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- AintNoNinny: life at twilight sings a last song before darkness nature’s lullaby
- Tristan: My future is something shining, something flashing way out on the watery horizon. It’s making its way to me faster than I’m floating to it.
- AintNoNinny: DELIVER MY WISHES Deliver my wishes on dishes of gold. Shine them with dust from gilt faery wings. Bring me your gifts from days of old. With blessings, let their potential unfold into...
- Tristan: You can have the fame if you leave me money; Take away the tea, but leave me the honey.
- Tristan: The tree’s arms are tired, outstretched, and still waiting for that hug.
- Mossy: Deeply rooted Friend Hard, strong, sturdy core Arms holding heaven Thump thump, drummer beats warm flowing secret lyrics Treeheart shows blossoms
- deepgreen: Love came as a surprise. I didn’t expect it. But I like it so much, I will never regret it. He is there for me. I’m a lucky girl! He’s so handsome and strong. Gives my...
- SBgiselle: Straight and tall, The mighty tree, For decades it has grown. It reached so high, It spread so far, All on it’s very own. The tree was proud, Of his solid wood, And the quantity of...
- D. Edgar Lamp: A Story In Verse, Part 5: THE OCEAN I clung to his neck with my eyes tightly closed. The beat of his wings like a music composed A tranquil serenity there in the air, An island of...
- D. Edgar Lamp: (151) INSTANT INSIGNIFICANCE My span of life mosquitos past While eons elephant as if Their hulking selves were frozen stiff While I go by so fast My epic blur of beating wings In...
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(for this calendar month, by number of poems)- Tristan (27)
- Meryl (17)
- Russell (9)
- Pragna Paramita M... (8)
- D. Edgar Lamp (5)
- SBgiselle (3)
- wryness (3)
- AintNoNinny (2)
- Mossy (2)
- alex.eaton (1)
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A beautiful thing
unexpected and wondrous
change.
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I will press up to the light
Like a bean vine struggling for life.
And I will not give up
Even in hail
And gray days
When the sun fails
Because it is still there behind the clouds
And tomorrow is another day.
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for just three minutes,
the duration of that song,
i felt fifteen-years-old
creeping up my throat.
but of course
i could never let you
know that. what little more
meaning i am urging behind this.
so i grow up.
i abandon impulses that lead
me to believe a 1 a.m. text
is a good idea.
so i grow up.
i wear other boy’s shirts
and erase your name.
always wishing for that
“eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.”
the largest changes
don’t come when i
realize what i want,
but what i don’t want.
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resisting
when there is a need
wrestling
until you bleed
resigning
for the gods to lead
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Since us I’ve changed.
Since us you’ve changed.
Maybe we’ve changed enough
to try being us again.
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Don’t change you!
I love who you are!
Who cares what they think?
Don’t try so hard!
I’ll always love you,
And your quirky, cute ways!
You brighten my life,
Like sunshine’s bright rays!
Don’t change you!
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It seems to me, in this crazy world
That someone’s always looking for change.
“Can I borrow a quarter? I’m short some cents.”
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Sometimes expected
Other times not
Frequently noticed
Often overlooked
Continually different
Distinctly perpetual
Happening now
Change
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Still your emotions
connect with all
observe… All around, commotion
be still
quiet your thoughts
focus on the moment
intuit the battles, wars, strife fought
deep within
make true your spirit
release it like an arrow
all will hear it
soar as an eagle
be poised and ready
to loose more arrows
in kind words that steady
and heal shattered souls
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the black box spits out the coins
into a little shiny bowl
I scoop what’s left of my dollar
nab my bags and leave
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Change
You look one way,
Yet you act another.
You live one way,
Yet you love another.
You cannot always change,
You can try to hide your true colors.
You don’t have to change,
Although it may be for the best…
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