tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76456434946219677262024-03-21T18:15:49.421-03:00The Agnostic SecretaryNotes from an administrative assistant who once worked for the United Church of Canada.Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-34371250505129568642022-09-28T12:59:00.002-03:002022-09-28T12:59:55.529-03:00Birds on a Wire<div style="text-align: left;"><b>BIRDS ON A WIRE <br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>by Donna Holmes</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>inspired by Angie Campbell's photo & Susanne Campbell's music</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">We're all just sitting here, birds on a wire</div><div style="text-align: left;">So sad we're sitting in fear with no fire</div><div style="text-align: left;">Lighting us up and letting us go</div><div style="text-align: left;">On with our lives, oh no! oh no!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We're all just sitting here, waiting to fly</div><div style="text-align: left;">But in our fear we've forgotten just why</div><div style="text-align: left;">Our wings won't work, even though they look strong</div><div style="text-align: left;">Each feather's there but something wrong</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So wrong</div><div style="text-align: left;">Been far too long</div><div style="text-align: left;">With no voice... no song!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">We're all just sitting here, birds on a wire</div><div style="text-align: left;">So sad we're sitting in fear with no fire</div><div style="text-align: left;">Lighting us up and letting us go</div><div style="text-align: left;">On with our lives, oh no. oh no.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh no. <br /></div></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-70846094303681187072022-09-28T12:49:00.000-03:002022-09-28T12:49:48.327-03:00Fighting DarknessI'm too worried to write a song<br />
Been fighting darkness way too long<br />
In hermit mode you can't think<br />
Just hide, and sleep, and... blink.<br />
<br />
<br />Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-83098902442281086812020-10-20T14:02:00.006-03:002022-09-28T12:49:18.344-03:00ORANGE, SILVER, ANGEL, MONTH, BULB <p>I've just been told that the words Orange, Silver, Angel, Month, and Bulb are non-rhymable. I accept the challenge. Here is a poem that includes rhymes for all of these.
</p><div dir="auto"></div><div dir="auto">The more orange the moon</div><div dir="auto">The more angels will soon (Orange - "more-ange")</div><div dir="auto">fly past the bulbous round</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">But if it is silver</div><div dir="auto">Each colour will fill her (Silver - "fill her")<br /></div><div dir="auto">For a month as they hunt things down (Month - "hunt-th")</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">The huge bulb juts</div><div dir="auto">Into the null... but (Bulb - "null-b")</div><div dir="auto">The angels are rarely found.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div>The angels can't rhyme</div><div>But you'll note that I'm</div><div>Ready for the rhyming crown</div><div> </div><div>- Donna Holmes, Oct 20, 2020. <br /></div>Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-901994464650036122018-09-01T14:38:00.000-03:002018-09-01T14:40:59.966-03:00I'm Gonna Let You DownI'm gonna let you down<br />
I'm gonna be thoughtless sometimes<br />
And I'll forget the thing that you want me to remember<br />
<br />
I'm gonna break your heart<br />
I won't even know that I'm doing it<br />
I won't mean to, and I hope you can forgive me<br />
<br />
<u> </u><br />
But that doesn't mean that I don't care<br />
And that doesn't mean that I won't be there<br />
<br />
I'm gonna mess things up, I'm gonna make you mad<br />
Let me say sorry now, for when I make you sad<br />
I'm gonna always try to be a friend to you<br />
But I will let you down, sometimes...just like you've done too<br />
Cuz we're only human... we make mistakes<br />
Yet our good intentions could be everything<br />
<br />
I'm gonna need a hug in the aftermath<br />
I'm gonna need to know that friendship can last<br />
Even when I do a careless thing or two<br />
I'm gonna need to know it's true<br />
<br />
That that doesn't mean that you don't care<br />
And that doesn't mean that you won't be there<br />
<br />
I'm gonna mess things up, I'm gonna make you mad<br />
Let me say sorry now, for when I make you sad<br />
I'm gonna always try to be a friend to you<br />
But I will let you down, sometimes...just like you've done too<br />
Cuz we're only human... we make mistakes<br />
Yet our good intentions could be everything<br />
<br />
