Steadies Poems

A Lasting Marriage

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I dreamed of vows not spoken once,
But whispered daily, leaf by leaf,
Like moss that clings with tender strength
To stone that would not seek relief.

The years are gentle in their weight,
Th...
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Categories: steadies, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWith A Gentle Hand - Mystic

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With soft touch of hands
mother smooths creases of fear—
folding in embrace
touching quivering candle
fingers humming haunting hymns

Love requires no hands
it invents its own language—
win...
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Categories: steadies, child, mother, mother daughter,
Form: Lyric


Stepping Forward

...Step forward now in a brand-new way,
Encourage yourself as David did say.
The balancing acts, the burdens we bear,
With weights in our hands, will soon vanish in air.

As we worship Him, He stea...
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Categories: steadies, inspirational,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberZen mode

...stability in oscillations
by adaption and flexibility
relinquishing mental resistance
as a flowing orientation 
steadies the flame

we are the sunset
dying without any regret
as also beauteou...
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Categories: steadies, spiritual,
Form: Free verse

MY EVERYTHING

...My love for you is like a star that shines in the sky,
It guides my idle steps and lights my path.
You are the glow that brightens my life, the warmth that stirs my heart.
I love you for your beau...
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Categories: steadies, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse


He Stepped Up

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He Stepped Up

In the quiet after heartbreak,
When the echoes of the past still stung,
You arrived not demanding,
Not to conquer, but to heal.

You saw the tender places in me,
The parts I ...
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Categories: steadies, beauty, blessing, confidence, for
Form: Free verse

YOU SURVIVED, and that's the perfect love story

...What a beautiful story this is
a garden blooming after drought
when fire scorched the thirsty earth
and silence sang the darkest song.

You cupped your heart like fragile glass
let quiet wrap a...
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Categories: steadies, 12th grade, absence, allegory,
Form: Free verse

I'll Kiss Him Like Forever Is An Option, part two

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     He knows almost everything. He knows how the migraines come in waves, how they paint lightning behind my eyes and leave me curled in corners, whispering nonsense through the static in my head....
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Categories: steadies, 10th grade, death, farewell,
Form: Free verse

The Eternal Question: God, No God, Maybe God

...Sometimes, I think my soul remembers Him before my mind does, like there is something ancient stitched into my chest that pulses without needing proof. I have never seen Him with my eyes, yet I have ...
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Categories: steadies, 10th grade, bible, christian,
Form: Free verse

fat funny friend

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they always ask me to stay a little longer,
as if laughter came from my skin.
as if I could be unlonely
just by making sure no one else is.

I fill the room,
and yet I’m never
in it.

they...
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Categories: steadies, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

A Lonely House in the Steppe - 5

...A Wonder in the House

In this house, there’s a wonder, truly rare,
Something strange that hangs heavy in the air.
In her repeated prayers, a name came to light,
“Qusayin, the Ishan,” gave him a...
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Categories: steadies, prayer,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWhere the Ocean Meets the Mountain

...You, Mariana—deepest trench of my knowing  
   I call you by name not to possess it
but because it is the only prayer  
   I have ever known how to say  

You are the sea—each wave not an argume...
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Categories: steadies, assonance, love, metaphor, mountains,
Form: Lyric

Premium MemberNuclear Winter: Holiday Dinner Reimagined

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We sat in the fallout 
of last year’s gift exchange—
smashed angel centerpiece 
taped back together 
as good as a rogue bomb 
if someone mentioned it.

Our voices dragged
like anchors throu...
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Categories: steadies, christmas,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Narcissist Who Saved Himself - Cynthia Howard - collaboration with Dilly Dally

...nothing spoils this surface view ~ see me
crave attention, gift empty touch  
tonal mask veils flaws and vices  
face alter ego and kneel

to feed the shallow shadow that circles 
~ around ...
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Categories: steadies, angst, deep, mental health,
Form: Ekphrasis

Premium MemberOur path

...Staid
stillness 
steadies our
soul’s intention
to befriend silence,
that thus doing nothing,
pristine heart’s innate vibrance,
sets up an intent wave searching
for God in any shape He...
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Categories: steadies, silence, spiritual,
Form: Etheree

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