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You Know You're Past It When

...Do I need normal shoes equipped with cleats?
I’m not as steady as I used to be.
The town in which I live has narrow streets: ...
So where’s this poem going? Bear with me!

I’ve always had an eye...

SIBLINGS: BETWEEN THE LEAVES

...Peas of the same pod, nurtured by soil's clutch,
Polarized cotyledons, vying for homely touch.

Like a sunflower sagging toward heliotrope’s light,
The diffident monocot cradles itself in materna...

Would be Seismic if We Could Get Along

...his miscreant philosophy was easily seen that day
he held his wormwood tea in an irritating way
diffident cousins were totally intimidated by Jim
his duende charm sort of knocked them on their chi...

Minus Identity, Who am I

...
Line of inquiry
‘Minus Identity Who am I’

‘What a piece of work is a man!’
………           ………
And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust’
(Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Act II, sce...

the collective hubris of our indifference to ants

...
We walk the earth as lords of all
only judeo-christian types of course
We crush the weak and heed no call
history is written by the winners
We think ourselves the smartest rac...

Headache

...My head is aching, it's a skull pounding sensation.
My hands are shaking, from the constant anxious narration. 
Trying to breathe deeply, keep this train from leaving the station, 
I know this is ...

The Gift of the Magus

...He appeared to be a mere, callow boy,
Beautiful, strange, exotic, enchanting,
But he was, he said, a king, and he'd traveled very far
Over time, and land, and sea in search of me.
His glance was ...

Peace

...PEACE

Shy, quietly spoken, always in the background,
Never one for thrusting ideas 
Into people's minds,

Diffident, listens intently 
To her surroundings, often hiding
Behind certainty, wea...

The Waves of Love

...Why do the waves keep on kissing the shoreline
even if the shoreline pushes them everytime? 
Why do they keep on coming to shore
like they keep on asking for more? 

Their persistence that heave...

I Wandered Lonely As a Teardrop

...9-21-22
Contest: I Wandered Lonely as a…Challenge
Sponsor: Natasha Scragg

11-4-22
Contest: 2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 19
Sponsor: Mark Toney

"I wandered lonely as cloud."  Daffodil by Willia...

A Tale of Immortal Love Part I

...For Janet, now and forever...

Once there was a girl who loved a boy so much,
But she was diffident to tell the boy her love,
For the people might think that it is not right,
She must wait for t...

Way To Make Defeats Go Away

...If you want to extract the best out of life,
Do the level best that you can with hope,
Exhaust all the possibilities by toiling,
Trust that the law of Justice will prevail

Gather each and every...

Skill Development

...Jack and his friends, impressed by personalities
wanted to get there and enjoy name and fame
They stood gaping at their accolades and victories
And made gross assumptions about what it took to suc...

Normal

...Disregard that diffident feeling
stand up for yourself
don't be a doormat for people healing
do what makes you excel

stop covering your appeal with the physical
let it shine from the inside
t...

She Was An Artist

...She was an artist.
Her expertise was flowers and butterflies.
This new art teacher said they had to draw a man.
He had to be anatomical. It had to be indicative of muscles.

What about eyes? She...

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