the life of an artist
...Is my writing only good when I’m drowning?
When I’m down to my knees and my soul shouts heal
Is my happiness on only when I’m socializing?
When I cry of laughter only so my sad tears can be sealed...
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Categories:
socializing, art, confusion, identity,
Form: Free verse
Missing out
...in a world of make believe
of people hooked on games
and scenarios seen on screens
people have become expendable
everyone is now jaded
content in their isolation
closing in onto themselves
w...
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Categories:
socializing, friendship, stress, time,
Form: Free verse
Socializing
...
Socializing can be fun
It's just not for everyone
Offering to volunteer in the service of others
Wasn't for my mother
Lost on what should be
Not able to break free
Of s...
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Categories:
socializing, 12th grade, conflict, parents,
Form: Rhyme
The Love I Have Lost And Found
...Long time had passed, our road doesn't met
We keep on searching, but fate doesn't allow us
I removed myself from my shell to find freedom
Time you came unnoticed I wasn't there
I go to North, you...
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Categories:
socializing, life, lost love, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Poetry can Flow
...Poetry can be simple prose,
Or rhyming lines.
Poetry can convey a message
…in brief,
Or emote a feeling
During a time of need.
Socializing is innate.
We need to communicat...
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Categories:
socializing, anxiety, confidence, encouraging, mental
Form: Free verse
Dog Whispers
...I am a wild animal by blood and nature
Loving the outdoors each chance I get
Bred to be a domesticated pet
Free range is the only way I know to be
Why am I sent to obedient schools and camps
F...
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Categories:
socializing, dog, pets, truth, voice,
Form: Free verse
the beauty of Living in the Country
...how long after we are dead will our children know?
they do not get in touch with us on a daily basis.
no one calls to check on us in the morning.
Sunday company? I laugh at the thought
we could...
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Categories:
socializing, humor,
Form: Free verse
seasonal euphoria
...Do you think we’re the sort of girls to sit around on a Sunday night?
EAH (loud buzzer sound) you’d be wrong!!
What’s the opposite of seasonal depression - seasonal euphoria?
I’m self-diagnosing...
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Categories:
socializing, friendship, fun, happy, humor,
Form: Free verse
Denial vs Healing
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Entry for contrast poetry contest. Hilo Poet
To keep the denial alive, meant not sitting still
Filling days with work and fun, escapes of all kinds at will
These days seemed fine, my face sh...
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Categories:
socializing, change, growth, life,
Form: Free verse
Introspection
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Quiet
Alone
Silence
Pleasant solitude
Comes rushing.
With the last door closing
Enjoying the company of friends
Ready for the socializing to end.
Gracefully smiling
H...
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Categories:
socializing, 12th grade, celebration, peace,
Form: Free verse
The Beauty of Community
..."The Beauty Of Community"
(written by Michelle Lynn LeBlanc 11/20/23)
When people come together
It's such a beautiful thing
There's something healing about it
For it brings a peace within
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Categories:
socializing, community, encouraging, engagement, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Said It Right the First Time
...Gotta find me ah lov-ah
one who can understand
Gotta find me someone
Who'll let me be her Man
Gotta find me ah Luv-ah
one who keeps her love
strong
Gotta ind me ah luv-ah
stand beside me keep...
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Categories:
socializing, culture, engagement, film, language,
Form: Ballad
Numb
...A person can't be tuned or programmed to be a certain way.
So why is it I feel “a defective system” to this day?
My mind; it flickers black and white
I try and try to get things right
When I...
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Categories:
socializing, depression, psychological, society,
Form: Free verse
Interacting With Mark Twain
...Are we true all the time?
How could we be considered "good
person", if we didn't hide the truth once and for all
when....?
"If the pain and sadness on the face were stamped",
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Categories:
socializing, allusion, analogy, appreciation, creation,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Solitary Ones
...Although I greatly loved socializing, I really enjoyed being alone,
Like ebony evenings of magic, with no ringing of the telephone.
Since my young childhood, I had been, an introverted extrovert,...
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Categories:
socializing, animal, fantasy, imagery, life,
Form: Couplet
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