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Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

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0 posted 2001-08-18 01:19 AM

Finding one more cigarette when I thought I was out
Squirrels stuffing their cheeks with food while I sit just a few feet away
Mail in my box from someone I don’t owe money
Grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch
Dog greeting me after work as if I’ve been gone for days
Cleaning out a dresser drawer and finding an old love letter
Coffee with real cream when I wake in time to see the morning
Sunday paper delivered mistakenly to my yard
Rhythm of the night when only poets are speaking

1slick_lady
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since 2000-12-22

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standing on a shadow's lace

1 posted 2001-08-18 02:08 AM

nice thoughts...helen

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2001-08-18 03:00 AM

Duncan~

'Rhythm of the night when only poets are speaking'

Here's a little slice of happy~
Thanks for sharing the night~
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

3 posted 2001-08-18 07:18 AM

pleasurable moments, indeed!

ShannonM
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since 2001-07-28

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Drifitng

4 posted 2001-08-18 11:59 AM

I like this very much. We often tend to forget the simple things that bring joy in life--and gratitude for what we have, instead of sadness for what we have not. Thank you.

ShannonM

Kit McCallum

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since 2000-04-30

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Ontario, Canada

5 posted 2001-08-18 03:59 PM

Ah Duncan ... the squirrels, the grilled cheese, the doggy greetings, the poets ... oh my yes ... these are such delights. Wonderful smiles you've given me, thank you.

Best wishes,
/Kit

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2001-09-09 05:13 PM

Meeting a woman that smiles at me...James

Alan
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since 2000-09-12

Posts 1499
right next door

7 posted 2001-09-09 05:23 PM

I enjoyed this it made me smile. But if I may add one.. An unexpected email just saying hi.
alan

Tiersdin
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since 2000-11-17

Posts 2364
east coast

8 posted 2001-09-09 06:38 PM

You've a wonderful list of favorites, Duncan, minus the cigarettes! (bad for you!)

enjoyed reading this!

~Tier

Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

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Washington State

9 posted 2001-09-09 06:40 PM

I like this and I wish you many things to make you happy. Joyce

Titia Geertman
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since 2001-05-07

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Netherlands

10 posted 2001-09-09 06:42 PM

I'm all with you here, specially that cigarette

Titia

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walker
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since 2001-02-11

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Florida

11 posted 2001-09-09 06:43 PM

Can't believe I had miss one. And how I love it, wonderful feel good thoughts.

doreen peri
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Virginia

12 posted 2001-09-09 06:45 PM

the rhthym of the rhythm rhymes
with poets speaking right on time,
the lucid glare of verse aware
omits the rapture of sublime

no matter what we ate for lunch
there's food for thought
i have a hunch
and dogs will lick
to welcome home
mistakes forgiven

metronome
the tick and tock
of timing's clock

no half 'n' half for me

full cream
of livin'
papered
poetry
to see

(and all that means, thanks for a wonderful write... enjoyed your poetry)

SEA

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since 2000-01-18

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with you

13 posted 2001-09-09 06:46 PM

"Grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch"

yep!!
I loved this.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

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Canada eh.

14 posted 2001-09-09 07:07 PM

Yes, it is quite often life's simple pleasures that we take for granted that are most enjoyed. Thanks for reminding us. Nancy.

~Time has cast a spell on you
so you won't ever forget me~

Balladeer

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Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

15 posted 2001-09-09 11:30 PM

getting a big, sloppy kiss from your dog for no reason at all....

so many things.....you describe them well

kaile

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since 2000-02-06

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singapore

16 posted 2001-09-10 08:24 AM

and finding a poem that just makes me smile and smile sheepish...

RSWells
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since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

17 posted 2001-09-10 09:22 AM

Sunshine, light breeze on a day with no humidity, an unhurried walk with no watch and no reason for one. We forget how pleasurable life can be in our haste to have. Enjoyed.

Charisma

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since 2000-09-30

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lost in blue pages

18 posted 2001-09-10 09:47 AM

you are so right.... "it doesn't take much to make me happy".....

Great description in a few words...

enjoyed it very much

Charisma

paladin

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since 2001-08-05

Posts 930
Pensacola,Fl.

19 posted 2001-09-10 10:05 AM

Abe Lincoln said "We are as happy as we allow ourselve to be".Wise man.

paladin

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

20 posted 2001-09-10 01:09 PM

A bit of something for everyone. Life's small treasures. Good thoughts. Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

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