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Poem of the Month: April 2007

Secret Sometimes when the morning sun streams through the kitchen window and I'm washing the dishes or opening a can of cat food or sweeping potato peels and onion skins off the linoleum floor, I get so taken with the way my arms move back and forth with the broom or how pretty my fingers look all dressed up in soap bubbles that I just have to jump up and dance around the house laughing out loud. Other times when I'm sitting in my favorite rocking chair and the clock on my wall ticking and the evening sky a particular shade of blue halfway between periwinkle and midnight, I feel so content with the way my feet push off gently against the wooden floor and how my belly moves up and down with each breath I take that I just have to sigh with the sheer delight of knowing that everyting I want is everything I have. --Leslea Newman Journal prompts: List some of your simple pleasures. Write about something that fills you with the "sheer delight of knowing." Do you want what you have? Do you have what you want? Tell yourself a secret.

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