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A scary bunch

This morning I was having a conversation 

a slightly uncomfortable conversation . 

I thought about a world without men

and my boyfriend seemed upset.

"Even without me?" he asked 

and that was a though one to answer.

I thought about a world with no fear

no fear for my body, no fear for me.

But honestly a world without him,

that is even more scary to think about. 

"I wo...

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Mother the Mother

A series of haiku poems inspired by the wonderful nurturing, supportive mothers in my life - thank you for *planting the forest* :

 

I am a splinter 

What I need is a forest 

Mother the Mother 

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Tender and swollen 

Every inch of my being

Mother the Mother 

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Sitting in silence 

Musing, panicking, drowning 

Mother the Mother 

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Whiskey in a Teacup

                                Whiskey in a Teacup 

 

S​he walks with grace, her steps a gentle rain,
A whisper in the wind, yet a storm contained.

Her presence feels like fine whiskey's warm embrace,
The kind of beauty that disrupts the world's pace.

Her aura pulls, like a magnet of soul,
An invitation to lose all control.

Eyes like honey, with a dangerous glow,
Her warmth is ...

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Peak Ale

Peak Ale

Rivers of beer flow down the mountainside

Like spring time rain fresh wet refreshing drowning

So lovely to sooth you no worries mountain beer

Very strong just what the doctor ordered

Drink your fill have enough to drown in

You will not feel death it’ll be like birth

New beginnings brought by peak beer

Brewed atop the summit by a Goddess

See people lined up to su...

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