Category: Poem
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Colorful Kitchen
I was just in the kitchen chopping lettuce and carrots Cucumbers and tomatoes I was thinking about my parents And about where time goes I also made a bean salad While listening to a somber ballad Sometimes my heart feels like Lamentations When I think about my own shortcomings and the state of all the…
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Pro Runner
I’m awake before the alarm The task ahead is a lovely charm I hydrate Eat some eggs or overnight oats (depending on the distance) I caffeinate By 5:30 am I’m on the interstate Yeah, it takes years of persistence But I started in high school Cross country for conditioning in basketball was the rule We…
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The Broken Record
The broken record asked how I was doing I told him the truth: “Sometimes it’s hard to keep moving For eight years I’ve been spinning I thought it would get easier but honestly, I don’t know what it looks like to be winning Everyone dies It doesn’t matter my effort There’s a drug for everything But…
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A Grand Wedding
The whole world is celebrating I too squealed when I heard the news It seems like for eternity we’ve all been waiting Maybe this at last can cure our blues Just that one photo made me feel lighter In the flowery garden: a broad-shouldered man and a beautiful woman – made the world brighter A…
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Celebrities and Regulars
I’m grateful I got to go hiking today And I was happy to hear that Taylor Swift is engaged I listened to the New Heights podcast with her in it Folding laundry and hearing her talk was splendid Celebrities are people too Maybe they just got really into what they do They’re on top of…
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Computer Trauma
She was complaining about her fingernail Those black streaks in the corners Whenever she did her work, she went pale The click-click-click felt like a nailgun in her skin She’d given up on manicures Had to make a livin’ I looked at her but wasn’t quite sure The nail was intact I tried to straighten…
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Eggshells
I cracked an egg on the counter My countenance floundered She must have seen it I went to chuck the shell pieces but she said, “Leave it” I was confounded The sound of the hardboiled egg crackin’ resounded She scooped up all the fragmented shell pieces Sprinkled a few on the kitchen floor Put a…
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Disappointment
It was a virtual meeting but she asked what I saw DISAPPOINTMENT was the word written across my mind’s wall I don’t know where it came from or who planted the seed Growing up, my parents provided everything a little girl could need I showed my dad my report card I ran fast in cross…
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Beach Houses
Huge wooden houses stand On top of the sand Stilts are like toothpicks beneath all that wood Skeletons, like legs that have run too far There’s nothing to show for the ones that once stood Monstrous waves peak at the first floor They keep chipping away till nothing’s there anymore Yeah, the ocean can eat…
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