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HORROR
I am but a brick In the house of horrors Rigid What secrets I keep inside tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer
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Jan 24, 20251 min read


🎶THESE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING🎶
*title compliments of Bob Dylan It is a time for we the people It is a time for reuniting America It is a time for unity and strength It...
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Jan 20, 20251 min read


MOUNTAIN HAIKU
*photo be erin THE VANISHING i watched a man walk onto the mountain up, up, up up further up he climbed till he caught up with himself...
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Jan 18, 20251 min read


THE RIDDLE©️
Today’s Featured Poets Shirley & Erin - mom & daughter Here’s the riddle by Erin: Two new iPhones in clear cases were sitting on the...
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Jan 13, 20252 min read


AN IDEA
An Idea! To ignore is foolhardy To tout is narcissistic If of interest, grasp it and run Author’s Note: Tesla or Edison?
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Jan 8, 20251 min read


MEBY SPRING
🎶Ashokan Farewell🎶 Though I’d give the Appalachian Trail a try today But it were Helena closed Meby Spring tom tenbrunsel Poet Laureate...
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Jan 5, 20251 min read


WHO GOES THERE
I And the spirit writer Hold secrets untold We shall expose’ them In a manner untoward tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer Author’s...
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Jan 1, 20251 min read


A MOUNTAIN NEW YEAR
*some buckshot in mamma‘s rope basket” Fixing tu celebrate. Setting up to join the Mountain New Years display around dusk up here in the...
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Jan 1, 20251 min read


DAS IST ALLES
The sky flashes, and mountains shutter Seas trembling A rumble fills the dusty air Creatures scurry about nowhere The Creator is...
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Dec 31, 20241 min read


PROJECTED ILLUSION
Projected Illusion No window Confusion? A face A landscape Reflection Shadow Captured On a blank wall Nothing Nothing at all Yet There it...
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Dec 29, 20241 min read


BARDS DEPARTED
My Bard Fellow My fellow bard I have but one last favor Myself to ask, I have four score Of poetry Left upon my shelf Please I beg...
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Dec 27, 20241 min read


THE INVITE
*photo by Lauren A chair, Papa, Please Pull up Late night. Why of course I’m there For my favorite, Chai Tea Thee And I. I Tesser Mile...
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Dec 25, 20241 min read


MY CHRISTMAS CARD TO YOU 2024
*Jim Shore Quilt Crèche I have many Crèche garnered over the years. Some I keep. Some I gift. Each reminds me of the true meaning of...
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Dec 25, 20241 min read


CRÈCHE
“So, Mary, what say we call him Emmanuel?” They also considered: 🎶Wonderful, 🎶Counselor, 🎶Almighty God, 🎶the Everlasting Father, 🎶the Prince of Peace🎶 They settled on Jesus🙏🏻 and that worked out just fine “… and there a babe in swaddling clothes on hay - Why does this story never wear out?” Carl Sandburg on the proof of God. tom tenbrunsel Carl Sandburg Poet 2023
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Dec 25, 20241 min read


THE CELEBRATION TREE
And suddenly a tree appeared *our humble Christmas memory tree Out of nowhere, As if it had been there all along, Or perhaps in a...
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Dec 24, 20241 min read


FAM
. . . . “And there a babe in swaddling clothes on hay, Why does this story never wear out?” To my family far and nigh For reasons I can’t...
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Dec 23, 20241 min read


TRANSITION
The transition from now to memories is a nostalgic chasm into which my heart sinks; emptiness and loss haunt me but my soul emerges happy...
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Dec 22, 20241 min read


LIES
What lies before us In the pursuit of Truth and Wisdom tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer Author’s Note: How many different ways can...
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Dec 21, 20241 min read


A TRUE DREAM
I dreamed a dream came true I dreamed that I met you Like a glove we fit together We, me and You tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer
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Dec 18, 20241 min read


PUZZLING
*photo by Kerri Puzzle me. I love the wooden ones . . . especially. Deep Breathing, Relaxation in my PJ’s Puppy near by, sigh! Pine...
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Dec 15, 20241 min read
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