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    I WRITE TO BREATHE

      Sometimes I don’t write for beauty.   I write because if I don’t, I’ll drown in silence. These words—they’re the only air I got left. So if you read me… just know— This ink’s my heartbeat.   For years, I’ve written without pause— sometimes with tears, sometimes with...

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    • To cool and it’s relatable to all that write, tight

    • Chère L.,
      Beauty.
      The Chinese version:
      Beauty in the woods, where no one can hear it, is still beautiful

      The greater Amsterdam version:
      Beauty which is shared with other people, grows

      It’s almost akin to:
      Sometimes giving away makes me richer.
      All this and more you gave us with this wonderful post.

      If you’re American: Thank you very much
      In all other cases: (please) keep on keeping on (Curtis Mayfield)
      Kind regards, Gus

    • Powerfully penned, Lizz. Excellent write nicely transformed into lyrics my friend. It’s the little differences between the two that gives them each their own personality, while mirroring each other’s point in substance. Nicely done. Appreciate you.

      Damian

    • I have to agree with Damian.. he says it best! 😉

  • The Tenth Muse Speaks: Whispers Across Lesbos

    She walks on the edge of the wind,
    voice braided with sea and olive,
    each syllable a spark struck
    from the tinder of longing.

    Island-born, where the waves fold
    like a lover’s arm,
    she counts the pulses of hearts
    as though each beat were a star.

    You burn me
    my limbs betray m…Read More

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    • Curly Grace, what a great opening line: “She walks on the edge of the wind”. While I enjoyed reading the entirety of your poem, that last verse will be remembered by me. Poets, poetry, should never be “contained” or constrained. -Curt

      • Thank you, Curt. That means a lot. I’m glad those lines stayed with you. And I agree… poetry needs room to breathe.

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    Conditioned

    Back aches Feet throbs Vision strain Headache driving one insane   We came up with the saying  “the tough get it done”   I’m done… We as a society, on a whole Are charcoaled steak Extra well, with no tenderness in sight

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  • Conditioned

    Back aches
    Feet throbs
    Vision strain
    Headache driving one insane

    We came up with the saying “the tough get it done”

    I’m done…
    We as a society, on the whole
    Are charcoaled steak
    Extra well, with no tenderness in sight

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    • It does feel that way, done, charcoaled. But after last Saturday, I saw hope for many reasons beyond the numbers. But it will take more than a one and done approach. It will take sustained resistance, nonviolent activity, a refusal to obey the flames of abuse, and in our millions to stop the “grilling”.

    • Your poem rings so true, Fia,. Let’s hope that, one day, Society rediscovers tenderness, love, and caring about each other rather than all the squalid hatred, the foul judgement that has no place.

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