But I will let you down, sometimes... I'm gonna let you down. <br />
<br />Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-56337367648841536282018-03-15T14:44:00.000-03:002018-03-15T14:44:08.322-03:00soloI'm feeling so low<br />
Solo<br />
I'm feeling down low<br />
low down bitch of a day<br />
and there's no reason<br />
just the season?<br />
I can't stand the heat<br />
and can't get out of the kitchen<br />
so I'll just keep bitchin<br />
solo<br />
:(<br />
<br />
- Donna Holmes (Summer 2016) Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-21019647466993413422018-03-15T14:43:00.000-03:002018-03-15T14:43:43.101-03:00Sitting on the LedgeDay has won, feel the sun, as it slips onto the horizon<br />
On the edge of the wedge of rock we call North Mountain<br />
In it dips in tides that rip, all around the Fundy shore<br />
<br />
But there's no one keeping score. <br />
<br />
Sitting on the ledge by the edge of the world's smallest harbour<br />
Slipping through the cracks would take me... farther<br />
But the falling onto stone, breaking bone, might hurt more than I wanna feel<br />
<br />
Unlike hearts, broken heads don't heal.<br />
<br />
- Donna Holmes (Summer 2016?)Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-83536457598697611342016-04-06T12:54:00.001-03:002016-04-06T19:59:20.347-03:00DIRT<br />
<br />
"Dirt" has got a dirty name<br />
Its notorious fame... may not be as bad<br />
as "grime" or "slime"... but its name IS mud.<br />
Just add water and you'll see<br />
Just how muddy dirt can be<br />
<br />
Poor dirt. It gets a bad wrap<br />
People step all over it and track<br />
... it over floors and rugs<br />
and this really bugs... the dirt haters<br />
who stamp it out with chemical warfare<br />
Eradicating dirt till there's no more there<br />
Till that dirt is just<br />
Tiny particles of dust<br />
<br />
Why do I care you ask?<br />
About dirt and its past?<br />
Well, dirt means the EARTH to me!<br />
It keeps me grounded<br />
It is a place to stand AND a place to grow<br />
It is something to dig and something to hoe<br />
It's the sand and the land where seedlings curl<br />
It makes up my whole world!<br />
<br />
Dirt has got a dirty name<br />
But it shouldn't be blamed... for our planet's mess<br />
I think it's time to celebrate grime and all its quirks<br />
I'm not afraid to admit it...<br />
I really dig dirt!<br />
<br />
by Donna Holmes<br />
July 1, 2013<br />
<br />Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-7685124087389510312015-05-17T19:34:00.000-03:002018-05-26T15:02:55.839-03:00Saving PenniesVERSE 1 <br />
I wanna be a hero<br />
And also be the one who's saved<br />
Don't wanna be a zero<br />
But neither be the one that's always awake<br />
I wanna be a dreamer<br />
And face reality too<br />
Sometimes I'm a believer<br />
Sometimes I know the truth<br />
<br />
CHORUS 1 <br />
And then I wanna save the world<br />
And broker peace<br />
Cure all ills, turn famine into feast<br />
Invent fusion power<br />
And teach the kids<br />
To live in art and live off the grid<br />
<br />
VERSE 2<br />
I wanna be the flower<br />
That everyone is hoping to pick<br />
I also want the power<br />
To know when I've been licked<br />
I wanna sing forever<br />
Even when I wanna die<br />
Wanna open to another<br />
But never let 'em see me cry<br />
<br />
CHORUS 2<br />
And then I wanna pass on dreams<br />
To the one percent<br />
Help them see that their view is bent<br />
And I wanna be the world<br />
That I want to see<br />
Or at least<br />
Be a better me<br />
<br />
VERSE 3<br />
I wanna be a dragon<br />
Soaring high above the clouds<br />
In a world that values dragons<br />
Not just the meek and pretty mouse<br />
And when I breathe my fire<br />
There'll be no need for me to yearn<br />
Cuz the fire is my passion<br />
Just hope it doesn't burn<br />
<br />
CHORUS 3<br />
And then I want to cool things down<br />
Save up the heat<br />
For times less warm and days that freeze<br />
And then I wanna reassure<br />
The people sad<br />
And let them know<br />
That we're not that bad<br />
<br />
Let's save our pennies<br />
And save our dimes<br />
And save the world<br />
Cuz we still have time <br />
<br />
VERSE 1 (repeated)<br />
I wanna be a hero<br />
And also be the one who's saved<br />
Don't wanna be a zero<br />
But neither be the one that's always awake<br />
I wanna be a dreamer<br />
And face reality too<br />
Sometimes I'm a believer<br />
Sometimes I know the truth.<br />
<br />
END. <br />
<br />Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-20648992174190656472015-05-17T19:08:00.001-03:002015-05-17T19:08:23.524-03:00But Then I...By Donna Holmes, May, 2015.<br />
<br />
Life is insignificant<br />
