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  January 2023     2 years ago

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Dunno

One day an acorn,
The next day, an oak.
One day a hero,
The next day, a goat.

One day a child,
The next an adult.
One day, an old man
Houses your soul.

And when the soul leaves you,
Where does it go?
Hey, you dumb f****r,
I'd have to...

– by Jeff Patry

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The boxer

Ass over tea kettle
He falls and he falls.
Ass over backward
He flops and he sprawls.

But he rises again to continue the fight
Jab, jab, uppercut – left, left, right.

A dervish of whirling,
He swings and he swings.
A twirl of a skirmish,...

– by Jeff Patry

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Poetry.com
Thank you, that is good to hear. I'll have to aim for a bigger demographic than ex-boxers next time, I guess :)

2 years ago

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I liked the way this poem worked with a sense memory to paint a vivid picture that would likely be different in each reader, yet tugs at the same emotions.

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