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	<description>~Poetry by Shirley Allard~</description>
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		<title>Timeless</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Allard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While waiting for bad times to pass An observation from the past Has prompted me to alter plans For time waits not for any man.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whispersinthewind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=904930&amp;post=1076&amp;subd=whispersinthewind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Think, Therefore I am In Trouble</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Allard</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As nature rages, they thumb through the pages For a prophecy written in stone But nature engages, as she has through the ages In unforeseen rants of her own. It comforts the soul, and enforces their goal To portray it as something divine As the century grows old, the truth will unfold And me thinks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whispersinthewind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=904930&amp;post=1062&amp;subd=whispersinthewind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>May Your Days be Merry and Bright&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Allard</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joyful christmas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Wishing everyone out there a joyful Christmas and health and happiness in the New Year!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whispersinthewind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=904930&amp;post=1055&amp;subd=whispersinthewind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Chances</title>
		<link>http://whispersinthewind.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/taking-chances-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Allard</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[taking chances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The bumble bee sits in my hand And look, he does not quiver While sweet Olivia&#8217;s childish look As though an animated book Approaches a curious shiver. But Grammy, if he stings me now Won&#8217;t that really, really hurt me? And make me really, really mad (Her face is growing long and sad) At every [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whispersinthewind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=904930&amp;post=1034&amp;subd=whispersinthewind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ya Gotta Love Em!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Allard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rewards of having grandchildren are beyond counting. Just yesterday, I spent the morning with my six (&#8220;almost seven, Grammy&#8221;) granddaughter who never ceases to amaze me. The day started out great. I went into town and picked her up at 7:30 am and we headed for the country where an all-to-quiet nature awaited the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whispersinthewind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=904930&amp;post=1028&amp;subd=whispersinthewind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cold Type</title>
		<link>http://whispersinthewind.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/cold-type/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Allard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The frosty air has killed the autumn bloom The trees are bare, leaves&#8217; usefulness expired A chill that can be felt within the room has found my heart and left me uninspired.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whispersinthewind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=904930&amp;post=168&amp;subd=whispersinthewind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fasting</title>
		<link>http://whispersinthewind.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/fasting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Allard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunshine pours though open shades enticing joyful promenades as to a fro we hurriedly go before the season fades.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whispersinthewind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=904930&amp;post=914&amp;subd=whispersinthewind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Treat&#8230;I Insist</title>
		<link>http://whispersinthewind.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/my-treat-i-insist-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Allard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beware the night of fear and fun when all us ghosts and demons come to haunt and hunt with ghastly goals and prey on unsuspecting souls. And if you fail my meek demands your soul’s forever in my hands whose tricks do not include defeat and you my sweet shall be my treat.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whispersinthewind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=904930&amp;post=996&amp;subd=whispersinthewind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tapestry</title>
		<link>http://whispersinthewind.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/tapestry-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Allard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whispersinthewind.wordpress.com/?p=982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s something in your morning smile That gets me through each day Something in your loving touch That helps me find my way There’s nothing in God’s universe Of which I am so sure Nothing else I know of That I could treasure more There’s everything we’ve hoped for All that we believe Everything we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whispersinthewind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=904930&amp;post=982&amp;subd=whispersinthewind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sparky</title>
		<link>http://whispersinthewind.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/sparky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shirley Allard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knowing limitations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sonnet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t possess the moment of the breeze Or capture smells from flowers growing wild I can&#8217;t abolish needless tragedies Or dry the painful tears of every child I don&#8217;t recall a time I did not long To save the world and rescue every heart I don&#8217;t think small but I have been so wrong [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whispersinthewind.wordpress.com&amp;blog=904930&amp;post=979&amp;subd=whispersinthewind&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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