You Never Know
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Comment from acerisestory
He does look very happy, that Sawyer!
This is another fun poem with a thought provoking message, Brooke: the possibility of possibilities! Your rhyming is great. And your use of alliteration enhances the flow: dimmed/died; stepping/stones.
Thank you for sharing! Alana
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He does look very happy, that Sawyer!
This is another fun poem with a thought provoking message, Brooke: the possibility of possibilities! Your rhyming is great. And your use of alliteration enhances the flow: dimmed/died; stepping/stones.
Thank you for sharing! Alana
Comment Written 12-Aug-2014
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Alana, thank you so much :-) Brooke
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You are welcome, Brooke. Alana
Comment from CALLAHANMR
Dear Brooke, I love all your poetry, as you well know by now, even though I don't review them all because I would just wind up repeating myself: wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. This, however, is one of your best. All your work is so full of love. And joy. And hope.
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Dear Brooke, I love all your poetry, as you well know by now, even though I don't review them all because I would just wind up repeating myself: wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. This, however, is one of your best. All your work is so full of love. And joy. And hope.
Comment Written 12-Aug-2014
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Thank you so very much for your generosity and extremely encouraging comments :-) Brooke
Comment from barbara.wilkey
Children don't need expensive toys to be happy. They just need loving parents, security, and allowed the freedom to explore. Loved your poem.
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Children don't need expensive toys to be happy. They just need loving parents, security, and allowed the freedom to explore. Loved your poem.
Comment Written 12-Aug-2014
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Barbara, thanks so much. Yep, Sawyer's most prized possessions are a set of old keys and little shells he's collected at the beach and other such stuff :-) And that is despite the fact he owns a boatload of expensive toys. LOL This is why he's over two and I've never spent a penny buying him one. :-) Brooke
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I understand. My boys were the same way. I remember my oldest son standing in a store crying because I didn't buy him something. He said, "I know you can afford it." He's correct we could, but...he didn't need it. There's a huge difference between wants and needs.
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Miranda has a project for the next two weeks. She is going to be doing over Nora's playroom to be more age appropriate now that she is entering kindergarten. Blair, Nora's mom, told her to get rid of lots and lots of stuff that is too "babyish" and then to buy replacement stuff. Miranda gets to inherit anything she wants for Sawyer before she takes the rest to Goodwill. You would not believe how much good stuff this kind of purging has netted Sawyer in the past couple of years, and he doesn't care at all that they are hand me downs. LOL Add that to all the goodies a boatload of other adoring relatives and friends buy him, and there is absolutely no point in my ever entering a toy store. LOL
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WOW!! That reminds me I need to write a check for school cloths for Jeff's children. They have three and money's tight, so I help out each school year.
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Three kids is a whole lot of wardrobe and shoes to buy - I still marvel that I managed to clothe two. My son's feet never cooperated with my hope that school shoes would last an entire school year. And the price of that stuff keeps going higher and higher. By the time Eric was in junior high he got a paper route so that he could afford the more expensive Michael Jordan shoes.
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Steven wears size 14 and I have to special order his shoes.
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Yep, sounds just like my son. :-) You think those ungrateful boys would just stay the size we asked them to :-)
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I know. Steven's oldest two brothers were in High School when he was born, so teenagers, yuck. He used to promise me he would never grow up. Guess what? He did.
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They're all just little liars LOL
Comment from kiwisteveh
This is such a lovely 'glass half-full' kind of poem that I hesitate to mention the other kind of 'you never know' possibility - life's nasty little surprises....
Nice set of last chance surprises you use here in a bubbly verse form that suits the subject to a T.
Steve
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This is such a lovely 'glass half-full' kind of poem that I hesitate to mention the other kind of 'you never know' possibility - life's nasty little surprises....
Nice set of last chance surprises you use here in a bubbly verse form that suits the subject to a T.
Steve
Comment Written 12-Aug-2014
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thanks so much, Steve - we already have the news to tell us about the long list of life's nasty surprises :-) No need to do what they already do so well. Brooke
Comment from ravenblack
Every fall presents an opportunity to get up if you keep your eyes open to see it. I really like " when falling rocks might turn to stepping stones".
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Every fall presents an opportunity to get up if you keep your eyes open to see it. I really like " when falling rocks might turn to stepping stones".
Comment Written 12-Aug-2014
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Thanks so much, Ravenblack :-) Brooke
Comment from sweetwoodjax
this is soo cute, brooke. we always have to wait for that last gift to find out which one is the best, I love the picture of your's and Miranda's gift all giftwrapped in a bag.
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this is soo cute, brooke. we always have to wait for that last gift to find out which one is the best, I love the picture of your's and Miranda's gift all giftwrapped in a bag.
Comment Written 12-Aug-2014
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sweetwoodjax, thank you so very much :-) Brooke
Comment from RodG
I can almost hear a parent telling a child "You never know when . . ." I really like the possibilities listed in your poem and the wonderful moral stated in your final stanza, Brooke.
The refrain itself works very well to tie the threads of thought together.
Excellent rhymes chosen in these ABCB quatrains, especially "eyes" and "surprise."
Rod
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I can almost hear a parent telling a child "You never know when . . ." I really like the possibilities listed in your poem and the wonderful moral stated in your final stanza, Brooke.
The refrain itself works very well to tie the threads of thought together.
Excellent rhymes chosen in these ABCB quatrains, especially "eyes" and "surprise."
Rod
Comment Written 12-Aug-2014
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Rod, thank you so much :-) Brooke
Comment from amada
So much wisdom in this lovely piece of poetry. A pleasure to read these touches of wisdom. My favorite is this one "You never know when falling rocks
might turn to stepping stones --"" I think it's true, wink!
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So much wisdom in this lovely piece of poetry. A pleasure to read these touches of wisdom. My favorite is this one "You never know when falling rocks
might turn to stepping stones --"" I think it's true, wink!
Comment Written 12-Aug-2014
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Nancy, thank you so much :-) Brooke
Comment from Ekim777
We never know when some negative force reverts to something positive for us. Or do we make it so. We never know when life's obstacles magically become challenges. Or do we make them so. I find your final verse somewhat cryptic and it confounds me. -Ekim777
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We never know when some negative force reverts to something positive for us. Or do we make it so. We never know when life's obstacles magically become challenges. Or do we make them so. I find your final verse somewhat cryptic and it confounds me. -Ekim777
Comment Written 12-Aug-2014
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Ekim, thank you so much :-) What part of the final stanza is cryptic? I thought it pretty clearly stated that one has to be open to possibility in order to let good things in - if I'm busy wallowing over a past problem, I'm less likely to see something good entering my life. Brooke
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You have clarified the point. The previous verses seemed to emphasize the positive aspect that always emerges.
Comment from --Turtle.
I read through this fun quatrain exploring the possible surprises of unexpected life and the possibility of missing out if not open to participating. There are a lot of engaging images/ easy to relate to comparisons.
The words used are active, but easy, not over done. The tone is light, but controled.
All in all, I enjoyed the reminder that as the day goes on, what I thought might be, might be something else completly.
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I read through this fun quatrain exploring the possible surprises of unexpected life and the possibility of missing out if not open to participating. There are a lot of engaging images/ easy to relate to comparisons.
The words used are active, but easy, not over done. The tone is light, but controled.
All in all, I enjoyed the reminder that as the day goes on, what I thought might be, might be something else completly.
Comment Written 12-Aug-2014
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Turtle, how lovely to hear from you :-) Thanks so much. Brooke
