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

  February 2022     3 hours ago

Submitted Poems 27 total

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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The Power Game

In the game of love, we dance on life’s battlefield,
In the silent spaces where frustrations yield.
He, a lion, exudes dominance and might,
While I, a deer, caught in his gaze, take flight.

His presence, a predator’s stealthy stare,
I feign...

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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...

by Abby Kesington

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A Letter to Mother

Iyani ni iya mi”, my mother!
Your love for me transcends this border!

Every flower, I behold, a reminder of your persona.
The yellow tulips of spring, like your beauty;
Vibrant and sweet natured.
Marigold of summer enlivens like sunshine…
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by Abby Kesington

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"Thy word is a light on my path and a lamp to my feet". I like that you brought it all back to the Bible, indeed, " The word of life is the word that cures".

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Thank you. Putting ourselves in the sufferers shoes enable us to feel their pain more poignantly and move us to help in whatever way possible.

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These are great words. The world is quite a terrifying place. But like you said, " Together we could be the change we have all been praying for."

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I'm quite grateful you like my truth and flow. It encourages me to write more....

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thank you. I hope it drew out the milk of empathy while you read it.

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thank you. I try. And I'm quite glad you like this poem. It's political but then what's not political in today's world?
I'm quite encouraged you think me an amazing poet!!! My head swells. 

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I'm glad you love the poem. A lot of people don't have an idea the pains and grief of war.
Please feel free to read my other poems. I hope they resonate with you as they did me.

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I definitely will encourage you to keep writing. There's nothing more therapeutic.

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There's nothing dumb about this poem. Three lines with just enough message!

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I'm glad you enjoyed my poem. Even further encouraged to write more. The eclipse was what inspired the poem, but in reality, the sun, moon and earth were metaphors...

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I'm glad you love it. I read some of your poe.s. They are very strong...speaks a lot of courage.

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poetic licensing allows for creativity... so do please indulge yourself!

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thanks for enjoying the poem. I hope you got to see the deeper meanings embedded in the lines.

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" the harvest cannot grow without one to make it sow", are the punch lines for me. I like the rhymes too.

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Thank you. I hope you were able to see the deeper meanings between the lines...

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