Sleeping Buddha
sleeping buddha
taming roaring dreams
gentle whispers
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
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Categories:
reassuring, dream, peace, sleep,
Form: Haiku
so i am not alone
i close my eyes submerged
i cannot hear a word
and rising for a breath of air
warm moonlight strokes my hair
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
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Categories:
reassuring, anniversary, moon, solitude, water,
Form: Rhyme
Reassuring Hug
If you’re ever a bit down in the mouth,
Or even feeling just a little bit blue,
One thing you can rely on is,
I’ll always be there for you.
And if you feel in a bit of a hole,
Even if it’s one which you have dug,
You know you can rely on
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Categories:
reassuring, community, cute, friend, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Reassuring My Pastel Llama
pastel llama you think you are all that
you put on airs in front of the dog and the cat
you feel superior; you are fluffy and phat
we are not fooled by you said my brother Matt.
Ignore him please, I told my beautiful Llama.
When she returned from store, I would tell my mama.
Matt is always being mean,
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Categories:
reassuring, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
A Reassuring Guarantee In the Darkest Hour
quiet and still
such a thrill
only wish i had someone to talk to
i tried my best to make it to be you
i realize now that i cannot make you by force
for you will deny me frigidly with no remorse
quiet and still
such a thrill
only wish i had someone to talk to
music is a very viable option
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Categories:
reassuring, beautiful, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Reassuring Positive Vibes
What is a smile, and why was it made?
How did we grasp that we should be laid?
It returns as soon as we do, and it remains.
A half-grin, a full smile, and a hidden gains
Smiles are visible and may persist for a time.
Sharing one is giving the apex of the sublime.
Where did they originate in the first
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Categories:
reassuring, analogy, appreciation, character, cheer
Form: Rhyme
A Parenting Tale
***A Parenting Tale***
He must’ve been
Just barely fourteen, but still off as
A ninja filling a pillowcase
with chocolate on Halloween.
Although through all other days
his ken was an avocado green,
That is actually a deep
nubby, buttery green.
The older teens, always girls,
Stood leaning on the fenders of their
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Categories:
reassuring, angst, boy, family, life,
Form: Narrative
Reassuring Smiles
Smiling at old folks
to reassure them you're
not a teenage thug.
Even though I'm in
my school uniform and look
like Mary Poppins.
I don't like talking
in front of a group of teens
- they're so judgmental.
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Categories:
reassuring, 11th grade, high school,
Form: Senryu
Adult Lullaby
In my arms you can forget your troubles
Close your eyes and leave them all behind
I’ll sway you tenderly to loving rhythms
I’ll comfort you to sweet musical perfumes
And protect you with all the serenity
Of a thousand starry midnights
Under feathery wispy lakeshore willows
That waver in cool late summer breezes
Close your eyes and leave all worries behind
posted on
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Categories:
reassuring, health, love, Lullaby, sleep,
Form: Free verse
Rose and Peony
I’ll watch
over you
my darling
as I prepare your bed
with gentle petals
of rose and peony
Close your eyes
and sleep
my sweetheart
surrounding you
with warmth
and love
I’ll soothe
your aches
and ease
your mind
I’ll watch
over you
my darling
with my heart
my life
AP: 3rd place 2020
Posted on January 29, 2020
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Categories:
reassuring, caregiving, confidence, devotion, love,
Form: Free verse
Warm Reassuring Branches
Cuddled in complacency
Assuring herself nothing will change
She is content
Personified oak
Wrapped in warm bark
Warm reassuring branches
Perfect husband
Happy children
Wonderful life
911 happens
To her
Tearing her limb from limb
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Categories:
reassuring, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Under Its Umbrella
under its umbrella
the weeping willow
calms the mourning
posted on June 27, 2019
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Categories:
reassuring, encouraging, grief, sorrow, tree,
Form: Haiku
The Reassuring Lullaby
Tucked in, good night
my sweet and lovely light
Sleep deep, sleep tight
don't let the dragons bite.
Don't let them crunch
you like a snack
Don't let them crush
and break your back.
Don't let them pound
you in the ground
Don't let them eat
your tiny feet.
Don't let them suck
your eyeballs out
Don't let them muck
you all about.
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Categories:
reassuring, baby, children, fantasy, night,
Form: Rhyme
Purring Occuring and Reassuring
Purring Occuring and Reassuring
While a pretty kitty kept on purring;
Our God made sure it was occurring;
At Thanksgiving;
Will like living;
Still do see my mother's ghost stirring.
Jim Horn
PS. Some other poets had asked me
to write a poem about Thanksgiving.
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Categories:
reassuring, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Her Reassuring Hand
She passed away into the veiled sunset;
her one-way ticket...stark reality.
Long nights; adjusting to an empty house
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Categories:
reassuring, loss,
Form: Verse
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