Back in May, I learned that one of my poems on YDP (Your Daily Poem) made the cut for 100 chosen as “the best of YDP!”
The collection is titled POEMS TO LIFT YOU UP AND MAKE YOU SMILE. It’s not up on Amazon yet, but can be found at Parson’s Porch & Company. Here’s that poem, which I wrote back in 2012. It kind of describes my day yesterday!
CHANT OF THE COMPUTER-WEARY update download Internet code password fire wire USB load keyboard network charger cord mouse sunshine fresh air out of the house © Mary Lee Hahn
Molly has this week’s Poetry Friday roundup at Nix the Comfort Zone.
A(nother) Year of Reading 
Perhaps most telling of all is your comment; Here’s that poem, which I wrote back in 2021.
Congratulations on the publication! And the bouncy poem.
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HA! Typo! It was first published in 2012, not 2021!
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Oh. That is not what I’d expected. (I’d wondered if it was 2020… Or 2021 just felt sooo long.) Last weekend I was tweeting about an online conference, and kept hashtagging #cya2012 – so, I hear ya!!
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Mary Lee, what a great surprise and especially since the poem was written in 2012. I looked up the anthology and want to congratulate you. I love the title that describes many times that I have had computer woes to settle with techs. Have a great day.
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I love the spunky rhythm, short lines, and escape to nature—definitely makes me smile.! 😊 Congrats on the publication, I’ll look for it, thanks Mary Lee!
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What a fun surprise ending! After working from home this past year, that expresses my feelings when we go on our lunchtime walks perfectly. Congratulations on being included in the collection!
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These are the best kind of surprises. Congratulations!
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Oh, how wonderful! And, it’s full of your classic upbeat, fun with words beat. Congratulations!
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This is fantastic! Love the rhythm!
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A classic! Congrats on the publication. I heard today that an online flash lit journal is publishing two of my poems sometime in the next month! Apparently it makes a big difference to actually send work out….
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That’s so much fun, Mary Lee. The ending made me laugh, too. Congrats on the YDP honor; I’ll have to go check out that site.
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OH, what a delicious summertime poem, Mary Lee. I’m glad it described your day yesterday too. We should all do that more often. That’s so interesting that you wrote it in 2012. In some ways, we may not have known the computer-weary coming our way a decade later. Congratulations for being in the top batch! It is so fun to read aloud. It makes me want to skip rope!
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Congratulations! How prescient of you to write a poem so perfect for our current lives so many years ago!
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Congratulations, Mary Lee! That’s wonderful news! The best of poems transcend times, don’t they? I love the title and the short, choppy lines and that wonderful escape of an ending!
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