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Category: . Philosophical
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Legacy for a Daughter and Hers

Legacy for a Daughter and Hers

I cannot leave you a house–it wouldn’t be your home. But I can bequeath you apples crisp against bright sky, …

 #dream #inheritance #legacy #Susanne Donoghue
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. Philosophical / Life / Metrical / Rhyme
All Is as It Appears

All Is as It Appears

We each and all perceive and only see our own conceptions of reality. Sometimes it seems that two or more …

 #Benjamin G. Mosley #natural laws #perception
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. Philosophical / Life / Metrical / Rhyme
Some People

Some People

Some people dine on caviar, some like their fish and chips, for some the thought of pie and mash will …

 #chance #diversity #Patricia Curtis #people #unity
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. Philosophical / Hope / Metrical / Rhyme
The Photographer

The Photographer

She sees the world with six intrepid eyes. Her left is analytical and calm; her right, the rudder of a …

 #Kaleb Pier #perception #photography #sonnet
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. Philosophical / Death / Life / Metrical / Rhyme
The Ship of Life

The Ship of Life

Based on Rev. Luther F. Beecher’s “Gone From My Sight” (a/k/a “The Parable of Immortality” often attributed to Henry Van …

 #farewell #immortality #John T. Baker #sail
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. Philosophical / Fixed Form / Hope / Life / Love / Metrical / Rhyme
to be yourself

to be yourself

Perhaps you feel the sky is always gray where worry and anxiety reside. Perhaps there never seems to be a …

 #Christopher Jervis #discouragement #optimism #sonnet #struggle
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. Philosophical / Life / Metrical / Rhyme
Human Contact

Human Contact

A smart-phone firmly fixed within his hand, obsessed by dazzling pixels on the screen the boy submits, seduced by its …

 #Christopher Jervis #isolation #sonnet #technology
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. Philosophical / Free Verse / Nature
Land Remains

Land Remains

It is still there, that tangled tannin creek, coursing its lazy drift northward through rushes of wind-whipped cattails and pink …

 #change #earth #Mark Andrew J. Terry #permanence
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