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  • Had my spirit not been broken

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    Photo by Ashutosh Sonwani via Pexels This poem is quite fresh. This was no small penny that dropped after a lot of self reflecting and trying to make sense of […]

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  • The first time I wrote about Anger

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    Photo by cottonbro studio via Pexels If I am being honest, I struggled a little with publishing this one. The very title lets you know why I would feel a […]

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  • On acknowledging feelings

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    Photo by SHVETS production via Pexels I guess this poem is actually an exercise. I had been playing around with the idea of acknowledging, naming and understanding emotions and feelings. […]

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  • Outrage

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    Photo by Michael Morse via Pexels “Outrage” is pretty raw on my indignation about how can people simply not talk about so many important parts of life.Grief is inevitable, yet […]

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  • Once

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    Photo by Keenan Constance via Pexels I guess you can say this is my take of the poem “The Uses of Sorrow” by Mary Oliver. I read it years ago, […]

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  • About Growing Up

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    Image by Matheus Bertelli via Pexels This piece is fresh as they come. These thoughts stayed with me for a while, and were the inspiration for this poem after someone […]

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  • A Girl on a Mission

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    Image by Freepik So I’ll have to admit this one cuts deep. Some realizations come later in life, huh? What inspired me for this poem was the idea of a […]

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  • The Train

    The Train

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    Image by Schäferle via Pixabax Does discussing meaning ruin the art of poetry? I used to think so. I even have a poem about it! My sister loved to ask […]

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