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Damian DeadLove wrote a new post

• 4 months, 1 week ago

Behind A Grin

Poetry

December 17, 2025

14

Cutting against the grain is tough Battle tested dressed in scars It’s never easy when it gets rough Unable to reach the falling stars Opportunity often left to chance I’m so done with second guessing Forbidden love is a cosmic dance With issues that need addressing Is...

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- Crimsin
  4 months, 1 week ago
  
  hello dearest Damian I love the flow here and the content is so true I feel you on this ❤️
  - Damian DeadLove
    4 months, 1 week ago
    
    Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Brenda. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you.
    
    Damian
- Visions_of_Insanity
  4 months, 1 week ago
  
  Well said my friend. A powerful message I can relate to.
  - Damian DeadLove
    4 months, 1 week ago
    
    Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Keith. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you.
    
    Damian
- chantepleure
  4 months ago
  
  i love this…the rhyming scheme…your words, impressively expresses the
  compelling validity that stares us in our faces. an amazing write!
  ~ c
  - Damian DeadLove
    4 months ago
    
    Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, C. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Appreciate you.
    
    Damian
- Honoria
  4 months ago
  
  Dear D,
  
  For me this was on fire. I kept thinking of close calls trying to stay in my lane at the same time of feeling lured into another. With just enough sliver of light to keep the full on pitch black from engulfing my soul. Intense write. Great piece. H🌷
  - Damian DeadLove
    4 months ago
    
    Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, H. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Too many close calls, I know the feeling as well. Appreciate you.
    
    Damian
- Thomas W. Case
  4 months ago
  
  I like how this moves through doubt and self-interrogation without rushing to answers. The questions feel earned, not rhetorical.
  - Damian DeadLove
    4 months ago
    
    Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Thomas. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Thanks for your amazing commentary and continued support. Appreciate you.
    
    Damian
- Willow
  4 months ago
  
  There’s a simultaneous sense of strength and uncertainty in this that drag at me. Like you know you made the right choice, but how close was it to the edge? That feeling I know all too well. If we’re not reviewing actions, we’re probably doomed to repeat them. Goes for individually as well as globally. Another layered one. Keep chasing thought, my friend. You always bring gold when you do
  - Damian DeadLove
    4 months ago
    
    Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Willow. So glad you connected with the write my friend. I think your commentary is a pretty spot on analysis, and it definitely applies to both. I’m too old to learn a different trick when it comes to chasing the truth my friend. lol. Appreciate you.
    
    Damian
- AnnaM44
  2 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Love this! Skepticism is not paranoia, though gaslighters may disagree. Experience provides a roladex of patterned behaviors, and when there’s multiple red flags its no longer paranoia but an obvious truth.
  - Damian DeadLove
    2 months, 3 weeks ago
    
    Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Anna. So glad you connected with the write my friend. I concur with your powerful and precise commentary. Appreciate you.
    
    Damian
RICHARD "Rascal" JENKINS posted in the group ”BACK TO POETRY BASICS”

• 4 months, 1 week ago

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SESSION EIGHT
🍀 THE IRISH LIMERICK 🍀
Wednesday, December 17th, 2025

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“THE LITERARILY NONSENSICAL LIMERICK”
Most limericks are comedic, some are downright crude, and nearly all are trivial in nature. To me, what makes the Limerick so universally appealing is the combination of…Read More

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- RICHARD "Rascal" JENKINS
  4 months ago
  
  Hey, Ya’ll!
  
  Thanks for the “LIKE”.
  
  Sure would like to see some great Limericks … they’re a “BLAST!”
  Try one, you’ll like it … LOL!
  - twofiftythree
    3 months, 4 weeks ago
    
    been workin on one. will try have finished today.
    - RICHARD "Rascal" JENKINS
      3 months, 4 weeks ago
      
      YAYYY!
- Fia Naturie
  3 months, 4 weeks ago
  
  There once was a woman from Cork
  Who ate black pudding with a fork
  When the lads came around
  The rumors were sound
  She was better than the Duchess of York
  - RICHARD "Rascal" JENKINS
    3 months, 2 weeks ago
    
    A fabulous effort, Fia!
    Meter’s off a bit, but with such rolicking humor and rhythmical ease, who’s counting, because you onviously intended to please. ; )
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    Thanks for joining-in, Dear Poetess, and “A Happy New Year to Ya!” ⁓ Richard
MichaelSunBear wrote a new post

• 4 months, 1 week ago

For You Dear

Poetry

December 16, 2025

4

I still play Janis Ian Could never leave her behind I found you in your words You are my gypsy of the wind, The winter, the barren tree koan And croak of crow You are the cat at my feet, The book, the fire spitting embers, The...

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4 Comments
- Fia Naturie
  4 months, 1 week ago
  
  This is a sweet tribute. Welcome to Stars Rite
- Kelly Scheppers
  4 months, 1 week ago
  
  You quite took my breath away with this one. I am so thrilled to have your presence here…more than I can say! x
- Damian DeadLove
  4 months, 1 week ago
  
  Beautifully penned, Michael. Excellent write my friend. Welcome to Stars Rite. Appreciate you.
  
  Damian
- Thomas W. Case
  3 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Good to see you here, my friend. This feels like love written as listening—how a voice, a song, a body of words can quietly move in and take residence. The imagery is intimate and reverent without ever tipping into sentimentality. I love how the ending opens the poem into motion and shared breath—music, road, risk. Beautifully inhabited.
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