it’s beastly
but it’s what’s so
spouses leave/ bosses cheat/ dogs chew
liars speak/ channels dupe/ cancer grows
a rare few release the
you-shoulds in life
I raise my glass and
drink the beading
to the few who branch with courage
to become their veritable selves
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Written for dVerse Poets Pub open link night and for The Sunday Whirl.
The Whirl words this week are leave, cheat, chew, branch, channel,
beastly, few, cancer, release, speak, become, beading
Later, Miss Slater 
Oh, so true! I raise my glass with you. This is a very strong poem.
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Thank you, Beth. Very glad to see you here.
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Oh Sabra, this is divine! Loving the pacing of the subject/predicate phrases. I raise a glass to you!
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Thank you, Brenda! I wish we could raise our glasses together. 🙂
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Raising a toast to our veritable selves!
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Clicking our glasses! 🙂
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with a big hug of course.
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So true. I’ll drink to that!! Nicely done!
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Thank you, Ginny. Glad you joined us for our drink.
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I hope it’s champagne 🙂
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Yes! Thank you for stopping by. Cheers!
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I love it ~ I raise my glass to you too ~ Cheers ~
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Thank you, Grace. Cheers!
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Lovely, Sabra. And – isn’t it just oh,so Threatening, to others, when we do have the courage to become our veritable selves! Bravo! I’ll raise my glass to you, too. Vivienne (OneVoicePoetry)
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Yes, it is treatening to some and I’m always surprised by who feels threatened. Cheers to you, Vivienne!
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Love this….brave and powerful 🙂 xo ~jackie~
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Thank you for your comment and visit. 🙂
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releasing the you-shoulds in life and having the courage to go the opposite path – i drink to this as well
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Thank you, Claudia. Here’s to courage and action. Cheers!
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So very true! I raise an imaginary glass of bubbly to you and this poem! Very nice write (and thank you for reminding me of the wordle)!
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I see the raised glass and say thank you for your visit and comments. I look forward to sharing our wordles. 🙂
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I raise my glass with you!
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Cheers! Thank you.
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Cheers to be one-selves… tight use of the wordle
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Thank you for your visit Bjorn. Always glad to see you here.
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Was that really a poem created out of word prompts? It was fantastic – very strong overall, but the second and third stanza particularly,
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Yes, it was created from The Sunday Whirl word prompt. Thank you so much for your kind comment and for your visit.
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This is a wondrous handful of words! I raise my glass to you! 😉
If the Branch Could Speak
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Thank you so much! Cheers to you, too!
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Life is challenging, that’s for sure!
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Yes, Laurie. I know you have your deep challenge now. Thank you for your visit and for leaving me a comment. 🙂
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It is true that we lose time by our promises of doing that tomorrow what could become real today. This life is too short… Thoughtful writing and it resonated with me especially today. Lovely! 🙂
And my gentle bow to those who realize their dreams and become what they are capable of being.
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Very glad my poem resonated with you. I appreciate your visit and comment, Anmol. May you realize your authentic self and in doing so, realize your dreams.
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Beautiful expression, and so full of meaning…
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Thank you, Yvonne. Wonderful to see you here. 🙂
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I love the way you’ve used the words. And I loved “it’s what’s” and I drink to those people as well…and to what the inspire in us
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Thank you! Lifting my glass to you and to those who inspire us. 🙂
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The naked truth so to speak! Very innovative write Sabra!
Hank
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Thank you, Hank. I do like the truth, even when it is wordled.
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This is direct, honest, and wise. I salute you,
Elizabeth
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Thank you so much, Elizabeth. I appreciate you.
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Cheers to all those who dare to be themselves! I love this piece, Sabra!
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Thank you, Belva. Cheers to the ones who dare and to you. 🙂
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That’s a wallop of truth–love it!
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Thank you so much, Brenda!
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Wow, Sabra, it is wonderful what you did with a very difficult set of words. Very strong write.
Pamela
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Thank you so much, Pamela. Wonderful to see you here. 🙂
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O, wow, so many drinkers here! I join in 🙂
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Glad to have you join us. Thank you for your visit and leaving me a comment, 🙂
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Too true! Well written.
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Thank you, Andy!
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Wonderful read, Glad you found a wonderful way to use beading, nothing came to me when I wrote mine.
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Thank you, Cathy. I think beading was the word I was most pleased with myself. When I first saw in, I didn’t think I would use it or branch. I think branch was the hardest for me, after I began writing.
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“Unto thine own self be true” although spoken by a bit of a bore in Hamlet this is still a maxim to aspire to.
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Yes it is, oldegg. Thank you for visiting and leaving me a comment.
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I absolutly love this poem. To leave the “shoulds” behind and do all from pure intention? That must be the most important part of the journey toward becoming your true self.
I hope I’m on that road 🙂
And thank yo uso much for your comment over at my blog!
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Wow, thank you, Suzy. It is something we can all aspire to, rich, poor, or middle-class. I hope I’m on it, too. Thanks for your lovely comment. 🙂
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Cheers to you Sabra..perfectly put..life happens..for sure
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Cheers, Jae Rose! Thanks for your visit. 🙂
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I’ll raise a glass too.
Anna :o]
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Thank you, Anna. Cheers! I appreciate your visit.
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It’s so good when you can read a Wordle poem and not know that the words were the prompts until the end. To me, that shows ease in writing the poem.
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This one did come with ease, Victoria. Thanks for visting and leaving me a comment.
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Succinct and poignant, Sabra
my best to you
john
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Thank you, John,. I appreciate your visit and comments. All the best to you.
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