Life Walker Poems

No fun using a "walker" believe me
Need assistance with every small task
Constantly asking for help
Puts a big burden on family members

If I could revert to...

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In early medieval France 
The age of the Viking prevailed
Arriving off coast of Aquitaine
from Scandinavia sailed

This historic age burnt brightly
In 799 ships arrived
breaching shores destined...

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I just finished flipping the calendar to March
I keep a paper one hanging on my kitchen wall 
despite everything being digital 
I’m old school some...

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One foot in front of the other…
  that’s usually enough

One thought no longer indentured
  captive or rebuffed

One heart in search of love
 ...

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They say your not cool unless you vape, drink alcohol, smoke weed or lose your virginity,
But as children of God, you have a different identity...

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My teacher died.
   
   His lungs failed him.

He taught me that the lungs
harbor grief.

   His lungs are gone.
My grief...

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A Most Courageous American President for the Ages

I thought it would be most appropriate for me to take a moment to
share some of my reflections...

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Dear Spoken Word
Thank for giving me 
A platform Im able to perform.
From the page to the stage
Youve been an out for me as time passed...

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I write to be a beam of light
for Christ.

I write to inspire 
those like me, filled with fire.

I write to be a voice for the...

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Bruce

A lumbering man, 
audibly achily, stepped to the
floor’s center.
Had there been a spotlight, he’d’a shone.

His arms unfurled.
His hips spun.
His soles, silent
as he padded here,
then twisted...

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I thought you could only live your life,
If you found happiness through hardship and strife.

But happiness comes from living your life.
Not by fighting, and sleeping...

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Old John's birthday was approaching, he'd be seventy two
And his family asked him nicely what he'd like to  do
"Do you fancy a nice picnic...

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A silent walker strides his course
     In pensive contemplation
His brain a fire with thoughts of life
     In...

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Ivey Walker

1887-1916

Verily, verily, my friends!

You are all dead now.

So I can speak candidly.

I found out,

When my ripe red rose bloom 

Opened early, mysteriously, 

Wantonly, as...

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She floats up and down the heartbreak sidewalks
Hungry, looking for the golden ticket from the
Next john that might not hurt her but instead
Rescue her from...

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