Best Recognizes Poems

she gladly trades in her well-worked ballet slippers
for scruffy Converse tennis shoes for the two mile walk home
no one recognizes the prima donna in her dungarees
without makeup...

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My soul recognizes musical brilliance well ahead of the rest of me
she might leap with joy at a melody I have not noticed
But I notice her leap, and then pay attention of course.
I often ask my husband “what genre is this?” for he is the...

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Daddy is making a cheese omelet
puppy will not leave kitchen
recognizing soft touch...

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If your heart has become a wild creature that no longer recognizes the cage of your ribs,
If it crashes against your chest like an animal caught in the trap of unbridled desire,
If it howls at the moon of silence, begging for a drop of mercy...

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