for justice

Lollygag, and live, laugh, and, love with passion

Engage now, you and I, in life’s robustness!

© 2019 Michelle Kogan

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Sherry counts blessings,

Hopes she provides them too,

Every single day,

Rolls with life’s punches,

Reaches out to those troubled,

Yearns to be the hand that helps.

Sherry Howard

(C) 2019

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Jone loves
Ocean magic: the waves and tide pools
Nature is her place of solace
Ever a learner

Morning and sunrise whisper to her
A constant reader
Combining photography and poetry

© Jone Rush MacCulloch, 2019

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Just a writer and a poet

Always  jotting notes and such.

Never tires of seeking whimsy

In kind words that move and touch.

Ever writing, ever writing, ever writing.

Janie Lazo 2019

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Lost in thoughts

Imagination whirling

Next poem, book, task

Determines the days

Accomplishments appreciated

Sometimes

Undecided, but always

Enthusiastic!

Linda Baie ©

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Cheriee is an aging dreamer

Hoping for a healthy planet

Even when the news is dire, she

Resists despair, revelling in nature, but

Is afraid of spiders,

Entrancing as they may seem to

Everyone else

by Cheriee Weichel

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Doing whatever I can to

Accrue more funds to

Venture forward again and again

In a quest to explore

Distant (and not so distant) lands.

by David McMullin

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Can perch for hours in her backyard

Oasis―observing, listening, communing―picture taking;

Reveling in the buzziness of bees and antics of squirrels, all

Yielding as much joy as flowers of sun and glories of morning.

Can perch for hours in her backyard

Oasis, oblivious of time―totally immersed.

Re-energized. Inspired. Amused . . . by

Robins sparring for equal time at the bath.

And bunny rabbits nibbling greens they should not.

Daily wonders, weaving joy into poems-pics-books

One-of-a-kind      spun the Cory-can way.

Cory Corrado (2019) ©

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Cindy eats handfuls of cherry tomatoes.

In her garden she digs up potatoes.

Never resists a good mystery book.

Doesn't ever desire to cook.

Yearns for dark chocolate to be totally calorie free.

© Cindy Breedlove

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Joyce adores

Olives, roti, miso soup and

Yearns to taste

Cultural meals that don’t include

Eels

© Joyce Ray

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Linda likes to pen poetry

Iambic and non-rhyming schemes

Noting word syllable counts
Drafts and revisions – look out!

Anyone’s fair game for her themes

(c) Linda Mitchell

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Kathleen is

A lady who likes to

Travel to different countries

Having already been to all 50 states.

Loves reading and writing poetry,

Especially haiku,

Even if she doesn’t quite get all the

Nuances.

Kathleen Mazurowski, © 2019

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