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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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Wednesday 22 March 2023

Maureen drops in ...

Maureen drops in to see how I’m going.

No, she doesn’t need coffee. We sit and talk, 

laugh, discuss books, other friends, our families, 

and what a sad disappointment our latest PM 

has turned out to be post-honeymoon – in bed 

with the fossil fuel providers, just like all the rest. 

Still, we part feeling better. Friendships are always 

such joy, even in the face of large disasters.




This is one of the series of daily short poems I'm doing this year as a kind of diary or 'Book of Days'. I just realised it fits quite nicely with this week's Friday Writings prompt #69: Darkness and Light, at Poets and Storytellers United.



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  1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade13 June 2023 at 14:38

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    17 comments:

    vanderloostMarch 24, 2023 at 10:00 PM

    Yes kaleidoscope of hope and disappointment, pain and pleasure, enjoyment and sadness, darkness and light.
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    Rosemary Nissen-WadeMarch 25, 2023 at 10:33 AM

    You got it!
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    JimMarch 24, 2023 at 10:29 PM

    Isn't it nice to have friends like Maureen. Only my kids, five, visit as such. And only two very often. I can just see our next Pres, non renewables have made those after Clinton to be their subjects.
    ..
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    Rosemary Nissen-WadeMarch 25, 2023 at 10:35 AM

    How did the world get to be like this? Thank Heaven for the little things which bring us joy!
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    AnonymousMarch 24, 2023 at 10:33 PM

    And I loved writing for your neat opposites.
    Jim
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    Rosemary Nissen-WadeMarch 25, 2023 at 10:35 AM

    Oh, good!
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    dsnake1March 26, 2023 at 3:43 AM

    A friend steadies us, calms us from all the bad news that are swirling around.
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    Rosemary Nissen-WadeMarch 26, 2023 at 11:27 AM

    Yes, such a blessing!
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    Priscilla KingMarch 26, 2023 at 2:14 PM

    Storge-friends if not philia-friends. If they're true friends, that's what counts.
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    Rosemary Nissen-WadeMarch 26, 2023 at 5:28 PM

    Well, now I've learned some new terms!
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    RommyMarch 27, 2023 at 12:04 AM

    Friendships have been my saving grace in many dark moments. I'm grateful for all the ones who have stuck around.
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    Rosemary Nissen-WadeMarch 27, 2023 at 10:45 AM

    To be treasured indeed!
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    HelenMarch 27, 2023 at 3:22 AM

    Indeed. When our leaders disappoint, let us down ... each of us suffers the aftermath. Dark to light we can hope for.
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    Rosemary Nissen-WadeMarch 27, 2023 at 10:46 AM

    And the reassurance of small moments of human affection.
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    jossinaMarch 28, 2023 at 2:03 AM

    Wow that's a very fine allegory of darkness and light
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    Rosemary Nissen-WadeMarch 28, 2023 at 12:43 PM

    Thank you!
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    AnonymousApril 3, 2023 at 5:16 AM

    Best thing is that the light overpowered the dark.

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