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Oasis
I stretched my legs out across the blanket and lay back to take in the canopy of green above me The play of light and shadow Swayed over the ground…
Suzanne Boucher
Aug 1
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Burst
Such a mundane thing Both of you kids visiting home and the three of us went to Target Walking from the car we linked arms hugged and walked The sun…
Suzanne Boucher
Jul 5
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I Saw
I saw the yellow blaze of forsythia everywhere on one sunny day I saw the starlings return to the neighborhood Must be word got out Bird feeders are…
Suzanne Boucher
Jun 3
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Crossing the Road
Once you have chosen to cross the road that takes you farther than you’ve ever been you feel the internal shift Change has come Forsake familiar ground…
Suzanne Boucher
Apr 19
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Spring
I think like us the forsythia couldn’t wait any longer and took a chance on the freak storms of wind and ice that weathermen were hawking Broke through…
Suzanne Boucher
Apr 3
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Upside Down
The sky was upside down today Grey white scudding clouds in ridges across the sky were the ridges of a beach all dumping into the bluesky sea beyond I…
Suzanne Boucher
Mar 13
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Catch It
Catch what Catch it the big bug that has stalked us for two years now With every small chance we take it seems we toy with the Reaper snub our noses But…
Suzanne Boucher
Feb 22
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A Glass of Water
Please come in she said to the stranger She did things like that much to the consternation of her children Inviting in strangers if they looked hot or…
Suzanne Boucher
Feb 1
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Below Zero
Below zero he says My chances or the weather Don’t ask if you don’t know Tired of this I wander off to find a more optimistic chance Something easy like…
Suzanne Boucher
Jan 2
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Sometimes
Get a fresh start she said It’ll do you good Start over somewhere new Such an old story line Wherever you go you just bring yourself with you Not sure a…
Suzanne Boucher
Dec 21, 2021
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Flower Poem
No I don’t write about flowers There’s some right there Pop pop pop Pink blurbles on brown mulch Then four more Same story Looks like four kids had…
Suzanne Boucher
Dec 5, 2021
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Control
Walking Just walking Takes back Control But control is What I’m trying to let go of Every other moment Try Not try Do Not do Breathing moving Relaxing…
Suzanne Boucher
Dec 3, 2021
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