Best Unplugging Poems

Before the future and after the past
We have found each other’s souls at last

In the beat of a heart I was able to see
The rest of my life belonged to thee

When our eyes met it wasn’t a glance
Locked together in a forbidden trance 

For we...

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It takes guts to be in a wheelchair
Twelve years ago 
I got a job in the open labour market
My first day I ran away early
I had transport issues
I got a lift with another wheelchair man's car
The second day I stayed a full twelve hour shift
I...

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Invisible Kid

Invisible kid that’s what you were called.
Locked in your room wasn’t punishment at all.
	
Alone to explore your dreams and read stories,
Alone safe from harm to be whoever you wished.
 
Fantasies and storytelling for your teddy bears.
Role playing and performing in front of the mirror,
each...

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Guarded and closed off, that's what he knows best

It just takes a noise to peak his interest

Don't bother to knock, 'cause he won't letcha in

Caution encloses the world he lives in

Four cats are his passion he keeps them well fed

But fear sends them running back...

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The mischievous things you often did,
like taking the salt shaker and loosening the lid

It was only a matter of time before you got it good
so you had to get away with as much as you could

Pulling the sheets from the bed and making a tent
Swinging...

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I remember me and my cousins 
running on the hot paved streets
Of Chicago
In mid summer
to the candy lady 
to buy 
a .25 cent frozen cup

Grandmama in the kitchen
wiping sweat off her forehead
as she prepares our favorite
Pork Chops, fried corn, 
and collards
with white corn bread balls...

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The bottle was found upon the shore,
looking forlorn and green with a cork,
it wasn't impressive except that a 
note was folded inside ready to be
read by the beachcomber with delight.

Seagulls encircled the event as if they 
knew what the discovery was all about,
eyeing the lone...

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There’s digital this
And digital that
But most is too much
For me to grab at
I thank the Almighty
That as far as I know
No one can grow
Digital coffee.

But this thought 
Of digital drink
Makes the real mind
Pause and think
I’ll pass on that scheme
And I would never 
Buy their new...

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Opulence can't acquire it,
Not even a fragment of its entirety,
A priceless gem,
The sun's light doesn’t aid its radiance.

Unplugging from it,
Makes the soul a junkyard,
Like playing with the wrong card,
The mess can’t be excused.

Its light filters through,
Its bearer sees the hidden path,
Twilight becomes a book,
The eyes...

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June 5 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 74-77

Key Verse – Psalm 74:12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY SAVIOUR KING
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I smoke another of my cigars,
unplugging wires from the phone
Tonight is different from the last,
sitting on my front porch alone. 

My dog licks my dangling hand,
the one that she used to hold.
I look at all those scattered stars,
how they burn out in the cold.

A note...

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Its an institutionalized war against a black man yet a fellow black man is glorifying his brother man who cheat and lie to his wife and family, this is bull how are we building the nation with lustful horny old boys.We need disciplined committed men...

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During the Deacon Preachin' Weekend 
the deacon recommended unplugging
going offline to avoid screen addiction
no games, not texts, no emails, nothing
disconnecting, in order to connect --
to more important priorities in life :)
without distractions or attachments
easing the mind, the eyes, the hands
a self-imposed, spontaneous Zen Mode
not the...

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Our grandson is six.
It is August the eight.
He asks “When will your tree die?”
Yes, I keep my Christmas tree up year round.
We use it as a night light.
I think he means the lights.
I can kill them now I say, unplugging them.
No, he says. The tree....

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