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poem- warning
I want you. Despite all the objections, inspections, rejections, imperfections, my predilection is you. . . . Just think all the things the poet could be addressing here. Is the ‘you’ a lover, a...
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poem-karma
You told the kids he was useless, stupid, weak. You bullied him into believing it himself. You kicked him out the door, and mocked his adoring devotion to you. You didn’t deserve him and now someone...
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poem- Oh Christy
Oh Christy, who was the teacher who provoked you? Who was the teacher who shredded your confidence, made you feel powerless, alone, stupid? . Who? . For surely somewhere, you sustained a deep hurt that...
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poem- hot
In dead of winter when I am bundled in sweaters, nursing hot chocolate and shivering, I will remember sliding open the back door today and how I was hit with a wall of air so hot my finger tips feel...
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poem- out in the rain
Usually I have patience to tolerate your negative energy. I can listen to your whining self-indulgence without comment. I can ignore your ignorance, and gently try to inform you. But right now, my...
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poem-ghosts
Of course ghosts are real Haven’t you felt them swirling about you like leaves in the wind? Memories that haunt spinning through your head with joys and sorrows that have no place in tomorrow. Tagged:...
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poem-cool
Oh, back row, You’re so cool. Won’t do your school work. Hang out at the smoke pit. Drunk all weekend. You’re so cool. The front row gets its work done, laughs with friends, finds healthy fun. They...
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poem-what if
What if just for today you dared to do that thing you fear? What if just for today whenever you wanted to say no, you opened yourself to yes? What if today was the day when everything changed? Tagged:...
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poem- hidden
In the hidden folds a tiny desire rests, A covert longing, unacknowledged. You sense it’s there a tiny, unseen lump, caught in the fibres of your life. You ignore it, though you feel it nudging...
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poem- vibrations
I feel the vibration reverberating down my back drilling between shoulder blades pushing at my temples. Simple questions snarky answers. Simple expectations superior refusals. Patience is very thin The...
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poem- dalliance
This is a glimmer and it will be flame. She is danger and you are not fire fighter enough to avoid being burnt. Tagged: apostrophe, attraction, betrayal, poem, poetry, relationship, romance, trouble,...
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poem-invitation
Fifty times a day she invites you to connect. “Honey, look at this!” she says, forwarding an email. “How was work?” she asks, leaving her desk. “Do you have ideas for dinner?” she ponders in the...
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poem- haunted door
Oh creepy garage door, Opening and closing by yourself at midnight When I’ve been reading Buffy the Vampire Slayer, That is not funny. Thankfully I have a hero at home who is ready to wake up and...
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poem- travels
Anew you are printed, packaged addressed, journeying to a distant place unfolding before distant eyes to be judged and found worthy or not. In time, you may find a measure of fame or fortune between...
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poem-old dog
You groan in your bed shifting to find a comfortable spot. You struggle to rise on those sore back legs. You fall over avoiding chair legs. You ignore your dinner as if eating is too much effort. You...
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poem-incised
You find the perfect spot for maximum irritation you rip apart the incision determined to arrest healing. I long to rip you off, toss you away, have air and water and space surround me, to heal the...
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poem- last day
Now begins your last twenty-four hours. You are curled on a fuzzy blanket that you settled onto with a groan and a long sigh. You’re catching up on the sleep you missed between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. when...
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poem-there
Midnight sun your bright glow matches my summer soul. Midday night your sky indigo I hibernate and am made whole Northern land that journey long ago taught me a heart has many homes. . . ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ⇓...
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poem-anxious sovereignty
You and I are independent souls. I move through the house; You rest comfortably in contented sovereignty. You do not need to dog my heels to glorify each moment at my side or expect me to worship at...
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