Finding Poetry’s Voice
...I used to think poems lived in leather-bound books,
guarded by professors with stern looks,
that words worth speaking needed permission,
academic citations, scholarly submission.
I sat in corne...
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Categories:
refolded, anxiety, confidence, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
All Roads Led To Hell, Until Gps
...*Image of Global Positioning System by Rankr.
All Roads Led to Hell, Until GPS
An attempted refolded map resolved itself against a ruffled sort,
the championed driver -- not of cars,
GPS cons...
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Categories:
refolded, cheer up, emotions, future,
Form: Narrative
Crimped Memory
...As eventide drew its curtains
around us,
there was nothing tame about it
when I went into
the woods with him,
for even though the moon beamed
pearlescent in its inky sky,
t...
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Categories:
refolded, passion,
Form: Free verse
Back In the Box
...Back in the Box
Empty packages,
lots of paper,
refolded for another year.
Saved, again and again,
generation after generation.
Traditions,
slowly getting too old,
falling away, repla...
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Categories:
refolded, blessing, chocolate, christmas, cinderella,
Form: Narrative
Life Stories
...Unfold, get worn,
dirty, washed, refolded,
unravel, mend,
ignore, rediscover,
reshape, repair,
rethink, get comfortable.
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life's a lot like laundry...
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Categories:
refolded, life, on writing and
Form: Free verse
Rooster In An Orange Tree
...Round clutches of merriment,
And contemplative fumes,
Rattle the chiffonier of things past.
Off-white memories are shaken out,
Studied and delicately refolded for safe keeping.
In the dis...
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Categories:
refolded, faith, inspirational, life
Form: Free verse