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May 11 Cheryl Ann Warner

afrota

Do not rewrite the past.
No hand can erase
what time has carved
in wounded skin.

Let your oldest notebook
inscribe the first line
of a new tale —
written in fresh tears
and the sweat
of becoming
a future still unfolding.

#philosophical #philosophy #inspiring

May 8 Cheryl Ann Warner

Ode To Michael Parks

May 8 Cheryl Ann Warner

Kurt Philip Behm

Ode To Michael Parks

Only a few
make a pact
with the wind

Only a few
know the joy
there within

Free of the shadow
that follows
and stalks

Escaping
tomorrow
in moments recaught

Horizons lie waiting
as pilgrims
embark

Voices like magnets
pull light
from the dark

Only a few
hear the music
on high

Through handlebar
portals
— embraced by the sky

(Dreamsleep: May, 2025)

May 6 Cheryl Ann Warner

Poetic weaponary

May 6 Cheryl Ann Warner

Bekah Halle

Poetic weaponary

We don't fight
With fists or guns
But with words;
Ideas, ideals and puns.

We are a movement, use your words for good!

#poeticweaponary #fightthegoidfight

May 6 Cheryl Ann Warner

Wilted

May 6 Cheryl Ann Warner

The Wilted Witch

Wilted

I am wilted. I am weary.
I am weathered. I am worn.
I am stuffed with seeping sadness, and stewed in sticky, seething scorn.

I am deflated. Thoughts debunked.
And I am drowned in desperate dread.
When I soak my roots in water, I find it dries them out instead.

I am wilted. I am weary.
I am wilted. I am worn.

This has many versions. This is the pillar.

May 5 Cheryl Ann Warner

POETRY HEALS

May 5 Cheryl Ann Warner

Blue Sapphire

POETRY HEALS

I was once curiously asked:
"Why write poetry?
Does it pay the bills?"

I replied with a smile:
"It does far more than that -
it heals."

May 4 Cheryl Ann Warner

:|§|: Iffy :|§|:

May 4 Cheryl Ann Warner

Jeremy Betts

:|§|: Iffy :|§|:

~ Cinquain ~
The first line and the last line mirror one another in sound, and the number of syllables increases by two with each line before abruptly decreasing: 2-4-6-8-2.
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The word Cinquain is the French word for "bundle of five objects."
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#cinquain #foresight #conclusions #sight #night #darkness #moonlight