Gentler Poems - Poems about Gentler

...In the frostbitten belly of Russia’s spine, Where the stars are mute and the sun won’t shine, A man with chains and a shattered past, Counts the heartbeats that may be his last. He once wore la......

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..."To Walk Beside You" I met you in the silence Between laughter and retreat, Where fire met still water And wild hearts dared to meet. You saw the storm inside me And called it too much fl......

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...At thirty-eight, his story seemed to have already been written, he sipped his coffee and recalled where he went wrong or maybe got it right, for he had grown tired of the insurance game, of small o......

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... Each pulls the tide in two sockets Where moon and sea hang like lockets One friction between two wading bodies — The pale head of moon, on cue with sea The gentler anesthetic of the glass......

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...I had a map, a steady pace, A dream unfolding, full of grace. The morning sun, the clear blue sky Then came the silence, no goodbye. One call, one truth, a single tear, The life I knew slipped......

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...In halls where voices rise and fall, Let kindness be the thread through all, Not every clash must end in fire— True strength is found when hearts aspire To listen more than they defend. The el......

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...LAO TZU ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS I An unbending tree breaks easily. —Lao Tzu, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Nothing is weaker or gentler than water, yet nothing can prevai......

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...Looking in the mirror I saw an image it was clear. I told my reflection you are loved and shed tear No longer prisoner to shame, I watched my shoulders slowly rise. The person that I dare......

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...In my heart, a reliquary, gather teeth that do not belong to me, but are those of voices I swallowed out of politeness, unwillingly, they echo in silence like relics of a gentler, forgotten violenc......

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... The familiar heft, a condensed world inside, That sturdy cover where wisdom could reside. Reader's Digest, a name both known and true, A fixture on the table waiting there for you. Remem......

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... Six years have spun like sunlight through the leaves, A Northern Quezon tapestry my heart weaves. From city clamor to a gentler sway, A different rhythm marked each passing day. I first arr......

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... The horizon stretches, endless blue, A vastness mirroring the dread I knew. Problems arose, a tempest unforeseen, And I, a fragile vessel, lost between. The waves they crashed, a symphony o......

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...I ran away to the circus at the age of two on a sad day when it was raining. At first, I didn't know what I should do, not having the proper training. I started with an elephant and began to s......

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... Beneath the painted smile, a shadowed gaze, A heart that beats to rhythms not their own. He trips and tumbles through the laughter's maze, A solitary figure strangely known. The bright faca......

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...One day you will look back at this version of yourself, the one who remained gentle even when life sharpened at the edges, the one who kept showing up even when it seemed impossible to try anymore,......

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