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Reverence

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Cuba

Only the Rooster and I are out this morning.

He’s strutting proud and loud.

I’m still, and in awe at the beauty around me.

Reverence.

This entry was posted in #awriter'slife, #booktok, Essays/Current events, joy, love, meditation, spirituality and tagged cuba, faith, higher purpose, hope, one world, peace on 06/06/2025 by Betheny Lynn Reid.

Create More Peace

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Memorial Day

I honor those who have died

(need more diplomats)

This entry was posted in democracy, Essays/Current events, haiku, love, Vote and tagged hope, humanity, memorial day, peace on 26/05/2025 by Betheny Lynn Reid.

I Can See Clearly Now

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Every day for years he told her that she was beautiful.

She would always dismiss him saying he needed new glasses.

One day he got them.

Then he left her.

This entry was posted in Poems, Short Fiction and tagged humor, life on 22/05/2025 by Betheny Lynn Reid.

Table for One

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sitting here alone

everyone else is solo

wanting to connect

This entry was posted in #awriter'slife, #booktok, #creativity, Essays/Current events, haiku, Poems on 09/05/2025 by Betheny Lynn Reid.

Did I really Win?

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Sitting at the coffee shop this morning writing and wondering when I’ll publish again.

An email arrived saying I’d won a national contest and my poetry chapbook will be published this fall.

My first thought? Really?! Is this true? Is it a quality press?

Yes, and yes!

This entry was posted in #awriter'slife, #booktok, #craft of writing, #creativity, joy, Poems, Publishing and tagged empowerment, faith, hope on 05/05/2025 by Betheny Lynn Reid.

The Cat’s on Zoom (again)

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My little buddy has been on every zoom meeting since March 2020. He’s now known worldwide.

My buddy
This entry was posted in cats, Family, joy, love, Publishing, Uncategorized and tagged faith, humanity, joy, life, love on 28/04/2025 by Betheny Lynn Reid.

Mother Earth

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“Not to hear the natural world

is not to hear the Divine.” – John Philip Newell

This entry was posted in #awriter'slife, Earth Day, environment, joy, love, spirituality, super soul sunday on 23/04/2025 by Betheny Lynn Reid.

Nepal

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This entry was posted in Uncategorized on 23/04/2025 by Betheny Lynn Reid.

The Illusion of Self

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Cuba

We suffer

the Illusion of Self

Everything is connected

We are One

There is no Other

Embrace

This entry was posted in #awriter'slife, joy, love, meditation, spirituality and tagged faith, God on 21/04/2025 by Betheny Lynn Reid.

Keeping Community, After She’s Gone

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These came from my neighbor’s yard. I gathered them after her children had to move her to an assisted home. Though she died years ago, she smiles at me every spring through her flowers.

This entry was posted in #awriter'slife, #booktok, Family, joy, love, spirituality on 12/04/2025 by Betheny Lynn Reid.

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