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terri guillemets

composed by yours truly

Tenacious

2025 March 16th1996 February 18th

Reality is irritatingly obstinate
and so very gosh darn’d sticky!

Terri Guillemets

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Juxtaposing

2025 March 16th2008 December 25th

Spring blossoms flowers
Winter blossoms quietude

Terri Guillemets

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Tough as concrete

2025 March 16th2009 May 2nd

Each negative experience hardens us a little more to life. Some of us are tough as concrete. But try to leave yourself a few cracks, so that love and flowers can grow through.

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None excluded

2025 March 16th2019 January 12th

Prayer is for the grateful and for the grateful-to-be.

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Speaking of spring

2025 March 16th2007 February 26th

Spring translates earth’s happiness into colorful flowers.

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Knees down, heart open, head up

2025 September 5th2021 February 25th

Sometimes, praying is releasing our pent-up, used-up life and making room in ourselves for new life.

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Foggy

2025 March 16th2009 September 17th

Like steam from a cup of hot tea that fogs our glasses, false urgency of matters at hand blurs our vision to important things in the distance.

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Away

2025 March 16th2019 January 11th

Sometimes what gets to you most isn’t the large holes that get ripped from your heart but the fraying of its edges — when what held you together isn’t anymore.

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Cold is relative

2025 March 16th2018 October 21st

When you’re shivering with loss, let love keep you warm with memories.

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Bartleby

2025 March 16th1998 January 13th

How can something bother you if you won’t let it?

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End of the race

2025 April 1st2025 April 1st

drivers of  “progress”
steering us toward a cliff
at capital velocity

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Pain gain

2025 March 16th2000 February 6th

Sometimes I get the feeling the aspirin companies are sponsoring my headaches.

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Projected

2025 March 31st2002 January 12th

Many of my one-hour projects take half an hour to start and several years to finish.

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