Poems of grit, fun and nonsense. #bookmarkquinn

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  • Guitar

    What skill would you like to learn? I’ve always wanted to play the guitar but I’ve never got around to doing it, Jeni bought me one as a gift many years ago, but for some strange reason I haven’t even tried to play it, it is still in the attic/loft  collecting dust. With me writing,

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  • Honesty

    What’s the trait you value most about yourself? My best trait is that I’m a good friend, a good person to know, I would stand by you thick and thin and never go behind your back. Honesty is the best, be upfront and don’t lie, yes little white lies to protect, but if one trait

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  • Positivity

    What things give you energy? To tell the truth the thing that gives me the most energy is thinking and being positive. Having a good attitude, keeping up with my excerise and eating healthy, that is what gives me the most energy. But it is not easy, things bring you down, other people, work and

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  • Boring

    What would your life be like without music? I’ve been on a magical mystery tour, I’ve had brown paper parcels tied up with string, and they have been some of my favourite things, I’ve been on a yellow submarine and I’m free to do whatever. Haiku Music to my ears. Music with joyful lyrics. Music

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  • Rice

    Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail. A few years ago I wanted to surprise Jeni my wife with a romantic meal, but I didn’t do much cooking. So I set the table and put flowers out, the meal I was cooking was fried rice, I’ve had it before, it can’t be that

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  • Advice

    Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. One lesson I want to share with you today and this is important. Do not listen to advice on decisions that you feel will work. Go off your own gut institution, do what you feel is right, do not let anyone talk you out

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  • Walking

    How often do you walk or run? I walk usually every other day from work to home it’d about 4 mile (6.5km)? I don’t know if that km is right to miles. I do it for excerise and it also very good for thinking too, I use to run when I was younger but my

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  • No

    Do you see yourself as a leader? I don’t want to be a leader, I just want to lead my own life and look after my surroundings and my loved ones. When I was younger the answer would have been yes to this prompt, but not now. Haiku Are you a leader? Well done to

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  • Relaxing

    What are you doing this evening? I’m off work today and sometimes I have a poetry event, but not tonight, so I’m going to relax. The weather is starting to change in the UK, it is starting to get wet and windy, so it’s time to get the candles lit and cosy on down. Haiku

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  • Lying

    What personality trait in people raises a red flag with you? The personality trait that raises a red flag with me is lying. When you talk for the first time and jou can tell that what they are saying is total ‘bull-crap!’ Haiku Why are you lying? Lie to me or to yourself. Just stop

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