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My poems used to rhyme before you 

Now they don’t  

 

Gifted hands, sharp words 

Making the suffering my master 

 

Green eyes like branches on Christmas tree 

They can look like the honey you put in your tea 

 

Every line in your body has still her name in it 

The name of the poet who came before me 

 

But I keep wondering where my rhyme is 

My red haired muse’ s gone and took it with him  

 

I found instead every line, every stanza... 

When I don’t need them anymore  

Cause I along with my refined  British accent learned in school 

can finally say out loud: Poetry is you
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March 23, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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December 2, 2020 at 2:27 PM
Nice...
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