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The following is my first showcase performance - the Viennese Waltz with a country twist - with my wonderful husband and dance instructor. I can't begin to describe the way my heart was racing with nervous anxiety, but once I got out there, and I heard the first bit of laughter and applause, I really enjoyed it!

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I am just another wanderer on the road to self discovery. I'm a poet. My deepest thoughts and feelings come out in my writing. Life is my inspiration. Any resemblance to persons living or dead may not be purely coincidental. Sometimes I'm quiet because I want to absorb a particular moment, etching it in my mind. I enjoy the arts, especially that of conversation... if there's anything more you'd like to know, please ask.   :)

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The Storyteller's Creed

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge.
That myth is more potent than history.
That dreams are more powerful than facts.
That hope always triumphs over experience.
That laughter is the only cure for grief.
And I believe that love is stronger than death.

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From the beginning
I knew meeting could only
End in parting, yet
I ignored the coming dawn
And I gave myself to you.

- Fujiwara no Teika

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In river shallows,
duckweed continues to grow,
unseen by water.
Likewise, my love too shall flow,
though it remains unseen by you.

- Ki no Tomonori

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...his raptures were.
All air, and fire, which made his verses clear.
For that fine madness still he did retain.
Which rightly should possess a poet's brain.

- Michael Drayton