Prosery: Finding the Light
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Hello, dVerse Poets! It’s Merril from Yesterday and Today with your prompt
for the dVerse form called Prosery. For this …
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The Monastic Heart 2 - Statio
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*Statio is the monastic gift of taking a deep breath between things. *
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Dating For Dummies – How To Gain Power Over Men
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hold me to this
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becoming softer after every compromise
brittled and self-destructive, we were charring
into sharper malicious states of being
compressing ourselves into mo...
Life happens...
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My baby boy is 12...
My baby girl almost 1...
Life happened so i did not post anything in forever.
Well Same moonlight for our Dreams is coming back.
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THE JEM MOVIE'S SHANA AND COLORISM
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from a decidedly brown-skinned black girl with a big bouncy purple fro to a
beige biracial "safely black" girl with straight hair
This strikes close to hom...
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Hey there, fighter
it will get brighter.
Take a breath, a little deeper
and bring your faith a little higher.
Remember, you are a leader
not a follower..
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Inhale the yawning frost
let it gather and collect
beside your sleepy heart
drowsy from neglect.
Rest your ghostly frame,
hush her muddled drawl.
You say ...
Wow well done. It just makes me wonder why I let my fiance go dancing without me the other night lol. Your words create a nearly perfect image of a sultry night on the dance floor. Thank you for sharing.
Just like the woman described, this poem has got it going on! Beautifully written. I wish I had the words to describe how much I enjoyed it (and the lovely background drawing too).
you just made a sista want to go dancing...masterfully written
ReplyDeleteWow well done. It just makes me wonder why I let my fiance go dancing without me the other night lol. Your words create a nearly perfect image of a sultry night on the dance floor. Thank you for sharing.
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lovely post!
Pure magic, and breathtaking!! I love it! :-)
ReplyDeleteJust like the woman described, this poem has got it going on! Beautifully written. I wish I had the words to describe how much I enjoyed it (and the lovely background drawing too).
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ReplyDeleteBeauty in words...I love it!
ReplyDeleteIt flows so well.....
Wonderful writing! Mesmerizing, hypnotic, sensual - and the last two lines are perfection.
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