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Resilience Poetry – The Juggler
The Juggler is a piece of resilience poetry, a reflection on prevailing and persevering through conflict, suffering, and exhaustion. The Juggler – Resilience Poetry Two buckets in hand, one with blood the other full of milky tears the juggler went to the town square fetch a pail of laughter of of passersby crawling through any…
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Motherhood Poem – Some Mother
Some Mother is a motherhood poem, a reflection on the needless death of millions of infants around the world, 2.5 million in 2017. Some Mother – Motherhood Poem If her womb was to be the only safe place for her child, she’d refuse to birth not have her newborn join the two and a half…
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Empowerment Poem – Do I Let You Sing My Songs?
Do I Let You Sing My Songs? is an empowerment poem, a reflection on the economic inequalities rampant around the world. Do I Let You Sing My Songs? – Empowerment Poem Do I let you build schools and teach my children, seeing as you come from money and books, still you don’t know me or…
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Harvest Poem – Root Vegetable Soup
Root Vegetable Soup is a harvest poem, a celebration of the sturdy warmth of potatoes, carrots, onions, parsnips and the joy of sharing food. Root Vegetable Soup She was elbow-deep in soil, digging and Hoping for potatoes, parsnips, and carrots,Praying for turnips, so she could turn out a vegetable soup On Sundays, when everyone was…
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River Poem – Truth Is a Drop of Clear Water
Truth Is a Drop of Clear Water is a river poem, a celebration of the power of truth and a reflection on its wonderful impact on you and me. Truth Is a Drop of Clear Water – River Poem Truth is a drop of clear water,An untying of knots drippingFirey sparks upon every stirOf your…
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Mother Earth Poem – Roots
Roots is a mother earth poem, a celebration of the abundance and solidity of our planet to be shared by all creatures great and small. Roots – Mother Earth Poem I’m a stray on the seashore like the tree roots bind me to the earth. Nothing binds me to my faraway home, to the blood…
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Growth Poem – Rubble
Rubble is a growth poem, a reflection on creativity, life, resilience, and the absolute need to plant and grow even when all you’ve got is rubble and dust. Rubble – Growth Poem Go sowing potatoes in the rubble and orchids in the dust where birds and bees fall bare of petals and pollen. You can,…
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Election Poems – The Crow and the Magpie
The Crow and the Magpie is one of my election poems, a reflection on campaigning, hateful populism, and election promises. The Crow and the Magpie – Election Poems I Stoked by juicy baits like “I know your mud and will put my beak on The line for you – we’ll wipe out the ants”- spiced…
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Seed Poem – Runaway Flowers
Runaway Flowers is a seed poem, a reflection on our life’s work, surrender and control. It is also a joyful celebration of the unexpected and unplanned. Runaway Flowers – a Seed Poem That day, we planted flowers beyond the fence, pretty little flowers that would throw a blanket of sweet scents on the front step.…