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...Tingly skies full of surprise oh how I love when with surmise,
the little rascal aims his dart as if it were, poetic art !
His countenance reeks of admiration, which speech can't disguise...
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Categories:
chase away, emotions, feelings, heart, i
Form: Rhyme
Hippocrit
...I LOVE The
Local Wildlife,
But Chase Away
Dirty Rats.
Poor Little Things,
Whose Fault
Is That?
Hippos'?
-Gray Squirrel
07-23-2025...
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Categories:
chase away, life,
Form: Free verse
Will You Let Me
...Place my head upon your shoulder
Wrap me in Your warm embrace
Chase away these premonitions
Grant me, Jesus, saving grace
Will you let me feel your presence?
Bring the peace of heaven near
I...
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Categories:
chase away, christian, inspirational, jesus, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Bitter Blues
...I often struggle to make peace
with nagging relapses that,
like endless tides, come
then I need to chase away.
Intrusive rekindlings of loss,
of wanting to resurrect the past,
each time needi...
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Categories:
chase away, angst, anxiety, blue, dark,
Form: Free verse
one day
...My mind is a raging storm
Of never ending thoughts
And constant 'what if's
That chase away dreams
And plague the mind.
Not a day goes by
That you are never there,
You've come to occupy the s...
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Categories:
chase away, absence, feelings, grief, loss,
Form: Free verse
Pieces Return
...I’ve seen the distance in my eyes, trapped in the moments I can’t disguise.
I’ve felt the tension in my voice, A trembling heart without a choice.
I know I judge as I’ve always done,
I build...
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Categories:
chase away, deep, feelings, god, growth,
Form: Rhyme
To NATO, in the Language of Power and Peace
...O Confederation of the West—
You were not born to conquer shadows,
But to outlive them.
Power is not noise,
It is silence understood by all.
You fear the bear in the east,
But he was your bro...
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Categories:
chase away, abuse, evil, fate, future,
Form: Free verse
trust, love, secure
...i met you when you were scared,
i promised i would be there,
to hold you tight n keep you safe,
to chase away the blues night and days,
holding you close and in my arms,
promising you i und...
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Categories:
chase away, anxiety, blessing, care, faith,
Form: Free verse
Stuck
...Stuck
I’m stuck inside my own mind’s prison,
Walls built high with doubt and fear,
A place where shadows crawl and whisper,
And hope feels distant, never near.
I fight to chase away the dark...
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Categories:
chase away, allusion, anger, anxiety, deep,
Form: Free verse
Unintended Innuendo
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Written: April 22, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker
Line of inquiry:
“as we passed her she did wilt
which caused in us sense of guilt
since our stance perhap...
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Categories:
chase away, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
In the depths of silence, I have never been able to offer you much, have I, solitary traveler
...In the depths of silence, I have never been able to offer you much, have I, solitary traveler,
I cannot brew healing potions for the wounds and scars gathered like memories on your skin,
I cannot f...
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Categories:
chase away, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Good Things
...Hold your head up high and put on a happy face.
Good things are coming your way.
Call it what you will be it karma, fate, or grace.
Good things are coming your way.
Don’t tell me that the futur...
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Categories:
chase away, fate, happiness, happy, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
April’s Enchantment
...April arrives on a whispering breeze,
An artist’s touch upon the trees.
Violets and tulips paint fields in bloom,
Their colors chase away winter's gloom.
For its Spring's grand stage, her radia...
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Categories:
chase away, april, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Atheist's Plea
...You stand apart, a shadow in the light,
Denying faith, declaring God untrue.
And yet, when facing the darkness, your face turns to white,
You ask of me, to pray for you.
You wound my Lord, with...
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Categories:
chase away, atheist, faith, god, judgement,
Form: Free verse
ASKEW
...In the hollow of my chest resides a void
Where the seats recline
a whispered voice
Is heard in time.
When echoes once danced
Now silence abides.
In the backseat of the past
The pulse of ...
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Categories:
chase away, absence, addiction, analogy, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
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