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Shadow Of His Former Self
Shadow Of His Former Self Poems - Poems about Shadow Of His Former Self
Love Unbound
...Love Unbound In the quiet, unassuming town of Willowbrook, there lives a man named Elias. He was a shadow of his former self, his once vibrant spirit dimmed by the harsh glare of divorce and the cr......
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Jeff Evans
Categories:
shadow of his former self,
4th grade, emotions, fairy,
Form:
Free verse
Evolution of My Life
..."Evolution of My Life“Evolution of My Life” In Upstate New York's rustic veil, A warrior's story slowly starts to sail, A tale of scars that won't subside, Of PTSD's heavy,......
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Jay Moore
Categories:
shadow of his former self,
addiction, age, america, anxiety,
Form:
Personification
Speak of Death
...He sat up in the bed with his thin face buried deep into in his small lap, And for a brief moment his head was a pillow as he took a nap. Slowly lifting his head, the sun greeted his face wi......
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Viviene Ramsay
Categories:
shadow of his former self,
bereavement, change, death, emotions,
Form:
Rhyme
Vestments
......for the Rev Eric Shirvell-Price A blizzard of papers blanketed his desk. His pipe rack stood like a chess piece, mutely waiting to be shifted. Sepia-toned photographs lined the mantle she......
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Keith Bickerstaffe
Categories:
shadow of his former self,
tribute, writing,
Form:
Verse
Stranger To the Seasons
...Starved of work his sharpened blade is dulled by anonymity, witless, drifting here and there, he has no true identity, time has no fidelity, and space has no consistency, there are no fra......
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Keith Bickerstaffe
Categories:
shadow of his former self,
depression,
Form:
Verse
A Stranger To the Seasons
...Starved of work his sharpened blade is dulled by anonymity, feckless, drifting here and there, he has no true identity, time has no fidelity, and space has no consistency, he has no frames of referen......
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Keith Bickerstaffe
Categories:
shadow of his former self,
loss, seasons,
Form:
Verse
The Hospital Bed
...They gather round the hospital bed United in a communal dread Brothers, sisters, daughters and sons Here to see the departing one For there's no way back, The doctors relate And the poor old ......
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Kevin Mcallion
Categories:
shadow of his former self,
death, family, loss
Form:
Verse
Lunatic
...The moons been up all night again He’s looking rather pale Been burning the candle at both ends And now it’s beginning to tell By the end of the month he will be A shadow of his former self It’......
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Rose Pace
Categories:
shadow of his former self,
science, space, visionary, night,
Form:
I do not know?