I fell this past week and broke bones in my left hand. Ouch! Not going to be easy typing blog posts with one hand in a cast, but today, to celebrate the New Year, I thought I’d give it a try with this very short poem.
I’ve got two fingers for hunting-and-pecking with my left hand, but I stuck with just the right for this work or art.
Right-handed Love Poem
by Beth Finke
I.
My.
Only my & I.
Huh.
Only my & I?
Ummmmm, no you?
No link-up? No hook-up?
Loony! Loopy!
No jolly.
No pop.
No jump.
No joy.
Oy!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…
You & I?
Uh-huh.
You & I.
Jiminy.
You & I!
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Sorry Beth that you fell. I pray it heals fast. Happy New Year to all! From your favorite Orlando fan!
Yummy.
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Dear Beth,
Ouch! is right! Darn, darn, darn! A voice activated computer would be great about now. You’re in my thoughts and prayers.
Andrea
Uh-huh. hoping.
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Oh no! At least you are not left handed, right??
Uh huh !
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Oh Beth. I am so sorry. If there is anything I can do to help, let me know.
Sharon Kramer
Hmmmm……
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Happy healing, Beth. May it be fast and may 2016 be a wonderful year for you!!
You, too.
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Beth,
Happy New Year! I love your poem… I found myself rapping to it! You are the most amazing person I have ever met! You take something that is a difficult situation and ALWAYS turn it into a positive one. A cute poem!
I’m so sorry to hear about your hand. Please let me know if I can help out in anyway. I’m just an email and a few blocks away.
Happy New Year to you, Whitney and Mike!!
Yummy. O.K.!
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So sorry to hear about your broken bones. As always, I see you have your eyebrows up! Lois
Oh, hmmmm. No mopy. Loony& up.
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Beth, my dear .. who needs 10 fingers anyway? Your spirit more than compensates. Get nimble and have a recuperative 2016.
O.K. You, too!
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So sorry. When something that can move suddenly can’t, it changes everything. I’m looking at a lake that wasn’t frozen last week and now is. But I’m hoping that your hand will be freed long before the spring melt. Also hoping that you have some assistive technology that will take your voice and make it print? Sometimes hoping is the cast that nestles around what is broken and helps it heal.
OK Mary your comment motivates me to try some assistive technology. I am dictating this to my iPhone. That last line of yours was poetry. Maybe I’ll learn more about assistive technology from this fall.
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Hurrah for that dictation. I won’t be back to Memoir I until February, but I’ll try to keep up with assignments.
Sorry about your hand. Can you “jump on joy?” You’re amazing, Beth. Thinking of you. Lee
Hmmm. OK I jump in hooloo hoop?
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Beth, your right hand is a brilliant poet, but I did wonder how you got all those “!!!” exclamation marks in there. Is that where you perched your left finger? Sorry to hear about your broken digits. In time they will be back gobbling up the As, Q’s, Zs and Vs…then you can replace “yummy” with “great” and “we” and “verve” and “edge” as you usually do.
OK mailed this comment requires me to use my assistive technology again. You are right I’m busted. I did perch my pointer finger over the! To use the left-hand side of the keyboard Mia Kulpa. In case anyone’s wondering to use the assistive technology and the iPhone I am not using Siri.
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recent iPhones have a little microphone picture on the keyboard right to the left of the . Recent iPhones have a little microphone picture it on the keyboard right to the left of the . At least that’s what I hear that you sighted people see there? That’s the dictation mode so if you tap on that you can talk to your iPhone to respond to texts and emails. Give it a try
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Beth, Iam so sorry to hear about your fall & broken hand⦠yikes! How will you work with Whitney?! On the other hand⦠grin, I really enjoyed your poem. It’s light & fun, just what I needed today. Thank you for that & a happy & healing 2016 to you Mike &Gus!
oh Pam that’s what’s making me the most sad about this left-hand break. I have been trying to hold onto Whitney’s harness with my pointer finger and thumb but it’s not working. Thank goodness she is six years old and is pretty set in her seeing-eye dog Waze. I’m afraid she will have to take a few weeks off work along with me. I am confident when we get back to work will take off right where we left off
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If you dictated “ways,” your iPhone filled in with capital-W “Waze,” which is a software GPS program that helps you get around traffic jams. That’s a good metaphor for having to find new ways after your fall.
Mary Russell
Mary, it’s a little scary how intelligent this dictation software can be sometimes.
This morning I sent an email to a friend thanking them for information about a Jamaican author. The dictation thought that I said thanks for information about the Jamaican offer. Maybe my dictation software knows that I”d like to go of on an island vacation soon! Sent from my iPhone, aren’t you impressed?
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G I hope that last comment made sense I’m still playing around with this dictation method on my iPhone. Thanks for your patience. Happy new year to you and yours and thanks especially for remembering us.
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Dear Beth,
Love and hope that you heal well and soon.
Monna
Oh shit
Lotsa love
Uh huh. Poo, poop & poop.
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That is one terrific right-handed poem. I love it.
You hip. Jolly opinion.
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Hi Beth,
I was so sorry to hear about your fall. May you heal quickly and have only good experiences for the rest of 2016. Your Right-handed Love Poem was so creative. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
Nancy Koehler
Uh.huh.
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Darn it! So sorry but glad it is casted and on its way to mending. Heal, hand, heal! love ya
OK I’m playing around with my assistive technology again to respond to this comment. I am dictating here so forgive me if I go on and on and on. I am appreciating everybody sending good wishes that I will heal quickly. I’m hoping for that too, and healing new year. Seems like that phrase could work for a lot of different events that went on into thousand 15.
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Beth, What bad new year’s news! Happy New Year inspite of the broken bones! Nurse yourself along & I hope they heal rapidly. My husband Dave & I each celebrated our birthdays over the holidays… I on Christmas & Dave today, Jan. 1. Don’t ask how old; too old. Love your poem…simple and right to it. Joan Miller
happy holiday birthdays to you and Dave and thank you for the compliments on my poem. Interesting how sometimes, a restriction can bring out the creativity in us. Happy new year!
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Bad News Bears, Bad New Bones, Bad News Beth!! You have my sympathy Heal fast!
Thanks, Sue. It’s always good news hearing from you.
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So sorry, Beth! Take care of you and heal quickly. Thanks for the one handed poem, and a very happy New Year to you! Love, Kate
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O Kate you are so sweet to keep up with my blog posts. Thank you very much for the compliment about my poem. G maybe if I return to Vermont I will come as a poet next time. Happy happy new year to you and everyone at BSC as well.
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Oh no! I hope you have a speedy recovery Beth! The best (um, better) in 2016!
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