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For me free verse seems  to be a problem 

It seems so difficult for me to write them 

If I try to write that way but I always write in rhyme 

So to me free verse is the ultimate crime, 

I try to write for various free verse contests 

But I'm lousy at it , even when I'm at my best. 

My mind and fingers seem to go separate ways 

I sit to write, my fingers type what my mind doesn’t say. 

The words seem to fly out and land everywhere 

And before I know it I have a poem ready to share. 

Sometimes I seem to have a  momentary brain fart 

Words get jumbled up in there unable to depart. 

Then other times it’s hard to say what will fly out 

But I can say it will rhyme without out any doubt. 

So for me it seems free verse is my poetry crime 

And seeming to try to do it well is a waste of my time 

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We Mask  our pains. 

We do it out of fear. 

We try in vain 

To hide  our tears. 

But somehow we lose our  grip 

of  the truth  we hide. 

We fumble and trip 

because we can't  show what's inside. 

For if our masks were  taken away. 

A shattered soul is what  you'd find. 

We wouldn't know what to say 

As you'd get  a glimpse inside our minds, 

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9/5/16 

In grandpa's garden  

It was always fun at grandpa's place. 

We'd take a walk down the trail 

It went around the old oak tree 

Towards the wishing well 

The warm sun felt good on my face. 

We'd pick raspberries putting them in a pale. 

Then eat them while he told me a story. 

Mine were never as good as he'd tell. 

I helped him plant the pretty rose. 

Then fruits and veggies or every kind. 

We'd go fishing down at the pond, 

Eating the picnic that we made. 

If I got muddy he'd spray me with the hose. 

I'd run ahead while he stayed behind. 

When we got back we had fresh lemonade. 

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Longing to be free  

Break out of my cocoon 

Leaving the troubles behind me. 

No one can ever keep me bound 

Their lies are only spoken words 

I leave them all on the ground. 

The  saying what you dish out, give out or do 

Will always come back to you a lot worse  

than you gave or did to others around you. 

Almost like causing your own curse. 

I'm someone that will help others 

When they  are down and out. 

Whether it's kids or fathers and mothers 

Accepting Who people are is what it is about. 

In helping others in times of their plight 

By food, shelter or a need for clothes. 

So they can get through another hard  night 

It comes back from others that only God knows. 

During one Christmas we were having difficulty 

With two small children to raise and no gifts from the store 

Some one gave me a $300.00 check anonymously 

Then when they read my thank you note they did even more 

My words moved beyond tears from my thank you poem 

They went to the store themselves to get more presents 

To remain anonymous My Pastor delivered them 

I never learned who they were, but they were heaven sent 

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But if you give out evil and hate that is what come back 

And it returns even ten times worse than went out. 

Work in this 

The glory years we now share 

We fill them with a lot of laughter 

While doing all the things we dare 

To even imagine without any fear 

Creating  our own kind of road map 

Making it up as we go along 

Not much time to take a nap 

We make up our own silly song 

Too much to see we don’t want to go back 

We have to see it all while we're able 

Stopping at the big Candy Shack 

We pile our favorite sweets on a table 

We know eventually, we will have to return 

To see our own family and friends we know 

but along the way, there are lessons to learn 

And  so many places we still have to go 

From <https://allpoetry.com/poem/13437915-Living-out-a-glorious-life-by-Tuniabjc>  

Living out a glorious life 

We met in school and became best friends 

We began doing everything together  

We dressed alike and teased the guys 

On each other we knew we could depend 

We couldn't imagine anything better 

We even covered each other's lies 

Our childhood flew by so fast 

We played sports and went to dances 

And dressed as witches for Halloween 

We can say it was  such a blast 

Always testing the limits and circumstances 

We'd pull our pranks without being mean 

We went to college and got degrees. 

Then went on to our chosen careers. 

Now we have our own families care for 

Giving us a lot more responsibilities. 

As time goes by months turn into years. 

We long to get away even more 

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      The time has come 

These are the glory years we now share 

Leaving our worries and cares behind 

We fill the days with a lot of laughter 

While doing all the things we dare 

To the danger we are blind 

We go ahead without any fear 

Creating  our own kind of road map 

Making it up as we go along 

Like we did when were little kids 

Not much time to take a nap 

We'll make up our own silly song 

About all the fun things we did 

Too much to see on our time away 

We're not ready to go back 

We have to see it all while we're able 

Collecting memories with each new day 

Stopping at the big Candy Shack 

We pile our favorite sweets on a table 

We know eventually, we will have to return 

We have our responsibilities back home 

We’ll bring back some souvenirs for gifts   

but along the way, there are lessons to learn 

So many countries to  explore and roam 

From <https://allpoetry.com/contest/2688158---Glorious---Macklemore>  

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Mom's Banana bread Recipe. 

