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Having been immersed in memoir writing for many months, I decided to write a small poem every day for a year to keep my poetic hand in. I've posted them to Instagram and facebook as written – where, to my amazement, people love them – but on this blog they are sometimes subject to later rewriting.
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Thursday 15 June 2023

13 Good Things Today


  1. My doctor took away some pain.
  2. He told me my blood pressure’s fine.
  3. A peaceful walk in winter sun.
  4. Two friends quoted Yeats online.
  5. Another posted from Stonehenge;
  6. I loved those calm old stones again.
  7. Completing my ‘Manifest’ binge.
  8. On the scales my weight was down.
  9. I had bright purple panties on.
  10. I ate my veggies; they were green.
  11. I chatted with my dead husband.
  12. I smooched with my cat yet again.
  13. Remembered to put out the bin.

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8 comments:

  1. colleen16 June 2023 at 00:26

    I love how this reads like a poem, Rosemary. As a poet you can't help it! And it reflects such a simple yet full life, zeroing in on the details.

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade16 June 2023 at 13:08

      Thanks, Colleen. I'm very glad it reads that way to you because I could help it and was trying very hard to make it into something that could be called a poem.

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  2. CountryDew16 June 2023 at 02:11

    Removal of pain is a good thing. Welcome to Thursday Thirteen, although your name seems familiar to me. Maybe you've played before?

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade16 June 2023 at 13:05

      Yes, I have played a coupe of times since discovering it recently. I don't always remember to.

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    2. Rosemary Nissen-Wade16 June 2023 at 13:16

      *couple of times

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  3. Liz A.16 June 2023 at 07:51

    Is there anything better than the cessation of pain? Probably, but it feels so good when it happens. How did you like Manifest? I finished that up last week, and I have thoughts...

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade16 June 2023 at 13:14

      I found Manifest very exciting, a cross between speculative and thriller, and the characters fully engaged me. It was a bit Biblical for me, but not in a narrow way, and I know that was true to the American context and a good plot device too. I also thought it was a palatable way of making a devastating critique of the fearsome, hidden power of governments, including those we think fair and benevolent.

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    2. Rosemary Nissen-Wade17 June 2023 at 10:48

      Further thoughts: I loved the way the characters were drawn in depth. Even the ones we deplored, we were shown how they got that way and/or how they believed they were doing good.

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