Tag: poetry
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Wander In
Wander in, little ghost, seeking shelter from thy woesLet your hand twist the knob of a door locked no longerAs your feet wade in water, shallow in name alone Wander in, little ghost, seeking shelter from thy woesLet your hands drift the rails of long forgotten oakAs your feet meet the threads, frayed in their…
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Corona Chaos
You started as a whisper from somewhere far away, another thing to ignore, not something here to stay. How clever you are! You proved us all wrong. Here you are now, still going strong. You’ve taken so much, too much to name. So many moments in time will never be the same. The highest toll…
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High Risk
His fingers wrap around the device, sliding across the smooth plastic. The rigid silicone buttons shift anxiously in their pegs. The calluses on his thumb, hovering over the power button. After a moment of pause, indecision, calculation, he stamps his warm finger down on the soft switch, leaving an imprint on his skin. Light blinds…
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Isolation
IndependentlySurrenderingOurLivesAfterThisIncidentOverlapsNations Inside,Stuck.OverwhelminglyLonely.AmbitiouslyThinkingI’veOvercomeNegativity. IncredulousSituation,OperantLiberation.AppreciativeThatI’mOptimizingNature. Take a breathtake it day by dayhour by hourWe all will bloom and see the flowers. Claire Frances Davis Claire Frances Davis is a full-time honors student at Lindenwood University, majoring in Pre-Medicine. She works full-time as well. Claire adores her four children with paws, Molly, Charlotte, Jack, and Lily. Claire has…
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