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50Stars (poetry)
Sometimes when my personal problems seem so complex, and I'm overwhelmed by all the hatred spewed out by the human race, I need to step away from it all. I need to look up at the stars and realize I am but a flash from a sparkler or the wink of an...
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53Thud
I shook your leafy hand for the last time I said my goodbyes I did not know you were leaving until late last night And then my tears started to fall upon concrete You, still in your prime And me, past my prime At least today...
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50Of Shoulds and Should Nots
Sometimes I feel misplaced Like my old wedding ring Or my high school diploma I know I'm around here somewhere but I just can't find myself When I am painting, my mind wanders It races down dead end tracks Why didn't I take better care of my teeth?...
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67Cracks in the Sidewalk
This poem was inspired by a walk I took yesterday with my camera. A drawing workbook suggested using the cracks in the sidewalk as inspiration for a drawing. So on the walk home I remembered to take photos of cracks. Once I downloaded them, I...
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49Riding the Wave of Randomness
Let's start with things I never knew I never knew there was a Long Beach in New York And that there are surfers in Long Beach, New York Now I did know there is a Las Vegas in New Mexico Because we had...
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58Aggravation
City Desert It is never my plan to be mad at the world But it often ends up that I am Part One Today it started when in a chatroom someone stated that CNN is always on in the background So i question...
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60Age of Frustration Poem
I was headed to bed Not because it was bedtime But just because I was deeply frustrated My thought patterns were holding me hostage Why had my life ground to a halt? Why was my top no longer spinning? Is this what aging was? ... I...
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63A Tribute to Francesca Woodman
Being a woman photographer who was born the same year as Francesca Woodman, I know how frustrating it is to try to get any kind of recognition in the arts. I can understand how she got fed up with the elite world of art galleries. Right before she...
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43Penny For Your Thoughts
Art is Timeless Penny For Your Thoughts If I go to sleep in a few minutes And never wake up At least I am content knowing that the last things I did Were to write this poem Create a needlework fish Make...
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48Can You Breathe?
Grow where you are planted. Since my neighbors were screaming at each other at 6 AM, I found myself getting up early. Granted I'm not a morning person, I thought I'd make good use of my time by writing this poem, which ended up more like an essay,...
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