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Premium Member Not Quite Nothing
the summer's come and gone
good times all but forgotten
this was to be our forever home
for you for i and for our dreams
and of course for what would follow 

forever
came and went
without so much
as a goodbye

years of toiling
and nothing to show for it
but our dreams vanished...

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Categories: not for nothing but, death, dream, grief, home,
Form: Free verse
Not For Nothing
Johnny eats pasta under soft light
He was a prize fighter with a pregnant wife
Always buys his hair tonic from the same guy
His mudda was his hero
His fadda beat him wise...

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Categories: not for nothing but, family, passion, philosophy,
Form:
Premium Member I Shall Not Allow Nothing No Anything To Separate Me From God's Love
When I'm down myself;
When the world confounds me;
When my hope is hopelessness;
And I KNOW no one, no one loves me;
Alas a whisper comes to my ear
And I take heed and listen
As my heart and mind
Now correctly changed positively, now..
And I am convinced that nothing 
Nothing
Me,...

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Categories: not for nothing but, appreciation, caregiving, devotion, engagement,
Form: Lyric

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Premium Member not even nothing
not even

(as in not even nothing)

appears as nothing~

nothing

appearing as the

dance~

apparently there 

are appearances

everywhere~...

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Categories: not for nothing but, beauty, happy, words,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things