Best Trial(A) Poems

After witnessing a murder meant for me after surviving a car bomb igniting my skull crushed my face bruising my brain i received threatening calls from my husbands mistress I'd reported break ins strange behavior from my husband fearing my safety his mistress who worked...

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Hey Sleepy Joe, America is broken
    and your bigotry and hate smokin’
from the race fires you are stokin’

Hey Sleepy Joe, America is broken
    and the woke that you have woken
are like toads in the swamp croakin’

Hey Sleepy Joe, America...

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Egos aglow, from awesome heroes adorn
Each Legend has a trial, a secret born
It takes more than skill of a Champion to be
It takes equal parts of talent, guarantee
With luck, nerve, hard work made
Champions make the grade 

Afterwards, Champions become Legends very soon
Being the best of...

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The Spirits of Culloden. 
This is like a pilgrimage, a try tae come every year,
Gather at the cairn, meet old friends, wipe away a tear.
Standin on that moor, that once with blood was sodden,
Paying respects to those loyal men and wimen, the spirits of Culloden.
This...

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Frozen Ground

Everything differs on frozen ground,
Brittle stalagmites obscure green skywards,
Whilst all around damp is the sound,
That crunches the breakfast walk.

Semi-permanence becomes a mirror to our image,
Bifurcated bark life agonises brown skywards,
Its so easy to lose sight of our village,
That nestles so we can pretend we...

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It was quite clear now my ex husband his accomplice Ciro gargano arson murderer used car salesman slash video gaming licensed to rent juke boxes cigarettes machines pin ball pool tables after serving seven years in prison on drugs and weapons charges now on parole...

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Outside my aperture, the storm is lashing hard,
I preserve my story, while you've held discard.
Mists are drifting in; an extra cyclone is tackling,
I'm contemplating in distress, in serenity feeling.

If you were shrunk to the size of a drop of water,
And even if you grow mysterious,...

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Time in time

a trial a test

mindful and renewed

periodically in pain

grief, sorrow, hurt

lasting in seasons

a reason in the hope

prayers along the way

silence, sincere

suffering, sleepless nights

knowing that all will be alright

longtime ending

the beginning, never-ending

Faith was extended

healed, renewed, no more pain

a miracle happened in Jesus's name....

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In the vast expanse of twilight,
where the shadows of trials dance and whisper secrets,
I wander through the labyrinth of existence,
meeting you, adversity, with an open heart,
Like a seeker among ancient stars,
searching for hidden strength in the embrace of darkness.
Oh, adversity, have you not grown weary...

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In the world of code and creed,  
Heart and mind, a dualistic seed.  
Nights of work, days of strain,  
Drafts, redone, again, and again.

Pixels blend with ancient thought,  
Ideas clash, are born, are fought.  
Screens aglow, a timeless quest, ...

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The future hides behind a veil of mist,
Like stars submerged beneath a boundless sea,
I reach with trembling hands, yet only twist
In circles, chasing what I cannot see.

The road ahead, a labyrinth of stone,
Each turn a question left without reply,
The walls are tall, the corners stand...

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Author Dana Redricks 
August 29, 2023


In the depths of darkness, when hope seems to fade, when the road is long, and weariness pervades, take solace, dear soul, for there’s strength to be found, in the faith that’s unwavering, profound.

Though trials abound and the path twists...

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O weavers of life, behold this diamond—
Strong and bright, pure and radiant.
She held the key to life in trembling hands;
Her trial, a furnace of refining flame.
Yet she stood unbroken—
And the fire found her not wanting.

Her journey sang a symphony of pain,
Yet like a lamb, she...

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I don’t have my learners permit.
I have had to be the adult my whole life.
I have had to tend to their outbursts and tantrums.
I have survived all their rat runs

I’ve always told myself it’s an assessment
A test of my determination
I will soon regain my adolescence
They’re...

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