Abyss
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It's hard
What is?
The feigned facade displayed on Caps on my face
The last thing I am is brave
In the dark, I'm everything I want to be
In the light, I'm who they want me to be.
It's hard
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Categories:
heartening, confidence,
Form: Rhyme
Waldere modern English translation by Michael R Burch
...WALDERE: MODERN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
“Waldere” is an ancient Old English (i.e., Anglo-Saxon) poem that recounts the exploits of Walter of Aquitaine, a legendary king of the Visigoths. In the poem W...
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Categories:
heartening, courage, death, grave, heart,
Form: Free verse
Embrace Of Faded Memory
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In the frozen air and frost gripping the malachite meadow
within the mystique mask of the arctic dawn,
defoliated lone tree wrapped by dismal melancholy,
stands static as shadowless se...
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Categories:
heartening, dream, memory,
Form: Free verse
Peace
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I see, yet with a trembling ache, burning
through the silence of my rest,
expressions so honest and so distant
reflexes jumbled, testing my heart
will I ever know the music, the melody
r...
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Categories:
heartening, encouraging, faith, god, heart,
Form: Free verse
Tryst With Destiny
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In the mist of the journey’s penultimate mile
at the edge of the ordained pasture of future obscure,
the sunset swansong resonates in the twilight hour
for the forlorn wanderer silhouetted sha...
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Categories:
heartening, analogy, destiny, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Helenas High Hopes for Humanity
...heavily haggard Helena’s haphazard hilarity of harmony
homogenized her humble habitat, in no way hampering her
humanitarian handicap. Hazy harshness hastened
a heartening of her highness’s high ho...
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Categories:
heartening, word play,
Form: Alliteration
Proute Hill Church
...I found myself standing in the old church, near the entrance. It had been over thirty years since I last set foot there, and now, twice in one year, I was back. Country churches have a unique warmth,...
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Categories:
heartening, addiction, allusion, angst, caregiving,
Form: Blank verse
nurturing properties of the woods
...Henry was harried and haggard.
down, depressed, despondent and desperate
seeking solitude, serenity and silence
he found a haven in the wilds of west woods
the trees nurtured him back to harmony ...
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Categories:
heartening, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Alliteration
Grateful
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Shed a tear for the stars,
Who’ve fallen blindly,
Like a slow ache,
To the still, dark earth,
Where inklings of grace,
Grow wild as the sands,
Flowing free, like make believe,
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Categories:
heartening, appreciation, bible, blessing, christian,
Form: Free verse
Died Suddenly
...Throughout the gloom of dreary nights the moon
Can be a heartening light.' So who'd attempt in breaking through
The heavy clouds? that dulled the sight of many crowds
That stayed within divisive w...
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Categories:
heartening, education, endurance,
Form: Narrative
Wonders
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There’s something about dew, glistening,
Wistful and wishing,
Clinging to quiet petals,
Gently hugging…
There’s something about mist, indefinable,
Hazy as a shadow,
Haunting t...
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Categories:
heartening, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Free verse
Novice - PS
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The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing. ~ Unknown
Giving from the heart, pieces of your light,
Reflecting the ge...
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Categories:
heartening, appreciation, giving, growing up,
Form: Free verse
Her Tortured Soul
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Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
In the quest for answers – she trembles,
Will God accept or reject her?
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Categories:
heartening, blessing, christian, death, heaven,
Form: Free verse
It Is You
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It is you, who makes my sweetest dreams come true.
You inspire my heart with love that stirs my dreams,
Kiss away my fears with passion that’s brand-new.
It is you, my love, who st...
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Categories:
heartening, i love you, love,
Form: Terza Rima
Launch of Autumn's Narrative
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After the glistening stars have spoken,
Night has fallen, soft and quiet, with poise,
Reflecting all the hearts that have broken,
Shattered by the winds, such a ghastly noise.
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Categories:
heartening, appreciation, autumn, beautiful, good
Form: Sonnet
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