The Lost
...Those we lost to the night,
Gone before the sunrise,
Summoned by the unseen,
Taken to the beyond.
Those who have lost to time,
Worn down by its passage,
Sometimes sit on the porch...
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Categories:
stubbornly, sad,
Form: Free verse
Moonlit Cane Tango
...Under a silver grin of moon, he shuffles past the tide,
His cane clicks like Morse code—C-A-N-E, not C-A-N-T—in stride.
Salt air tames his hair around the balding head, still stubbornly spry,
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Categories:
stubbornly, beach,
Form: Rhyme
Between Safety and Danger
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tiptoeing
through a minefield
f r a u g h t
with combustible opportunities
a groom
jilted at the altar by bride
who'd rather stay
"just friends."
humili...
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Categories:
stubbornly, break up, devotion, love
Form: Narrative
April shower
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Café tables on terrasse drenched in rain ~
everyone’s indoor as if on hold
waiting impatiently for the sun to come out.
April showers bring may flowers
but we aren't happy to pay the price ~
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Categories:
stubbornly, april, flower, rain,
Form: Free verse
God’s Light
...The salt of my tears have seasoned years
I am not bitter for I see the blessing
By His stripes we are healed
And He had no sin yet I do
Confessing I have been less than
And created confusion in ...
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Categories:
stubbornly, appreciation, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Ledger of A retired Nurse's Life
...Tapestry of Life**
In the intricate tapestry of life, vibrant memories weave their threads, each one shimmering with its own hue. The echoes of past workplaces linger like faint, nostalgic perfume...
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Categories:
stubbornly, anti bullying, encouraging, giggle,
Form: Narrative
Rain and Snake
...I crawl through darkness —
small, scared,
biting at shadows
to keep my life,
to keep my fear away.
I hold my breath,
keep still,
hiding trembling beneath the strike,
trying not to break,
t...
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Categories:
stubbornly, fear, storm,
Form: Free verse
The tragedy that is myself
...Perhaps I wouldn't move
if the train came.
Not out of courage,
just curiosity.
What does it feel like?
or just the experience, maybe.
I sit down in the shower sometimes
until the water forge...
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Categories:
stubbornly, character, conflict, emotions, lost,
Form: Free verse
Third and last trip
...2024.4.28
It was our third and final day trip.
We visited AI on The Great Ocean Road.
For the first time, you admired the scenery was great,
While standing at a cliff, looked down to the coast li...
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Categories:
stubbornly, animal, journey, memory, nature,
Form: Free verse
Treats grandbaby differently than son
...draconian dad
stubbornly immovable
until grandbaby
grandbaby request
cant be denied by papa
amazed baby dad...
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Categories:
stubbornly, grandparents,
Form: Senryu
Quaint Pavement Shop
...I rushed through the door on electric impulse initiated,
for the sunlight within taunting sunlight without a test
feeling forceful inner cry with supreme yen today especially though,
but of the ...
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Categories:
stubbornly, adventure, celebration, character, city,
Form: Free verse
Songs
...Songs of our land,
Songs of our fathers,
Sung when our fathers won their battles,
Sung when they crossed mysterious rivers,
Sung when they arrived home.
Songs of our land,
Songs of ...
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Categories:
stubbornly, inspirational, song,
Form: Free verse
I buried the past, yet flowers still rise from the soil of forgotten memories
...I buried the past, yet flowers still rise from the soil of forgotten memories,
Roots tangled in dreams and longings that stubbornly refuse to die,
The earth retains traces of pain, transforming suf...
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Categories:
stubbornly, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
To My Love- Refrains in 8
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Oh Love! Throb and thrill of my life
Why you desert me in my strife?
Why stay far, giving no delight?
Don't fade like a symphony sweet.
Won’t you come near and ease my pain
Can’...
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Categories:
stubbornly, betrayal, love,
Form: Rhyme
A Wish Upon A Star - Video Lyrics by Michael Tor - POTD
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POTD 24TH Feb 2025
A Wish Upon A Star – Video Lyrics by Michael Tor
DESCRIPTION
A romantic ballad of longing and serendipity, captures the emotio...
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Categories:
stubbornly, lonely, lost love, new
Form: Ballad
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