Tag: poetry
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Dear Mr. Valentine
A hastily written but mightily felt wish of the heart… Dear Mr. Valentine, You sleep next to me like a happy rock. As night rolls over into tomorrow, I sit staring at our future. Two creaky rocking chairs are there Gnawing at the porch as we rest our aching backs And laugh until…
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Dust
We can all identify in some way to addiction. Regardless of what that addiction may be, no matter the greatness of it, we all share in the same struggle to let them go, to release that thing which holds our hands behind our backs and our truths hostage. This poem is about…
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Bluebirds in Late Winter
Hi all. I hope you are having a poetic day. I recently discovered an unfinished poem in my drafts of an email I hadn’t used in years. What is interesting, to me, is that it was begun before I learned that my mother loves bluebirds. She shared with me that seeing bluebirds is…
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Yesterdays, A Whimsical View of Childhood Memories
Yesterdays Why don’t you climb inside my braids and sing me a song? swinging out over the grasses our feet stretched so high the chain-link grinds as we rise toward sun Why don’t you open up your freckles and let me inside? I need to know where the June bugs hide in the winter…
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