life is beautiful

amidst life troubles, 

amidst the pain and sorrows,

amidst the tears and sleepless nights,

amidst the endless questions in our hearts,

life is still beautiful,

if you will just open your mind.

Somebody up there truly understands. 

 

 poverty, 

misery,

heartaches, 

and worries with the...

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Details and the big picture

Details and the big picture 

Small things we miss or overlook
Details of life

The little things we miss everyday
The big picture

Did you hear that child crying today?
Do you even wonder why he was crying?

Were they hungry?
Were they sad?
Were they lonely?

The details we don't pay...

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Time

Time slips away so quickly
Time flies by in a blink


Time
Space
Irrelevant

Time runs by us
Gone

Time
Emptiness
Irrelevant

Time is gone now
Goodbye

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What I feel

I feel such sadness
I feel such regret
I feel this for someone I just met

I feel unhappiness
I feel how can this be
I feel this for me

I feel we can be friends
I feel we can be lovers
I feel we can be forever

I feel all things at once
I feel I can't feel things right now
I feel this despair

I...

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An ode to jackass poetry editors who reject poets because they were either failed writers or rejected often

NO SUCH THING AS A BRIGHT RSK

 

He is a three initial editor of a poetry magazine

RSK says they are the future of the spoken word

They recycle stuff he wrote in 1976

He has a token dancing bear on the payroll

They have taken the I out of risk

Submit at your own risk

Buy...

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