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Recorded Reading (1:11): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xsatonjus41c3p7kpa58r/Under-All-Circumstances.mp3?rlkey=h1y61s0q3juk2wfpj5nd1jfy1&dl=0

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Under All Circumstances

When life is going as I wish it to
Modest goals which I have set
Appear as though they may be met
Dare hope constructive end results to view
Waking every morning cheerf’ly bright:
I write

When trouble lowers grim its brow
Good plans begin to go astray
In a most disturbing way
Allowing me not figure how
Contend with cold misfortune’s pain:
I write again

When o’er horizon, dawning hope
A promise offers of
Harmony and love
And opportunity to cope
With challenges which came before:
I write some more

And when in calm and peaceful time
Sit quiet with cup of tea
Recollecting me
A lifetime’s stories, all in rhyme
For my readers’ delight:
What do you think? I write!

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This poet presently lives at a fraction of her nation’s poverty level.

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