https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/08/back-to-school.html?showComment=1346118650219
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Back to School
Photo by L. Kolp- My Precious Children I dreamed of quiet days days of contentment with no TV or Wii blaring in my ears, no fightin...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2009/10/to-be-capable.html
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: To Be Capable
Those children who have learned to conquer their problems are more secure than those who have never faced them. Our task as parents, therefo...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/05/becoming-sasquatch.html?showComment=1337826695260
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Becoming Sasquatch
A course layer of brown hair thicker than a bristle brush covered his body like Sasquatch. Kids teased him behind his back with a pluck...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/05/becoming-sasquatch.html?showComment=1338312436567
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Becoming Sasquatch
A course layer of brown hair thicker than a bristle brush covered his body like Sasquatch. Kids teased him behind his back with a pluck...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2010/05/j-and-k-are-for.html
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: J and K are for...
J ust K idding! Eons ago, when I was in middle school, I had a friend that would say "just kidding" all the time. She would not only say "...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/06/stockade-of-lies.html?showComment=1340134528214
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: A Stockade of Lies
Puddle , 1952, M. C. Esch Eschew the truth; frightening how you scrutinize others' minor faults, lightening your own gui...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/07/will-heat-ever-cease.html?showComment=1309967769104
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Will the Heat Ever Cease?
H eavy air stifling hot E very breath a taxing chore A s like a nasty summer cold T oppling nerves crash to the floor @laurie kolp Pr...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/03/big-tent-poetry-prompt-stuck.html?showComment=1300561537049
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Big Tent Poetry prompt: Stuck
Stuck Up She had this nose (a snout, no doubt) this natural incline (up there, in the air) with dragon eyes (two holes like bowls) a pointy...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/08/when-darkness-falls-i-hear-calls.html?showComment=1313131716782
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: It's in the Air
when darkness falls I hear the calls rustling through the breeze I see the trees a candle's flame enticement calls my name nostalgic pine...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/04/a-heavenly-surprise.html
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: A Heavenly Surprise
Yesterday it rained chocolate from heaven. An angel showered me with sweet blessings. I can say that because I believe special friends like ...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2014/02/true-olympians-remain-leaders.html?showComment=1392873569680
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: True Olympians Remain Leaders
I feel for the Olympians. From the opening ceremony to the medal display, their excitement is mine. I feel for the Olympians. Each h...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-stronghold.html?showComment=1318863607964
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: My Stronghold
Cinquain Form: Timber Ever reaching I carved my heart on you Will you take me in your branches? Stronghold @laurie kolp **********...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/09/passing-through.html?showComment=1349121410833
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Passing Through
It Must Be Time For Lunch Now , 1979, by Francesca Woodman Photo prompt courtesy of The Mag 137 a spurt of growth a nudge, a grudg...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/09/treat.html?showComment=1317311173334
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: The Treat
Amid the musky attic shelf (rat infested, I might add) a Swiss cheese box from years ago (remnants of some rodent's feast) is ...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/02/did-you-say-soup.html?showComment=1330274729263
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Did You Say Soup?
Warhol-at-the-Grocery-store They told him ...to check out the chicken soup-- it was good for the heart and soul ...that ...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/08/spread-peace-and-love.html?showComment=1312999485209
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Spread Peace and Love
R espond with love undivided A ttention of a soldier saluting D rench sloppy Labrador kisses I mmune you'll be from animosity A bundant...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/03/magpie-tales-monday_28.html?showComment=1301340507618
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Magpie Tales Monday
Peace at Sea Portals beckon; dare I take the chance, cross the gangplank to your soul? Steady mast; dare I trust my intuition, bare...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/04/imho-dont-take-it-to-bank.html?showComment=1335395425315
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: IMHO, Don't Take It To the Bank
I pace the floor back and forth, back to the back window, forth. The sun a splash of golden light, dust dancing in the wings as birds tw...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/09/dessert.html?showComment=1346608848064
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Dessert
Summer Night , 1913, by Albert Bloch Picture prompt from The Mag 133 A blue moon, hands in pants absurdity, obscure (per)chance...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-don-do-mourning-well.html
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: I Don't Do Mourning Well
I don't do "mourning" well. I guess I am too much of a sentimental sap. With that being said, you can probably surmise that I am missing M...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2013/04/taking-it-slow.html?showComment=1365878470486
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Taking it Slow
Three days a week, a gradual conditioning to get in shape the right way. Week one- walk six minutes, jog one repeat five times. ...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/09/french-quarter-lovers.html?showComment=1316954900598
