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I visit
my memories
as magical gardens;
I nurture the blooms,
eliminate weeds
I select
from the blossoms
and garner the seedlings
to plant in fresh soil
come welcoming spring
when planting
I ponder the seed pods
of last autumn’s harvest
and press each promise
snug into its bed
each morning
I weed out and water
each clearly marked row.
Love and the sunshine
will bring life to bud
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Dennis Cardiff 
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Thank you for reblogging my post. It is much appreciated. ~ Dennis
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Beautiful 🙂 I love this!
Thank you so much for coming by and checking out my blog. xoxo
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Thanks for your kind words and for your post “YOU ARE PERFECT”. I agree completely. ~ Dennis
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That first stanza is wonderful all by itself.
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Aww
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I’m glad that you enjoyed this, Munah. Your post “Ego” is so very true. I need reminding sometimes. ~ Dennis
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Oh..what a beautiful poem..I love this…simply awesome!
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Thanks for your kind words. I love the idea of planting seeds and watching them grow into plants. ~ Dennis
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Hey Dennis,
My great man. How come I did not know of this other blog of yours? Go to my blog for a while and look up a post on four great men of mine and please leave a comment. Thanks and all the best. Are you on twitter and facebook too?
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Hi Maria, I am honored and humbled to be included with these three great men. Thanks you so much for your kind words. I look forward to the release of your book. I know it will be an inspiring read. ~ Dennis
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This is amazing…hope as many as possible have the opportunity to read this beautiful lines of yours…thank´s Dennis!
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Thanks, Elaine, for your kind words. I enjoy your poetry very much, especially “Feelings”. I will return often to read your new works. ~ Dennis
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Beautiful.
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As you are, Adrienne. I patiently await your next book. ~ Dennis
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Dennis, thank you. Working on that now.
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What a beautiful poem, it took me into a beautiful hopeful dream! I enjoyed every line and every emotion. Thank you
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Hi Cynthiay, thanks for your kind words. I’m glad it took you to a beautiful hopeful dream. I love your poem Time. You create wonderful word images. ~ Dennis
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Reblogged this on tot123itsme.
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Thanks, Chris, for reblogging my post. It is much appreciated.
~ Dennis
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My dad passed away in Aug and he was a master gardener when he retired. I have a youtube channel you should see the video of his garden. It really is hard still to talk about as he is gone. Your poems bring happiness and light to my day. Thanks, Jackie
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Hi Jackie, I’m so sorry to hear about your father. I also lost my father. I’m glad that my poem brings happiness and light to your day. I enjoyed your review of ‘Why You’re Stuck’ and downloaded the book. I look forward to reading it. I let you know my opinion. ~ Dennis
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Hola Dennis,
I have the joy and beauty
of a year round garden
where every morning
should be a reflection
Of the memories I nurture
Thanks for the reminder
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Hi John, I wish I was there. My garden is months away. Thanks for the kind thoughts. ~ Dennis
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This is the nicest poem I have read on the Internet in quite some time. Nice job, Dennis!
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I am honored and humbled by your words of praise. I agree with your objection to the words of Phil Robertson in “Not Acceptable”. I will return often. The list of resources on your blog is incredible. ~ Dennis
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Hi Dennis. What a beautiful poem to start off the year! “Love and sunshine” are what all of us need for growth. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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Thanks for your kind words. I love your poem “Sailing Yachts”. That’s where I’d love to be.
Out at sea
turquoise green
waters.
All the best for 2014. ~ Dennis
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Best wishes for 2014 to you too.
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What a lovely poem. It makes me happy 😉
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Hi Aphrodite, thanks for your kind words. I love all of your posts especially “Love and Hope”. It makes me happy 😉
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Hi Dennis…thanks for visiting and following Jazz Cookie, I’ve looked at your other blogs, too. Good writing and sensitive approach to serious matters. Keep the faith…
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Hi Molly, thanks for your kind words. I’ve enjoyed reading your posts and am sad that you are leaving. I hope that I will find your posts appearing somewhere else. ~ Dennis
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if one was to make a new Years resolution , yours is a good one..
