No Such Magic
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My tendency to slip into the dark-
a matter you have now begun to press.
In realms of time and pain, I ache no less;
you undervalue still, its lasting mark.
So see me stand before you, ba...
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Categories:
undervalue, angst, care, dark, forgiveness,
Form: Italian Sonnet
My Scars
...Author Dana Redricks
December 16, 2823
In the depths of my struggles, I once believed that my scars were badges of shame, never to be relieved.
But my God, Yahweh, sees beyond this façade, He kn...
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Categories:
undervalue, blessing, christian, deep, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Gratitude
...Written: September 19, 2023
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In a world where gratitude often fades,
And thankfulness is lost in the haze,
Let us appre...
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Categories:
undervalue, analogy, appreciation, heart,
Form: Rhyme
Hiccups
...Hiccups
An involuntary spasm
of the diaphragm
and respiratory organs,
with a sudden closure
of the glottis
and a characteristic
sound like that of a cough.
Rather mundane topic
l...
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Categories:
undervalue, 12th grade, anxiety, blue,
Form: Rhyme
Love and Undervalue
...Love: incident without accidents
Hate: accidents without incident....
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Categories:
undervalue, love,
Form: Free verse
Love Is
..."Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch ,but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same"
(Quote by: Hele...
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Categories:
undervalue, beauty, life, light, love,
Form: Rhyme
Curtains
...Curtains fall
Amazing,
How people assume they can mold
Not a pot but your life
People believe they have opinions
A right to coerce the steps in your life choices
A truth told...
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Categories:
undervalue, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
You Really Think I'M Done - In Trump's Own Words
...Impeached, indicted, discredited, expunged,
Forsaken and little short of being hanged,
Does the punishment truly fit the crime,
Inciting sedition and for that I need do time?
Are they crazy or ...
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Categories:
undervalue, anxiety, goodbye, humor, parody,
Form: Quatrain
The Golden Crumbs
...‘Fragments and crumbs of life, all the little pieces’
John Ruskin
We often get waylaid with golden crumbs of two in love
and have no clue of what we’re worth
T...
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Categories:
undervalue, conflict, love,
Form: Free verse
Meaning of Nothing
...More money makes themselvs better,
Such fancy cloths and shoes made with real leather,
They judge not knowing what happens behind the curtain,
They dont see the lost soul hidden,
Beneath the skin...
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Categories:
undervalue, appreciation, beautiful, bereavement, blessing,
Form: Lyric
Staying Vertical
...I’m not an athlete although I love tennis,
I’ve flirted with fitness for most of my life,
Found rewards of a life that’s quite active are
Counterproductive to quality midlife.
The first problem...
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Categories:
undervalue, age, health, life,
Form: Rhyme
Two Wrongs Against a Right
...If your story
and history
or herstory,
is wrong,
If wrong is negative,
If right is positive,
When do two historic
two cultural
two personal
two political
two familial
wrongs make it ri...
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Categories:
undervalue, culture, earth, humor, integrity,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum