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CHRISTMAS SNOW
Love, look out the window, how it’s snowing 10 trillion fluffy stars descending to announce His glory Slowly, Softly, falling All at once...
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Dec 6, 20231 min read


SELF HELP SERIES: The History of Psychotherapy
I Suppose one could say it all began with Freud, because he formalized sitting down and talking with clients and applying his view of the...
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Dec 1, 20232 min read


Acrostic Poem
*photo by Abby Ruppert The Effete ought Naught Beget Righteous Un- Necessary Selfish Erudite Liberties TENBRUNSEL Carl Sandburg Poet...
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Nov 24, 20231 min read


MY NEW POETRY BOOK PUBLISHED TODAY!!!
Yea! Yea! My new poetry book “WALK WITH ME” published today, THANKSGIVING DAY, in eBook and Paperback. It is in the latest format of full...
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Nov 24, 20231 min read


DECIDING TO DIE
The other day I lay down On the cool spring- green grass Garden nearby And lying there I tried No rush nor reason I simply, decided My...
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Nov 23, 20231 min read


POETICATE
I’ve seen a blast of Frigid air Rambling and Destructive. I was there And we talked, We talked and conversed But there was Nothing. We’ve...
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Nov 18, 20231 min read


THOUGHTS ON LOVE
Where do you find Love? Where does Love abide? Where there is no humor, there can be no Love Where there is no compassion, there can be...
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Nov 12, 20232 min read


WHAR’S HEAVEN?
Leaning over his ancient picket fence Hiking stick relaxed, “Where’s heaven?” I asked the old fella? “Jess round the next bend,” he...
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Nov 6, 20232 min read
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Nov 2, 20230 min read
SELF HELP SERIES: SERTN
Spiritual - Exercise - Relaxation - Thinking - Nutrition Psychological balance and happiness in life depends on a positive healthy...
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Nov 1, 20231 min read


SAXOPHONE
Tommy talking on the Saxophone
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Oct 28, 20231 min read


EFFETE ERUDITION
*photo by Kerri Tenbrunsel There are many ways of skinning the cat Flipping the coin Rolling the dice. Poetry is life. Many try, Most...
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Oct 23, 20231 min read


REGRET NOT
A grandfather there Who’s existence You share Asks but for a small favor Unreturned Then passes To urn. Regret not.
tenbrunsel2
Oct 19, 20231 min read


BEAUTY DEFINED
*photo by erin secretarski I gazed upon the vastness Of this Earth The water, sky and mirth Nothing! Nothing else compared Even came...
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Oct 15, 20231 min read


BAMBOO
*photo by Erin Secretarski on Warren Wilson College down along the Swannanoa I was lost in a bamboo forest Once when the moon was full...
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Oct 10, 20231 min read


OH BROTHER!
There once were two brothers Close as they could be One idolized the other The other loved he. They grew up together Wholesome as could...
tenbrunsel2
Oct 6, 20231 min read


THE STAGES OF LIFE: Self Help Series
*photo by Erin Know (especially parents) the stages of life when they occur and what they entail. Be aware that a whole bunch of people...
tenbrunsel2
Oct 2, 20232 min read


JUST WHAT HAPPENED?
*photo ”woke chaos”©️ by Anne Hayden What just happened? A frenzy of fake Scourging rat-shit bobble heads Announcing pandemic! Pandemic!!...
tenbrunsel2
Sep 29, 20232 min read


A SUNG SONG
Once a song is sung A poem read A word said A bell rung A clock struck Does the sound ever strop? Author’s Note: Reader: “What does the...
tenbrunsel2
Sep 25, 20231 min read


‘PON OLD ROAN ROUNDTOP
Long the Appalachian Trail, You’ll find an indistinct marker, At 5826’, Up in the sky, Where rhododendrons thrive, The post there For the...
tenbrunsel2
Sep 20, 20231 min read
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