Snippets Floating Around in My Brain



Snippets Floating Around in My Brain ©
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
July 1, 2023

If it makes you feel better hating someone like me
Are you truly in love with that reflection you see?

When you jog down that trail oblivious to nature galore
Is that workout missing a piece for your soul to restore?

When I hold open that door and you blithely walk by
No thank at all, “He failed kindergarten!”, I sigh

Plastic pollution in our oceans, what on earth were we thinking?
Air filling with poison, just reeking and stinking!

Thank goodness for all the doggies, pristine and so pure
Your free abundant therapy brings us such love for sure

Sweet children who reap joy from the simplicity of life
I wish for them a journey devoid of hardship and strife

Why are so many seniors brushed sadly away?
When their unique precious stories can teach us each day

Why do so many care what others do say
When just being genuine writes your most successful play!

Well the snippets in my brain will continue to meander
Thanks for your time and kindness………for in life there’s nothing grander!

About this poem

Just some thoughts floating around in my brain.

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Written on July 01, 2023

Submitted by shulman.gary on July 01, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXA BB CC AA DD EE FF GG GG HH
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,083
Words 209
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Gary Shulman, MS Ed.

Gary Shulman, MS. Ed. has spent a lifetime supporting vulnerable families and children. He began his career working with children with and without disabilities in an inclusive Head Start program in Brooklyn NY. He then transitioned to become the Special Needs and Early Childhood Coordinator for the Brooklyn Children's Museum for 10 years. His passion for advocacy grew as he worked more and more with parents of children with disabilities. For over 24 years he passionately advocated for the needs of these parents as the Social Services and Training Director for Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. in NYC. The last 8 years of his working life, Mr. Shulman served as a private Special Needs Consultant conducting hundreds of training sessions throughout NYC and beyond to help parents and professionals find and access the services and systems required to facilitate maximizing the potential of their children with disabilities. Now retired from his advocacy endeavors, Gary enjoys sharing his poetry that he passionately writes with the goal of leaving this world a better place one word at a time. more…

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