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happy family
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jan hansen
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surgery, allusion, birth, blessing, deep,
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Free of Charge
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Billy TheKidster
| Rhyme |
surgery, language,
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Ophelia Boobies
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Rico Leffanta
| Limerick |
surgery, betrayal, happiness, health, image,
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Coming Home or Going to Heaven
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Tania Kitchin
| Rhyme |
surgery, dad, hope,
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C-section
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Brianna Hobson
| Free verse |
surgery, dark, desire, fantasy, horror,
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Unpopular opinions
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Alex Duffy
| Free verse |
surgery, celebrity, courage, how i
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To his Cardiologist
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Maurice Rigoler
| Light Verse |
surgery, humor,
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Splinter
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Brianna Hobson
| Free verse |
surgery, break up, conflict, first
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I Beg Pardon
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john sensele
| Free verse |
surgery, poems,
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Wifely Revenge
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Maurice Rigoler
| Light Verse |
surgery, humor,
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Slit
by Brianna Hobson
The butcher walks in
To cut and keep leftovers,
He's working with meat...
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Categories:
surgery, abortion, birth, creation, gender,
A Little Bit Free
by Linda Milgate
Just a Little Bit Free
I feel that I need to get out
to walk by the oak and pine trees
breathe fresh air and....
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Categories:
surgery, longing,
Mental Poverty
by Freddie Robinson Jr.
Empty socket pocket-tears upstairs
are always pirate hiding someone else’s
precious memories,
down in their dark chest cellar
Gutter dwellers
got the intellectual eviction blues
Same ol’ decisions
be bringing
different mental...
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Categories:
surgery, metaphor, money, psychological, wisdom,
I LOVE even when I have Lost: Loving What Is
by Anil Deo
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Did I tell you my poem on the urge to write was lost?
Did we talk about meeting Jesus in the Gospels, seeing His heart?
For days...
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surgery, celebration, devotion, father, gospel,
Who am I
by Jesse Ponnambalam
Who am I? I am a man who is filled with hate, who has made an immeasurable amount of mistakes, someone who cannot even appreciate...
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Categories:
surgery, angst, depression, identity,
THE BOOK KNOWN AS BIBLE
by Legen Tenni
I, I don’t understand the book known as bible
The book that is mostly common to many doors
But the book that is not known and...
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surgery, books, christian, confusion, inspiration,
The Butterfly
by Ory Rose
I remember when we were little and I always imagined we would grow old together. You always loved butterflies and sunflowers, the brightest things and...
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surgery, angel, birth, butterfly, death,
100 Degrees
by Sofia Rapisarda
I couldn’t bend my knee 100 degrees today at Therapy
It’s been a month since surgery and I still can’t get it to bend
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more...
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Categories:
surgery, anger, black african american,
African Mis-Culture Worm
by john sensele
Freedom asserted, freedom elevated
At the price of abandoning trivia
Jettisoning frills in the context of flights coveted
When whites and nights turn cold and Sylvia
Despite her brown...
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Categories:
surgery, poems,
A Force of Forever
by Linda Milgate
A Force of Forever
What was there about this dream
after this last long surgery ...
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surgery, spiritual,
It raised a smile
by Wendy Watson
Ironic Remark
This morning in the surgery, a magazine perusing,
I heard this passing comment which I hope you’ll find amusing.
I saw before me, pen in ...
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Categories:
surgery, humorous, irony,
The List
by Reginald Telemacque
His name is Bob and he is a mechanic
He suffers from liver disease
But doesn't panic
He is in need of a transplant
It's very urgent...
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surgery, health, life, poems, recovery
Dance to Your Own Music
by Randolph Byrd
Do you try to lip sync, and dance like someone you're not?
Do you try to speak the dialect with accents, of somebody hot?
Is your satisfaction...
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Categories:
surgery, allusion,
Sometimes I Cut Myself
by Larry Logan
I cut in the morning, in the shower
Where it shows on my arm
If my sleeve rides up.
People see how hard it gets.
I stop the whirlwind...
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Categories:
surgery, hurt, mental illness,
I Was So Lost
by Marilyn S Jennings
I Was So Lost
I had been raised in church but a religious church.
They did acknowledge there was a God but
His Son was pictured as dead...
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surgery, appreciation, baptism, truth,
Surgery
by Marilyn Williams
Oh, how greatly I suffer even though I know it's for a little while.
I take the meds which make me recover, but I feel more...
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Categories:
surgery, anxiety, beauty, dedication, freedom,
Sequel Swear It Was The Moon
by Paris-Maree Boreham
An entire week I handled it-
The teasing and the taunting and
Every night the moon shone down-
Was really very daunting.
Judge John squinted his eyes at me,
T'was...
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surgery, humorous, moon, sun, word
Two Walkers and A Wheelchair
by Caren Krutsinger
Oh my yes, I do have two walkers and a chromed wheelchair.
Procured them years ago when I tore my ACL one day.
Twas a mis-adventure of...
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Categories:
surgery, self,
Love to Pray: Please, Please pray for Lisa Ricci
by Anil Deo
JULY FOURTH PRAYER FOR USA & PATIENTS
A wonderful Lady of Poetry Soup needs prayer
For her beloved dad, a month after surgery
She may not know I...
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Categories:
surgery, america, best friend, christian,
From God Needed Nourishment
by James Horn
From God Needed Nourishment
From God needed enough nourishment;
Daily by Him much surgery underwent;
Quite a Guy;
On did rely;
From committing sin, He would prevent.
Jim Horn
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Categories:
surgery, allegory, analogy,