Best Fourteen Poems

When someone says break
A leg is never offered
As the sacrifice...

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Petal of limpid life veils the naked eye,
  shadow and spoil refrains the question ideal;
  asking not within,
  without ---
  dark night shines,
  while day grins ---
The answer unowned, 
  unowned by us the source of impeccable enquiry;
 ...

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It's not easy being 14,
I should know.
And falling in love is harder to believe.
Most people think you're a kid,
even when you don't.
Everything is really not what it seems.
Living this life,
just means following your dreams.
Oh, 14 is the life,
you live will be most memorable.
People will catch...

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I turned fourteen, the world turned cold,
The light I knew felt strange, controlled.
They said these years would shape my soul—
But all I feel is lost and old.

I used to laugh, just ‘cause I could,
Run wild in every neighborhood.
Now I just scroll, or lie awake,
Pretending none...

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Lost
under pile
of red tape
hoping I will be
found...

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It was packed. Hot and steamy.
Bathroom breaks were rare. 
And so was food. We arrived and it
Was heavily filled. We left and it
Was deserted.

Wednesday. He fell. The ER
Calling out our name but we
Ignored it. Finally basic care was
Met with an angry boy. Fighting 
To be...

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This is a fourteen point check list
For when you buy a car
First question you should ask
Does it have full service history or part
The next important question
Has the Cam belt ever been changed
And do you have any receipts
To show me when it was arranged
Check for codes...

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I wondered home one night with the stars, 
With my kingly rugby shirt on encompassing, 
My blue Bec 40 electric wheelchair, no bars, 
Which I was also the king of notwithstanding. 

Irrespective of my supposed bad hand spasms,
Irrespective of my enforced silence regarding,
Irrespective of my...

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They say you meet your soulmate by the time you're 21.
I thought that was the biggest lie ever told.

Love wasn't something I really believed in.
All it did was break me and hurt me.

Little did I know, you've been in front of me this whole time.
Little...

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The heart fades with the end
of two thousand and fourteen

I did so want to waltz - dance away
this last two thousand and fourteen day.
You, in my arms, closing the door
on another year – 2014, gone for evermore.

There comes a time – sometimes –
when words in...

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A splash of moonbeam
Sparkles the melting iceberg
A ray of hope gleams...

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I'm just fourteen years old, and a father I'll be
Around Christmas time, what a present for me
The excitment of puberty has now taken it's toll
I sit here lost in thoughts, a worried young soul

Responsibilities I now face to the challenges of life
Do I stand by...

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The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Fourteen

Even sea-gulls mistake this lavish lap of water for sea
All day long their cries betray their delusion so eerie
Circling and swooping and settling on her deranged graces
Coming in with wild winds this day dismal and dreary

Cannon fire: a...

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Enter apartment, ready to paint 
Open the door and empty it ain't 
Apartment not empty or unoccupied 
Furniture everywhere someone has lied 

Previous day, nineteen ninety five 
Parked rented truck ready to drive 
One single woman packing in haste 
Filled to the top no room...

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The roads are frozen, and snow piled high
most of the south, once again see this sight
cars slipping, and sliding, off the frozen roads
can't stay outside the temperature is so low

it came so suddenly, no time to prepare
stranded people in vehicles , everywhere
can't walk steady on...

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