Confucius - 551 BC-479 BC
...Wise man say, “No laugh up sleeve, while wear heart on same.
For misconstrued may be, lose heart's desire, passion's flame.”
Happy dentist say, when at chair, always looking down in mouth,
“If t...
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Categories:
acutely, celebrity, fun, humor, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
The Ledger of A retired Nurse's Life
...Tapestry of Life**
In the intricate tapestry of life, vibrant memories weave their threads, each one shimmering with its own hue. The echoes of past workplaces linger like faint, nostalgic perfume...
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Categories:
acutely, anti bullying, encouraging, giggle,
Form: Narrative
Today I will smash the old computer and count the air between us
...Today I will smash the old computer and count the air between us,
I will burn the books for warmth, letting the ashes paint my glasses with memories,
and I will uproot the withered plant, sowing it...
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Categories:
acutely, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
My Morning Routine
...Breakfast bells ring
In my stomach and
I go downstairs in the
Room where deliciousness
Resides with care and love—
Kitchen,
I stumble slowly
Sinking the moment all in
I take every ...
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Categories:
acutely, appreciation, beautiful, beauty, happy,
Form: Narrative
Deprived Of Your Love
...Life doesn’t feel the same, My Darling,
Deprived of your passionate love,
Each and every day aimlessly drags on,
Each and every day feels dreary and treacherous!
Days were joyfully enchanting, ...
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Categories:
acutely, destiny, grief,
Form: Free verse
The Visitor, there is nothing like it
...Once again, my eyes open, and I scan the room, looking, wondering if it were him who awakened me. The time is 3 am. Why am I losing valuable sleep time? What is wrong with me?
My mind says,” “You a...
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Categories:
acutely, 12th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
Passing of the New Year
...Passing of the New Year
We could have had champagne and not Buck’s fizz, but then we aren’t in showbiz. We glorify and harness God’s creation in full spirit, praising his glory. The passing of the y...
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Categories:
acutely, new years day,
Form: Free verse
Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky
...Harriet Harris née Kuritsky...
Despite being a nineteen year old bride
she wed Boyce Brandon Harris
half a decade her senior,
(where I ranked less than a twinkle in their eyes)
during the mont...
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Categories:
acutely, america, anniversary, celebration, death,
Form: Rhyme
To love or not to love
...Once I felt the patent feeling acutely too,
A spark within, a flame anew,
Wouldn't deter the impetus will that took me in,
A journey's start, with heart and kin.
Once I was in love in those tim...
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Categories:
acutely, cute love, for her,
Form: I do not know?
Beyond the mourning of bereavement no stilled tears
...Beyond the mourning of bereavement no stilled tears
Today marks fifth anniversary of tragic deaths
an aching breaking heart – mine
remembers four extinguished breaths.
dashed – not while ridi...
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Categories:
acutely, absence, anniversary, august, death,
Form: Free verse
Death Dance
...Each day we wake up with grace
We know not how the day will end
We walk by death time and time again
Unaware of our feet in quick sand
Some of us slowly sink in
Unaware we don’t fret or worry...
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Categories:
acutely, courage, death, poetry,
Form: Free verse
but a moment -
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I stood …
on a mountain
not nearly the highest
but the air was clean … seraphic
cold, but not bone-chilling
keen, that it restore the marrow
and course the blood more acutely
it sharpened ...
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Categories:
acutely, analogy, appreciation, beauty, introspection,
Form: Free verse
THANKFUL FOR THE MATHEMATIC MYSTERIES OF SHARING
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May we all be thankful and acutely aware
For two of life’s mathematic mysteries that take place when we share.
This first is a basic fact…which cannot be denied:
how happiness, when shared, is...
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Categories:
acutely, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
clunky chunky words
...clunky chunky unfamiliar words
not easily understood due to their tweets and pops
shoving themselves against my dendrite highway
hidden yet acutely felt
dancing the brain Watusi
I wonder if I w...
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Categories:
acutely, writing,
Form: Light Verse
Unlikely Noisy And Vibrant Mornings
...Unlikely noisy and vibrant mornings
everything was serene, celestial and calm,
so ideal for a spring's afternoon psalm...
when there should have been mourning sounds!
Sunrise had more brillianc...
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Categories:
acutely, anniversary, best friend, death,
Form: Rhyme
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