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MEBH Creative World
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Connection
Tell me your story and I’ll tell you mine. Show me your truth and perhaps it will be mine. Can we communicate? Will we touch? How...
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read


Keynote Speech
Keynote Speech 13 Brown Paper on the wall Old hats hung randomly on nails Lectern, lights, microphone, amplifier Tested, ready to be...
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read


Doctor Appointment
Hurry up – you’ll miss the bus Wait – no bus is waiting Feed the meter – no bus in sight Look at watch, look down the street, Look at...
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read


Color of the Day
The sky all shades of white and gray Not a hint of blue in sight The air, heavy with water Won’t someone wring it out? A dull day – Shall...
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read


Words
Words, created from thoughts Words, merging into sentences Words, piling one atop the next Words, working to convey meaning Words,...
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read


Alive
Snow is here, big glistening flakes. The ground is white, smooth and peaceful. No sun, but a world that’s shining bright. I take this...
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read


Grandparents
They’re gone, but still inside me Soothing, praising, supporting my efforts. Listening to my anger while defusing it. I look at their...
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read


Medium's Day
People come, then they’re gone. “Should I (get a divorce)?” “Is there (a man in my future)?” “Do you see me (meeting my soul mate)?”...
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read


More
Louder, Brighter Higher, Faster Newer, Better Never Static, Never Plain Best, Newest Fastest, Highest Brightest, Loudest More is never...
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read


A Year
Twigs Swell Air Warms Insects Sing Spring has arrived Flowers Bloom Clouds Drip Birds Nest Summer Begins Fruit Forms Lightening Arcs...
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read


Are you?
Who are you? How did you come to be? Why are you? What did you want to be? How are you? Why did you dare to be? Are you all? Are you not...
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read


Life
Walk together or alone Your dice, your choice, your song Problem flown, pain created Life moves along The sun shines, rain drops Birds...
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read


Flower Show
Here they come, long lines colliding then merging Young, old, strollers, walkers, wheel chairs Eyes wide, gawking, oohing, laughing....
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read


Spring is Here
There’s a foot of snow outside But spring is coming... Not a hint of green outside But spring is coming... And spring is, by definition,...
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read
Death
Now you’re gone. Do you want to still be here? It was your life – how did you live it? You were an eldest daughter. Did you resent it?...
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read


On Being 86
I’m old - not sure how that happened Even less sure when it happened There is no why - it was inevitable What was Was. Woke up a few...
Marcia Berg Haskell
Dec 30, 20241 min read
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