Tag: poetry
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Fallen Leaves
Poem- Fallen Leaves (ekphrastic non-winning poem) Amazing how words strung together are just that. Not a stitch of weave or a bead in the pattern. Nothing as permanent as ink on paper. Once it’s written, drawn, painted, sculpted or stitched, it’s as permanent as a spoken word. It can never be removed, not from a…
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Serial Poems Number Fifteen
My best friend is my sister After a childhood of me abusing my older sister, Leaving notes of apologies on her pillow, Kicking doors down, then fixing together so mom & dad don’t see Teen years put us miles apart, not much better in early adulthood A death is what brought us together People have…
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Serial Poems Number Eleven
Why do we keep things? Like birthday cards, photos, trinkets In hopes, one day, we’d have time to reminisce Once we’re not as busy Is there such a time Rushing and working, just to end up burnt out When do we ever have the time? So don’t wait Make the time Sit down Read an…
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Serial Poems Number Nine
I want to be a lazy cat today I want to curl under a blanket just to stay warm I want to ggroom myself, every cat needs to look pretty And I wont go outside I wont even answer the door Today, I look pretty for myself To be lazy I made myself a snack…
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Serial Poems Number Eight
Its in your voice The junk I can hear it Cuz its in my past I know the pain It lingers in your body Your voice Your personality It doesn’t make you bad It doesn’t make you weak But it still makes you I can see it I can hear it And I feel you
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Serial Poems Number Six
Do grasshoppers jump? When we aren’t there? Do they still move, When left all alone? Flying flinging springing majestically stridulating hopping catapulting jumping Over mud clumps, purple cloves and green flying seeds Or, do they nestle Amongst their brothers To sleep
Norma Rrae 