Category: poetry

Three Things Challenge #892

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Three Things Challenge #M892

Your three words today are:

ATTEST

ALTITUDE

ANGLE

Mountain Night’s View 

I can attest 

To all the rest

That altitude

Is very best.

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Atop mountains

Without curtains

Of air and light

Pollution, ends.

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Maybe angles 

Reduce tangles

Of what we see

Glittered bangles.

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Night sky’s buffet

Such a display

Starred galaxies 

All on parade…

-AAA 11/28/2024

Distant Stars 

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If you stare long enough into the night 

Stars, even distant ones, come into sight.

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Bright ones that are larger or nearby 

Always more visible in our nightly sky.

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Faint ones, so far away it boggles the mind

That such distances can even be defined.

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Light pollution of our cities today 

Scares even the brightest stars away.

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Last night I stared as hard as I could 

Taking a few minutes to see what I should.

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Lights at night are too bright for me 

Obliterating what I truly want to see.

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The cosmos is wondrous to us all 

Promising beauty up each nightfall.

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So when night falls, stare into space 

Don’t be surprised if a star’s in place.

-AAA 11/28/2024

Our Drumline

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Counting to four 

Then we begin 

We know the score

That’s how we win.

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Our cadences

Among the best

The band dances 

A rhythm fest.

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Snares staccato 

Heavy bass drums

Quints bravado 

Audience comes.

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As we all march

Put on a show

Serve the best parched

Best way we know.

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Bright cymbals crash

Tonal basses

Sticking panache 

Smiling faces.

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I miss those days 

With the drumline

Captain of craze 

Or pride of mine…

-AAA 11/25/2024

Not Done Yet, By A Long Shot

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Not a person

On planet earth

Will stop my art

It’s all I’m worth.

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No hosting site

Should mess with you

With all efforts 

Honest and true.

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Don’t hate players

Despise the game

Their example 

On me, placed blame.

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Unsure of what 

That I’ll do next

Falsely accused

Now I am vexed.

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I am lucky 

Know authors

Quite positive 

Kindness offers.

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I guess for now

I’ll keep going 

All my writings 

Overflowing…

-AAA 11/25/2024

Entropy Works

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Through chaos comes organization.

Everything settles back down to normal.

Sit still, quietly for a moment, you’ll see it.

Everything happens for a reason, you just need to be far away enough to see it.

Don’t worry if you can’t see the road ahead it goes in the right direction.

Be the change, light the way for everyone in the future.

Be the spark that ignites them all, aflame.

Show everyone that change is the key to everything and staying stagnant is death.

As you grow, your world will grow, and your life will grow.

Be, that, change…

-aaa

Originally Published 05/24/2024

Writing Life

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Writing poetry isn’t very easy

As inspiration strikes we’re busy.

🤪

Placing words together that rhyme

Like “time”, “slime”, and “mime”

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To compose a limerick that’s not cheesy.

-aaa

Originally Published 05/24/2024

The Wisdom of Mistakes

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There’s wisdom in the mistakes

No matter how much your heart breaks.

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There are lessons in each falling

Until you find your calling.

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There is truth after the deceit

Then you’ll learn you’re complete.

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There is love after hate

To this there is no debate.

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There are rainbows after your storms

To remind you that you’re living and warm.

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There’s acceptance in your odd

So be thankful to your creator or God.

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In the weakness, you’ll find you are strong

Even if your journey is long.

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In the end, you’ll pass each test

In finding yourself, being the very best…

-aaa

Originally Published 05/23/2024

She Wanted…

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She wanted to be pleased

So I obliged her.

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She wanted to feel safe

So I protected her.

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She wanted to feel love

So I loved her.

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She wanted to be taken

So I took her.

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She wanted to be excited

So I excited her.

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She wanted to be delighted.

So I delighted her.

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She wanted appreciation

So I appreciated her.

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She wanted to relaxation

So I relaxed her.

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She wanted to be desired

So I desired her.

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She wanted to be admired

So I admired her.

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She wanted peace

So I calmed her.

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She wanted to share vulnerability

So I trusted her.

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She wanted to be kissed

So I kissed her.

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She wanted to be missed

So I missed her.

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She wanted to belong

So I held her.

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She wanted to be strong

So I strengthened her.

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She wanted to be free

So I freed her…

-aaa

Originally Published 05/23/2024

Lessons In Heartbreak 

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Does it hurt? 

Good then it was a lesson.

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Did you think? 

Good, you’re using your brain.

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Did you cry? 

Good, then you felt something.

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Did you die? 

No, good, whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

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Did you grow? 

Good, each heartbreak makes you more aware what you want in your life.

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Did you care? 

