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Poetry. Hopefully some good!

We make myriad choices every day, in cooking, editing, life and much more. Here are three poems to choose from, or you can embrace all three.

The follow-up to the first part of this story: The Case of the Scallopini-ed Mayor.

Jules Ross is a detective who loves a mystery, whether it’s on his own time or the police’s. He is very good at his job and always gets his … man?

Love doesn’t end. Its role changes.

Lonnie doesn’t stop loving Leo.
He stops trying to live inside that love.

Poems and verse for those who have passed from this life.

Every cedar holds a spirit. Every spirit longs for home.

When a young Japanese cedar sapling is transported to a Canadian zoo for a new “Trees of the World” exhibit, no one realizes it carries with it a kodama—an ancient tree spirit torn from its home. As the cedar begins to wither, strange phenomena ripple through the zoo, and a girl named Maureen O’Neil decides to find out why. With her mother's support, Maureen challenges the botanist who brought the tree overseas. A violent storm reveals the truth so, together, child, mother, and scientist undertake a journey to restore nature's balance.

Prompts Only

Jules Ross is a detective who loves a mystery whether it’s on his own time or the police’s. He is very good at his job and always gets his … man?

Charlie has always done the right thing. Now, before going to university and then on to medical school, he decides he needs to get away for a year to learn about himself and the world, much to his parents' chagrin. So, he puts University on hold and decides to travel. Will he find what he's looking for?

This is poetry written during my recent depressive cycle. I'm learning to accept depression as part of myself rather than as something separate from me.

For those who may not know, 'black dog' is a metaphor for depression or melancholy.