January 7, 2013 by Melba Christie at Poemattic

Haiku #30

Life released, free

to fly without a care

barefoot in the grass

haiku my heart is happy to see you (somepinkflowers.typepad.com)

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Here Lives a Teacher
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What Will I Flaunt Today?
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I HATE FAILURE!
Failure to achieve something in life can be devastating sometimes. I was thinking about failure. There are some things that we cannot help of course. Sometimes failure is inevitable. We have little control over nature; often it seems like it needs to fail us or disappoint us. We may not understand how someone can deceive and … Continue reading "I HATE F […]
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