Essential Peace and Quiet in the World, Begins Firstly with Peace of Mind
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The monkey mind within, is unremarkably in fact many things,
Often constructive, fractured, although tormented, it silently harasses all of Earth's Human Beings,
Basic awareness comes from ma...
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Categories:
stem the tide, analogy, blessing,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Final Cut
...Working on compiling this book of grandpa wisdom,
Harder than choosing which old poems to include
Is cutting off the ongoing output of new ones!
But I do want to get it done,
And I really don’t...
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Categories:
stem the tide, humanity, perspective, poetry,
Form: Narrative
Space and Time
...If I could travel through space and time.
And leave this place so far behind.
Go to a place, so far not near.
A place that I could disappear.
Go to a place that makes me smile.
A place you kno...
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Categories:
stem the tide, adventure, dream, innocence, space,
Form: Rhyme
Queen Of Madness Act 1
...Alice found herself in the icy grip of a desolate cell, her countenance devoid of emotion, her gaze lost in the abyss. As she hummed a haunting melody, fragments of her past began to surface, blurrin...
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Categories:
stem the tide, dark, gothic, horror, memory,
Form: Prose
Dear Jill
...When people said that Ruth should go,
I argued they were wrong.
Today, of course, we sadly know
She stuck around too long.
Unfortunately, now it seems
We’re destined to repeat
Mistakes to ru...
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Categories:
stem the tide, political,
Form: Rhyme
Simplified
...Cat got your tongue? Hey what’s the matter?
Why ain’t you sayin’ what’s there inside?
If I were somebody who didn’t know better,
I’d say you been simplified
Simplified, simplified
There’s forc...
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Categories:
stem the tide, angst, confusion, integrity, parody,
Form: Lyric
Silent Shores: Echoes of the Mediterranean
...In the depths of the Mediterranean's embrace,
Where waves and sorrow interlace,
A tragic tale unfolds each passing day,
Of lives lost, dreams shattered, swept away.
Ten souls, on average, me...
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Categories:
stem the tide, death, immigration,
Form: Narrative
Dear Serena
...Dear Serena Williams…I want to take a moment and apologize to you
for something I didn’t say…something I did not do.
As we waited under a crab apple tree for our pizza the other day
a group of p...
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Categories:
stem the tide, hate, prejudice,
Form: Rhyme
Sweet Peace
...Emotions get the best of me
at times. I’ve felt betrayal’s bite;
the pain runs circles in my mind
and owns me. I’m too weak to fight.
When into this unhealthy mix
comes anger, I try mightily
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Categories:
stem the tide, god, peace, prayer,
Form: Quatrain
Dark Vortex
...For my friend who is struggling right now. Take care and stay safe. Faith over fear, together.
Dark vortex
By Michelle Morris
19/01/2023
Don't go to that dark place
It will grab hold of you...
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Categories:
stem the tide, dark, emotions, encouraging, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Sandbags of Love
...I don’t want to hate…but when I hear hate spewing from other people’s mouths…when I see the way certain people are treated for being who they are…when I see Ukrainians on the run…
I don’t want to ha...
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Categories:
stem the tide, hate, love,
Form: Rhyme
The Lord Is Near
...The Lord is on our side; once again He’ll stem the tide.
Enemy onslaught will subside. The Lord is on our side.
Our God is here; we’ll survive. Are you swallowed up alive?
Have you foes who s...
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Categories:
stem the tide, 11th grade, angst, care,
Form: Couplet
Battlefields
...I marched the roads of the Western Front
To stem the tide of the Germans brunt
And stayed in the mud and blood churned ground
Of No Man’s Land and won to our victory bound
Australia lost 60,000...
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Categories:
stem the tide, remembrance day, war, world
Form: Dramatic Monologue
175,000 Corona Ghosts
...175,000 Corona Ghosts
The corona ghosts get together
The 175, 000 band together
And vow to haunt the living
As the voice of the dead
Need to be heard
In the halls of power
They march t...
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Categories:
stem the tide, america, angst, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Elegy
What Is the Point
...What is the point?
What is the point of smoking a joint?
Just to anoint the jester inside?
Or pester the hide of others whose noses
Get out of joint? Perhaps it imposes
An alternate order
Or ...
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Categories:
stem the tide, addiction, drug,
Form: Rhyme
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