Retraces Poems

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the possibilities now, 
      feel a   million  times   m o r e
                 -  yes
    than ever before.


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Categories: retraces, confidence, happy, poetry,
Form: Alliteration

Premium MemberConnecting the dots part twelve from Aaron, of God A Minute's Q and A

...Q What date does the Feast of Weeks aka Feast of  Pentecost occur on in 2025?

A  On Sunday, June 08, 2025.

Q How many feast celebrations does the nation of  Israel have?

A  Seven Feasts: Thr...
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Categories: retraces, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose


Yesterday and Today

...It was yesterday we grieve 
For friends with sore repinning.
And fill our days only to concieve 
The dreams of happier refining.

Today retraces those old steps
Along the friendship roads.
Lin...
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Categories: retraces, adventure, allegory, bereavement, death
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThought of the day

...enabled by grace without use of force ~ 
bliss retraces our soul’s steps back to source...
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Categories: retraces, blessing, joy, spiritual,
Form: Couplet

Premium MemberAge

...Old woman, sit.
You're a cornerstone,
As gray as the marble vase.

Your hands are as gnarled
As the oldest trees.
There are furrows in your face.

But something shines from behind your eyes;
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Categories: retraces, age, hope, humanity, inspiration,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberFollowing Arrows Backwards

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Back I go retracing steps.
Against the tide I must tread,
Following the arrows down in reverse.
Each arrow head points back to moments gone,
To a time before the dawn of days past.

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Categories: retraces, memory, relationship,
Form: Verse

Thoughts Go Away

...If you write everyday
sometimes you get lucky
As words come together
and thoughts go away

The feelings take over
as silence retraces
What memory has bartered
—your fortune to say

(The New...
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Categories: retraces, words,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberOf Vagabond Dreams

...How long will this road grow
Gliding down these asphalt ribbons
Content I drift with no urgency
My mind wandering where it will

My feet zigzag  as the wind caresses my skin
I cruise safely as ...
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Categories: retraces, dream, travel,
Form: Free verse

The Machine

...I built the Machine. So did my friends.
So did my parents, and so did theirs.
People I don’t know built the Machine, too.
We all helped build the Machine.

The Machine helps us.
A line stretche...
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Categories: retraces, allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThis Is No Fable

...I was relaxing in my sunroom, one very peaceful afternoon,
Enjoying the fables of Aesop, and all the flowers abloom.

The view from the many windows, was gold sunshiny delight,
With blossoms and ...
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Categories: retraces, adventure, animal, fantasy, flower,
Form: Couplet

Let the Pin Drop

...Let the pin drop
down the abyss of memory,
where the silence retraces the past
and the recollections challenge what is real.
Faces, voices, scenes, places—never lost,
as the mind eternalizes the...
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Categories: retraces, appreciation, birth, magic, memory,
Form: Free verse

Abandoned Child

...Your walk 
Through the wild urban path 
Under lampposts trees.
In vain you travel questioning 
The meanders of your grief.

The slimy paving 
Of a deserted gallery 
Echoes your steps of suffe...
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Categories: retraces, child abuse, death, hope,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Premium MemberHas Fate Have Something Special Planned

...She longs to take possession of her heart, but she quickly forgets.

He used his flattering power to gleam the pages and feast. 

Like the wind tossing the spider holding tight on a s...
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Categories: retraces, emotions, fate,
Form: Prose Poetry

Enduring Being Apart

...Everything off,
In the darkness quiet seeps into me.
My body is tired yet my mind continues.
As if searching rounded corners which never end
Looking for something which hides in the night.
But I...
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Categories: retraces, longing, love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberInternational Women's Day

... As a byway ahead  grows quite dim
late evening ‘s radiance slowly pales away ---
This fiery yet compassionate woman brushes luster 
into her hair and retraces  the gleam
of  Mother M...
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Categories: retraces, freedom, rights, women,
Form: Verse

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