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	<title>Bogaert and McLees, Living RV Poetry &#187; Being Grateful</title>
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	<description>&#34;Life lived is as poetry written: each moment a rough draft to ReVisit, ReValue, ReVise, and ReVitalize.&#34; Marcia M Bogaert</description>
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		<title>Reality Check</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 00:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing like getting a text message in the middle of a rotten afternoon of clashing foul moods to bring you back to seeing the good in the day. Our son texted, hours after the fact, that they had been involved &#8230; <a href="http://rvpoetry.com/2009/05/30/reality-check/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nothing like getting a text message <em> in the middle of a rotten afternoon of clashing foul moods</em> to bring you back to seeing the good in the day. </p>
<p>Our son texted, hours after the fact, that they had been involved in an accident &#8212; BUT <strong>everyone</strong> was OK. </p>
<p>I noticed Leon and I both finding our moods calming after that. Grateful. Pensive. Relieved. Aware. </p>
<p>Perspective shoved back in place. </p>
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		<title>Grateful? Good!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One Two Three Four Five Today I&#8217;m glad to be alive. Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Tomorrow I hope to be again! MeeAugraphie 04/04/09 Numbers are running amuck in my head today, I woke up, told myself after yesterday&#8217;s serious &#8230; <a href="http://rvpoetry.com/2009/04/04/grateful-good/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><strong><em>One<br />
Two<br />
Three Four Five</p>
<p>Today I&#8217;m glad to be alive.</p>
<p>Six<br />
Seven<br />
Eight Nine Ten</p>
<p>Tomorrow I hope to be again!</p>
<p>MeeAugraphie<br />
04/04/09</em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Numbers are running amuck in my head today, I woke up, told myself after yesterday&#8217;s serious poem, I wanted to be a bit more humorous. A number poem about a piñta formed &#8211; before I was even out of bed &#8211; so I typed it on my iPhone and emailed it to post later. You know it is short if I had to type it that way! <a href="http://meeaugraphie.com/2009/04/04/the-chronicles-of-sammy/">The Chronicles of Sammy, One</a>.</p>
<p>And, after writing a fun poem from the point of view of a &#8220;dog with attitude&#8221; in response to <a href="http://blog.writersdigest.com/poeticasides/April+PAD+Challenge++Day+4.aspx">Poetic Aside&#8217;s animal prompt</a> after coffee, the numbers shoved their way back into my head. (This is National Poetry Month, and poets, and even non-poets, are taking advantage of any excuse to write!)</p>
<p>So, let my quick poem stand as my Only the Good Friday post. (Yes, I know I am late again!) For you see Shelly&#8217;s meme is about writing about <em>good</em>, and not being snarky, <strong>at least</strong>, one day a week. Being grateful is good. Plus:
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<li>I <em>allowed myself</em> to start my day being who I am &#8211; and who I choose to be: a poet who writes primarily in rough draft. </li>
<li>The rest of the day, I am <em>going to be</em> a responsible adult and do what needs be done!</li>
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<p>I won&#8217;t tell you it is already lunch time&#8230;</p>
<p>If you merely forgot to write about good yesterday or just need to hear it today, click on the button below, join in, or just read Shelly&#8217;s, then follow her links to other &#8220;Only the Good&#8221; posters! Smiles will rule the world!</p>
<p><a href="http://thiseclecticlife.com/2009/04/03/only-the-good-friday-little-things">
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<p>Grateful? Good!</p>
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