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Seeking Nothing; But Granted Everything

March 5, 2019 R J Schwartz 259 Views 2 Comments enlightenment, inspirational poetry, journey, RJ Schwartz, seeking

A life of simplicity; free from the chaos and noise No moving parts, circuit boards, or technology Just the soil,

Abide Within Peaceful Beauty

March 4, 2019March 5, 2019 Phyllis Doyle Burns 313 Views 8 Comments better world, inspiration, nature, peace, peaceful beauty, Phyllis Doyle

Abide Within Peaceful Beauty … We live in a world of war and hate, where there is little regard for

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My Empty Hand

March 4, 2019 R J Schwartz 240 Views 3 Comments inspirational poetry, My empty hand, poetry, RJ Schwartz

My empty hand Outstretched in your direction I’ve put aside my anger Shelved my discontent No longer interested in proving

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What Would Happen…

March 4, 2019 R J Schwartz 197 Views 4 Comments inspirational poetry, poetry, RJ Schwartz, what would happen

What would happen… If everyone stopped hating one another Regardless of the reason And finally embrace the fact That we

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Hold Onto Your Happy Thoughts

February 24, 2019February 25, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 221 Views 6 Comments happy, Postive, thoughts

Happy Thoughts Whether feeling some happiness when I do my chores in a state of zen, listen to music loud,

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Hanging On…the pain of loss

February 18, 2019 Tony DeLorger 347 Views 11 Comments Hanging on, hope, love, pain of loss, suffering, time

The greatest pain we ever experience is the loss of love or our loved one. The pain is excruciating and

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Uncertainty

February 10, 2019 Tony DeLorger 321 Views 17 Comments fear, heart, opposition, reality, self, uncertainty

‘In poetry, much of our expression is based on personal experience, memories and feelings that have linguered in life and

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Age Doesn’t Matter

February 10, 2019February 10, 2019 Rasma Raisters 419 Views 8 Comments age, Childhood, doesn't matter, poems, still dancing, unstoppable

In this world. age doesn’t matter, we are only as old as we feel and if we wish we can

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Little Child in the Arms of an Angel

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 Phyllis Doyle Burns 414 Views 16 Comments angel, great sorrow, left us, little boy, little child, peace

Little child in the arms of an angel … Little One, oh, so very young and precious, you brought sunshine

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A New Ideological Darkness

February 2, 2019February 2, 2019 EdF 223 Views 8 Comments ideological darkness, opinions, prejudice, racist, social kindness, stop assuming

Ideological Darkness … So now movie critics will tell me how I should think kings and queens tell me my

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Rest easy old boy

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 EdF 230 Views 6 Comments eternity, freedom, horse, last years, old boy, spirit

Rest easy old boy and worry not my love I will remember you forever the light in your eyes the

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Summer Rain…a cleansing flow

January 17, 2019 Tony DeLorger 305 Views 9 Comments cleansing, cleansing flow, clear sky, cooler, pools, Summer rain

A Cleansing Flow The rain in cleansing flow creates pools on steaming roads, like echoes of sky the blue resides

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Broader Perspective- Limitless

January 12, 2019January 12, 2019 Tony DeLorger 344 Views 14 Comments awareness, broader perspective, cause and effect, flow, life, limitless

Life exists in every corner of awareness, movement the flow of each aspect of being, and no matter our focus,

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We Carry On

January 11, 2019 John Hansen 363 Views 10 Comments inspiration, life lessons, living life, perserverance, persistence

We Carry On We all know Life isn’t easy, Some days still Others are breezy. There’re often hurdles In our

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Today, Tomorrow, and Yesterday – Don’t Let Time Get Away

January 7, 2019 R J Schwartz 331 Views 6 Comments I love you, poem, poetry, RJ Schwartz, today

Today… Realizing yesterday’s tomorrow Seeing what could become Instead of looking back Tomorrow… And seeing the emptiness Of time given

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What sense of peace before me

January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 EdF 275 Views 6 Comments my love, nature, nature's soul, needful nurturing, quiet silence, warm embrace

Converse with nature’s soul … Nature will never ever fail you my son go there it awaits you and your

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Curse this mind of discontent

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019 EdF 266 Views 7 Comments balance, beauty, change, discontent, dreams, memories, Mindful, purpose

Curse this mind of discontent … I am often haunted by the questioning mind this

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The secrets are all out …….

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019 EdF 303 Views 6 Comments acceptance, choices, freedom, learning, poem, words

… the warm bath of self infatuation … As you emerge from the warm bath of self infatuation your

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Tribute To Tyler Trent – A New Year’s Inspiration

January 2, 2019 R J Schwartz 440 Views 6 Comments osteosarcoma, Purdue University, RJ Schwartz, superfan, Tyler Trent

Tyler Trent died from a rare form of bone cancer on New Year’s Day, 2019. He was 20 years young.

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Of DNA and family lore

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 EdF 304 Views 14 Comments

DNA and family lore … From the fields of barley and potato famine came the stranger but who really was

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Winter Cleaning – Thoughts of Lust, War, and Uncommonality

December 27, 2018 R J Schwartz 226 Views 2 Comments erotic poetry, lust, poem, poetry, RJ Schwartz

Deep within the recesses of my realm of possibilities There’s a place where neither stylus nor parchment doth travel A

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Who Owns Your Feelings?

December 26, 2018December 26, 2018 R J Schwartz 207 Views 1 Comment poem, poetry, RJ Schwartz

Who decides how you feel today? A simple question for some, while a complicated conundrum for most everyone else… As

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Down to the killing fields

December 26, 2018December 26, 2018 EdF 241 Views 3 Comments Civil War, killing fields, markers, wars, young boys

The killing fields … Now you ride long into the night seeking the man his skin the color of ivory

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