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Lucky Clovers
Image Credit: Unsplash- Lulu Lovering Her mother told her to count her lucky clovers. Bury knees-deep in overgrowth of the four leaves, little hearts cusped together by stems. Weeds to many. Wonders to a mere few. She told her to carry them with her, press them in worn-bound books. To return to later— turn them…
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Space
Image Credit: Unsplash- Hunter Newton Space Not really a place But we’re always in a race To get to this place That’s just empty But full of everything At the same time There is no time In space No time No place It’s everything and nothing all at once Like you You were everything and…
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Numbness
Image Source: Pexels- MART Production Sometimes I feel like I don’t feel anything at all And like nothing anyone could do or say would change that Like I’m completely numb I want to cry, but I can’t I want to laugh, but I can’t Like my face has been drawn on and can’t be erased…
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A Siren’s Wrath
Image Source: Unsplash- Good Days Digital This will be the fourth ship I have sunk in as many days. Usually, I am not so fortunate. I have had bad luck— despite all of the ships I’ve led to their dooms, my end goal has evaded me. It has occurred to me more than once that…
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Booked It, Sis! Why That Last-Minute Vacation Might Just Save Your Sanity
Image Credit: Pexels- Jess Loiterton Look. You’ve been responsible. You’ve responded to all the emails, remembered your friend’s baby shower gift (barely), and meal-prepped like the productive queen you are. But suddenly it hits you, it’s August, your toes haven’t touched sand, and your passport is starting to judge you from the drawer. You, my…
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Whispers Of A Forgotten Truth
Image Credit: Unsplash- Frankie Mish Let them play Those drums within me, Like a storm, it rages on Let my love be warm again I’ve been fighting this This feeling of truth and warmth Let it play once again. From my youth I was born to warmth, Warmth turned cold Warmth not recognized Look at…
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Praise Song For My Mother
Image Credit: Pexels- Freepik O dearest beloved! Black lapis lazuli, That glows like Guinness. Living image of Aphrodite; My beloved, my mother. If the sun is what, The moon needs to alight, The stygian night sky, Then you are all I needed, To illuminate my world. Oh my mother, Heaven blesses your hands! May all…
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From The Air Vent
Image Source: Pinterest From the air vent, as in Venting my bottled emotions onto paper. My digital diary, If you will, My one place I feel safe. The one place I feel safe Is this poetry I share with you: A peak behind the mask I have so carefully crafted, For this time, I have…
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Days Unravel Slowly
Image Credit: Pexels- Jess Loiterton Days unravel slowly, as a June haze to wildflower warmth. Her flip-flops clog abandoned to stories written in the sand, her summer house hanging on by splinters by the outstretched bog. First touched by summer’s heat. Then, the ebb and flow of the waves hugged at her bare feet. It…
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A Note For My Granny
Image Credit: Pexels- MART PRODUCTION Today I sent a short note to heaven, To my grandma beyond those skies. I told her how I miss her nighttime stories, And those wrinkles around her eyes. First, I tried looking on the porch, To see if she still sat in her chair. But I thought I again…
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The Sound Of Sunshine
Image Credit: Unsplash- Lucas Andrade Isla and her best friend Marina were driving to their favorite beach, Dolphin Cove, to spend the first week of their summer vacation. As Isla and Marina approached Dolphin Cove, Isla turned on “The Sound of Sunshine” by Michael Franti & Spearhead—a song that had become one of their favorite…
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Barbie & Us
Image Source: Pinterest When Barbie came out in 2023, we all had incredibly high expectations. And why wouldn’t we, with the marketing campaigns, the premieres, the outfits, the movie stills, the songs, the catchiest one-liners, and with an Oscar-nominated cast? We all knew Barbie was going to be a ‘coming-of-age, profound, feminist film’ like all…
