Down the Rabbit Hole

Welcome to my journey down the rabbit hole in to new ideas and daily haikus. I also cowrite a blog with my favorite cocker spaniel - blakesdogworld.tumblr.com

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There’s better ways to leave your mark on the world than ugly graffiti

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Look back once in awhile so you can see how far you've travelled

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Walking single file Companionable silence Each in her own thoughts

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The road to heaven Mists shroud the way to the gates Head down, travel straight

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The almost warmth of your words fail to keep the fire in my heart burning

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PSA

Beloved Followers 😃

I’m going to be out of the country for a couple of months hiking the Santiago de Compostela trail across Spain (490 miles). This has been a journey years in the making. Last year I realized that my grandmother’s house in Spain is literally on the “camino” which explains the stories of the pilgrims she would tell me when I was a child. My twin daughters, facing their first year apart in college, decided that they wanted to do the trail and spend as much time together during the summer as they could. So with the blessing of my amazing husband, the three of us are off. He’ll join us for the last 2 weeks but this will be the longest time we’ve spent apart since before we were married nearly 30 years ago.

Wifi will be sparse and I’m not sure that I’ll be in the Tumblr headspace to be on here much, but I’m already looking forward to reading all the poetry and miscellaneous TWC nonsense when I get back.

Love you all Michele

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I wrap your love around me like a blanket so that it keeps me warm on the cold nights we're apart

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There’s the real me and the fantasy person the world created

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In the quiet place in my heart I hear your words over and over

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Fragments of poems flit through my mind refusing to fly together

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Alphapoetry: M is for Mom

Any woman can be a mother, but only  the best can be moms

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What would I choose to say if I were able to meet my younger self

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Listen

The most important words you hear today may be said in a whisper

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The walls that aren’t there keep blocking paths I’m struggling to finally access

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Your husband cheats Your children shriek The dog pees on the rug I truly care But I don't dare Speak of the hole you've dug

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Standing small in a cathedral of redwoods I bow my head and pray

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Golden risen sun Warmth and life to those who choose To stand below it