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aziza
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0 posted 2007-07-07 06:00 PM


Saturday Morning


i read poetry in the car
it’s hot today
the dogs are breathing
down my neck
begging for one more cookie
maybe two
and people stop
to pet them and say
how cute they are
they eat it up
i smile
proud of them
but wanting to get back
to the book in my hands
as I wait in the grocery
store parking lot for my mother
she buys fruits and vegetables
candy bars tucked among
the cucumbers
i pretend not to see them
as I load her groceries
listening to her
with one ear
and thinking of the words
i have read
thinking that dreams
are simply one’s future reality
i pet the dogs
panting down my neck
they beg for just one more
cookie – well, maybe two
and i drive home
thinking of poetry

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Alison

[This message has been edited by aziza (07-07-2007 11:46 PM).]

© Copyright 2007 Alison - All Rights Reserved
Magnus
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1 posted 2007-07-07 06:32 PM


Allison,  you painted a mode and a scene
very well within this poem,  I envy the
dogs...and I snitched the candy bar.  (smile)

Nice write!

Dominique-Simone
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2 posted 2007-07-07 06:47 PM


I love the scene you set. It felt like a poetic narrative of a movie
secondhanddreampoet
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3 posted 2007-07-07 06:57 PM


I enjoy reading 'realism'/"slice of life" writes.
[something I have never been able to do!]

Applause!

Rick
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4 posted 2007-07-07 07:51 PM


Dear Alison, this is the writing of realism and the moment, your love of poetry, your dogs and your mother, moments to cherish my friend and one that I have enjoyed with you. Thanks. Have a great day.

Rick

aziza
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Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!
5 posted 2007-07-08 04:16 AM


Thank you, Magnus.  It was my morning and I am glad that you got one of those candy bars.  She only needed one and she had one hidden from you.

Alison

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Dominique-Simone

Such a nice thing to say.  Thank you.

Alison

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secondhanddreampoet

Thank you, my friend. I enjoy your work bunches.  You know that.

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Rick

Thank you for sharing the morning with me.  

Your friend,
Alison

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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6 posted 2007-07-08 05:05 AM


Alison... I love this!! we have two miniature daschunds and they are spoilt to the max!   lovely writing here..
RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

Dark Stranger
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7 posted 2007-07-08 07:33 AM


ms az...you did a norman rockwell here...viva!!
aziza
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Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!
8 posted 2007-07-08 01:09 PM


RDB

I love that you read my poems.  You are so kind - and I am enjoying getting to know you a bit.

A
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Dark

Thank you for the observation and the support of my writing.

A


Larry C
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9 posted 2007-07-08 03:02 PM


Alison,
================================
and thinking of the words
i have read
thinking that dreams
are simply one’s future reality
================================

If you can't dream it you can't live it. This is a wonderful write. Makes me want to get another dog. Well done!

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane,
I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

JamesMichael
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10 posted 2007-07-08 05:17 PM


Sometimes I write poetry in the car...going 60 mph on the freeway...and they think driving while talking on the cell phone is dangerous...rarely...James
The Lady
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11 posted 2007-07-08 06:51 PM



you reveal so much of who you are here Alison

I love it!


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