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OPPOSITES OF LIFE
Two sides of the same coin are the opposites in life, Overwhelmingly appear the ways and options rife, Yet, the undeterred and fixed...

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Dec 11, 20211 min read
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HUMMINGBIRD
By Steve Carr At the kitchen sink, Julia felt the warm, moist spring breeze blowing in through the open window brush her cheeks. She ran...

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Dec 8, 20218 min read
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The Agony of Solitude
Beyond facial facades Looking into your eyes A journey into your soul There was much to see Vast ocean of tear drops Whispers of...

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Dec 7, 20211 min read
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ULTIMATE GOAL POEM
As the life-giving breath goes Into my ever-heaving lungs I get a new lease of moment Just for a while it stays and Hardly do I notice as...

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Dec 7, 20211 min read
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A LOOK - 249
The more I try to go away, the more you drag me towards you. No option, I am and will be revolving around you till You grace me to...

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Dec 7, 20211 min read
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AFTERGLOW
A presage to the eloquence of time: aesthetic, trancing, encapsulating. How oft mind wanders in a sea of radiant peace void of...

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Dec 6, 20211 min read
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The Rose and the Leaf
The rose said I am blooming Feeling a bit gloomy inside The leaf next to her said I won't leave you ever I was made for you And to be...

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Dec 6, 20211 min read
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SERENITY OF LIFE
I live in this calm place between heaven and earth In the presence of blue waters on the river bed Beneath the fresh green grass of good...

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Dec 6, 20211 min read
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PAIN
pain is tenderness with harshness it is the giggle of eternal don't be stuck within it make it the blossom of soul it is the sensation...

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Dec 6, 20211 min read
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A Painted Rose
Perhaps my heart bleeds, To the color of red, With every thorn of love; Some tears drop from above. Yet, beauty is exquisitely rare,...

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Dec 6, 20211 min read
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Magnetic Beam
Lunatic...my mind Lunar...what's that kind Cosmic site...new term Galaxy's heart --- race of mind Heart makes tune of love Resonance...

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Dec 6, 20211 min read
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I Can See
I can see the families falling off to pieces I can see the doubts engulfing the peace I can see the hope breathing it's last I can see...

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Dec 6, 20211 min read
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I am the South
I am the South if you are a swallow when you tremble from some frost fly towards the South and do not wish to fly away because where you...

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Dec 6, 20211 min read
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HAIKU
Eight long hours of sleep Sweet, silvery morning light Cool dewdrops on leaves...!

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Dec 6, 20211 min read
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MOONLIGHT
On the milk rays Venus is bathing... In the moonlight Oblique golden waterfalls. Like soft velvet, Wraps itself with a song in the...

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Dec 6, 20211 min read
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Frozen Mind
(Experimental words expression) Frozen world with frosty ice and snow unconsciousness, Could one survive without the mistletoe of...

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Dec 4, 20211 min read
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MADE OF PURE GLASS
(Collaboration between Carl Scharwath, shoots and Lyn B. Pastrana, writes) She is so fragile and delicate Any strong feeling of tension...

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Dec 4, 20211 min read
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Winter Moon
I venture out to test the nighttime swoon That rests beneath the colder winter moon - Its lilting songs of every dark refrain Calling me...

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Dec 3, 20211 min read
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Simplicity
Teach me, Nature, How to be humble Yet happy and carefree. Teach me the secrets of Being charitable like that Tree that braves the storm...

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Dec 3, 20211 min read
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Hunger for Light
You thought I existed Just for you... Throw me in the dark waters of the past I was fighting with myself for I can save myself to swim to...

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Dec 3, 20211 min read
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