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May 2, 2016

Sifting Beans

I’m sifting through dry beans picking out rocks tossing damaged beans skipping the limas keeping the good ones planning a steaming hot pot of bean soup with bacon carrots, celery, and onion a few of my favorite herbs Or maybe I’m writing a memoir ____________________________________...

Categories Poetry Comments: 35
April 18, 2016

Universally Unique

My story is not unique but it’s uniquely mine My experience is universal yet my own People say, “me, too!” But how can they know They weren’t there My pain is not theirs What others have been through mirrors my ordeals with a twist ______________________________...

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April 4, 2016

I Never Said Goodbye

January is the cruelest month despite it’s shimmer of hope It’s when cancer took you I was twenty-three Hadn’t yet made amends for the pain I caused you Still drowning in my own Your death only added to the shame of not measuring up ________________________________ This quadrille...

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March 8, 2016

Oblivious

The drunkard grins from ear to ear Oblivious to the pain he inflicts on those who love him Numb to the pain buried six feet under his cold cold heart Bartender, bring me a double That and a grin will drown all his troubles _____________________________...

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March 7, 2016

Choices

A forced grin a false I’m okay are all I’ve got It’s been three years, three years today since you left with me not knowing not for sure anyway where you have gone Heaven or hell those are the choices Which did you choose? ___________________________________ At...

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February 8, 2016

Lulled by Pride

Lulled by promises of reward for all my good deeds Satan seeks to get me onboard by planting seeds of pride ‘Til I was startled awake by the truth of my great need for a substitute to earn my prize by His loving sacrifice _________________________ It’s time...

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January 22, 2016

Perchance to Dance

Oh, to dance a romantic happenstance with love on a June evening perchance a preordained meeting an answer to prayer believe if you dare What shall I wear this evening to dance to meet my love catch his first glance by grace from above ____________________________...

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