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Cat Astro Fee
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Rico Leffanta
| Limerick |
stress, animal, best friend, betrayal,
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THRIVING
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Line Gauthier
| Senryu |
stress, angst, anxiety, crazy, games,
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SLEEPLESS
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Line Gauthier
| Senryu |
stress, angst, anxiety, night, sleep,
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Depression
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Angel Villanueva
| Rubaiyat |
stress, depression, endurance, hope, sad,
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SENSING
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Line Gauthier
| Senryu |
fear, silence, solitude, stress,
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FEARING
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Line Gauthier
| Senryu |
stress, anxiety, fear, future, hope,
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IT'S OVER, THANK YOU
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Line Gauthier
| Free verse |
stress, anger, character, conflict, games,
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STILL
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Florence McMillian
| Narrative |
stress, bible, blessing, dream, god,
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Move On
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Matt Forshay
| Free verse |
stress, anger, depression, emotions, future,
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Troublemakers
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Gershon Wolf
| Rhyme |
scary, sleep, stress,
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A living statue
by Benu P Guragain
The one who knew that life was so bright
the one who knew that love is delight
the one to breathed the stary air in the night
The...
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ABC |
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Categories:
stress, death, dream, emotions, life,
Playing With Words Under Fire
by Sandra Haight
My love for words
creates mental pain...
they play hide and seek
in my smoldering brain.
I sit here dreaming,
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
poetry, stress, writing,
Anxiety
by Frankii Fame
Stress welded into my bones
Shivering anxious thoughts
My bough bends at every turn...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
anxiety, stress,
The Storm Within
by Virginia McInnis
An anxious mind
Aches for sleep
Upon a dream-like cloud
Lightning awaits
Rapid
Nonstop
Flashes in darkness
Determined to strike
A spark ignites
Shivers rise
Behind closed eyes
Rain awaits
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Free verse |
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Categories:
stress, anxiety, emotions, poetry, self,
the SCREAM
by Jesse Rowe
A sudden, deeply inhaled breath cools
the tender linings of the throat,
belying the violence to come.
A brief moment
s t r e t...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
anger, fear, stress,
UNFINISHED
by Line Gauthier
unfinished projects
weighing me down
that nagging voice
posted on September 4, 2018...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
anxiety, grief, stress,
Some Kind of Panic Attack
by amapola white
The world has settled down and switched off its light
it has closed its eyes to rest its head
My brain has decided something else is in...
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I do not know? |
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Categories:
stress, anxiety, depression, mental illness,
YOUNG
by Line Gauthier
young enough at heart
to long for
eternal youth
Dedicated to Andrea Dietrich
Posted on September 2, 2018
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Senryu |
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Categories:
stress, age, beauty, identity, image,
Jesus Took Away My Worry And Fear
by Jim Pemberton
Christ Took Away My Worries and Fear!
Christ took away my worries and fear.
And brought a love that’s true and sincere!
He took away my yesterdays and...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
stress, depression, forgiveness, grief, hope,
Burden
by Besma Riabi Dziri
Plunged deep into chaos Man adios
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Rictameter |
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Categories:
anger, inspiration, poets, stress,
INHALE
by Line Gauthier
inhale
deep breath
repeat
posted on September 1, 2018...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
repetition, stress, uplifting,
When a pronoun lacks a nominal antecedent
by Julian Scutts
What is Truth?
That old unanswered question.
I know when I'm telling a lie though.
I lie not. There I was
minding my own business,
making myself a complimentary cup...
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Blank verse |
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Categories:
crazy, me, stress,
WHERE
by Line Gauthier
where is everyone
going so fast
it's pure madness
posted on September 1, 2018...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
stress, anxiety, confusion, life, people,
Unreliable Ride
by Rhona McFerran
My memory is like an ill-tempered old car
that refuses to start
on cold, miserable mornings...
or sometimes stutters
and shudders to life
in fits and starts with rattling parts
Names...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
stress, emotions, feelings, memory, remember,
REACHING OUT
by Line Gauthier
reaching out
for strength
a buoy
posted on August 31, 2018...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
journey, life, strength, stress,
Highway Wars
by Richard Thomas
It's closing time, I'm sad to say.
The clock insists it's after five.
Now comes the hardest part of day,
The long, infernal homeward drive.
I leave my job...
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Quatrain |
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Categories:
anger, home, humor, stress,
He collapsed
by Gershon Wolf
He collapsed late this afternoon
Went without a whimper... DOA
Relatives and friends shook their heads
Clucked their tongues
Pressure got to him apparently
Poor...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
death, loss, stress,
OVERNIGHT
by Line Gauthier
overnight
in emergency ward
so much drama
posted on August 29, 2018...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
stress, caregiving, grief, health, sad,
THE PREMONITION
by Line Gauthier
the premonition
all the pieces in place
fatefully waiting
posted on August 29, 2018
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Senryu |
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Categories:
angst, meaningful, stress, surreal,
AFRAID
by Line Gauthier
afraid to sleep
only to wake up and
confirm the nightmare
posted on August 29, 2018...
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Senryu |
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Categories:
stress, change, fear, life, scary,