Home is not a place
It is a state of mind
Home is not four walls
It is often found in two arms
Home is not a spot to keep stuff
It is a feeling of love
Home is not an address
It is where I am with you
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – home
I am technically a little over an hour late for Friday, but it has been ages since I have done one of these and really wanted to join in. Fandango asks that we reach back into our archives and find a post from this date in a previous year. I am stepping back to 2017 for this one I did for the daily prompt slur…
Connoisseur
Chauffeur
picks up her
dressed in fur
her demeanor demur
escaping a cur
of a monsieur
whose speech did slur
due to liqueur.
She did prefer
the amateur
masseur
whose cat did purr.
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For Fandango’s Flashback Friday (FFF) – February 24
Yawn
I have heard enough
This show is no good
Turn the channel
That one is boring too
Oh why does it have to be
That so many shows
Are the same old thing
I guess I will just go to sleep
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written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – boring
Two birds vie for the same tree
Both beautiful but insistent in their song
Equal force of conviction conveyed to each other
I watch fascinated wondering who will win
Who will claim this tree for their home
In a final challenge
There is more of a squawk heard
One of the birds is on the attack
And just like that the other flees
Time now to build that nest
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – equal
I feel low
Unsure of everything
Unable to rationally react
I trust all those feelings as truths
And when I say I am worthless I have to STOP
Take a step backwards first
My feelings are not facts
Just a passing notion
I feel better
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – worthless
The light flickers off and on
Pictures in my mind flash too
A million different memories flood me
Like the tears flowing from my eyes
The past does not seem so awful
And I long to go back there with you
But with one word spoken I know I never can
Because you now are dead
And a part of me will never recover
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – past
This was easy. On Super Bowl Sunday the word is shuffle… of course then it is time for The Super Bowl Shuffle.
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For Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – shuffle
There once was a couple at lunch
On healthy food they did munch
But sweets came calling
Their willpower falling
And they binged on chocolate a bunch
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – lunch
Step forward to the entrance
Open up the door and take a peek
You’re coming into my heart
And I couldn’t be happier
Look out for some baggage
Stacked up here and there
And boxes of memories
Some boarded up
Others wide open
But there is a comfort here for you
That I hope you find pleasant
And it is an easy going place
No pressure to stay but still
I hope you will share it with me
For many years to come
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – entrance
Shoot it to me straight
Is this magical night
The start of something new
Is there a chance on the horizon
Of change in the air
Or has cupid failed again
And shot a crooked arrow
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This lighthearted look at the coming holiday of Valentine’s Day is just a reminder to NEVER give up hope. There may or may not be change in the air, but if you never breathe in how will you know. Taking chances is hard sometimes but to quote the old workout saying of the 80’s – No pain, no gain.
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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – straight
Leigha Robbins 