Beyond meaning, without reason<br />
Up against geology<br />
Our candle flame's a flickin'<br />
<br />
Time is an illusion<br />
Fleeting moments standing still<br />
The universe just.. IS<br />
Every 'why?' a total nil<br />
<br />
But then I...<br />
Look at the colours bright, gaze at the starry night<br />
Study each detail small, simply wonder at it all<br />
Life is love and cats and soup and dogs<br />
Life is myth and wine and truth and frogs<br />
And then there's music<br />
And there are fingers<br />
See my fingers making music<br />
Life is story, life is song<br />
<br />
Remember that dusty story<br />
Some famous guy once told<br />
About that little bird a'peckin'<br />
At the mountain very old<br />
<br />
Infinity is crazy<br />
Next to it we don't exist<br />
We're just shadows in the darkness<br />
Gritting teeth and balling fists<br />
<br />
But then I... <br />
Hear the little children laugh, see an elephant take a bath<br />
Gape amazed at urban heights, watch in daze as they take flight<br />
Life is flowers and comics and tea and art<br />
Life is towers and conversations in parks<br />
And then there's shelter<br />
And there are raindrops<br />
Share my shelter from the raindrops<br />
Life is sharing, life is heart.<br />
<br />Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-8003452455575283822015-05-17T18:27:00.001-03:002015-05-17T18:27:24.908-03:00RefreshBy Donna Holmes, at Best Word Mtg, Jan 12, 2015. Prompt: "Refresh"<br />
<br />
New songs, new art<br />
New year, new start<br />
Old age creeping up<br />
Old ways.... drop!<br />
<br />
Start dreams, start car<br />
Start the list and 'good things' jar<br />
End panic, end the night<br />
End the endless doomly blight<br />
<br />
refresh, rejoice, remesh, revoice, remind, retrain, renew refrain<br />
rename, reframe, remain, regain, reject regret, reset, refresh<br />
<br />
Go the distance, go go team!<br />
Go to market, go to green<br />
Stop for red, stop the clock<br />
Stop to talk and talk and talk<br />
<br />
Hi the greeting, high the tree<br />
Highway travel to new heights for me<br />
Bye the bleeding, buy the spree<br />
Bi-way take me by the seaDonna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-23177778784466453542015-03-04T17:38:00.001-04:002015-03-04T17:38:24.970-04:00Tock Ticktick tock tock tick<br />
tock tock tick tick<br />
waiting<br />
in the dark<br />
for sunrise and breakfast and the first lick<br />
of jam-covered fingers<br />
and the kick<br />
of morning caffeine<br />
before setting out upon yellow brick<br />
tick tock tick tick<br />
<br />
waiting<br />
in a fog<br />
of tired brain and heavy lids<br />
where sandman poked fingers<br />
and dreaming hid<br />
any sense of time<br />
before tripping over that yellow brick<br />
tock tock tick tick<br />
<br />
Too soon back<br />
to the land of lonely<br />
and land of snow<br />
to powerless life<br />
and meaningless show<br />
tickety tockety go go go<br />
<br />
tick tock tock tick<br />
tock tock tick tick<br />
time to hit that yellow brick<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-75613590195890522032015-01-13T10:54:00.000-04:002015-04-22T02:54:51.470-03:00The World RevealedAfter midnight, under moon<br />
As we venture unto doom<br />
Charming countenance, soothing voice<br />
Smothers scream behind rejoice<br />
<br />
Pretty pictures in the glass<br />
Hold our futures and our past<br />
Stolen moments crumble by<br />
Without focus, with ne'er a sigh<br />
<br />
Hide beneath the blankets soft<br />
Gross with comfort, unknown the cost<br />
Eyes bewitched by beauty's skin<br />
Virtue flounders and covers sin<br />
<br />
The world revealed does not exist<br />
But it enchants us with its kiss<br />
Poison arrow will each us fell<br />
If we do not resist... The Spell.Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-35373219473758249262015-01-08T18:19:00.001-04:002015-01-08T18:19:34.181-04:00Super Cow blogSo I've finally put all my super cow comics on one page. There's a couple of new ones there as well. Check 'em out. Hopefully there'll be even more.... soon.... well... someday at least. ;O) <a href="http://supercowcomic.blogspot.ca/">http://supercowcomic.blogspot.ca/</a>Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-7138498295495228512014-11-24T16:49:00.002-04:002014-11-24T16:58:40.091-04:00Super Cow #8Here's the next installation of Super Cow. Remember to click on the image to make it big enough to read. ;O)<br />
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<br />Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-8734994565437697212014-09-23T15:22:00.003-03:002014-09-23T15:22:38.701-03:00FallDry fluttering colours till<br />
The senses with crisp and chill<br />
