DOMINOES
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When I was young I loved opening a new box of dominoes from the store
and setting them up in different patterns all across the floor.
After setting up every domino in the box…every domino…one a...
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Categories:
kindnesses, love,
Form: Rhyme
She Decided to Make Him the Rest of Her Life
...He made her feel like a princess, a bride, an angel, a queen.
She had never had a love like this before.
Others did not understand, because of the age thing.
She did not see his age above his kind...
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Categories:
kindnesses, romantic love,
Form: Narrative
things I am thankful for
...The list is enormous, I will try to think of the seasons
Loving autumn, fresh start at school with new teachers
Football games, hot apple cider, plaid skirts, freshly cut hair
Some of the things I...
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Categories:
kindnesses, tribute,
Form: Narrative
Amazed by lightning and Starman
...As a young kid, watching monsoon rains was fun,
Sometimes enjoy the rain and get wet,
sometimes run paper boats till they drown in the deluge,
Never thinking of thunder and lightning, till pare...
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Categories:
kindnesses, stars,
Form: Free verse
Advice to Young Poets
...Advice to Young Poets
by Nicanor Parra Sandoval
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Youngsters,
write however you will
in your preferred style.
Too much blood flowed under th...
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Categories:
kindnesses, light, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
Stevie, Earth Angel
...Stevie, Earth Angel
You were born blind
Eyes that could not see the beauty
Of your own sweet smile
Yet you saw beauty
in the people who loved you
and discerned every intention.
You were ...
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Categories:
kindnesses, angel, brother, caregiving, eulogy,
Form: Free verse
Confluence
..."Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses"
- Confucius
With the flowing stream of my being, tributaries join
Chrystal clear or coal like black, I embrace them all gladly.
Each atom of my existe...
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Categories:
kindnesses, life, love,
Form: Sonnet
Confuence
...Placed Second in :
Confidence, Clean Air, Clash of Civilisations Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Sotto Poet
“Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.” Confucius
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Categories:
kindnesses, extended metaphor, heart, love,
Form: Rhyme
Confluence
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“Forget injuries,
never forget kindnesses.”
_by Confucius
Life stalls and whirls,
so full of balances;
with rhythmic tides,
it has an ebb and ...
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Categories:
kindnesses, extended metaphor, life, wisdom,
Form: Verse
High Fidelity
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Do you know my friend named Faith?
With trust in God, she treks through inconveniences,
stepping sprightly over them
with supreme optimism.
Smiling with ease, she saunters
along her life’s p...
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Categories:
kindnesses, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
butterflies know
...gorgeous multicolored butterflies flock to them
sensing their empathy and utter kindnesses
women who seek the greater good
others have no idea
they were heaven sent
but the butterflies know...
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Categories:
kindnesses, butterfly,
Form: Free verse
Confluence
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Title 3/ Confluence Quote: Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. Confucius
In the poetic story of my life,
I hesitate and ponder 'don't be so obvious,'
but whatever I am thinking...
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Categories:
kindnesses, analogy, angst, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
she was demure dainty and kind
...Charlie recognized grandma's neighbor Teresa the instant she looked up.
He had not seen her for ten years, but he remembered her kindnesses.
When grandma passed he felt too miserable to play with h...
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Categories:
kindnesses, love,
Form: Prose Poetry
butterflies know
...gorgeous multicolored butterflies flock to them
sensing their empathy and utter kindnesses
women who seek the greater good
others have no idea
they were heaven sent
but the butterflies know...
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Categories:
kindnesses, butterfly,
Form: Free verse
THANKFUL FOR UNEXPECTED KINDNESSES
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Today I’m thankful for unexpected kindnesses….
and I’m happy to give hope within this rhyme…
how it is possible to change the world
through one unexpected act of kindness at a time.
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Categories:
kindnesses, thanks,
Form: Rhyme
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