Author of two YA books & a short story collection. Random joy facilitator. Currently raising funds to create an online newspaper devoted to positive news š š
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19 Dec 2023
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4 Mar 2022
Seven years, hundreds of revisions, stalwart CP @AriadneLukas two honorable mentions, a short-list, semi-finalist, & now a longlist. No matter how 'long' the wait might be, breathing life into a dream never gets old. Thanks @RetreatWest
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5 Dec 2021
Wisdom lacks distinction me and thee
13 Nov 2018
Beware of bird... :)
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L.A.Redding retweeted
5 Dec 2021
āThe grudge you hold on to is like a hot coal that you intend to throw at someone, only youāre the one who gets burned ā Buddhaā link.medium.com/nPnSpABaJlb
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5 Dec 2021
#Caturday Dear Missy, Thanks for being my friend and lap buddy. I surely miss you but will never forget the day you wiped your bottom on the carpet, leaving a stain in the shape of a smile. (poem posted in full at #poetrycommunity )
ALT In memory of beloved Missy
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5 Dec 2021
#poetrycommunity (stanza 1819)
A pee-sized nose and two dark-brown eyes
Wonāt disguise
The mess Iāve made
Should surely make the grade
My true intention belies
For this face Iāve made comes with a smile
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5 Dec 2021
#poetrycommunity (stanza 17)
Agh, there it is--beige, low pile
Finally, a place to artistically style
A little scrubbing in a wide arc
My chocolate lips would surely mark
Reasoned payback with guile
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5 Dec 2021
#poetrycommunity (stanza 15/16)
One, two, & three score
Up the stairs I can stand it no more!
Thereād be no need for caper
Were the toilet not so far from the paper
Canāt say I didnāt warn them Iād ruin the dĆ©cor
With the artistry of a cat
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5 Dec 2021
#poetrycommunity (stanza 13/14)
Through the lungs of a cat
Passing by denim leg
Move, get out of the way, I beg
Iām on the run with dingle berry swatting my bum
And this oneās no mere crumb!
The pile here I come, like a drunkard to the keg
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5 Dec 2021
#poetrycommunity (stanza 12)
One final squeeze
Donāt sniff the breeze!
Were it complete no cling-on would persist
Time has come, the one I cannot resist
As I forget my aching bones and up the stairs I wheeze
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5 Dec 2021
#poetrycommunity (stanza 11)
Up and over my leaden legs scramble
As the urge to release grows beyond gambol
I crouch and wait
For the brownie to escape the pale gate
Now itās just a gamble
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5 Dec 2021
#poetrycommunity (stanza 10)
The journey down one, two, & three score
I, in this dusky house, no more than pinafore
To the bowels I go in search of the loo
If my plans they knew
The overseers would surely abhor
The guile of a cat
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5 Dec 2021
#poetrycommunity (Stanza 9)
So distant the stairs, I fear
Thus with bum hip and gritty bones I near
Were my vessel a ship
Happy Iād be, sure to have a bargaining chip
My body a yarāeasy to hand, reef, and steer
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5 Dec 2021
#poetrycommunity (Stanza 7 & 8)
Feel the pressure, feel the urge
Now leaving my cushion to purge
Must admit Iām prone to ramble
And thus with no further preamble
I abandon this bitter dirge
Rat-a-tat-tat and a tee-teeing
Blurb a blurb oāer a flea-fleeing
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5 Dec 2021
#poetrycommunity (Stanza 6)
Within the soul of a cat
A cat can dream
Can you see the gleam
In the eye that mirrors the soul
To not just look but catch that mole!
Life beyond here kitty and a bowl of cream
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5 Dec 2021
#poetrycommunity (stanza 4 & 5)
You see the mind does wander
When it is forced to ponder
A castle of the mind
To leave the rest behind
And sashay over yonder
Beyond the confine
Of kitty concubine
To determine oneās fate
Oh, were it not too late
Livesāpraise how they are nine
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5 Dec 2021
#poetrycommunity
That little golf sand trap did I mention
Oh, how it holds the attention
A dither-thither-fairy-foot feline dance
All the way to that place Iād prance
Instead I am forced to teach them a lesson
In the head of a cat
Stanza 3
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5 Dec 2021
#poetrycommunity
Through the life of a cat
Stretch and yawn, wake up from a nap
Merely another prelude to a mishap
Were I allowed outside to fawn
Iād surely use the lawn
Yes, Iād draw a map
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5 Dec 2021
#poetrycommunity My attempt @ humor-verse about a cat who wiped her bottom on the carpet
I will tell you the life of a cat
Tis not all eat, ignore, & wear a hat
Dr. Seussā fundamental misapplication
Of the rules governing all feline variation
Letās take a serious look at that
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2 Dec 2021
A wise response to the standard & borderline clichƩ question: When am I considered a writer?
Dear Frenemy, I Am Not Listening To You Anymore cauldronsandcupcakes.com/202ā¦ via @nicole_cody #thursdaymorning #ThursdayMotivation #writerscommunity #NaNoWriMo21 Write on & Right on, nicole!
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