I wish you the best that is yet to Be Dennis
)0(
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Hi maryrose, your words always have a special place in my heart. All the best for 2014. ~ Dennis
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and to you too Dennis
)0(
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The most important virtues of life people ignore,dreams, emotions, kindness,love,care and you embrace them all.This is great.
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Thanks so much for your kind words. My life has become more satisfying and rewarding since I have opened my heart. My one resolution for 2014 is to live life in the spirit of Love. All the best for the new year. ~ Dennis
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Thanks for the beautiful poem. It has been so long since I just sat with poetry and enjoyed it. I love this one.
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Thanks for your kind words. I enjoyed reading your post, “Journaling and Poetry”. I hope that you do start to write poetry again. I find that it helps to organize my thoughts. After I’ve written the poem I leave those thoughts behind. All the best for 2014. ~ Dennis
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Simply wonderful. That is so true memories are like magical garden.
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Hi Norma, I’m glad that you liked this. I loved your post “The colour of my letter”. Handwritten letters are so rare these days. The individual choices of colour makes them really special. All the best for 2014. ~ Dennis
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I’m glad that you enjoyed it. Colours are always colourful and sometimes meaningful too. ;).
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I just love this poem and how you say nurture your blooms and eliminating the weeds. It makes sense to compare our memories to gardens…so often we retain only the weeds and wonder why we are unhappy. I have not been around in a while and I am visiting for a bit tonight. Happy New Year, Dennis, Oliana
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Hi Oliana, I’ve missed you. I’m glad to see you back. If we visualize the weeds, we become the weeds. If we visualize the blossoms, we become the blossoms. All the best for 2014. ~ Dennis
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I love that! Visualize beauty and evil shrinks…I feel a poem coming…you’ve inspired me. Thank you, Dennis.
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‘If we visualize the weeds, we become the weeds. If we visualize the blossoms, we become the blossoms.’
That’s something very important to remember: we are what we think. Thanks, Dennis. Very sage words…or is that rosemary?
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I do enjoy reading your poems!
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Hi Windy, I am honored and humbled that you enjoy my poems. I have found your blog very helpful and I may contact you shortly about your “MARKET COACHING FOR UNPUBLISHED WRITERS PROGRAM”. All the best for 2014. ~ Dennis
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I think we all have a few weeds in our memories.
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Blossoms and weeds are all part of life. We can’t have one without the other. All the best for 2014. ~ Dennis
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Most definitely. That sounds like a good band title, song or blog – Blossoms and Weeds.
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Oh I so love this one
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Hi Lexi, thanks for your kind words. I loved your post “Being mums carer”. My wife is a Personal Support Worker in a nursing home. I imagine that she does much the same as you do. I’m glad that you are able to take care of your mum yourself. I’m sure it is much more pleasant for her. All the best for 2014. ~ Dennis
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Thanks for your kind words and support much appreciated love Lexi
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It’s good to find the beautiful blooms that we plant, but it is also good to revisit the weeds and thorns, so we can cherish the beauty of the blooms even more.
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Hi Gargi, I agree, we can’t have one without the other, nor would we want to. ~ Dennis
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i luuv this. in touch w/nature we plant and reap life.
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Hi Tonia, thank you for your beautiful words. I loved your post “Marshmallow Madness”. Apart from all the work involved, it sounds like you and your family had a wonderful time together. All the best for 2014. ~ Dennis
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Thank you, Dennis. You are so right about our family time;- it was work AND wonderfuly so! 🙂
I wish you great health and happy spirits thru-out the year and evermore ~
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gardening is truly inspiring 😀
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Hi Wing, I agree, “Gardening is truly inspiring”> I enjoyed your post “A Quiet Revolution Towards Sustainability”. This has given me some great ideas for the spring. All the best for 2014. ~ Dennis
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Hehe. thank you for visiting my blog 😀 Sounds like you are going to have a fun time in spring.
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