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: French Quarter Lovers (Prose Poetry)
Strolling through the French Quarter, hungry singles look at passers-by as potential lovers. Horny men shop for immodest girls drunk enough ...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2013/02/closed.html?showComment=1361735957636
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Closed
Don't touch him, don't expect him to open up. The arms he once wrapped around himself were ripped off by his wife ...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/10/clandestine-excuses.html?showComment=1349631955452
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Clandestine Excuses
Sick Woman, 1665, by Jan Steen Photo prompt courtesy of The Mag 138 the same old story every week headaches, chill...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/11/caramel.html
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Caramel
Anticipation, a burst of pure caramel, sweet goodness down my throat pure ecstasy, my love affair with you. * Inspiration- I...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2014/08/sophomoric.html?showComment=1409158562123
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Sophomoric
entanglement in the parking lot, heartless honks and cars backed up in jagged lines like zipper spines-- walk with a book on your he...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2014/08/afternoon-snack.html?showComment=1407948543068
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Afternoon Snack
his eyes were like almonds drawing me into a secret place inside where only I existed and nothing else mattered except us those eyes t...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/06/wednesday-words-interview-and-some.html?showComment=1308763741047
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Wednesday Words: An interview and some poetry
I am truly humbled and proud to announce that Poetic Bloomings:Web Wednesday has interviewed me. I hope you'll hop over there and take a lo...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2013/05/my-mantra.html?showComment=1367443766427
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: My Mantra
Soak in God's sun, believe in the power of prayer, pay tribute to each new day, find out why you're here. A mantra that I live by now; it...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/11/signs-of-life.html?showComment=1322414542969
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Signs of Life
a ruddy imprint on the bricked underpass one tobacco-tainted sofa, sans cushions deemed passe haute couture for some while others sprin...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-cure-for-anxiety.html?showComment=1362707481276
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: A Cure for Anxiety
Watch the light transfer colors explode, begin to dance across the beige carpet up the walls like a doodle waltzing on the cei...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/08/imprints-of-guilt.html?showComment=1314573099213
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Imprints of Guilt
Father Night sweeps dust upon your cloak an incubus that haunts life's fervent truth and though the breeze incites veracity dense matte...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2009/09/n-umber-s-ense-by-laurie-kolp-some-say.html
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*
N umber S ense by Laurie Kolp Some say age is just a number But to a ninety-four-year-old Age is the harsh, true reality that Death is near ...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/05/mag-66.html?showComment=1305558343806
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Mag 66
The ESSENCE of Books E ight erect epics S helved scholary spines S urreal somber summaries E very essay expanding N ostalgic narrative...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/12/missile.html?showComment=1323018668534
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: The Missile
Lunch , George Tooker, 1964, Columbus Museum of Art In December they gather at the mission genuflect and take a seat on pine needles an...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2013/02/where-witches-roam.html?showComment=1361143043305
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Where Witches Roam
Wind of History by Jacek Yerka Pic prompt courtesy of The Mag 156 where witches roam a wind enchants draws victims to clawed ...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2014/09/hold-life.html?showComment=1410963458746
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Hold Life
lined in autumn colors a winding path that leads to you door after door adorned with wreaths of red, yellow and orange pumpkins...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/06/loopy.html?showComment=1338742122928
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Loopy
image by Klaus Enrique Gerdes A sticky fruitcake turned vegetable, too much V(odka)8 indiscernible. * Fruitcake + Vodka = Vegetable (...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/03/big-tent-poetry-prompt-stuck.html?showComment=1300527571490
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Big Tent Poetry prompt: Stuck
Stuck Up She had this nose (a snout, no doubt) this natural incline (up there, in the air) with dragon eyes (two holes like bowls) a pointy...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/05/becoming-sasquatch.html?showComment=1337816388279
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Becoming Sasquatch
A course layer of brown hair thicker than a bristle brush covered his body like Sasquatch. Kids teased him behind his back with a pluck...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/07/not-alone-in-loneliness.html?showComment=1310808930812
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Not Alone in Loneliness
Peaceful solitude or colorless seclusion? Is happiness on the horizon or is it an illusion? My path, narrowed with age, grows clear-cut...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/08/grounded.html?showComment=1345440319403
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Grounded
Under Windsor Bridge , 1912, by Adolphe Valette Courtesy of The Mag grounded, the man bides time caramel fog the layer of desce...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2013/03/diamonds.html?showComment=1363099381089
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Diamonds
