Cascading Perspectives
...We see through different eyes—
A truth to you, another to me.
"Who is right? Who is wrong?" we ask,
Lost in a tangled web of thought.
We tug at our beliefs, push back and pull,
Each mind a dif...
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Categories:
push back, inspiration, perspective,
Form: Free verse
The Jagged Edges
...
Natural things are rarely smooth
or flawless as they appear on the surface
Smooth fur on skin and curve on wing
are rough and jagged underneath
Push back against the grain show...
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Categories:
push back, angst, anxiety, environment, growth,
Form: Free verse
Broken Girl
...Alcohol to numb the pains.
Cigarettes to taste something other than hate.
Sex to escape the constant loud voices in my head.
Makeup to hide the broken girl inside.
So put together, so s...
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Categories:
push back, anxiety, childhood, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse
The Heart Of Night
...The heart of Night pierced by first light,
Dawn gives birth to a brand new day.
And wildflowers instinctively;
begin opening their petals.
Shadows scurry back into cracks,
the heart of...
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Categories:
push back, dark, day, image, nature,
Form: Quatern
Circle The Wagons
...When the cold winds blow
And the hostile natives are restless
It’s time to wake up, smell the coffee
And cut your losses.
What is there to push back on, after all,
But the bitter taste
Of so...
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Categories:
push back, conflict, encouraging, society, sorrow,
Form: Narrative
Snookered
...As a people we Americans are so naïve.
We've been snookered by a con man
who has blatantly deceived..
Each new day our freedoms and institutions
are under attack as Musk and his D.O.G.E.
crew ha...
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Categories:
push back, america, fate, freedom,
Form: Political Verse
Snow plow man
...Driving along steel on the road
look in the mirror
salt falls from my load
Moving just as swift as I can
Look at me
I'm the snow plow man
Snow piles high as it moves off my plow
push back...
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Categories:
push back, cute, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Park Swings
...A walk to the park
The crisp morning air
There’s frost on the ground
A chill everywhere
Squirrels scurry about
From here to there
They notice me not
I’m needn’t a care
Sitting alone
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Categories:
push back, character, devotion, emotions, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
Dwelling
...All I want is for you to come and see me so that we can carve out our final destiny, the moment keeps drifting by and the shadows are moving swiftly in the benevolent sky; my heart is pounding and my...
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Categories:
push back, america, beautiful, blessing, celebration,
Form: Narrative
i can’t dance alone
...It’s a broken world
we need imperfect solutions
and there are plenty of questions
is it even possible to correct systemic
problems with individual solutions?
I recycle, so everything’s ok, y...
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Categories:
push back, anxiety, business, community, future,
Form: Free verse
Unraveling
...I'm clawing through my mind,
every thought pulling me closer
to the jagged edge, where oblivion waits.
Fatigue wraps around my bones,
a weight so heavy it almost feels like comfort.
But I can...
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Categories:
push back, absence, anger, anxiety, deep,
Form: Free verse
Ice a Fussin
...Baby you got me so obsessed
You know Im twisted up twice
Like 720 degrees
You know I aint nothing nice
But you got to admit
You love riding with me
My old friends might ask
What made you brea...
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Categories:
push back, addiction, america, analogy, anger,
Form: Free verse
Invading Privacy
...You push back and think
Simply engaging their game
Up and go away....
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Categories:
push back, freedom, peace, perspective, silence,
Form: Senryu
Demeter
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Harvest my love in reverence
Loft these bushels to sift in air
Husk them to hearts of prayer
Sow true my coming endurance
For each Soul cocooned like mine
Must weather through the coming
Lo...
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Categories:
push back, analogy, autumn, change, growth,
Form: Rhyme
The illumination of the soul
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(A lone voice whispers)
As a person, you must know
Deep down
You're part of one of the most spiritually
Illuminating
Literary movements there has ever been
A gift sent to you...
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Categories:
push back, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
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