Commentary and Philosophy Poetry posted September 26, 2013


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Friendly Advice

by adewpearl


I'm told there are advantages
to spending time alone,
and who am I to argue with
what scientists have shown?

But if a pollster calls to ask
what I would recommend,
I'd tell him to get off the phone
and find himself a friend.




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Many thanks to Miranda Signore for this photo of Sawyer watching an Elmo video with his best friend Baby.
Before anyone tells me some of the words in this poem are not in the vocabulary of a small child, let me say that not all the poems I'm inspired to write by photos of my grandson are intended to be poems for children.
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