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… on this happening

August 2, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

Was it really two weeks ago… That I was fluffing your dress, my beautiful daughter Daddy’s little girl. Did it all really happen… Realizing it was just an hour before you would say “I do” to the man of your dreams Me tip toeing out the back door to sneak a peek of Dad’s first look, seeing you in your dress for the first time Feeling his eyes glisten when he saw you, wiping my eyes too. Was I floating […]

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… on a word to defenders

January 24, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

Do not defend me in anger, or hate Dehumanize, dismiss, or crudely berate Kindle my views for your personal fire Include me by force in your venomous choir We may share a history, culture… or breasts Or pride, fear, or loathing of others oppressed Alas, fury’s blast is a suicide pill Arresting progress with its self-righteous chill In turn I’ll stand up for your own right to be The you that is you, as the me that is me Not deconstructed by, say, race sex or […]

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… on shades of blue

January 18, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

The light streams in The world anew In dawning, dulcet Shades of blue. The snowflakes fly As snowflakes do In Maine, if not In Katmandu. Clouds veil, obscure The sun’s debut Obstructionists Casting voodoo. I’ve been seduced By nature’s woo Into a lovely Pas de deux. Thoughts fall away And dreams push through As time suspends It’s just we two. But… Winter’s cold And I am too The spell absconds I won’t freeze… whew. Soon back inside With morning’s brew And […]

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… on the mess

December 24, 2016 by Lisa Dingle

Last weekend we had Dingle Family Christmas. Sure, it’s a little misleading in that not everyone who comes to Dingle Family Christmas is toting around the last name ‘Dingle’, but the event title works. I like to think this is because we have so much official Christmas magic in our family tree, being able to trace our family all the way back to Dingle Kringle and all (Elves’ first names are the ones that carry down through their family trees. […]

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… on an early thanksgiving morning

November 24, 2016 by Lisa Dingle

House still quiet, morning’s light ShepHerds rise from sleeping spaces Looking ’round, this feels just right Fires glow from fiery places Lids rattle, knock, complain a bit Pots roused, go through their paces Not wanting to risk tragedy I turn the heat down just in cases Turkeys lounge on Counter’s top Display their royal graces My belly feels a butterfly That gratitude erases. Some stuff will come out perfectly Some stuff will show burnt traces Eh. The meaning’s found in laughter, love Full […]

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… on fall blooms

October 5, 2016 by Lisa Dingle

If called upon, I’ll bloom in fall Amongst the hips and leaves That have drifted, fallen all round In the chilled October breeze I’ll gather strength, and blossom tall In times where suns will set On lives and souls in towns and knolls Those loved and never met Each autumn bloom must don its shawl Take comfort in the knowing Some leaves fall early, others late And between there’s still the growing If left to bloom on autumn’s stalk I vow to […]

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… on my heart’s place

August 1, 2016 by Lisa Dingle

My heart fits here Between fog and air Over quiet coves And on waters where The cormorants dive And the ospreys soar While the eagles watch From a distant shore And the boats glide in, By, over, and through As our great star summits Bidding morning… Adieu. Thanks for readin’. As always, come on over to Just Ponderin’s Facebook page to comment ❤

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… on a choice

July 16, 2016 by Lisa Dingle

‘What’s happening with the world, my dear’ The Rose asked as she shed a tear And wavered in the sea’s soft breeze Awaiting my attempt to please By combing through my hazy mind For answers that I hoped to find My shoulders shrugged before too long My heart beat to a forlorn song They say that its become the norm This clouding up, this endless storm Of violence, hate, intolerance Closing of mind, hardening of stance The Rose stilled herself, then seemed to […]

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… on new lights (not so simple)

May 6, 2016 by Lisa Dingle

This light’s not mine This light is new The old one broke (By you know who). A ball kicked high A ball kicked low Some kicked in rain Some kicked in snow. WHACK! on the wall POW! on the door SWOOSH! in a bush CRASH! (one light more). From here to there I still can see Five year old him Staring at me Glass all around A light askew “I’m PRAC-tiss-in!” So we made do. Some duct tape here There […]

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