Yes, good, being the bigger person isn’t easy, but it is everything.

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Do you reflect?

Good, reflection gains perspective.

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Do you know yourself? 

Good, consider the journey and hardships.

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Did you read this? 

Great, thank you for doing so, have a great day…

-AAA 11/24/2024

Nostalgia or Change?

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Wonder where I’d go

if I had a time machine.

Change some decisions

Formerly made with regrets

Relive pasts that I forget?

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Or maybe go back

And meet with my younger self

Giving grave warnings

About desperation’s hell 

To live a life of my dreams.

-AAA 11/24/2024

Friday Night Home Football Games

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Remembering 

Friday in band 

Football games 

Played in the stands.

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We’d march in line

Onto the field 

Playing anthems

Our classmates reeled.

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Then marching out 

Off, we would flow 

Back to our seats

Till halftime, shows.

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Then back we’d march

Wet dewy grass 

Perform our show 

From first to last.

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Classmates cheering

Clapping their hands 

Building us up

From metal stands.

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From in the stands

Also play songs

Cheerleaders dance

All the game long.

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Occasional

Storms, join the fun 

Lightning and rain 

Soaked everyone.

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After the game

March back to school

Either rain or shine 

That was the rule.

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Cadences play

Rhythm is cool

Loud drums echo

Our empty school.

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Marching darkness

It’s a late night

Heading towards 

The sole bright light.

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To our band room 

Instruments stowed

Uniforms off

Homeward we’d go.

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Now that its safe 

I can feel tired

My drumline’s done

More than required.

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Some friends will wait 

Lit by the moon

For dinner at 

Our greasy spoon.

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It’s ten thirty

The car lights bright

We depart home

Till next game night…

-AAA 11/24/2024

Godmother Long Gone

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Your name carries 

On windy days 

Whispered by birds,

hawks, and blue jays.

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Softly spoken

Almost a prayer 

Close both my eyes

You’re standing there.

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Twenty years gone 

Feels even longer 

My love for you 

Had grown stronger.

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Wish you could see

Who I am now

Evolution 

And, holy cow.

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No so afraid

Like in my youth

Brave decisions

Sharing my truth.

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I think she’d smile 

A whole lot more 

Challenge myself

More than before.

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I miss her warmth

She really cared

Reassurance

When I got scared. 

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She made me laugh

Even in tears 

A gift she’s had 

Throughout the years.

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So when songs play

I sing by choice 

She’ll harmonize

In her sweet voice…

-AAA 11/24/2024

Social Anxiety 

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Heaping mountains

Of building doubt

Block your front door

You can’t get out.

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Your heart races 

Your pulse is high

Anxiety 

Makes your brain fry.

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It’s in your head 

Many friends say

They just don’t know

It’s not child’s play.

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All emotions

At once you feel

This isn’t fake

It’s harshly real.

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Believing mind

Over matter 

It’s not a choice

Some are shattered.

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Much braver than 

A lion’s pride

Building up strength

Going outside.

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So keep in mind

Some don’t come near 

Not for spite but 

Deep seated fear…

-AAA 11/22/2024

One To Ten 

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One is first 

Two, obviously second 

Three is next while 

Four has beckoned.

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Five is quite odd 

Six is more even 

Seven is sure nifty

Eight is for Stephen.

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Nine is close to 

Ten at the end of

Basic counting numbers

Enjoy, my friends…

-AAA 11/22/2024

Broken 

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IV tubes 

Bruises purple and blue and red

She stirs in pain 

From a cold hospital bed.

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Her surgery is done

Fixing her femur shattered

Broken in three places

Her comfort is what matters.

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As hourly nurses in poke and prod 

She tries to rest if she can 

Putting the pieces back together

Will be her next plan,

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Immobile and needing care 

Future physical therapy so she can walk

Everything has been so scary

She’s so weak she can barely talk.

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She’ll bide her time and regain strength

Confined to her cold hospital bed 

Twists and turns of the challenge before her 

Are troubling her once peaceful head…

-AAA 11/22/2024

Fading Into Obscurity 

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It’s happened

I fade away 

No one’s reading

Less views per day.

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I’m just not sure

What can I do

To ebb the flow

Or am I through.

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Once my blog bloomed

Thousands of views

Now low hundreds

What can I do.

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Working so hard

Readers engaged

Nothing to do 

Seeming so strange.

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Should I give up 

What if I quit

Stopped my writings

Somewhat legit.

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Feeling so down

Trying my best

Doesn’t matter

I need to rest.

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Some jealous folks

Went to WordPress

Unfounded lies 

Were their success 

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Blogging future 

In front of me

Fading into

Obscurity…

-AAA 11/22/2024