List: My POEMS: loosely based on real-life events | Curated by Patricia Timmermans

Dec 8, 2024

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My POEMS: loosely based on real-life eventsI love writing poems, and most of them rhyme. I have yet to catch on to artfully unrhyming poetry, but they're immensely fun to write either way. Many are funny, some are serious, but all of them have a thread of real-life experience through them.
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Fiction Shorts
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Patricia Timmermans
What The Dog Thinks of HikingCooper, my guide dog, keeps me on the path and out of trouble. I’ll let him describe the hike we’d take — if we took hikes
Jan 5, 2024
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Jan 5, 2024
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Fiction Shorts
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Patricia Timmermans
Get Out of Bed, the Angel SaidThe random word today is Work.
Apr 22, 2024
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Apr 22, 2024
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Charlotte, Ralph and the Little Sperm Named JimOn the evening of date night, at Ralph’s tidy house 
All pets soundly sleeping, including the mouse
Aug 1, 2024
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Aug 1, 2024
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Fiction Shorts
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Patricia Timmermans
This Aging Thing is Not My BagThe word for today’s drabble challenge is, scientist.
Jan 11, 2024
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Jan 11, 2024
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Fiction Shorts
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Patricia Timmermans
Would I Be Lost Without You?This short little piece is dedicated to my guide dog, Cooper
Jan 2, 2024
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Jan 2, 2024
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Fiction Shorts
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How They Avoid Talking About the WeatherIn a poem
Mar 30, 2024
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Mar 30, 2024
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The Only Way I’ll Ever See The StarsThey fill the night sky like drops of champagne that catch the light, but I have never seen the stars
Dec 12, 2023
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Dec 12, 2023
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The Love of Dogs
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Patricia Timmermans
A Dog’s Haiku TrilogyOne haiku and two haiku sequences, written and told from the viewpoint of Guide Dog Cooper
Oct 25, 2023
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Oct 25, 2023
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The Love of Dogs
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Patricia Timmermans
The Dog’s Opinion About My Writing Life — Poem by CooperApril 12 prompt: Guest Writer! So today Cooper is my guest
Apr 12, 2023
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Apr 12, 2023
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The Love of Dogs
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Patricia Timmermans
Sunny Summer Months Up North — As Told by the DogSummer’s here, the leaves are green, the flowers looking nice, we’ve started walking by the lake — no longer solid ice
May 25, 2023
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May 25, 2023
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The Dog Pees Real Fast or, Dressing For Winter Up NorthA Poem about my favorite season — really, winter? No not really
Apr 26, 2023
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Apr 26, 2023
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A Morning Without Coffee — Could I Do That To You?Prompt for April 1st: The funniest prank you’ve ever played on someone.
Apr 1, 2023
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Apr 1, 2023
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Thanks to The Friendly Giant!My love of music began here
Apr 4, 2023
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Apr 4, 2023
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One Chocolate Bar For a DimeA poem about my sister and her bragging
Apr 5, 2023
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Apr 5, 2023
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We Were Right and They Were WrongA 70s perspective on smoking pot
Aug 19, 2022
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Aug 19, 2022
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Take Me Back There, I Did Not Stay Long EnoughIn my imagination, I can go back — across time
Mar 11, 2023
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Mar 11, 2023
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The Night Two Chairs Went MissingWriting about the frustration of memory loss helps me cope with it, sometimes it comes out as a poem
Feb 22, 2023
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Feb 22, 2023
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The Lighthouse Where I GoA single-sentence story about a real place in my imagination…
Nov 7, 2022
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Nov 7, 2022
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The Lady Who is 90: She’ll Never Stop LovingThese are some of the ways that she has loved her family
Oct 23, 2022
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Oct 23, 2022
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A Special Place in HellA verse from my broken heart about elder abuse
Sep 27, 2022
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Sep 27, 2022
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My POEMS: loosely based on real-life events

I love writing poems, and most of them rhyme. I have yet to catch on to artfully unrhyming poetry, but they're immensely fun to write either way. Many are funny, some are serious, but all of them have a thread of real-life experience through them.

What The Dog Thinks of Hiking

Cooper, my guide dog, keeps me on the path and out of trouble. I’ll let him describe the hike we’d take — if we took hikes

Get Out of Bed, the Angel Said

The random word today is Work.

Charlotte, Ralph and the Little Sperm Named Jim

On the evening of date night, at Ralph’s tidy house All pets soundly sleeping, including the mouse

This Aging Thing is Not My Bag

The word for today’s drabble challenge is, scientist.

Would I Be Lost Without You?

This short little piece is dedicated to my guide dog, Cooper

How They Avoid Talking About the Weather

In a poem

The Only Way I’ll Ever See The Stars

They fill the night sky like drops of champagne that catch the light, but I have never seen the stars

A Dog’s Haiku Trilogy

One haiku and two haiku sequences, written and told from the viewpoint of Guide Dog Cooper

The Dog’s Opinion About My Writing Life — Poem by Cooper

April 12 prompt: Guest Writer! So today Cooper is my guest

Sunny Summer Months Up North — As Told by the Dog

Summer’s here, the leaves are green, the flowers looking nice, we’ve started walking by the lake — no longer solid ice

The Dog Pees Real Fast or, Dressing For Winter Up North

A Poem about my favorite season — really, winter? No not really

A Morning Without Coffee — Could I Do That To You?

Prompt for April 1st: The funniest prank you’ve ever played on someone.

Thanks to The Friendly Giant!

My love of music began here

One Chocolate Bar For a Dime

A poem about my sister and her bragging

We Were Right and They Were Wrong

A 70s perspective on smoking pot

Take Me Back There, I Did Not Stay Long Enough

In my imagination, I can go back — across time

The Night Two Chairs Went Missing

Writing about the frustration of memory loss helps me cope with it, sometimes it comes out as a poem

The Lighthouse Where I Go

A single-sentence story about a real place in my imagination…

The Lady Who is 90: She’ll Never Stop Loving

These are some of the ways that she has loved her family

A Special Place in Hell

A verse from my broken heart about elder abuse

Patricia Timmermans