Best Tn Poems

*** COURAGE ***

To wake up.
To stand?
To step out.
Avoid thinking 
    “can’t” and “but.”
Surrender worries
     into the hands of God…
To keep hope’s flame up.

To listen.
To discern.
To fall into the music
       of the spirit’s...

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You went to new abode in May,
left unfinished sculpture in me.
You couldn’t see how I shaped today
you went to new abode tn May
I look up to the milky way,
in a shining blue star I see
you went to new abode in May
left unfinished sculpture in me.

May...

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Being sick with a snotty nose
A cough, fatigue, one of those colds???
For goodness sake's everyone knows
Grandmothers are too sophicated 
To wear anything but fancy clothes
Surely not a Kleenex box attached
To their chair, and looking unkempt
And flowing with dispair  

While still sick and in the...

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“SUMMER”



Where 
has Summer 
gone?

The world 
has lost 
Summer

Sweet 
little 
dream

missing 

all those other 
beautiful  
small dreams 

seen as toys
small and 
inconsequential 

casually tossed aside, 
disposable play,
things

pure shining lights
smiling eyes once so bright, 
switched off,

'neath 
smothering
blankets of frost

no tinkling remnants
of mischievous giggles, 
nor echo of...

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My youngest one summer came and stayed with me
I was in the Navy stationed in Millington, TN
One day he was involved in a rock fight
A busted open head led him to the hospital that particular night
He asked me when they have to do stitches what...

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This type of love have been in the lives of all children (boys and girls) for some time to
come. It's been like that since the day the kids started going to camp and elementary
school. It seems as though that when a little boy had fallen...

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making a difference
                        
 
Our children should be treasured
To be loved ,cuddled and happy
Not beaten , abused or raped,
becoming someone else's pleasures.

They...

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CHALLENGED OR CHALLENGED?: AN UNRESOLVED DANCE LINGERS ON
By: Agnes Dalton - 28 minutes ago

API RELEASE: CHATTANOOGA, TN -

A challenged waiter and a forgotten child 
are alone in an empty diner -
when suddenly, a spotted lark 
glides through an open window 
and carries the child's voice...

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fyr feelN vry chat-T n yr gal S vry cattie, i'd ask u 2 refrain,

4my chin i'd b scratchin f yr txting :@) l@tn i'd ask u 2 refrain!



Plz dont Y'L awy the hrs talkin 2 Mayflowers, dey wl ask u 2 refrain

4 they're nt...

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Success is not just being 
the best, 
it's been so unassisted in a 
test.
Success is not been 
someone else, 
but by making yourself a 
role model to everyone else.
Success is not just 
academic stability, 
it's the mandate to succeed 
in every good ability.
Success is not...

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meaningless
electrons
infect this text

â?? â? â?? â¤? â?¬ â?½ ǽ ȍȸ â?? â?¥ â?£

meaningless
photons
radiate from
this text

ȍ â?£È¸  â?¥â?¬  â??â?½ ǽâ?? â¤?â?? â?

meaningless
memes
inspire this 
text

ȍ â?¥ â?½â??ǽâ?£â??â?¬  â¤? â??  ȸ  â?

if you 
stare at it
long enough
it will beg

for your 
interpretation

you may
simply 
respond:

...

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1. Rain, Ambrosia of existence, by its showers.	
2. Besides source of crops, nourishment to consumers.
3. If rain ceases, wide cosmos is famished.
4. If stormy-rain diminishes, tillage also becomes impractical.
5.Rain destroys, as destroyer indeed, preserves ruined.
6.If no drizzling, even grass appears rare.
7.Even ample ocean dries, if...

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Well I'm taking a midnight flight out of Harrison, TN tonight
I just gotta take a break from old man winter and my
No good for nothing lazy ass lover, so just like a night bird
In flight I am leaving you and this cold frozen dead tree
Town...

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BURIED IN THE RED SEA

The armies of God’s people had left Egypt’s land,
They’d seen the mighty power of God’s outstretched hand.
But soon there on the journey they then looked behind,
Saw Pharoah’s mighty army, and fear came to mind.
They cried out then to Moses, “Now what...

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When it's just too hot for comfort,
and you can't get ice cream cones,
it ain't no sin to take off your skin
and dance around in your bones.

(from my Grandmother in Chattanooga, TN)...

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