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Living to enjoy the little joys. Taking it a step at a time.

  February 2022     1 hour ago

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Dancing King

The king dances naked in the city center
Prancing at the ka-ka -ka-ka, pap-pap and boom sounds

 of rifles and missiles!
Joined in a massacre jig by allies…
Hopping unceremoniously to the tune of war!

Tone deaf to the cries and shouts for ...

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The Cost of a Head

Heads sprawled everywhere...
Small heads, big heads,
Women’s heads, children’s heads,
Forming a pyramid of sorrow.
Eyes barely shut,
Tears of blood streaking down
Ruddy cheeks of infants
Who will never see tomorrow.


 “Off with their...

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Prayer Answered

In this fleeting moment, a prayer finds its way,
Learn to love, learn to live, learn to give each day.
See, it’s not so tough, this journey’s gentle sway.

Embrace grace, inhale favor, and in joy, stay.
Let love’s tender whispers light the...

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Walking Your Path

Until I wore your over sized scrawny shoes…

 Scuttling through harrowing dark tunnels,

 Dodging bullets and bombs,
I never knew where it pinched.


 Until my roof was scalped...
Like a bald vulture in rain, drenched,
Flapping its wet wings,...

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The Moon seeks Attention

Like a spurned lover, the moon turns from the sun,
Casting its opaque shadow over the earth, its adversary.

 Despised for reflecting light, not emitting its own, It is jeered and taunted.
In anger, it traces a path of totality, Weary of the...

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Well written rhymes that shows the challenges of relationships.

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Thank you. Glad you like it.

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This is such a beautifully written poem on the magic of words. Our lives indeed "thrive on love and kindness". Thanks for sharing!

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This is a beautiful poem. "The spring skips it season" just got me!

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Such is life... Thanks for bringing it to our consciousness

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The sadness and loss are quite palpable... Thanks for sharing.

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You have written with such eloquence , this battle you fight. I pray for God's grace to renew and restore your memory. Please don't give up the fight!

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Nice poem. Great you can put your feelings to words. I like that you acknowledged your limitations in meeting a need though it makes you "cry", you still want the best for the other person...

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thank you for seeing the deeper meanings of this poem. So much innocent heads already!!!

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This poem depicts a picture of what can be achieved in unison... Thank you for sharing.

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" This battle has already been won". Gives reassurance

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What an odd enchantment to keep all spirits blessed

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This isn't just noise! You are doing a good work sharing your reality through poetry. Keep writing

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So vivid, it was like watching Nat Geo Wild!!! The elk indeed "danced with fate" and triumphed! Great work. Thanks for sharing...

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Honest. Humane. Truth. "You have to have dark to appreciate light"! Very reverberating....

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