Life Free Verse Poems

Inspired by joy.

There is joy in the world 
By Michelle Morris 
23/07/2025

There is joy in the world 
But sometimes we're too busy to notice 
Every...

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A fallow season, a time of trivial hungers.
Scissoring illuminations sheared his eyes.
Petulant lips pursed.
He laid himself down, yet again
covered himself over with a bone deep...

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Iridescent crow wings
scatter ice particles, patches of air clatter.

Grackle claws engrave the frozen creek,
small owls emerge from blanching shadows,
fieldmice burrow into snow drifts.

A small stir...

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The Second To The Last Straw

Just Forgiving One More Time,
This Isn’t A Super-Wide Camel's
Back With A Minor Tolerance In Mind.

The Conditions For Unconditional
Can Quickly Toughen...

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Yes, my friend, it does look like a rock
But it could be so much more
All you have to do is look beyond
Let your mind wander...

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The world, my son
is one big market
people buying, people selling
some winning, some just walking through.

I was once a loud voice in it
Trading dreams, chasing deals
but...

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Turn the page, my love 
By Michelle Morris 
26/07/2025

Turn the page, my love
Turn the page 
It's time to change your story 
It's time for a...

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--Blossom Monyei--
Beaten,
Hurt,
Whipped,
Nailed,

He paid for me
Not with gold
But with His life
A promise of love.

I won’t forget
His great gift,
The blood He gave,
The price He paid.

When I get...

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Something was changing one day—
I felt it when a cool breeze blew.
Restless branches danced and swayed
while the world around me grew silent.

With the first touches...

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For L, with Love and Light. You're only young once. Enjoy it!

Become a Legacy of Love 
By Michelle Morris 
24/07/2025

I hope you never forget 
How...

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There is no pace anymore
time is picking up speed
one day a mustard seed-the next a sky tree
Nest generations offering songs to the breeze
space time is...

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Time has a way that breaks you down
As we age we fall victim to its plague
Can't out run it can't escape it
It comes and comes
Sneaks...

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there is a crack in everything that’s where the light gets in
or eternal waters to soak up sorrow and flood fertile grounds

solid meaningful foundations

at least...

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I miss an open fire.
Warmth, these days, 
is breathed out of the thin lips
of a plastic vent commanded 
by a button.
There is nowhere now 
where...

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My English translation of "Hai Ma" by W. S. Rendra, a son to his mother and soulmate.

HAI MA ("HI MOM")
by W. S. Rendra
translation by Michael...

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