Much will be forgiven those on whom not much has dawned. But let me ask: How could you not see the signs? What with the oceans rising…
Category: Poetry
We Swamp Creatures
The joys, or otherwise, of the swamp.
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Journal Entry: Germination
Inspired by the gift of tomato seeds. Associative and journaling techniques were used to flesh out some kind of meaning.
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Cries
We hear cries of children
Yet to be born
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Most Poems
Most poems are pounded out in emotional flesh, sometimes physical skin scalped feelings. It’s a Jesus hanging on a cross a Mary kneeling…
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Blue Cotton Candy
A reflection and feelings of the effects of the pandemic.
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comes around
From parts unknown poetry appears.
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Anti-Catharsis 2.0
Prickly rains drench Mother Courage as she pulls her wagon in Central Park.
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If Love Turns to Hate … Socks Knocked Off, Gloves Peeled Off
When Love becomes silent cold war … Is it Hate? Is it Dependency or is it fear of changes? Deception seems to be the winner.
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Spring
Spring is an introspective poem reflecting on personal growth throughout the changing of seasons.
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disseverance
When the inevitably right thing happens – and doesn’t.
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Smile at today’s sun as it goes down
Maybe if they knew of my hardships
They would go easier on me
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Promise
A real story about two people who trusted each other and kept promises but the male in the relationship screwed the female over.
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About My Sister Not Understanding Poetry
Everyone doesn’t “get” poetry. It’s okay that people don’t “get it.” There are things in their own lives I don’t understand.
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Poem To The Unconvinced
Poem about truth and lies and how they beg to differ.
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Inferno’s Frozen Circle
This is a poem written to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante (2021).
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The World is Broken
The increasing gun violence in America and the world. Teenagers with guns shooting other children.
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