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Feeling Free Again

Venturing forth after weeks of isolation, 
Warm breezes brushed against my cheek 
I left behind sad feelings of desolation. 

The meadow near seemed no longer bleak 
After a recent winter February’s display, 
Buds stuck out their tiny heads to peek. 

When the baby squirrels came down to play 
My breath anticipated sweet scents of June. 
Yes, decidedly, it was a glorious kind of day 

And before I realized it, I was whistling a tune 
My second COVID-19 shot over two weeks ago, 
Suddenly, I realized I was almost immune! 

It seemed the past year lay hidden in shadow 
For the entire world a deadly virus was endemic 
If every person will get vaccinated, though, 

I feel certain we can beat this awful pandemic 
And, folks, this is not something merely academic.

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Caren Krutsinger Date: 3/14/2021 5:30:00 AM Gorgeously done! I am so glad you are “almost immune”. My second shot is this Thursday! Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 3/21/2021 7:58:00 PM Caren, how did your second shot go? L Milton Hankins Date: 3/14/2021 7:58:00 AM Yippee! Caution: I had a reaction to second shot...extreme achiness and tiredness. Slept 14 hours straight, but then was perfectly fine. I hope you get through it without any problems. I feel so much safer from the virus, now.

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 3/13/2021 5:59:00 PM Thank you for the words of confidence, We need to hear this today. I pray that we see the end of this. We haven't received our yet, but I am hoping that when we do, we can ease up on the restrictions. Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 3/13/2021 7:38:00 PM Yes, indeed. Even though I've had both shots, I still wear a mask when I'm at a store or around people, require it of most people visiting me, and I do the best I can with social distancing. Stay well, Mystic...that's the most important thing. Hang in there!

M. L. Kiser Date: 3/13/2021 5:05:00 PM Beautifully crafted piece of celebration. Enjoyed. Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 3/13/2021 7:37:00 PM Thanks, M.L. I appreciated your compliment.

Maurice Rigoler Date: 3/13/2021 5:00:00 PM I avoid poetic forms like Terza Rima, they inhibit my thoughts as if I were in a strait jacket. I try to compose my verses in iambic pentameter or something close to it. You did a good job with this one, with a good ending couplet. Congratulations. / Maurice (Did my Soupmail to you get through?) Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 3/13/2021 7:41:00 PM My friend Dave, 98, passed away last week. He believed all poetry had to be iambic pentameter, and, if it wasnt, it wasn't true poetry, so he didn't care much for a lot of poems I wrote. I will miss his criticisms. But, I do write some iambic pentameter, I think. L Milton Hankins Date: 3/13/2021 7:36:00 PM I enjoy challenging myself with different forms, Maurice. Nope, I haven't received a Soup Mail from you. Keep trying! Thanks for your compliment.