I Learned Gardening from my Parents
My mother had a way with green plants
They wanted to please her, and so they did.
She took cuttings and gave them to neighbors.
Millions of cuttings. Provided the town with cuttings.
We kids were gardening as soon as we could walk.
Out in the country, on grandpa’s land.
An enormous garden plowed by a tractor.
Our garden was the size
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Categories:
are learned, garden,
Form: Narrative
BIRTHDAYS
What do you know about birthdays?
A cake and warm wishes?
Different gifts wrapped with cards?
Or a lonely day that proves—
That proves a year has sunk,
And marks a new beginning—
Maybe for something better,
Or just a quiet Monday morning.
After a rough weekend of fun,
And bills paid worth a month,
With friends who came just for fun—
Or just a grey
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Categories:
are learned, birthday, grave, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Something To Be Learned
If there's something to be learned
from this hurtful situation is to think hard,
avoid judgement to stop harsh words;
even the crazy thought of changing chords
to a song that sounds beautiful
and make us feel so wonderful!
When our anger breaks out
we are no longer
kind to each other,
only two idiots in a fight!
Suspecion breaks up hearts full of
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Categories:
are learned, allusion, anger, heartbreak, lost
Form: Lyric
I Learned Love And Life With Its Torn
Life is living more than a day
This includes love, joy, fun
Mistakes, sadness and education
I also see gentle side of life
When I feel like everything
Is falling apart, I don't forget
Everyday to give thanks to God
Giving thanks to people who give me love
Giving thanks is a privilege.
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Categories:
are learned, education, life, love, thanksgiving,
Form: Free verse
Samantha learned new ways in the big city
Samantha was a small-town girl
Taught to never ignore or turn her back on anyone
She developed a thicker skin in the city
Where she had to learn to turn her back and ignore
It was not her norm, but necessary
For there were either more narcissists and conmen here
Or they were not as easily pointed out by an entire
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Categories:
are learned, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
I Thought I Learned All I Could About Love
I Thought I Learned All I Could About Love
I thought I learned all I could about love—
how it bends like willow branches
and breaks like brittle glass,
how it hums in the quiet of a held breath
and vanishes in the space of a sigh.
I knew its patterns, its rising and falling,
the way it lingers in the scent
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Categories:
are learned, america,
Form: Free verse
I have learned to exist in the shadows, to slip through glances
I have learned to exist in the shadows, to slip through glances,
To be invisible in a crowd of faces, a different face for every room,
A sweet smile for strangers, a false tenderness for lovers,
A deep silence that echoes in my soul, an emptiness I keep only for myself.
I have been everything they wanted to see
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Categories:
are learned, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Learned from them
First came one little grandchild held so tight.
Then came the second, our grip was mild
Finally, our third, and all was wild.
Hon and I hold back, until we are asked
Our grandkids experiencing freedom at last.
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Categories:
are learned, remember,
Form: Free verse
Dreamer and The Dreamed
As a child I loved to dream,
making my days and nights grand.
Reading made my dreams come true,
far off places I wanted to see.
As the many years went by,
some dreams came true,
others lay dying.
What I learned through the years,
as an entity in the dream we conjured-
we know not we are-
both the dreamer and dreamed.
How
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Categories:
are learned, child, dream, fun, sleep,
Form: Free verse
Lessons Learned
The lessons learned when we were young
From fairy tales and nursery rhymes
Were meant to help us grow up strong
As up the hill we climb.
So, don’t forget the stories told
When we would lie down in our beds
As slowly, surely, we grow old
We keep them in our heads.
What captivates a child’s mind
To grown-ups might not seem profound.
Dismissing
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Categories:
are learned, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
Lesson Learned
Lesson Learned
Onyx black no diamond twinkling stars doth fill the sky, just the silver light from a winter’s moon shines down upon emerald coloured grass both dark and bright, under melting snow from the northern tempest, which to pastures new hath it moved.
Ensconced snugly under covers of double down, like
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Categories:
are learned, break up, heartbreak, lost
Form: Free verse
What I Learned from a Professional Gamer
Jitter Click
Butterfly Click
What I learned from a Professional Gamer
present tense
finger jittering
what?? in kindergarten
I was painting
butterfly
technique
no wonder I get beat
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Categories:
are learned, games, grandmother, grandson,
Form: Free verse
A Lesson Learned
Charles Green was eight years old, and his father was a great teacher.
Yet, Charlie preferred playing to school; because he was a daydreamer.
The Greens lived in the town of Ivoria, where dahlias nodded greeting;
And Charlie frolicked with Sam and Scarlett, until sun came, bleeding.
Samuel and Scarlett were his siblings. Both got good grades in school;
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Categories:
are learned, boy, fantasy, nursery rhyme,
Form: Couplet
I was taught and I learned
Mom taught me to sew
Grandma Nora taught me to knit
My sister taught me to be cautious
And gave me freedom to throw a big fit
Dad taught me that messy is okay
And that neatness is for a cleaning freak
The trees and books taught me
Other worlds I could sit and seek
I learned how to do math from Mrs.
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Categories:
are learned, me,
Form: Rhyme
I have learned in the silence of the years, when the winds of change blow slowly
I have learned in the silence of the years, when the winds of change blow slowly,
That people won't listen to your heart if they don't respect your mind for some subtle reason.
And your mind won't be respected if you don't harmonize your steps,
In the dance of power, where pride slumbers under folds of strips.
With this
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Categories:
are learned, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
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