This was a project I did basically during the pandemic. I started writing a poem a day. Once ‘real life’ started again it got harder to write everyday, which is interesting.

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for the fun of it

this writing has been harder
than it used to be
I must have things in my head
that are blocking me

I seem to want to be
witty, clever, wise
say it all with some aplomb
make people surprised

but these are only smallish words
with no real big ideas
sometimes it is just good fun
to find a rhyme - tortillas!

today I will sound applause
at the value of pure play
something for the fun of it
nothing deep to say

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shall we?

Should can be sticky
very hard to see
harder still to get out of
at least it is for me

Can seems so easy
Could may not be
Will has a lightness
somehow it feels more free

Might is a cop out
Would is a plea
Let’s is my favorite
because it is a we

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