Glowing Woman
...She didn't shatter the glass ceilings,
she shattered the sky
and stars fell in her lap.
They barred her from science clubs
but she built her own constellations.
She arrived in Paris hungry for...
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Categories:
steadied, girl, growing up,
Form: Free verse
Hold the applause
...creative thoughts we seem to think
vibrations borrowed from vast space
our muse that appears in a blink
what else is it but gift of grace
hold the applause, we’re not the cause
our consciousn...
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Categories:
steadied, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
EVERYBODY HAS A STORY
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Sometimes we are concentrating so hard on our own story…and things we’re going through
we have a tendency to forget other people are in the midst of their story too.
An elderly woman walked int...
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Categories:
steadied, life,
Form: Rhyme
By Friendship's Fire
...I came with sorrow on my breath,
through darkness chilled by doubt,
and sought the warmth of friendship's fire
to drive the coldness out.
I drew about my stubborn back
the tartan of my cr...
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Categories:
steadied, appreciation, friendship, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme
Zen mode
...quiet, quieter and quieter yet still
mindfully watching each stirring that arises
aided by divine magnetism heightening its bliss hum
we remain in a time dissolved peace continuum
grateful God h...
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Categories:
steadied, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Sweet Memories
...I met him accidentally
While on an errands run
Got into his space literally
With my hands heavily laden
And steadied me he did; tenderly
Looking up at my savior
Left me awestruck and dumbfoun...
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Categories:
steadied, love, romance,
Form: Rhyme
Zen Nihilism
...I feel, that sometimes, existence is an ocean.
Filled to the brim; overflowing; breaking with waves;
At other times everything seems like a motion,
Moving, like a death procession, towards the gra...
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Categories:
steadied, life, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Love
..."An infatuation can grow into a steady affair through love and marriage, but if weakened through silence and indifference, love which is magical can prove critical too" ~ By Poet
An...
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Categories:
steadied, best friend, betrayal, lost
Form: Monorhyme
Our Weekend To Remember
...That sweet Christmas announcement, that I'm recalling yet
A beloved son had gifted and the date already set
Gift given in December, 'A Weekend ...
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Categories:
steadied, december, love,
Form: Rhyme
Stage Fright and Solution
...Do speakers sound articulate,
For ideas they’d freshly conceived
From the faintest flash just received?
Does pumped blood not circulate fast,
The steadied nerves later not last?
Rather a wea...
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Categories:
steadied, courage, humanity, integrity, words,
Form: Rhyme
A Shipboard Romance
...A man and woman on either side of a fence
For long strangers, once met by sheer chance
A spark of love was lit in an instance
Its flame was fanned through many a glance
And eventually got bla...
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Categories:
steadied, change, cute love, goodbye,
Form: Narrative
'lead Kindly Light'
...Caught in the clutches of darkness, we quail
Seeing it shrouding our spirits, we wail
Assailed by afflictions and tribulations severe
Our life is devoid of all peace and cheer
Oh Li...
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Categories:
steadied, dark, desire, life, light,
Form: Rhyme
A Naive Heart
...A naïve heart listens to words of hope,
susceptible to the promise of love.
But when fragile feelings walk a tightrope,
all it takes is an emotional shove.
Trust steadied your every ste...
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Categories:
steadied, angst, anxiety, feelings, hurt,
Form: Sonnet
Longanimity
...The way of talking is exasperatingly bellicose.
The paradigm of longanimity has been dulled.
Presence, tragically, can't gather a full megadose.
Exceedingly, it is delicate and crackin...
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Categories:
steadied, analogy, angst, anxiety, bereavement,
Form: Rhyme
Drunken Driving
...He was known to be a carefree dandy
Once he got boozed up with brandy
Driving his new car
He felt flying in the air
He wailed, “The brake doesn’t come handy”
Because of over speed, broke the c...
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Categories:
steadied, car, care, drink,
Form: Limerick
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