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How did I get here
...(writing for the voice of my son who has terminal illness) Reality is searingly intimate. But they say anguish, woes and sadness are emotions best shared. I am not saying I enjoy lament......Read the rest...
Categories: on my own terms, death,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Premium Member Obdurate Being
... I walk my life on my own terms I set, create the course on the lone pathway I pave. I see probing faceless uncalled people pile, break the barrier of protected privacy and pry, aski......Read the rest...
Categories: on my own terms, lonely, me,
Form: Free verse
The Edges of Rhyme
...The Edges of Rhyme I wrote the playbook, watching what they took While the earth shook I could not look In the direction of the Big Book Like a fish caught on a nasty hook Ruminating , ......Read the rest...
Categories: on my own terms, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Character Traits
...On my own terms my life I walk brave, setting the course on the pathway I pave. Nameless probing people uncalled, I descry break the fence of protected privacy and pry, ask incisive quest......Read the rest...
Categories: on my own terms, character, psychological,
Form: Rhyme
My Color Is Black
...My color is black, a color so rich, A shade that exudes a fierce allure, A symbol of power, strength, and niche, In a world that's often obscure. I am a dark beauty legend, Born of parents who......Read the rest...
Categories: on my own terms, africa, body, color,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Teaching Professor
...The Professor had put in fifty years at the University of Dell. It is time to step down, said those who did not know him well. He began to teach chess, piano, and the art of puzzle making too. T......Read the rest...
Categories: on my own terms, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
Crazy Ramblings
...Talking is exhausting. You see, I can see the future. So I know exactly what they are going to say. But they’re reading my thoughts and trying to counter my premonitions. So we always......Read the rest...
Categories: on my own terms, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Met-A Mechanic-Called Mind
...- expressing buddhist psychology with the aid of quotes - '...we are doomed not to know the truth exactly ....(dainin katagri)' '...new meaning may...be......Read the rest...
Categories: on my own terms, absence, analogy, appreciation, butterfly,
Form: Other
Freedom
...Doff these shackles, No longer I wish to tread the path of my forefathers, Never again shall I sweat and toil, And bruise and weep and bleed for greeds fulfilment. Neither do I wish to grind th......Read the rest...
Categories: on my own terms, community, corruption, desire, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ribbons
...RIBBONS beyond the fallible with  inherent  vulnerabilities interspersed in   the intimacy of assorted fairy   tales   discovering modernity & refuting the myth so thoroughly ......Read the rest...
Categories: on my own terms, poetry,
Form: Other
Premium Member A Quiet Conversation In Church
...A Quiet Conversation In Church Someone behind me stifled a cough Turning around, the stranger nodded back In the dim light I made out a determined jaw Felt thick fingers holding on to the back......Read the rest...
Categories: on my own terms, life,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Bold
...the heart of a priestess the courage of a lioness she stands in defiance with every ounce of strength throws caution to the wind with her grand dreams and schemes she lives her life on he......Read the rest...
Categories: on my own terms, character, confidence, courage, integrity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Family Move
...In 1967, Magog was no thriving town. Dad had lost his job due to the company’s closure so he accepted a transfer to Sudbury and our destiny took a turn. I was nine and my family’s move affect......Read the rest...
Categories: on my own terms, adventure, courage, destiny, fate,
Form: Haibun
Revisiting Trauma
...I’m glad to see you again. By my own terms of course. Don’t think that I’m allowing you to invade. But instead, I am simply inviting you to leave my subconscious. And be seen. I h......Read the rest...
Categories: on my own terms, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Truisms From Down Under
...Don't put your best years behind you. Failures are best made on our own terms. Success tells one they can succeed. A warm person is often the happiest. Money puts escape holes in one's ......Read the rest...
Categories: on my own terms, age, allusion, analogy, art,
Form: Light Verse

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