Category: Poet’s Perspective
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there Love defined
Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko said, “A poet’s autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.” there Love defined a curious day ’twas today that found desire and drive allayed! the earth lay washed in amber tones, the air hung thick, heavy with storm and as men oft do in such times i…
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the writer’s block
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can… I don’t think I ever read a story about a little engine that could, a little engine that pushed itself forward with positive thinking. Did you ever read that story? But it’s so ingrained in our minds and culture. It’s the unofficial mantra/slogan…
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Come Awake
Music has the ability to sometimes perfectly express our emotions and feelings. In our ups and downs, we can find a song to relate to. It’s one of the reasons why we cling to it so much. And sometimes, it can quickly turn us the other way. I’d been in a weird funk the last…
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Dreams of Yesterday
yesterday i soared through clouds of cotton a chariot of wind beneath my feet a symbol was i to raise hope in men cowering behind an impenetrable sheet yesterday i dreamt the world a stage grand upon which i played the grandest of roles i took a bow and drank the world’s applause safely behind…
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the heart
as i was walking down the street today i met a man with a familiar face “let me show you the future, now, and past” he said and pulled his heart out of his chest the purple mass beat with feeble will as weary strength betrayed the gentle swell and in the midst i saw…
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