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>In our house, the good in life is often traced to generous snoring and the presence of scratchy paws poking side and backside. Personal space is ancient history, a myth no longer relevant or anticipated.

I love this post <a href="https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@tygertyger/pawsome-and-wonderpurr-two-poems-day-23-of-the-steemitschool-100-day-writing-challenge-by-d-pend">Pawsome and Wonderpurr</a> by @tygertyger. It's a fantastic reminder of the joy that pets bring to our lives, and side-by-side, the differences between how dogs are part of the pack, but cats own us. 


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>Desire for moving forward
Saturates young plants...
Or knocking to a window,
We are autumn's heart;

<a href="https://steemit.com/poetry/@liverussian/two-drops-of-the-same-water-my-first-attempt-of-writing-a-poem">Two Drops of the Same Water</a> by @liverussian is a beautiful exploration of how siblings relate to one another and to the family as a whole. 

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>That TV in that room
every time I visit it mocks me -- it says
“Hey you, son of his daughter, what are you going to talk about now...I thought so. Why
don't you leave the speaking to me?”

<a href="https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@acousticsteveo/100-days-of-poetry-day-22">Weekend Checklist</a> by @acousticsteveo is so beautifully done. It's a poignant piece about the unspoken debt to past generations- what we owe those who have come before us, and what they care about, and how technology comes between us. 

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>As,
Grey clouds gather that never look like they’ll shift,
I sing out aloud and my soul quickly lifts,
The touch of the wind is the touch of life,
Caressing my skin, like a lover in the night,
The taste of the air as I breathe out my cares,
>Feeling the breeze as it combs through my hair.

This piece <a href="https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@hartfloe/you-are-everything-100-day-poetry-contest-day-22">You are Everything</a>,  by @hartfloe is uplifting and philosophical- recognizing the negative aspects of life, even as it revels in the joy. 

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>You see the opposite of light
look back at the star

There is just something about blackout poetry- about making something poetic from prose, from the page of a dictionary, from someone else's beautiful words that you admire- from altering something into something else that just screams the creative process. I especially loved the wistfulness of <a href="https://steemit.com/poem/@jmvanbreda/blackout-poem-12-f9e64163687c2">Blackout Poem #12</a> by @jmvanbreda that screamed for how a new relationship is like a pulsing star. 

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