The Distance Within
2025 Poetry Marathon Mile 6 Poetry Contest// Sponsored by: Mark Toney
( 7th Place )
Written: August 10, 2025
I run the miles deep within,
a subdued race, an unspoken intent,
devoid of spectators-- no finish line,
just breath and heart, both entwined.
The shades lengthen along my path
but still a soft dawn finds its way turning into gray.
Stage
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Categories:
life spiritual, hope, inspirational, journey, life,
Form: Lyric
The Dreaming
(“And Dream of Sheep”, 2018, original encaustic)
The Dreaming
At our core we’re all the same
An awareness being in a world of confusion
Good/bad, happy/sad,
Distracted/focused, lost/found
Each of us wrapped in layers
Trying our best to express ourselves
Within the superficial
Caught like a fly in a web
Sleep walking through thick air
Paddling upstream endlessly
A marriage of body and soul
For better or
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Categories:
life spiritual, dream, life, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Our Final Test
Our final test will be graded
When our breath has dissipated
Life itself is our final test
Final grade when we’re laid to rest
Taking the test may make you snore
If you don’t care about the score
For the next one you’ll study more
Then it hits I’m dead on the floor
There’re no more chances to improve
That was the final my
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Categories:
life spiritual, death, heaven, life, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
Beatitudes For The Silent
Beatitudes for the Silent
Beatitudes for the ailing hearts
Gratitude for those who have been there from the start
Attitude from those who are willing to depart
Platitudes for those who just want to seem smart
Commendations for those who aren’t competing for validification
Inspiration on offer for she who is looking for elation
Co-modification
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Categories:
life spiritual, life,
Form: Rhyme
Communion With The Self
Communion With The Self
Communion with the elements of the self that went missing
Reunion with the moments left on the shelf while reminiscing
Confusion that surrounds good health and what we’re missing
Distribution done in stealth while they insist upon dismissing
Aggrandisement of the self to the detriment of your neighbour
Self-Advertisement about wealth and
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Categories:
life spiritual, life,
Form: Rhyme
I Embody The Light
Each day seems to be an endless delight.
Rainbows of optimism enchant my sight.
Like monsoon drizzles, fullness flows and floods.
Worlds of hope are seen in the blooms and buds.
There's an unknown stir in my inmost soul.
A weird whirl curls and furls my hidden goal.
A sunbeam silently enters my shrine.
Like gold in the sun, my heart and
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Categories:
life spiritual, life, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
From Here To Eternity
Dripping dripping, the sound resounding
Like echoes abounding
Stronger stronger, louder sounding
My head is pounding
Throbbing throbbing the pain is increasing
Like a jack hammer never unceasing
Longing longing for the pains decreasing
Too much pain, I need the releasing
Like soft white clouds, floating in the wind
I feel the medication like a comforting friend
Thanks for the help, no hope I
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Categories:
life spiritual, change, christian, humanity, life,
Form: Sonnet
Thought of the day
save by dissolving in life’s flow ~
the heart will not reflect soul’s glow
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Categories:
life spiritual, introspection, life, spiritual,
Form: Couplet
There is joy in the world
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 bird that heralds the morn
Every sunrise that brightens our day
Every sunset and starry sky and aurora
Every colour and sound ever displayed
Every rainbow and cloudscape we treasure
Every
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Categories:
life spiritual, dream, hope, inspiration, joy,
Form: Free verse
Life Way Up There
Sometimes a turn is a lifetime
You can't live on the past life.
Move on and face the present
Time can't be a value you miss.
It's a long way forward go off road
No frills, no chills but braveness.
The finishing line intended who's
Heart is fix and mind is made up.
Never let go of good intentions,
But cherish on going to
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Categories:
life spiritual, allegory, life, spiritual, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Dream
Dream is always new be you young or old
There is no limitations to your own
So far you can stand to its hindrance bold
Through countless days and nights in trouble Zone
There is no much risk living for many
But living up to one is always great
Too useless when not dying for any
A dream of league is marathon
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Categories:
life spiritual, adventure, blessing, destiny, dream,
Form: Sonnet
When Virtues Wait
The life you walk now sighs beneath your feet—
a path once clear now tastes bittersweet.
Even as you carry grace like gold,
judgment greets you, distant and cold.
Kindness speaks, but you hush her voice,
as if warmth is now the weaker choice.
Respect once danced at your command,
but now she trembles, bare and banned.
You wear pride like a tailored
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Categories:
life spiritual, life, spiritual,
Form: Lyric
The Will to Live
The will to live is of the spirit within
the wish to die, of the flesh without
Lines in the sand, daily drawn
the battle 24/7
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Categories:
life spiritual, conflict, death, heart, life,
Form: Rhyme
What is life
Life is the expression of God in form,
whilst death’s the life principle moving on,
in a new vessel, birthing a love storm,
just as the darkness of night yields to dawn,
as the transmigrating soul is reborn.
Desires exhausted, to God we return
but until then we continue to burn.
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Categories:
life spiritual, desire, god, life, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme Royal
An Oath To Truth And Right
Sorrow had passed his way many times,
said the lines across his brow.
His truth was challenged again and again,
but to lies he refused to bow.
Even in the face of death,
his ground he firmly stood.
He'd taken an oath long years ago,
to always do as he knew he should.
His craving for Truth was beyond his control,
he must
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Categories:
life spiritual, adventure, faith, feelings, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
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