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Best Wadley Poems

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Anywhere There's Peace
I feel most at home
When I am beside you.
I am able to breathe freely & abundantly.
You speak kindly to my soul,
& nurture the points of...

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Categories: wadley, for her, home, longing,
Form: Free verse



Paying Attention
A lot of the time It’s not easy,
Finding someone that can
Finish your sentence before
You can finish your thought.
Someone that appreciates the things
You care about.
To breathe...

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Categories: wadley, appreciation, black love, faith,
Form: Free verse
Magnetism
We were but strikes of lightening, sealed in a glass jar
Fumbling about with nowhere to go.
Exhausted, we conducted ourselves
With a slight curb of enthusiasm.
Sprung to...

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Categories: wadley, black love, for her,
Form: Free verse
Banana Love
From the tree we both grow,
Pointed in different directions.
Banana tree, supple in the wind.
Perfect brown spots, silk yellow skin.
From the tree we both grow,
Inching closer,...

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Categories: wadley, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
Squeeze Me
She opened up my back
& stuffed me with things like
Affection and reassurance.
The value of things often taken
For granted.
Things I am reminded of every time
She hugs...

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Categories: wadley, appreciation, cute love, emotions,
Form: Free verse



Dumb Deaf and Blind
When I saw his name pop up
In your phone.
I felt something in me break
& it hasn’t been right since.
The way you call my name,
The way...

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Categories: wadley, heartbreak, heartbroken, i love
Form: Free verse
Unless You'Re a Bear
Some say that life is just around
The corner,
Some say that fun is just around
The corner
But unless you’ve been there yourself
You wouldn’t understand the billboard
Above the...

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Categories: wadley, discrimination, life, racism,
Form: Free verse
Valid
At times I sit & wait for the sun
To uncover all the things about you 
that for some reason or another I cannot say.
For every...

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Categories: wadley, appreciation, eulogy, how i
Form: Free verse
Love of My Life
In today’s world it’s easy to lose track of time
& otherwise get caught up in what’s going on.
So many families split up, so many loved...

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Categories: wadley, feelings, for her, i
Form: Free verse
Love of My Life
In today’s world it’s easy to lose track of time
& otherwise get caught up in what’s going on.
So many families split up, so many loved...

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Categories: wadley, beautiful, forgiveness, growth, how
Form: Free verse
Nightstand
Keep me somewhere where I know
You’ll reach.
No matter what time of day
No matter what time of night.
Keep me next to the glass of water
You keep...

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Categories: wadley, black love, feelings, for
Form: Free verse
Friday Saturday Someday
Friday Saturday someday, one second
Will multiply into infinity & infinity into
Eternity.
In between sapphire & ruby sunset.


Friday Saturday someday, my name
Will sound different dangling from your...

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Categories: wadley, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
Freely
There are over a million things
To do in the name of pleasure.
Over a million more that involves
Company.
The person I could be,
The person I’d love to...

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Categories: wadley, black love, feelings, for
Form: Free verse
California King
California King


My bed may not be as large
As California or have a blanket
As deep as the ocean.
But it’s comfy and shares
The same view as if...

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Categories: wadley, appreciation, black love, dream,
Form: Free verse
Label Everything
Over the course of a minute,
Nonetheless a single hour.
We say a lot of things.
Some we mean, some we don’t.
Although sometimes meaningful,
It’s the things we don’t...

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Categories: wadley, feelings, growing up, growth,
Form: Free verse

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