septembre

j’ai vu des pissenlits en graine sur le boulevard aujourd’hui -

forts et fiers - qui chassaient le soleil de juillet

      ils attendaient pour des petites mains, des yeux fermés, 

un souffle pour un désir . . .

Devoirs pour une libellule:

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1. Dansez sur les pieds de Violet
2. Partager des histoires drôles-rigolo entre vous
3. Soyez belles
4. Soyez bleues
5. Soyez vous

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Things to do in the 'Peg in December if you're a rabbit:

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Change colour to blend in with the snow (I know you can!)

Make yourself at home below the dark, dense limbs of a spruce

Go hunt and gather by the light of white winter moons, or

Steal carrots from snowmen! (I won't tell)

Go for midnight walks in the cold, quiet city

Party it up and leave your mark -  paw de problème

Slide down the riverbanks, and then ...

Go for a skate at the forks!

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things i'm afraid of:

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losing people i love
knives
corporate cubicles
losing me
les hommes arrogants
facebook & phones replacing face to face in the flesh encounters
losing my sight
big dogs baring their teeth
accepting what i never should
waking up covered in spiders (again!)
fear

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ingredients:

• ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR
• GLUCOSE-FRUCTOSE
• HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND/OR
• COTTONSEED OIL
• SALT
• YEAST
• COLOUR
• CORN OIL
• BHA
• BHT
• ONIONS*
• HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN
• COOKED TURKEY*
• CELERY*
• PARSLEY*
• MALTODEXTRIN
• SPICES
• SUGAR
• SILICON DIOXIDE
• DISODIUM INOSINATE
• DISODIUM GUANYLATE

*DRIED (J002K)

Hint:This is how your bird might be dressed this Christmas.

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                                                    Other words that have influenced me in 2010 (that I'm willing to share): You marry at the level of your self-esteem, at the level of your self-worth. Make sure yours is there when you make that decision. marie osmond . . . My earliest memories of my father are of seeing him work at his desk and realizing that he was happy. I did not know it then, but that was one of the most precious gifts a father can give his child. malcolm gladwell . . . What you feed (in your life) will grow; what you don't will starve. tyler perry . . . The purpose of art is to advance and elevate humanity. will smith

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Why angels sometimes fall to Earth:

. . .fluffy, soft, winter-white blankets to rest their delicate wings upon. . .

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Ten more things:

1. More Yann Martel books
2. More love in my life
3. More creative work
4. More Margaret Atwood books
5. More positively supportive friends
6. More pretty dresses
7. More hats!
8. More dancing
9. More hours in my day
10. More days in a life

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what I'm grateful for:

iMAGiNATiON

my Blog readers merci thank you gracias obrigado!

getting to teach someone who wants to learn

Love, even if lost

having Loved

laughter

music

eyes

hope

my prairie:)

smiling strangers

crackling fires

Water to swim in to drink to float on splash around in

Things that don't pass by rapidly enough:

1. Winter in Winnipeg
2. Surgery
3. War
4. Hunger
5. Arguments with you
6. Another war
7. Grief
8. Being carried away by the undertow!
9. School days bluk
10. Feeling sick
11. Power in the hands not worth two in the Bushes
12. War war war war war

hidden:

1. car keys on Monday morning

2. socks i swear i put in the dryer

3. laundry loonies under couch cushions

4. pimples concealed with bluck

5. chocolate bars top shelf

6. the fact that i’m not perfect

7. une boîte de souvenirs d’enfance

8. words and more words under the couch

9. wrinkles (i try)

10. weaknesses (i try)

11. strengths

12. secrets

13. secret lovers, past

14. family skeletons, present still

15. fear(s)

People Unworthy of Love:

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knotted

• Guts
• Shoelaces
• Marriage
• Nautical miles
• Thread
• Arthritic fingers
• Fisted fingers
• Bowline on the Bight
• Blood clotted
• Hair
• Language
• You and me

Things that pass by rapidly:

The moon

moments

Days

Decades

You and me walking by

Thoughts

Words

Childhood

Being in love

Smiles between strangers

Telephone poles while driving down the highway

My life

December will find many people preparing for the holidays.  The shopping malls will be mad with impatient crowds checking off their lists:
1. Holiday food
2. Gifts for those they love
3. Fancy red dress
4. Warm gloves and new boots
5. More food
6. Gifts for those they don't..
7. Christmas cards, envelopes, stamps
8. Decorations
9. Goals, 2011
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I don't expect to be doing any of these things(though I am in need of new boots!). I find these pressure-filled requirements all too overwhelming and choose to stay away from December Malls altogether, if I can help it.  December will however find me making lists of a sort. Here is my December to-do list:
1. Write List Poetry
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Wishing you all a sane & peaceful month . . .