Tinker Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 April 15 So it's here a day off from the office a cool breeze blows off the ocean a sparrow hops onto my stepping stone a single white rose blooms a poem is whirling in my head a cup of coffee sits steaming on my desk a text from my son saying "'morning Mom" and Oh Yeah..... the deadline for filing 2012 taxes and two bombs explode at Boston Marathon.------------------- --~~ Judi Van Gorder Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger11 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I'm guessing that another date will be defined by another horror event, but that it is the everyday normal things that will continue to win over such horror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 I think you are right Badge, we need to cherish each ordinary thing. #16 Poem a Day Marathon haiku exhausted runner on last stretch of marathon legs buckled by blast flash-boom billows smoke spilling red blood on sidewalk responders rush in - ------- --jvg Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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