1962. Poem without Personal Pronouns

Who?

A bird

A poet

A dancer

A lover

A wife

Meow

A cat's

Mother

Be

On Writing, About Women

1961. Married Bliss

Singing

A merry tune

The best way

To start

A Friday

Evening

At home

With my husband

Each of us

With a melody

In our heart

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1960. Deep Freeze

My computer

Seized

Like a dead thing

Not moving

Or breathing

No systems

Working

Working in Startups, San Francisco

1959. Fly

Woman, bird

Soaring

Heart

Beating

Leaping

Diving

Singing

Why

Life, being

Is thrilling

About Women

1958. On Early Retirement

People dreaming
Of early retirement
Don't know why
They shouldn't
Want it
That's a whole
Lot of nothing
You've got
To fill
With something


This poem is a paraphrase of wisdom shared by my husband recently and my Mom regularly, both of whom think working keeps you young.


Finding Direction

1957. Revived

I can feel
A new life
Breathing
Inside me
Not yet
A child's
But mine
My husband
Has revived me
My mind
Was dormant
For a while


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The meaning of this poem is that my husband's love re-started me as a poet - a happily married poet. To all those, who may be nosy, I'm not pregnant. What I've written above is a metaphor.

1956. Holding Me Tight

I can tell by
How tightly
He holds me
That he needs
Me
As much
As I need him


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1955. One Tear Transcendant

I had one tear
Left for my
Husband
After all the oceans
My soul bled
For other men
I feared
He'd never find
Me
Now he
And I
Are One


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(Note to readers: this was actually my first poem written since the poems I wrote in December and January - when I first met my husband. The numbers are out of order. See #1934, titled, "Better Than Expensive" for an early introduction to my husband - on one of our first dates.)

1954. Advance Planning Works

On March 30,
2008,
I planned
And created
My husband.
My notes,
Really wishes,
Described him
Exactly.
It's uncanny.
Today,
We both stared
Amazed
To see
The precision
Of my notebook's
Predictions.


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1953. Just to Entertain Us

Gliders fly
Fast, low, and high
At Ft. Funston
Beach
And cliffs
Just five
Short minutes
From where
We live
Winds just right
We can see
Them soaring
While we're kissing
Wave-side


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1952. A Little More Action

We're walking
With our
Talking
Planning
And Living
Just who
We want
To be


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1951. Just Because

Honey,
I'm happy
We're married
And to be
Your wife
And that
You're
My husband.
What other
Reason
Do I need
For big smiles?


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1950. Glowing

You say,
I'm glowing.
Is it showing?
I'm happy
To be
A married
Woman.
I'm not yet
Pregnant,
You bitch.


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1949. Happy in Marriage

A day off
Bliss
Stretch, roll
And kiss


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1948. Strength from Fears

"I'm just a man,"
He thinks,
"Full of wants,
Needs and fears."
That's not what
I see.
From where
I stand
He gives me
The strength
To tame
Our dragons
And fill our
Life's basket
With plenty


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1947. The Real Fantastic

Little spat
Followed by
Hugs
And foot rubs
...Love...
A lasting
Promise
That's fantastic


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1946. New Days

Bedroom wonder
Getting better
Each day
After the other
There'll never be
Another
Skills
Learned together
Are the best ever


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1945. Ascent to Heaven

A lot of men
Broke my heart
But one man,
For his part,
Is building me up
...He's my husband


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1944. Earthly Divine

My guy
He's not perfect
And hasn't been
For a while
But he's mine
And that's divine


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1943. Zoom

Met and married
In under
Six months
Who would have
Thunk it?


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