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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2011-03-25 12:22 PM




Waking up
smelled the coffee
wondered where I was...
today.
Tentatively testing
thoughts
as I inventory
aches and pains
on the way
to answer
nature's calling
I scale the numbers
for the day's
opening note
hoping for hitting
a new low
Routine rolls on
with coffee in bed
poem gnawing in
the back of my head
Fast forward to now
as I look out at
my driveway
and yard
Seeing things
somehow
differently
like something
new in me
has just arrived
I'm here


© Copyright 2011 Lori Grosser Rhoden - All Rights Reserved
faithmairee
Senior Member
since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441
Poe Haven, USA
1 posted 2011-03-25 12:49 PM


enjoyed this one a lot...i especially like your ending...nice work!

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
2 posted 2011-03-25 02:54 PM


Heck, I wake up like that every day. Not really, but it isn't a half-bad way to meet and greet the day, huh?

~ Look hard behind you and you'll be able to maneuver around the pitfalls ahead of you. ~

katahdin
Senior Member
since 2010-07-01
Posts 1196
ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.
3 posted 2011-03-25 07:35 PM


Enjoyed!
Kat >^..^<

s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
Senior Member
since 2003-10-26
Posts 1105
Watertown, NY
4 posted 2011-03-25 09:39 PM


Welcome! We....erm..You have been waiting. Enjoyed.

-Trina
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa
5 posted 2011-03-26 01:52 AM


I love the progression in this to a happier now, Lori.

Owl

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549
By the Seaside
6 posted 2011-03-26 11:03 AM


Hey, this is really great.  What a joyous uplifting message you've penned.  

Much enjoyed...

ethome
Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada
7 posted 2011-03-26 12:10 PM


Let the bells ring out and the banners fly, I'm here.

That old saying, 'every day you're above ground is a plus!!'

Great stuff Lori
I can relate to that inventory line all too well.

Cheers to the java and have a nice day.

Eric

true love never looks after it's own interests

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