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Widowed mother of 3 amazing young adults. My youngest is 17 and driving!!!! Where has the time literally gone. I run a busy restaurant in OR. and have some trouble sleeping at night so I end up writing poetry. I had a 3-year gap since I lost my husband and decided it was time to let everything go and choose to live! I have my own copyright and am a published author. I would love to write a rhyming children's book one day.

  June 2022     1 year ago

Submitted Poems 15 total

The Pain I Felt

I feel my breath go cold, as I breathe out
a cloud of steam.
There's no way out of today, and the
heartbreak it'll bring!
You were my King. I was your queen.
There was no in between.
I could never of imagined my life without you
in it. I...

– by Melissa Calcote

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The Moon

Every time the sun goes down,
in the darkest of skies, a moon can be found.
Giving light, on a pitch-black night,
allowing imaginations to ignite.
Each time I gaze at the moon while enjoying
my view, I remember someone somewhere is
looking...

– by Melissa Calcote

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It Is What It Is

I have learned over time, that life don't rewind.
So, if you see a sign follow it don't let it fall behind.
It will become obsolete, and you'll experience defeat.
Life is all about taking a chance
and discovering your own balance.
Is it worth...

– by Melissa Calcote

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Confusing Myself

I am successful yet it's stressful.
I want to win as well as give in.
I'm tired of trying while in my soul I'm dying.
You think that over time,
I would have slowly lost my mind.
I don't know why I have held on
when all my ambitions remained...

– by Melissa Calcote

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Corruption

We are slowly erasing our history. We are
progressively becoming a mystery. The
government is stealing knowledge from our
kids. As pedophiles sell them for the highest
bids. Our rights will soon be a thing of the past,
once their true...

– by Melissa Calcote

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Latest Comments: 4 total

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I chose this poem because it pulled my heart strings, it made me cry, it took me in the car past the park in the dogs mind. Very good poem.

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RIGHT!! Thank you and good luck to you as well!!!

1 year ago

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SO EXCITING CANT WAIT TO READ SOME OF THESE POEMS!

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This is a first for me. First poetry competition, first time paying a fee to
enter a contest, and first poem I've written since my husband's passing.
Since August of 2020, my poetry was put on hold until I wrote this poem
in his memory, and revisited the nightmare of that day. I hope I laid it all
out there and in a way that he'd be proud. Good luck to everyone! 

1 year ago

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