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Fridge Poetry, 22nd Edition

This is the first edition of poetry in 2010. There hasn’t been much to go up – I guess life has either kept me too busy or I haven’t been inspired by the plethora of words that crowd the door on my fridge. Either way, I’m certain there’s more to come.

When my boyfriend saw this [...]

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Fridge Poetry, 21st Edition

Looks like these will finish out 2009. A lot have graced the front of my fridge this year – the first edition in 2009 was the 7th edition which was posted on January 30th. Crazy to think fourteen editions have popped up over the last twelve months, but that’s exactly what’s happened. So enjoy these, [...]

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We Need to Talk, a Poem

“We need to talk.” These words hit my inbox and my heart thumped in my chest, my stomach dropped, anxiety and fear and dread churned up so quickly I could taste the emotions, acidic on my tongue.
I pulled out a notebook, the words coming fast. After more than a few months break, a break that [...]

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Fridge Poetry, 20th Edition

Most of these are mine, though a few were additions that popped up during the mimosas and bloody mary-fueled brunch I hosted a few days ago. Admittedly, I expected a few more X-rated ones to show up on the fridge during the brunch and I’m a little disappointed in my friends – aren’t you all [...]

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Fridge Poetry, 19th Edition

It would appear that in my blogging silence, my fridge poetry  has blossomed and picked up the slack.

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