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Feb.26.2013
My emotions tumble around,
spinning around,
twisting and turning
like clothes in the dryer.
My search for what was lost,
like the missing sock
separated from its mate.
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Feb.25.2013
The sound of thunder rumbling in the distance,
startled me out of my dream.
Lightning breaks through the dark and gloom.
Rain pounds the roof and rattles through the drainpipes.
I feel defeated and worn down before I ever leave the bed,
dreading the long, wet day ahead.
As I...
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Feb.24.2013
I stand and watch in fascination;
steam escapes with a loud sigh.
Drip, drip, drip,
dark, brown liquid fills slowly,
as an enticing aroma fills the air~
Brand new, bright red, coffee pot
brings a smile to my face,
as I take my first sip of liquid heaven.
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Feb.23.2013
Emotions like a pot of of rice
boiling on the stove.
The heat builds,
the lid rattles,
'till the steam
bursts at the surface,
and everything spills
out making a giant mess
all over the stove.
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Feb.21.2013
Stumble out of bed into
murky gray darkness.
The woodpecker taps unceasingly,
against my window pane.
Mockingbird sings
his morning song,
As dawn's rosy breath,
rises above the treetops.
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Feb.20.2013
Small, yellow blossom,
sunny, and bright.
You bring a smile to my face
when my gaze falls upon you
as I stand at the window
sipping coffee.
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Feb.18.2013
Abundance is how I want to live from this point forward. Fill my life with the treasures~of loved ones,good food and drink, that I make with my own two hands,good books,good times that make memories,with nature and all of its gorgeous majesty. I want to~fill my belly with laughter,my eyes...
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Feb.16.2013
Winter returned~
scowling and kicking his heels.
Leaves rain down
spinning in fury.
Tender buds
that recently appeared,
when Spring blew her warm breath,
are trembling and cowing
under the Winter's icy assault.
Birds have stopped warbling
sweet songs of welcome....
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Feb.15.2013
Life,
walking up a long, long hill.
You can't see the top,
you often can't even see the path before you.
You trip,
you stumble,
you fall.
Your feet hurt,
your heart aches,
and your down in the dumps.
You sit and curse the darkness,
your aloneness,
and your lack of faith.
Once...
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Feb.09.2013
Leaping,
stalking
skulking
digging around,
desperately looking for a lizard playmate.
In and out of bushes and brush,
a game of hide and seek.
a coat of brown camouflage
conceals his prey.
Peek-a-boo,
he sits and waits,
until the suns warm rays
force him to nap
on a bed of dry...
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Feb.08.2013
The late winter sky is a canvas.
Afternoon light
and golden sunlight,
bring tiny salmon clouds
skittering across an ocean
of blue.
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Feb.05.2013
Phone is ringing off the hook,
fax machine is gearing up,
and the copier groans
and the shredder whines,
and the people qeue-
all clamoring for my attention.
The view out the window beckons me.
Standing on the river bank
a new cacophony of sounds-
birds trilling their sweet...
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Feb.04.2013
Sometimes you hold my heart so tenderly,
gently cradling it in your hands,
like a butterfly.
Sometimes you aren't gentle at all~
grabbing, twisting and squeezing it roughly,
until drops of my blood cover your hands.
You cry out in shame,
because my pain has become your pain....
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Feb.03.2013
Light floods the small garden,
slowly awakening from a winter's nap.
I turn my face towards the sun,
its rays like a warming caress on my cheek.
I close my eyes,
pinpricks of light
explode behind my lids.
The cat at my side stretches.
Lazy Sunday afternoon.
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Jan.29.2013
This shouldn't be so hard anymore -to say farewell and let you go...
But your journey has taken you away from me,Leaving my small boat without its anchor to keep it close to shore
The distance creatingan ocean of miles between us,Time keeping us out of sync
The phone line crackles,and your voice...
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I'm digesting the changes in my life, and sometimes it gives me heartburn.”
About Annette
I grew up with five siblings in a working class neighborhood outside Washington, D.C. I have been writing or telling stories in some form or another for many years. As my old life was dismantled, I found journal writing and later blogging to be the release I...
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Causes Annette Talbert Supports
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, RIF (Reading is Fundamental),
Hands On Foundation, Dignity U Wear, Girls, Inc.
Annette’s Favorite Books
To Kill a Mockingbird, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Jane Eyre, The Story of Seabiscuit, The Diaries of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Among Schoolchildren, Narnia Series...