Meal Beach, Burra Isles, Shetland by Robin Gosnall Photo prompt courtesy of The Mag 159 diamonds dance on clear water, the sun spa...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-boy-and-his-dog.html?showComment=1343571892840
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: A Boy and His Dog
image by Zelko Nedic One might think it strange: a wayward, rampant boy whose rough conditions early on... ...one might think woul...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/06/stockade-of-lies.html?showComment=1339970889147
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: A Stockade of Lies
Puddle , 1952, M. C. Esch Eschew the truth; frightening how you scrutinize others' minor faults, lightening your own gui...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/04/inside-me.html?showComment=1334798497675
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Inside Me
Inside me lives A rumple of emotions A lover Wife, mother, sister, daughter Passionate and caring Sometimes too much Inside me lives ...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2013/03/country-dancing.html?showComment=1363151803410
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Country Dancing
How many pairs of Ropers did she wear out? Wrangler jeans and stylish shirts the city girl stepped into for wild nights of country da...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/10/dancing-at-oceans-edge.html?showComment=1318779926389
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Dancing at the Ocean's Edge
In the shallows of the ocean deep where broken shells are gathered and sea foam cotton is a mirage that fools the young at heart, causes...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/05/bad-neighborhoods.html
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Bad Neighborhoods
You were forewarned not to go, not to go, not to go into that neighborhood but you did anyway. Did you hear the beggar on the street c...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/09/so-breathe.html?showComment=1315371407095
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: So, Breathe
Even in the depths of suffocating despair there's always something to reach for something to live for so, breathe inhale 1, 2, 3 ex...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/10/think.html?showComment=1351474602220
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Played
Photo by L. Kolp Think. The way we once thread ourselves to a wish for something more a silent door peace within, single men wome...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-message.html?showComment=1398174759474
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: The Message
animate this: warm temperatures, opened windows thoughts of first holiday without Mom last Easter's memories a broken record-- bask...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/06/baglady-finds-herself.html?showComment=1308753682890
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: A Baglady Finds Herself
An old vintage photograph lies hidden beneath dusty antiques today but a mere memory of yesterdays long forgotten. She sees hers...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/09/through-eyes-of-father-and-child.html?showComment=1315921709580
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Through the Eyes of a Father and Child
Dear Father- Reaching the ceiling with relentless resistance; you must have hung the moon. Dear Child- Innocence fresh and pure as w...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-l-ove-nimals-animals-animals-big-and.html?showComment=1315422246028
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*
I L ove A nimals ~ by Laurie Kolp Animals, animals big and small Are the best friends of all I love dogs with all my heart Except when loose...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/12/missile.html?showComment=1323153275674
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: The Missile
Lunch , George Tooker, 1964, Columbus Museum of Art In December they gather at the mission genuflect and take a seat on pine needles an...
laurie kolppoetrymissile
https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/11/caramel.html?showComment=1353557766105
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Caramel
Anticipation, a burst of pure caramel, sweet goodness down my throat pure ecstasy, my love affair with you. * Inspiration- I...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/05/stormy-nights-forgotten-moods-so-heavy.html?showComment=1306810474758
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*
Stormy Nights Forgotten moods so heavy they hurt they cloud reality blow the time away a tornado from the blue sprawled ou...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-math-class.html?showComment=1316660179114
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: In Math Class
Long and tan slinky-like shavings twist mediocrity to the tiled ground, a sigh, a yawn, a roll of the eyes dull pencil marks race to the ...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/08/spread-peace-and-love.html?showComment=1313009730567
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Spread Peace and Love
R espond with love undivided A ttention of a soldier saluting D rench sloppy Labrador kisses I mmune you'll be from animosity A bundant...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2012/09/bottlenecked-hope.html?showComment=1347644061698
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Bottlenecked Hope
Southern-Style Bottle Trees photo by L. Kolp Blue bottled blooms brush the heavenly skies, clank rhythms as a bo...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2009/12/a-sweet-story.html?showComment=1261929849720
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: A sweet story
'Friends are God's way of taking care of us.' This was written by a Metro Denver Hospice Physician: I was driving home from a meeting this e...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2013/05/saying-goodbye.html?showComment=1369828309405
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Saying Goodbye
In our embrace, your breath a touch of life and love. Uncertainty, the tear you wiped away. ~ Prompt Inspirations~ Poetry Jam...
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https://lkharris-kolp.blogspot.com/2011/08/taking-flight.html?showComment=1314872900447
*Laurie Kolp Poetry*: Taking Flight
Just as a cardinal splashes red flying on a rainy day, you didn't go unnoticed when you flounced away. @laurie kolp Prompt inspiratio...
laurie kolppoetrytakingflight