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#1172

Better late than never

I was inspired by the thought of changing the cliche: "Better late than never." to a better adage.


 

Better late than never

Better late than never

is never better

than never late is better

 

May you rest never

until you are late never

so your life will be better

forever.

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#1173

Artemis

I love to read about Greek Mythology and I came across the Olympians, once again, and decided to write about the different goddesses by using them as a comparison to the women that walks...

walk the feet of a remarkable breed.

everlasting greed.

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#1174

Silent tear

My wife


Cut so deep nothing comes out ur arm.

What happened to all his laughter and all his charm?

Voices that never end....

Fight to the death but they never bend.

They talk bad and put him down.

No wonder...

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#1175

Daylight Savings Time – November 6th 2016

maybe other persons in this country sensitive to the setback and forward of clocks, which twice yearly adjustments find me offset and internally awry.  this only lasts a day or two, but mindfulness and...

Hour two hands clock back sixty minutes of Autumn

Round about this same of month every year, what a bum

er, and inconvenient truth diverged from this chum

purposelessly manipulating a hold over    sans yesteryear doth...

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#1176

I am work of Art 2

I am purposefully and wonderfully made in God

When you look at a work of Art, many of times  it makes no sense

But you are drawn to it; it makes you feel things you can’t...

I am work of Art

 

Many walk this earth seeking purpose

Trying to make sense of who they are

The moment of my birth my purpose was revealed

 

Every bone that was broken

Every time the physician operated on...

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#1177

Its Time For A Brew

A love of Tea


Its Time for a BRUU A shrub has matured, acidic earth at the base. Evergreen growing with sun on its face. A journey so long, plucked with craft. With finger and...

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#1178

The hand


It is the hand

that holds me

it is the hand

i touch

it is the hand

that calms me

it is the hand

i love

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#1179

The Minds of Kidnapped Nigerian Girls

Bring our girls back


The Minds of Kidnapped Nigerian Girls

Why Mr. Why must you take me from my family?

Why mist you kidnap me from my school?

Why must you want to sell me in the market as a slave?

Why...

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#1180

The Origami Woman

First published in 'From the City to the Saltings' (the Essex Poetry Festival anthology, 2013, edited by Derek Adams, Adrian Green and Madeline Parsons).


Yesterday, I was the fighter

plane that nose-dived from

our son’s grasp, face crumpling

against the sofa cushions.

 

Today, I’m the mute swan

you string from the ceiling:

paddling the air with invisible

feet, making waves.

 

Tomorrow, I suspect I’ll be the...

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