POEM: Summertime... 207

• Moda
• 19-08-2023 16:36

I love spending my summers in the cottage country.Quiet days and nights and weekends at the cottage. Everything is so green here, That the cottage itself can barely be seen from the street. Completely hidden from indiscreet eyes, Protected all around by a natural fortress of tall trees That are like loyal guardians Whose mission on earth is to safekeep my joyous days inside the magic circle, And who won’t let anyone bother me from outside. Campfires keeping me company every night. The bright flame dancing in the pit. Crickets singing. Silly roasted marshmallows laughing out loud and having fun with me. Beer partying with me. Bright stars shining high up in the sky. Reading book after book after book. Browsing with leisure through fashion magazines. Watching my favorite movies.

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POEM: Angry... 193

• Moda
• 18-08-2023 10:00

I’m angry at fires.Angry at devastation. Angry at tragedy. Angry at loss. Angry at sickness. Angry at incompetence. Angry at corruption. Angry at greed. Angry at violence. Angry at vitriol. Angry at obscenity. Angry at intolerance. Angry at insolence. Angry at indolence. Angry at decay. I’m angry. I’m angry. I’m angry.

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POEM: Mom's Dress... 219

• Moda
• 18-08-2023 02:56

When my mother left this world, I was heartbroken.A piece of my heart left with her. I traveled to my hometown to say my last goodbye. I joined the painful family reunion – my father, my sister, my relatives, my childhood friends. I wanted to keep a souvenir from Mom. She used to wear a dark green dress when she was young. It had a beautiful palm tree print that reminded me of a stormy night in Florida. There is an old photo in my family albums from the seventies, When my sister was a preschooler, And I was not even born yet. Mom wore the beautiful green dress in this family photo. She kept this dress over the years, Even after she stopped wearing it. Decades later the dress was still in her wardrobe, On a hanger, As if she could never part with it, Almost like a wardrobe heirloom.

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POEM: Maui... 201

• Moda
• 15-08-2023 21:34

The paradise turned into inferno.Our humanity turned into monstrosity. The flames to the right, The ocean to the left. God, please, not like this. Please, not like this. ...

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POEM: The Photograph... 248

• Moda
• 15-08-2023 03:43

There is an old photograph in my family albums, circa 1966.It’s my mother at seventeen. When I was a little girl, I used to think, Who is this beautiful young woman in this photograph? Until I knew it was my mother when she was seventeen. A portrait of a mother as a young woman. My mother has since left this world, But the photograph stayed on my shelf. I say good morning to my mom every day as if she could talk to me. I kiss the photograph wishing that I can kiss my mom and still tell her how much I love her.

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Praise for "Sunset in Toronto" by Victoria West 197

• Moda
• 11-08-2023 01:52

My dear friends and readers, for today's story I would like to share some of the positive reviews and praise that my book of poetry Sunset in Toronto received since its publication in 2021. ?  Canadian Culture magazineCanCultureMag.com      To find beauty where it may not often be present, and to discover hope where life may not always offer hope, is a gift only the truest of optimists possess. …       Sunset in Toronto by Canadian writer and poet Victoria West highlights what it means to connect emotions with the mind; West ensured that her audience could recognize these emotions each time they go through the pages and that her writing did not make readers feel pity. Instead, readers can understand her point of view, even as far as feeling understood themselves. Sunset in Toronto is an easy and engaging read, as the real-life narrative explored throughout the book magnifies what it means to look forward t

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POEM: Sisters... 206

• Moda
• 09-08-2023 22:25

There is a book on my desk, it’s called “Sisters. Thoughts on That Special Relationship”.I like rereading it every now and again. I picked it up at a yard sale a few years ago. When I saw it, it spoke to me, and it came home with me. I have a sister whom I love dearly. She is the most important woman in my life. When I saw the little book at my neighbor’s yard sale, It instantly made me think of her, my dear sis. And the book had to be mine. Seven years in age difference can feel like a half-generation gap. When I was born, She was a kid on the playground. When I was a kid, She was a teenager in high school. When I was a teenager, She was a young woman on her own. While I was growing up, It felt like I could never catch up with my big sister. But the blood that we s

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POEM: The Dining Table... 194

• Moda
• 08-08-2023 20:27

The dining table has the power to keep a family together.Every evening we gather around the table in the dining room to have dinner, And to spend time with each other. To ask each other, how was your day today. To laugh about the good and to cry about the bad. To nourish our bodies and our souls. Dinnertime is familytime. I am grateful for each dinner spent together with my family around the dining table. When I was a little girl, dinnertime was my favorite time of the day. Gathering around the dining table every evening was my favorite family tradition. It kept our family strong and bonded. Because the dining table has that power. Once I grew up, I left my parents’ home to make a life for myself. Now my sister and I have our own homes, our own families. We live on two different continents, But we

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The Long Weekend... 202

• Moda
• 07-08-2023 10:00

I hope you are all enjoying the long weekend! It's the Civic Holiday in Canada this weekend. Summer is ripe, and there is no better time for a weekend getaway than this time. My long weekend took me to the beach on Lake Simcoe, one hour North of Toronto.

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POEM: Questions... 178

• Moda
• 06-08-2023 10:00

How is your love life?Do you have a boyfriend? Why don’t you have a boyfriend? Are you married? Why are you not married? When are you going to get married? Do you have children? Why don’t you have children? When are you going to have children? When are you going to have your second child? Do you breastfeed the baby? Do you have a job? Are you looking for a job? Did you find a job? When are you going to get a job? Why are you so thin? Why are you so fat? Why did you lose weight? Why don’t you lose weight? Do you work out? Why don’t you work out? Why are you wearing makeup? Why aren’t you wearing makeup? Why are you wearing short skirts? Why are you wearing long skirts? Why are you wearing black? Why are you wear

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