Big Pictures
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There are people with whom
One might disagree at certain levels.
The dividing levels might even be ones
Of insensitivity, discouragement,
And even hurtfulness.
Notwithstanding such disagre...
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Categories:
disagreements, together,
Form: Free verse
An Unforgettable Christmas Day
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It had been so long since I’d felt loved and wanted.
Then I met John. We basked in our late-in-life romance.
Gone was the loneliness that had left me feeling haunted.
Our relationship proved I...
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Categories:
disagreements, love hurts,
Form: Quatrain
Subjective
...I know that art’s subjective;
Everyone has different taste,
So one exhibit that I love
Might be, to you, a waste.
The same applies to music –
Some like opera, jazz or blues,
Country, rock an...
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Categories:
disagreements, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Life After Eighty
...I remember when my father was in his early nineties
And I had taken him out
to buy a few things he liked for snacks
When he saw a m...
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Categories:
disagreements, age,
Form: Free verse
Kandahar
...All terrain passing over sand stones from a distance catering to the hillside the mountain sent down a calming coolness while the barrels of oil leaked my minds eye focused on the stone slabs beneath...
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Categories:
disagreements, allah,
Form: Lento
Milk in her tea
...i feel like i need to hand her over with a manual.
like this precious thing who so carefully needs looking after and i can’t let him make one mistake.
i need to tell him what to do on days when s...
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Categories:
disagreements, abuse, anxiety, betrayal, boyfriend,
Form: Free verse
Forgive Me
...With folded hands, I ask for forgiveness,
For the things I did wrong, or you did not like,
There is nothing wrong with this realization,
It makes me strong and decisive in life.
In the dail...
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Categories:
disagreements, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
What Is Christmas
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What is Christmas?
Written: By Tom Wright
1999
A time of many sights to see,
Of tinsel, garland and wreath's so fair.
Of hundreds of bulbs upon a tree,
With twinkling...
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Categories:
disagreements, christmas, god, how i
Form: Lyric
Saving our selves
...Birth in a world of drama, fear, chaos, and confusion
Which dominates the masses to cast a sickly illusion
Looking pass, beneath, between, beyond and above
Deciphering the codes of life that left...
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Categories:
disagreements, confusion, discrimination, fear, pain,
Form: Rhyme
Potluck Repasts
...Come as you are!
Bring what you like.
A childhood favorite!
What you like to make
Memories of past repasts
Share yours, come together.
Expect some chaos, banter, disagreements.
Expect polite ...
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Categories:
disagreements, family, food, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
SAME TEAM
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Before a hurricane, tornado, earthquake, fire or flood…
we seem to have evolved into the kind of society…
that sees as an enemy anyone with whom we disagree.
Politics, religion, the right to c...
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Categories:
disagreements, inspiration, love,
Form: Rhyme
Prayers for the Judge
...You can ask yourself what
exactly is the judge thinking
about when he decides to sit
on a bank blow his on brains
out I wonder calmly is he thinking
about his funeral the flowers
I mean h...
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Categories:
disagreements, allah,
Form: Naat
Categories:
disagreements, anniversary, feelings, fire,
Form: Rhyme
60th Alumni Meeting
...From bygone years, I met a face unknown,
Yet something in him felt like coming home.
My heart, once heavy, found its lighter tone,
For in his eyes, a warmth began to roam.
With smiles that ...
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Categories:
disagreements, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Friendship
...A gentle knock on my door,
unexpected, yet familiar.
My heart lightens.
Words flow easily,
laughter bubbles up.
Time loses meaning.
Shared silence speaks volumes,
comfortable and warm.
Th...
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Categories:
disagreements, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
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