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Monday, April 4, 2022

Me

Me--exposed.
 I’m imperfect, yes, it’s true,

Though there are things I like to do…

I love to write, I’m sure you know,

‘Well crafted’ really makes me glow,

And reading’s great, my second thing,

Especially with a mystery’s zing,

I love to walk and swimming’s fun,

And sitting in the summer sun,

Playing with my grandkids, wow!

I’d do it anytime (or how),

Eating out with friends; yes, please,

From pancakes to Vietnamese,

Or meals at home with fam’ly, friends,

Where mealtime never, ever ends,

Movies with my Husby, yes!

Any ‘Marvel’, I confess,

I love to sit and reminisce,

And storytelling brings me bliss,

Lego-making; that I love,

It gives those sad ol’ blues the shove,

And puzzles (that love from my dad

Wherein we spent what time we had),

I like to cook, it gives me glee,

I like to clean, I’m OCD,

I’m not a shopper, don’t like sports,

I am a homebody of sorts,

But I love people in my life,

I try hard to lessen strife,

(A little kindness, Mama taught

Will help with someone’s pain a lot),

I laugh a bunch (perhaps too much),

But life is great with a light touch,

All these, I said I like to do,

Well. Or not. I leave to you.

But imperfections, they abound,

(Please know that I am well. And sound!)

But Husby made a sweet confession..

He loves my ‘Delightful Imperfections’!

Photo Credit: Karen of bakinginatornado.com
Cause Mondays do get knocked a lot,
With poetry, we all besought
To try to make the week begin
With gentle thoughts,
Perhaps a grin?
So KarenCharlotteMimi, me
Have crafted poems for you to see.
And now you’ve read what we have wrought…
Did we help?
Or did we not?

Next week, something for us all...
It's PETS! We're gonna have a ball!

Thinking of joining us for Poetry Monday?
We'd love to welcome you!
Topics for the next few weeks (with a huge thank-you to Mimi, who comes up with so many of them!)...

Imperfection (April 4) Today!

Pets (April 11)

Juggling (April 18)

Brothers (April 25)

Babies (May 2)

Music (May 9)

Purple for Peace (May 16)

Turtles (May 23)

Memorial Day (May 30)

Yo-yo (June 6)

Roller Coaster (June 13)

World Refugee Day (June 20)

The Happy Birthday song (June 27)

8 comments:

  1. Aww ... what a great ending! We are all imperfect, and the ones who love others - and have someone who loves them - in spite of those imperfections are so very lucky.

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  2. Okay, this is by far my very favorite! When I think of you I always think "happy" and "kind" and there are no greater two things to be!

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  3. Thanks for poetizing (probably not a word) your life and choices. Now I know even more about you, Diane, and love you even more. Happy Monday.

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  4. We definitely are in parallel universes. Love your poetry so much and as others have said, so easy to love you!

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  5. Wonderful! We are all perfectly imperfect.

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  6. We are all perfectly imperfect, and that's a good thing in a way, because where you are great (shall we say perfect?) I am imperfect and vice versa. It makes the world work because, sooner or later, these match up. For example,you like to clean and make pie. I like clean houses (but hate cleaning) and I love to eat pie. If you ever move to New York State, give me a holler, lol. And bonus, I know a lot more about you now!

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  7. I love your perfect imperfection. And you can always be counted on to make a perfect rhyme! Thank you.

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  8. Great poem. Thanks for sharing.

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