Memories arise clear and filled<br />
With family drives and apple pies and misty river mills<br />
<br />
Fall the weather<br />
Fall the leaf<br />
Fall the stumble<br />
Fall the teeth<br />
<br />
Forest carpet, orange and red<br />
Cleanses the mind of useless dread<br />
Rustling music fills my head<br />
Sharpens thoughts, like energy shots; the dregs of sadness shed<br />
<br />
Fall the weather<br />
Fall the leaf<br />
Fall the stumble<br />
Fall the grief<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-71910312017903360682014-09-23T15:16:00.001-03:002014-09-24T14:57:50.358-03:00Music is All AroundAbove the light<br />
Almost Front and Central<br />
Mainly in the heart of town<br />
Staring at treetops<br />
Talking to Chimney Swifts<br />
as they make their chimney swift sounds<br />
<br />
Music is all around<br />
It's all around me<br />
Music is all around<br />
I try to sing with it<br />
Sometimes I'm right in it<br />
Sometimes I'm too busy feeling down<br />
<br />
I wanna harmonize<br />
and synchronize<br />
But can't memorize worth a damn<br />
Please don't sympathize<br />
Just turn those eyes<br />
And mesmerize this little lamb<br />
<br />
Music is all around<br />
It's all around me<br />
Music is all around<br />
Bright up my chorus<br />
Be my song forest<br />
Be my light and my sound<br />
<br />
Be the light<br />
Refresh the night<br />
Reset the moon and stars<br />
Don't be right<br />
Just be the shining knight<br />
To the fireflies caught in jars<br />
<br />
<br />
Music is all around<br />
It's all around me<br />
Music is all around<br />
Please sing me in it<br />
Sing me each minute<br />
In the music I am found<br />
<br />Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-82222639028501971332014-09-23T15:02:00.002-03:002014-09-23T15:02:52.306-03:00Something About August- inspired by Tanis MacPhail, written Aug 4, 2014<br />
<br />
The cicadas song<br />
awakens old summer past<br />
Lemonade on lawns<br />
of dry, mowed grass<br />
<br />
Hide and seek games<br />
dawdle just around the corner<br />
Novel pages ruffle<br />
in the window-seated dormer<br />
<br />
There's something about August<br />
As bees bumble flowered tracks<br />
Something about August<br />
That brings the memories back.<br />
<br />
<br />Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-87111652877683212442014-08-05T22:26:00.000-03:002014-09-24T14:57:03.337-03:00God's TeethMy gums are going rotten and my teeth are falling out<br />
My hair is turning grayer and my stature's growing stout<br />
Small print is getting smaller while my eyes are bugging out<br />
God's Teeth! I'm getting older... it makes me wanna shout<br />
<br />
...and cry and sigh and moan and groan<br />
And basically feel sorry for myself<br />
But I will try to smile a while<br />
And try to face the fact<br />
That everyone's on the exact<br />
Same road of life that only leads to failing health<br />
<br />
My bones are getting brittle, my ears have no more sound<br />
My mind has lost its marbles and my thoughts keep spinning 'round<br />
About the fact I'm almost 50. "That's not old" some will expound<br />
But being half a century is too much for this clown<br />
<br />
God's teeth! I'm getting older.<br />
Time keeps picking up the speed<br />
Blast & heck! Darn & freck!<br />
Hells bells!!!!! God's Teeth!<br />
<br />
My hands have started shaking, my glowing health has fled<br />
I think I'll take a little nap and rest my weary head<br />
My body's always aching, I don't wanna leave my bed<br />
Holy cow it may be possible that I'm already dead!<br />
<br />
...so sigh and cry and groan and moan<br />
While basically I'm taking my last breath<br />
But I will try to smile a while<br />
And try to face the fact<br />
That everyone's on the exact<br />
Same road of life that only leads to death<br />
<br />
I don't mean to be so blithe<br />
But we won't make it out alive<br />
Yup, it's time to ponder<br />
That all of us are gonners<br />
<br />
Blast & heck! Darn & freck!<br />
Hells bells!!!!! God's Teeth!<br />
<br />Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-65740308828599589492014-05-26T00:03:00.000-03:002014-05-26T00:08:21.162-03:00When You're A MarshmallowWhen you're a marshmallow<br />
Life is sweet<br />
It's goopy and soft<br />
And yummy to eat<br />
<br />
Then comes time for roasting<br />
Aiming for brown<br />
You're brave and bold<br />
The toast of the town<br />
<br />
But playing with fire<br />
Can burn you quick<br />
Thoughts turn black<br />
As you fall off the stick<br />
<br />
Going out in a blaze<br />
Is exciting and hot<br />
But innards melting on embers...<br />
... is not<br />
<br />
Hang in there instead<br />
On that twig turning round<br />
Skin slowly wrinkling<br />
That light crispy brown<br />
<br />
You're at your most vulnerable<br />
Just before you are done<br />
But pull it off without falling<br />
And you'll please everyone<br />
<br />
When you're a marshmallow<br />
Life can be sweet<br />
But it's when you're old and crusty<br />
That you feel complete<br />
<br />
- Donna Holmes, May 26, 2014Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-267360974404294692014-04-19T11:14:00.001-03:002014-04-19T11:17:55.999-03:00Comfort(this is a poem I wrote last year but forgot to press the "publish" button) <br />
<br />
Comfort sounds like an old jazz standard or a friendly conversation through the screen door.<br />
It is the turning pages of a book or slippered footsteps on the wooden floor.<br />
<br />
Comfort looks like a patchwork blanket and my comfy woolen socks.<br />
It is a sun-dappled lane through the orchard and coloured crayons in a box.<br />
<br />
Comfort tastes like buttered toast and salted brazil nuts<br />
It is the little wooden spoon that comes with icecream in a tub<br />
<br />
Comfort is lemons and burlap and paper and cork<br />
It is caramel and the ocean and a home-roasted pork<br />
<br />
Comfort is corduroy and a cat sleeping in the sun<br />
Comfort is hugs and home and being loved by someone.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-15454987912526057342014-04-19T11:11:00.000-03:002014-04-19T11:11:14.147-03:00In DroughtI'm not thirsty<br />
I have a place to sleep<br />
I've clothes to wear<br />
I have enough to eat<br />
<br />
But I'm in drought<br />
I lack<br />
I am falling... falling back<br />
<br />
Back to front<br />
Up and down<br />
Wheels spinning<br />
But never turning 'round<br />
<br />
And I'm in drought<br />
All my water's<br />
Seeping through the cracks<br />
<br />
Cracks in walls<br />
That are falling down<br />
Losing shelter<br />
Losing ground<br />
<br />
Cuz I'm in drought<br />
I lack<br />
I'm no longer... intact<br />
<br />
<br />Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-20126719688856764642014-04-06T15:57:00.001-03:002014-04-06T15:57:29.749-03:00THE CIRCUS<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Ringmaster smiles, sending terror through your heart</span></div>
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commands the circus, forging magic friends and foes</span></div>
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Ringmaster sees; the Ringmaster knows</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif";">Song written
by Donna Holmes - March, 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif";">Performed
at Open Mike & Donna - April 1, 2014</span></div>
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Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-54872754304296402462014-01-23T13:57:00.000-04:002014-01-23T13:57:05.683-04:00That ClockThe clock at the coffee shop I hang out at has been wrong now for months. It has inspired another little rhyming ditty from me.... <br />
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If you need to know<br />
The actual time of day<br />
That Clock will tell you<br />
As it leads you astray<br />
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Perhaps it runs slow<br />
Revisiting the past<br />
Reviewing treasures or regrets<br />
Or perhaps it runs fast<br />
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Speeding you away<br />
To the future's delight<br />
Telling you to hurry<br />
Towards deadlines in sight<br />
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That Clock exists<br />
In its own era<br />
Don't let it take you<br />
From a time where a...<br />
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Coffee shop, friendly,<br />
Full of present and WOW<br />
Resides in your heart<br />
And in the NOW. <br />
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- Donna Holmes, Jan 23, 2014. :O) <br />
<br />Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-38630385147304174132014-01-05T15:07:00.000-04:002014-01-05T15:32:34.037-04:00Super Cow Comic #7This is becoming a bad habit, isn't it. Remember to CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO MAKE IT BIGGER and actually readable. - Donna. ;O)<br />
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<br />Donna-Lynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12733474309019086913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7645643494621967726.post-21150990057966935142014-01-04T00:04:00.001-04:002014-01-04T00:15:32.866-04:00Super Cow Comic #6Is it my imagination? Or are these getting really bad? (rueful look) Don't forget to click on the comic image to make it bigger and readable. - Donna. :O)<br />
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