By Bruno Talerico
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amber colored rocker matches an exact hue within setting sun if only for a moment colors morphing blending coalescing into shades of gray© 2025 Bruno Talerico Stafford challenge 106/365.
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Some poems have taste. Long and bitter,fresh or fermented,short and sweet,salty, sour, cheesy, spicy,and what about umami?Savor the flavors!© 2025 Bruno Talerico Stafford challenge day 105/365.
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Into the dark night I go, once again.Grappling with loss,Cycling through stages of grief again.Struggling for the ten-thousandth timewith denial, anger, bargaining, depression,eventually, ending where I began,with sorrow and acceptance.© 2025 Bruno Talerico Day 104/365.
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Financial news comes withmy bank statement orwhen I file taxes.If the sun is shining,clouds rumble or lightning tumbles, if snow descends,birdbath freezes,or mist ascends,if it’s a scorcher I’ll knowjust by steppingout my front door.If the wash is floodedI’ll hear water running,if there’s a wildfire, I’ll see or smell smoke.If I want newsthat’s important to meI’ll…
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Trust everybody, but cut the cards. —-Grandpa Talerico
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Here’s to the dreamers,the wanderers,the seekers of solace,traversing landscapes of hostility,Even as the world turns its back,as walls rise higher,gates grow fortified,barbed wire sharpens.In their eyes, is the flicker of hope,stubborn flame refusing to die.They are the waiters, the caregivers,building, harvesting,weaving dreams in the night.They know the taste of sacrifice.They dance in the rain of…
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Coyote howls,smiling faces, rocket launchesor irradium flaresspice up dark desert skies.© 2025 Bruno Talerico Stafford challenge day 102/365.
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From misty warmpink and yellowcottony dreamsI awaken like a rock.© 2025 Bruno Talerico Stafford challenge day 101/365.
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Enveloped by yellow warmthnourished by JW Blueand pulled pork tacosfriends reappear andnew comrades emerge.Outside the blinking neon says“No Blinkies”© 2025 Bruno Talerico Stafford challenge day 100/365.
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If Butterflies like butterand Horseflies like horsesthen the Deer flies biting meare misnamed.© 2025 Bruno Talerico Stafford challenge day 99/365.
Desert Dweller 