January Strength Poems

You say you're old, but I don't see it
Your wrinkles are just lines of wisdom
Your hair is not gray, but silver
Your eyes are not dull,...

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Deep in my shrewd mind, a storm rages on 
Dark clouds gather as the wind howls till dawn
A tempest of thoughts, I cannot control
A battle...

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Have you ever thought of flying a kite?
A crazy dancing hueful delight.
You don't just need a bridle and a spool,
But an impeccable foresight as a...

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Silence covers
stormy seas churning within.
When all could be expelled,
sudden burst of raw emotion,
revealing every painful scar,
there's silence.

Looking into the sunset
seeking solace from the shade,
murky waters...

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By What Power?

Disguised by a limb and hidden in a tree,
with what power had you
to murder Adam and Eve?

You came hither and thither, even spoke...

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Even some years ago I was processing thoughts
like, real is the Santa Claus.
But naive days have gone so quickly
and I faced reality like falling from...

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by Max Burchett

Lots of flattery and L.A. handshakes given,
But once upon a time, actually just last year,
A seemingly casual compliment was for me heaven,
One I...

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My ebbing physical prowess and strength

noticeably decreases in one direction.

I take lock, stock and barrel 
to revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious undeclared state...

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Author Dana Redricks
January 31, 2023

It is in our trials that we gain endurance, and strength. Wisdom is something that we acquire over time as we...

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Heart of mine, why so timid
for fear of saying one word out of place
yet from the shadow of your cover
you'll never shun to force a...

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I am here for a purpose, and I need to fulfill it.
I felt the echo of footsteps in my spirit.
Rhythmic rigor with a sense of...

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"Above all else guard your heart for 
everything you do flows from it."

           ...

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In an ideal world, everyone would be real.
Our prejudices against others will vanish.
Often, we judge by face rather than genteel.
From the apex of your ear,...

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they are not obstacles
they are but opportunities for us explore



AP: Honorable Mention 2023

Posted on January 10, 2023...

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analogous to expending precious Air Supply
embellishing, modifying, revising, et cetera
a poem crafted about fourteen months ago.

I take stock and revisit good ole days of yore
quite...

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