Happy (belated) Poem in Your Pocket Day!
Lint Ball O'Fun has a poem for you...
A poem in my pocket
is trying to get out –
pushing against my seam,
it wants to shout.
“I’m here,
hear me rhyme,
free me from
this linty grime!”
I take out my poem
and share it with you.
Check your pocket,
Maybe you have one too!
©Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.
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I'm embarrassed to admit that even at 57 years old I still struggle with body positivity.
Intellectually I know better, but aging, menopause, and social isolation living abroad doesn't help.
But music does!
And avocados!
And seeing what the mirror sees...
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#MeghanTrainor
#BeenLikeThat
#GuacMyWorld
#MirrorTruth
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My poem gives Mirror the chance to share what SHE sees...
Human, human in front
of me, I don’t understand what you see.
I show you tiny lines - imprints of your laughter and smiles.
You only see cracks
needing to be filled with goop from the beauty aisles.
I show you a round
belly - a soft landing for a child’s head.
You only see a chubby paunch
filled with your guilt over bread.
I show you an ample booty
that will cushion your fall.
You only see another
“target area” to try to make small.
I show you your
body as powerful and strong.
You only see your
body as shameful and wrong.
Human, human, in
front of me, why don’t you see what I see?
Nothing like an egg-citing optimistic video to crack you up!
(hopefully!)
Here comes the sun!
And a surprise Easter egg at the end...
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#beatles(cover)
#boyceavenue
#sunnyside
#eastereggending
#surpriseending
#bidenharris2024
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Today I am departing from my recent elfchen poems to share a free verse poem based on this week's video:
when hate-filled rhetoric
thunderclaps in your ears
floods your feed
and drowns your hope
pause
breathe
crack open
your heart and mind
believe
in the sunny side
in the yolk of optimism
in the nucleus of the future
(draft) ©2024, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.
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A gift from me to YOU!
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(You can use cardstock or paper. Envelope is NOT included.)
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Hoppy Easter!
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Nothing says spring quite like Pα΄NK!
After a long winter, here's some inspiration to help you flourish...
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#Pα΄NK
#i'mcomingup
#getthepartystarted
#springtime
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And a few elfchen poems to ponder...
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winter
weighs heavy
but is necessary
to appreciate spring's arrival
seasonal
(draft) ©2024, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.
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garden
blooms bright
dormant bulbs burst
a cacophony of color
party
(draft) ©2024, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.
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worm
inches along
past bulbous friends
eating and pooping soil
wiggle-aerator
(draft) ©2024, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.
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Rose at Imagine the Possibilities is hosting Poetry Friday this week. Her post is about birds, birds, birds...I better warn worm! Join us early and often!
Have you ever had that colleague or friend or family member who interr...
No?
(You answered that quickly...maybe you are that pers...)
What?
Yes, I have a POINT.
Today's video is about listening and finding out that some people will stick by you even when you're being a pri...
Oh, and BeyoncΓ©!
#BeyoncΓ©
#texasholdem
#stickaround
#pricklypair
Today I have TWO elfchen poems based on our prickly pair...
prickles
poke others
to protect self
a layer of armor
lonely
(draft) ©2024, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.
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persistence
deflects barbs
embraces sweetness underneath
loves through the armor
unconditionally
(draft) ©2024, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.
Tanita at {fiction, instead of lies} is hosting Poetry Friday this week...check out the goodness!
A bridge too far?
As in, Bridge, you went too far with your fart video last week!
I don't think so, but this week I present to you, a classic love story...
#PB&J
#sticktogether
#Iwillloveyouforever
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My elfchen (elevensie) poem to accompany this week's video pretty much describes my marriage, too! π
sandwiched
two distinct
flavors become one
stuck to each other
forever
(draft) ©2024, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.
Laura Purdie Salas is hosting Poetry Friday this week!
Her new picture book, Oskar's Voyage just set sail - YAY!
The March winds have blown in an irreverent (but funny!) video and poem sharing...a love letter of sorts for my Joe. π
(IMHO, humor about one of the most universal bodily functions can give us the relief we need from our constant state of worry and fear about the world...at least for a few seconds.)
#jlo
#jenniferlopez
#getloud
#fartsarefunny
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I wrote two (slightly different) versions of my elfchen (elevenie) poem to accompany this video.
Which do you prefer?
Laughter
relieves pressure
from our discomfort,
disrupts our worry cycle.
Silly.
(draft) ©2024, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.
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Fart,
relieve pressure
from your discomfort.
Disrupt your worry cycle,
laugh.
(draft) ©2024, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.
I'm still collecting responses to Questionnaire #4: Marketing. I've recieved some great input so far. I'd love to hear from YOU!
Link to Questionnaire is HERE!
Blow on over to Linda's blog where she has a CHOICE acrostic and poetry galore! Join us!
