HE THAT GOETH TO-FORE
...The high and the lows, strife and blows
Through high tides, and angry winds,
Hurricanes and tornadoes
Life stalls, uncertainity builds,
fear beckons and faith dissolves
But with the last ounce o...
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Categories:
daily reminder, encouraging, faith, hope, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
DID nightmare
...DID NIGHTMARE
having Did is not all that’s cracked up to be.
Having to try to remember what you did, day to day
Having people say “ I wish I had DID” because when I don’t want to handle something ...
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Categories:
daily reminder, abuse, anger, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
When I see You Sometimes You are a daily reminder
...In the tapestry of life, memories weave their threads, and the echoes of past workplaces linger like faint perfume. Seacrest, with its morning shifts and graveyard hours, left an indelible mark—a mix...
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Categories:
daily reminder, abuse, addiction, america, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Defeat and Redemption
...No man is an island they say
Still, amidst this crowd and noise I feel lonely
I badly want someone to talk to
But words don’t come easy
Millions of things are running in my head
But my lips ...
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Categories:
daily reminder, anxiety, depression, emotions, faith,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Sticky Notes
...Sticky notes, adhesive and bright,
Myriad colors in my sight,
In my room, they cover the walls,
Reminders of tasks, big and small.
They seem so simple, but to me,
They represent my antithesis,...
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Categories:
daily reminder, conflict, courage, life,
Form: Free verse
Things I Still Do Not Know
...One reason I love to walk in the silence of the morning…with the stars and moon aglow…is how it reminds me, every day, of all the things I do not know.
Our world is filled with a diversity of wond...
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Categories:
daily reminder, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Angel Over Quiet Waters
...Max painted the blush-blue sky
the nest of grass and teal-still waters.
Bursting from his vibrant paintbrush,
a vision that appropriates the canvas.
His hubris angel halo-crowned,
th...
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Categories:
daily reminder, angel, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Wanted
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Wanted
Your Child For One Week
(Vacation Bible School)
By Tom Wright
7/17/2002
Lord,
‘mongst us, send those with fertile minds,
entrust to us, all those with willing hands.
Those ...
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Categories:
daily reminder, children, dedication, devotion, god,
Form: Quatrain
The Virus
...Began so promising
As thoughts of a new year approached
Some called it a year of new beginnings and clarity
That 20/20 vision of sorts
Unknown and foreign
You found your origins in a faraway l...
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Categories:
daily reminder, confusion, fear, sick,
Form: Free verse
Conversation With Relatives
...Today I feel a furious intensity
About two years, ago
Family members would always love to share
The news about the passing of someone
Either from the village, or someone, I once knew
I...
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Categories:
daily reminder, adventure, africa, anger, anxiety,
Form: Blank verse
An Ode To My Mother
...T’is like yesterday you left the stage
Just like that you turned the page
A story you left untold
For me to tell the world
You nurtured me so well
Spoiled me enough, for me to tell
Always rea...
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Categories:
daily reminder, 12th grade, africa, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
On Days When Emotions Erupt
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calamine lotion
phisohex soaks, itchy ooze
poison ivy hell
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Johnson's Paste Wax (floors)
wooden spoon on knuckles: smack!
wash dishes. repeat.
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round dent in ha...
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Categories:
daily reminder, childhood,
Form: Haiku
City By the Bay
...The stars come out tonight.
Do you see the ones I do?
That starlit, divine connection
When our DNA magically combined,
Dancing in harmonic coordination.
I can feel your hands in mine so
stro...
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Categories:
daily reminder, beautiful, love,
Form: Free verse
11:02 Pm
...My life hasn’t always been easy...
this is true.
I have many recollections that my mind would love to disregard, but somewhere in the core of my existence i...
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Categories:
daily reminder, death, memory, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Our Gift
...that daily reminder heaven conveyed
to consciously live each day
as if it be our last
Submitted on March 4, 2018 for contest EARLY MARCH 18 PREMIERE sponsored by BRIAN STRAND...
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Categories:
daily reminder, appreciation, blessing, life, meaningful,
Form: Kimo
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