Christmas Self Poems

Quote: A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. By John Burroughs


Life has many ups...

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I felt like a book 
very tired old and worn out 
needing rest on shelf....

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Is the soul a complex place,                                      ...

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Like an shiny apple's rind, 
my outer body all can see.  
Like an apple's fruit,  
I hold many secrets.  
Seeds and beliefs...

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“I saw Santa last night,” the tot said.
“He is BIG, and his suit is bright red,
like the robe Mama wore!”
Mama silently swore, 
“No more sweets,...

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Life is but a journey,                                        ...

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In the art galleries of the world,                  ...

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The day before Christmas
I found the place
The place where my presents were hidden
I unpacked one
Knew then that I was deep in trouble
So what did I...

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You're a beauty, his grandmother said. You would make a terrific catch.
Sheila did not know if she wanted to be caught.
She had been doing pretty...

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I fall
I leave and
I let go
For all I know
This brain dead of a year
Has taught me how
And I know now
Ain’t got
The time
The heart
The brain
To attempt
The...

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If I did not have poetry, cartooning and painting how could I be alive?
In stealth mode, they used to keep me insanely happy.
I am down...

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My self 

As a stage of year I have no fear I boon with humility by my side of beast of an ant of my...

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Outside

Sometimes distant music filters into
night on the back porch, where I swing
near the red geraniums while facing
the fairy lights glowing like fireflies.
Hearing the faraway music...

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BIOGRAPHICAL :

Favorite Artist – a biography of me; being an artist has let me see and feel into my human self

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/favorite_artist_1197475

A Vision of a Child...

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Lies to Our Self

I will be okay. 
You, she, we, me, us...
are just fine. 
All the time, 
we talk too much, 
and not enough. 

Lose...

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