1/3 cup crisco butter shortening 

2/3 cup of sugar.  ( 1/3 cup white sugar 1/3 cup of brown) 

2 & 1/4 tsp of baking powder.   NO baking soda 

1 cup of mashed bananas ( equal to two medium one if they good size ) 

1 & 3/4 cups of unbleached flour 

2 eggs 

Directions to the way I do it is…… 

Blend shortening and sugar together add the baking powder once sugar and shortening is blended well. Once the baking powder is mixed in add (1) egg to blend it in. Then slowly add the flour. With some banana in alternating  the flour and bananas. Add the 3/4 cups of flour 1/4 at a time So as to not have it fly everywhere.  I usually just leave the bananas whole breaking off small parts at a time.  

When everything IS BLENDED TOGETHER AS A BATTER IT WILL BE THICK AND PASTY. ADD THE LAST EGG INTO IT. IT WILL MAKE IT MORE LIQUID AND EASIER TO POUR AND SCOOP OUT.  

I MAKE THEM INTO MINI LOAVES OR MUFFINS INSTEAD. THEN THEY'RE EASIER TO GIVE OUT OR PACK. Then like daddy  would he'd love cut off the out crusts and leave the soft parts so with muffins you can't do it.  

Make sure you grease the pans or muffin tins.   

If you make muffins or small loaves it'll only be about 35 minutes for a full loaf pan you'll need about 55 minutes. 

I pre heat the oven  to 375 degrees. But watch with the temperature some ovens heat up faster and hotter than others.  

To know if it is done poke the top of the loaf or muffins with a fork if it comes out clean then they're done, if it's still gooey then cook a bit longer.   

Also use a glass loaf pan they don't burn the bread like metal and you can see how brown the loaf bakes to. 

Pull out of the oven and flip the loaf pans on their sides to ease it it out if it is stuck take a knife around the edges. muffins can be flipped out. To cool off . Make sure they aren't stuck to the edges before flipping though.  

Again make sure any pans used are greased  well with the shortening. 

The bananas vary in sizes.  2 mediums should equal one cup  You can play with it to get it perfect. Sometimes it is one large and one small one. Once you know the sizes you'll be able to  judge it by eye. 

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Day by day , 

you can't believe what they say. 

They take everything slowly away. 

Crushing walls in till you don't want to stay 

It doesn't get better when you try to pray 

They want things their own twisted way. 

Only ones in their own clique can stay. 

I wonder what God would have to say 

Bonnie Hollywood-Cutts 

7/26/2017 

12:00 p.m. 

From <https://www.facebook.com/bonniejhollywood.cutts/posts/10155039722803802?comment_id=10155063215973802&notif_t=feed_comment&notif_id=1501816405553818>  

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God keeps me calm through all the storms 

When I am cold and tired His embrace keeps me warm. 

Though troubles chase me and fill me with fear 

God's words remind me He is always near. 

My enemies try to break me with their lies and efforts 

But the mighty arms of God buffers me from what hurts. 

Many times the adversary tried to cut me down in accidents 

But the angels protected me from harm in every incident.  

In the moments' others will blame me for things that are done 

I will not strike back with revenge for I'm the innocent one. 

Jesus died for me and gave me forgiveness and Salvation 

And those that remain in their sins will find damnation. 

There's shelter and comfort while resting in His arms.  

No man's efforts that rise against can bring me great harm. 

Living out a glorious life 

The glory years we've shared 

We filled them with laughter 

While doing all the things we dared 

To even imagine without any fear 

Creating our own kind of road map 

Making it up as we are going along 

Not much time to take a nap 

We make up our own silly song 

Too much to see we don’t want to go back 

We have to see it all while we're able 

Stopping at the big Candy Shack 

We pile our favorite sweets on a table 

We know eventually, we will have to return 

To see our  own family and friends we know 

 but along the way, there are lessons to learn 

And still, so many places we still have to go 

We searched the least of places 

To find  

THIS GOES WITH  THE GLORIOUS LIFE POEM ONCE 'I'M DONE WITH IT 

We met in school and became best friends 

We began doing everything together  

On each other, we knew we could depend 

We couldn't imagine anything better 

Our childhood flew by so fast 

We played sports and went to dances 

We really had such a blast 

Always testing the limits and circumstances 

We both got married and have families 

Leaning on each other in so many ways. 

For we both have a lot of responsibilities 

Together we make through bad days. 

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We've been friends since our childhood 

Playing sports and in the marching band 

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At our graduation we made a vow 

We'd always remain in contact 

We knew we'd  find a way somehow 

No one else would have our back 

We're out of school, going our own ways 

Doing what grown-ups do now 

We knew  

So we made a solemn vow 

On  our school reunion 

8/23/17 

Our first date was magical 

Walking together holding hands 

The breeze was cool 

You had a special evening planned. 

Music was playing in the background 

Sitting together you kissed my cheek 

I was relieved there was nobody around. 

I just sat blushing and couldn't speak. 

I was nervous, not knowing what to expect. 

You smiled and looked me in the eye. 

These are moments I can recollect  

I felt light as if I was going to fly. 

You took me in your strong embrace. 

Reassuring me everything would be okay. 

The kiss took my thoughts to a new place. 

It was gentle and sweet taking my breath away.