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Always Deep Blue (written 7/3-7/6/2022)

THE GLASS BETWEEN MY SELVES

A Poem From The Dark

AND THE NIGHT SKY WOULD BECOME BLUE AGAIN

I Woke Up /// re-edited 2/2/2022 12:31PM



Granddad John James re-edited 10:05Pm 1/31/22

The Grapes (Lucious Grape/ August 31, 2005

TAKE YOUR PEN NOW AND SEE WHAT YOU WILL WRITE

You Taught Me...

Thank You For Being Your Own Treasure

How Hounds-tooth Became Her Friend

A Language You Can't Ignore.... re-edited 1/12/2022

They Say The Preying Mantis Is No Lady

You Can Oh Yes You Can (RE-EDITED 1/9/2021 12:07AM PST time and date stamped.)

HERSTORY...NOT A POEM BUT EXPERIENCE #ONE

I Saw A Star And Dared to Reach For It

The Invitation..( the message of .come as you are>>)

The Nature Of Water

THIS IS MY CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE, ENTER WITHIN

the wonder that always shall be...

Do You Gather Up Your Days The Way Others Collect Wild Butterflies?

The Man On The Red Bicycle (an ode) RE-EDITED 12/4/2021

Stray Cats and I have an understanding... 11/23/2021 copyright

If It Does Them Any Good At All 11/16/2021 date/time stamped

OUTSIDE-THE CROWS 11/14/2021

Still, More Time NOV 6 2021

The Wonder Cat

Little Bundle I Call Joy

AUGUST 1977 (IN THE REMEMBERING)

Wishing Them Onto Better Days

Seize This Day, The One You're With

Only Grief....

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The Best Revenge (For All Your Critic's Critiques)


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how to write a masterpiece...
first...
don't call it that
you will readily lose half your readers
through the title alone

they will suspect arrogance

second...
don't care what anyone else thinks
let it all hang out
be yourself while everyone is looking
well
actually, reading

third...
tell the truth
but make it your own
you owe that to yourself
and surely then
your best self will come shining through

finally

don't care if its a best seller
one day your reincarnated self will
go to a bookstore and pick up the dusty volume
from off the shelf
and be amazed
at this singular discovery
that reminds them oddly of someone
they once knew....

wait wait
one more thing...
lastly
be grateful for all your life experience
and to all the nay-sayers
who insisted you weren't worth something
when you knew you were
the finale is...
a book with a dust jacket
with your own watercolors inside
and WRITING IT ALL
and completing it
is surely the best revenge

enjoy...
the chance at immortality
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LEGAL COPYRIGHT FOR THIS POEM 6:40am PST TIME/DATE STAMPED
AND ALSO FOR THIS WRITER MELISSA A. HOWELLS
AND ALSO FOR THIS LEGALLY COPYRIGHTED SITE TITLE
MELOO STRAIGHT FROM HER TILT-A-WORLD


AWAKENED AND WROTE DOWN DIRECTLY TO THE PAGE
WHAT WAS IN MY HEAD.






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