What My Sister Told Me After Going To Heaven
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There are no words to describe,
the pain you feel inside,
when you are told,
your little sister died.
I got the call while at work,
my sister told me through tears,
her pain coming from a ...
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Categories:
vickie, corruption, death, silence, sister,
Form: Free verse
I WAS BORN IN A SNOWSTORM I WILL DIE IN ONE TOO
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My day had arrived, the hospital was intimidating. He got lost parking our car, I felt the pavement's heat, it pained my feet, as we had walked very far. The doors opened as we walked in, I had a p...
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Categories:
vickie, confidence, courage, destiny, endurance,
Form: Prose Poetry
A Tribute to Vickie
...A Kentucky woman born and raised,
Country through and through.
And though you left your roots behind,
Kentucky never let go of you.
A red-haired spit-fire in your younger days,
Life of the par...
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Categories:
vickie, family, journey, life, memorial,
Form: Rhyme
Hunger Kills
...Tomorrow is coming, it always does,
yesterdays gone left in the dust.
A hungry child dies everyday,
someones mother has cried today.
Children growing up in poverty,
the tears have washed a...
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Categories:
vickie, care, cry, humanity, international,
Form: Rhyme
Pricked By Love
...Love has died, but I still try,
A bitter sweet love leaves a sting inside.
Your reasons for leaving were plenty,
As for me, I had so many.
You gave me beautiful roses of red,
Love hidden be...
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Categories:
vickie, break up, feelings, hope,
Form: Rhyme
P S Its Poetry Write On Write On Congrats To My Fellow Poetry Soupers Part 18
...P S its POETRY WRITE ON WRITE ON CONGRATS TO MY FELLOW POETRY SOUPERS PART 18
Thomas Flood 122
Thomas Harrison 304
Thomas Wells ...
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Categories:
vickie, analogy, celebration, community, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Deliver Us
...There are some who say,
that we were never close.
They are the ones who
made the connections impossible.
When you were born God had smiled,
and I cried.
Because we were told,
you were bo...
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Categories:
vickie, deep, devotion, family, loss,
Form: Free verse
Ode To Dark Shadows
...This is a simple ode,
To a soap opera from some time ago.
It was called Dark Shadows.
And it’s still one of my favorite shows.
It aired from 1966 to 1971.
Watching the show was a lot of fun,
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Categories:
vickie, childhood, fear, feelings, gothic,
Form: Ode
I'M Forever Dying
...After laying,
my mother to rest,
in her bed of pine,
how I detest,
that she sleeps,
so deep,
so peacefully,
leaving me behind.
Her abuse stays,
like the sea's sand,
beneath my bare...
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Categories:
vickie, child abuse, childhood, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Aging, Stampeding, Triumphant
...Aging like a fine wine (if I liked wine)
Narcissistically loving, proudly broken
Daughter of the Pryors, Moe and Vickie, soulmates
Lover of calm breezes running the first of 10 miles on a Sunday m...
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Categories:
vickie, identity, me,
Form: Bio
Hello Darkness, My Old Friend
...My pain,
Hides among,
Beautiful darkness,
Betwixt cracks,
In my smile,
Tears,
Sometimes,
Fill those cracks,
And drown the pain,
For awhile,
My old friend,
I ca...
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Categories:
vickie, dark, deep, depression, fate,
Form: Lyric
Hard Pills To Swallow
...I Swallowed,
My Bitterness,
Down With Pride,
If I Said,
"It Tasted Great,"
I Would Have Lied,
Hate Got Stuck,
In My Throat,
Next,
To Regrets,
I Drank Last Night,
N...
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Categories:
vickie, anger, change, pride, rude,
Form: Rhyme
Flash Me
...I See Your Smile...
In Winter's Bark...
Cold Is...
My Window View...
Barren And Stark..
Your Grandness...
Is Welcomed...
With A Color...
That Warms Me...
Fire Bright...
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Categories:
vickie, animal, bird, blessing, color,
Form: Rhyme
Never Far From Home
...You Shall Find...
My Spirit...
Flying On...
The Wings Of...
A Beautiful Dove...
It Has Found Me...
In This Life...
Many Times...
I Shall...
Ride With Him...
Alone...
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Categories:
vickie, death, family, goodbye, grandfather,
Form: Blank verse
Between the Silence There Are Still Tears
...If I could tell you...
How I felt...
Every time...
The monster...
Whipped me...
With his belt....
Welts upon my flesh...
He left...
But they're not...
The only...
Sca...
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Categories:
vickie, child, child abuse, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
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