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poem-a-day

deadly

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Becky Haigler

the prompt for November 14 was ‘deadly/dangerous.’  i didn’t have any good ideas until Carrie suggested writing about brown recluse spiders!  unfortuntely, i have direct experience with the same.  i was bitten on my inner thigh by one in 1999, while living in Lubbock.  we saw a few in Shreveport but they didn’t seem to … Continue reading »

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paranormal

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Becky Haigler

‘paranormal’ was the prompt for the poem-a-day challenge today.  i’ll use that for the title of this poem. I know it doesn’t make senseto be able to sleep wellwhen there’s little money in the bank;to enjoy a meal with friendswhen a family member is dying;to hum while workingat a dead-end job.But there is a peacepast … Continue reading »

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hopeful

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Becky Haigler

been a long time since i tried to blog regularly.  i had a webpage over 12 years ago, before the noun blog or the verb to blog was very current.  i tried to update it about twice a month with a new poem.  and then i had a page on an early ‘social media’ site … Continue reading »

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Categories: challenge, emily dickinson, faith, feathers, hope, poem-a-day, poetry, procrastination | Leave a comment