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CADDYWAMPOUS
Daddy bought me a brand new bike🎶 Brand new bike🎶 A brand new bike🎶 “Upseedaisey” Daddy bought me a brand new bike🎶 It was...
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Mar 25, 20251 min read


BE AWESOME!
*post by Erin Secretarski, Asheville Reality Tom Tenbrunsel is a local Weaverville poet whose philosophy is 'write every day'. He...
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Mar 21, 20251 min read


MEMORIES/MEMORIAM
*duVois Fading snapshots Of things and people and events and happenings Once quite real Sometime ago Sometime in the past Sometime somewhere Some things and Somebodys Like pinballs we bounced about each other And others unsteered Bouncing briefly off us, My friend networks Family and friendships And years The times we had The pluses and minuses Amongst jokes and cusses The Universe and World problems solved over beers Late into the night My list of memorables is infinitely lo
tenbrunsel2
Mar 18, 20251 min read


OXYGEN
OXYGEN Oh Oxygen! My un intrusive friend Taken for granted Such an important Life source Without which I am nothing I am but a man in...
tenbrunsel2
Mar 16, 20251 min read


WHERE DOES THE WIND BEGIN?
*photo courtesy of Nana Oh wind My wild weary wind Wind in my face as I race Through life My comforting cool breeze Pollinator...
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Mar 14, 20252 min read


IMPORTALIZING
Young ago I was trampoline jumping When my eyes spied An opening in the sky Sorta portal-like High, higher than high I jumped and bounced...
tenbrunsel2
Mar 13, 20251 min read


SILHOUETTE
*photo by KaitlinTen my silhouette my dear darkened silhouette my fav companion on the dark side how you move so gracefully silently effortlessly bending stooping reaching never changing never complaining keeping up to my every mood Just barely joined with me and my shadow (which I enjoy dissing noons) but not you you never complain always on my backside like glue though at times I do light you up teasingly as I go about my day at night we three become you making my business
tenbrunsel2
Mar 8, 20251 min read


GITJASOME 👏👏👏👏👏
You like my work? Support me. Buy my books. Leave a thoughtful review on Amazon!!! And for God’s sake. Tell your friends on social media....
tenbrunsel2
Mar 6, 20251 min read


ASHES TO DUST
Ashes Ashes Dust to Dust Every person Every one of us Must So Love Live Celebrate and Trust If you must tom tenbrunsel poet laureate of...
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Mar 5, 20251 min read


JUST WRITE IT
yes, no pressure. write what you can when you can. if you ask me to write a poem, I can’t. when I least expect it, BAM! then the Spirit...
tenbrunsel2
Mar 3, 20251 min read


CHOP STICK RANT
*photo compliments of insungyoon on Unsplash Chop Sticks best played on the piano.* So you’re eating food at a restaurant with...
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Mar 1, 20252 min read


MOTHER’S GAME
My mother loved finding coins Be they nickels dimes or quarter A penny would do Oh my! A Kennedy half dollar!!! What joy Just a small boy...
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Feb 25, 20251 min read


NANA’S QUILTS
*Throw Me! handmade by Nana Nana's Quilt, Throw Me! One of 150 she lovingly made by hand. Oh for sure stop by she’ll gladly show you her...
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Feb 21, 20252 min read


MISC POEM
the poet on rainy days I write very often in the night pink skies at night twilight till rosy dawn I delight in re-reading aloud perusing...
tenbrunsel2
Feb 18, 20251 min read


MARAH by Marah
FulCourte’ Press is proud to announce it’s first book in the new series, “Introducing New Talent,” MARAH by Marah. It is the first ever...
tenbrunsel2
Feb 16, 20251 min read


LASTING BEAUTY
*arrangement by Erin on occasion LASTING BEAUTY its beauty once brilliant/fragrant now past it’s prime remains beautiful all the same...
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Feb 14, 20251 min read


PERDITION
*photo by Erin On the way to Perdition Something hit me squaren’ the face I found myself renewed . . . . . Saved From frozen Hell! tom...
tenbrunsel2
Feb 10, 20251 min read


THE PERFECT STORM
*photo by Cynthia Pinkston Keep one’s eye Diligent On the sky As weather draws nigh For even gentle rain For weeks Can be deceptive Over...
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Feb 1, 20251 min read


OWNSOME!
BUY ‘EM You are gonna like this. There is much more than my website poetry collection. My eight books/ebooks are all sale on Amazon....
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Jan 28, 20251 min read


WINTER GARDEN
Winter into Spring Under snow my garden sleeps, Sweet winter carrots, Hiding deep, Deep beneath Jack Frost, Dormant Perennials, Seeds and...
tenbrunsel2
Jan 28, 20251 min read
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