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I am a temperate woman.
I cool my coffee with an ice cube,
take my water plain,
my steak medium rare,
set the thermostat at seventy.
I live in a temperate zone,
wear size average clothes,
let my ice cream melt a bit.
I go easy on the jalapeno,
hate shouting matches,
also dislike silence
with the cold shoulder.
Watch the speed limit,
use thrift sale finds,
drive a pre-owned Chevy.
Moderation is my motto
With one exception.
Don’t show me that tepid love.
I’ll take that deluxe,
supersized, outrageous,
spicy, with a lifetime guarantee.
This poem first appeared in Jill Magazine (2018).
Used here with permission.
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Peggy Trojan, after a career of teaching English, retired to the north woods of Wisconsin. There, she and her husband, David, with the help of family, built a house next to a trout stream. Peggy stays busy writing and making jam from the raspberry patch she carefully and lovingly tends. Peggy is a member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, and is the author of two full-length poetry collections and six chapbooks. Learn more about her here.
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Anastasia:
As the saying goes, "relatable content"! Thank you for capturing this so well!
Posted 02/21/2022 10:50 PM
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Jancan:
Great poem--descriptive with such expressive examples
Posted 02/07/2022 11:22 PM
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Lori Levy:
Great! Love the ending.
Posted 02/07/2022 01:47 PM
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Jgonzalez 1994:
I love the poem,you want a great big old love everything else you can take in moderation
Posted 02/07/2022 09:09 AM
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Larry Schug:
This is a temperate poem. It would have been ruined with the overwriting it if you weren't a temperate poet. My favorite line, for some reason is "with one exception". It comes at just the right time in the poem.
Posted 02/07/2022 08:52 AM
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Michael:
This is definitely in the "hot zone"! Nicely done, Peggy.
Posted 02/07/2022 08:48 AM
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wordartdjc:
This is a delightful, 'down to earth' poem that makes one smile. We all need a bit of that these days. Thank you, Peggy.
Posted 02/07/2022 08:13 AM
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Sharon Waller Knutson:
I love this delightful uplifting poem. Describes me to a T right down to the punchline: "Dont show me that tepid love.
Ill take that deluxe,supersized,outrageous,
spicy, with a lifetime guarantee."
Posted 02/07/2022 05:09 AM
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