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Stephanie Daich
Feb 6, 20231 min read
IN THE VINEYARD -Poetry by guest author by Eduard Schmidt-Zorner
I lie under the vine and look into the blue sky through the green-yellow leaves. Cockaigne... grapes grow into my mouth, drowsy,...
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Stephanie Daich
Feb 4, 20232 min read
THE POET -Poetry by guest author W Roger Carlisle
(Note: This poem was written before the Covid-19 pandemic, thus any reference to masks refers to metaphorical masks, not physical masks)...
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Stephanie Daich
Feb 2, 20231 min read
I WON'T LET ANYONE ELSE IN -Poetry
Disappointment and heartache Yet one more chance for me. Relationships that end and break Drop me to my knee. Hope lined with...
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Stephanie Daich
Feb 1, 20231 min read
THE SPEED TRAP OF HOPE -by guest author- Rp Verlaine
There are maps of our choosing with a finite indifference to logic traversed too often despite knowing ruin awaits… This is where the...
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 30, 20231 min read
VESSELS OF LOVE -Poetry
Our bodies were designed as vessels of love, To succor and comfort the feeble, To give, even as we go without....
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 29, 20231 min read
FAITH -Poetry by guest author Steve Anc
It is faith to price a flying life, When lacks hang in the air. It is faith to stare at the sun, When doom smiles from the start. It is...
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 26, 20231 min read
GREATER THAN GOLD -Poetry
A withered hand, a soggy bum, And wiry hairs out the nose. A nasal whistle, a hearing-aid hum, And blackened diabetic toes. Crevices...
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 24, 20231 min read
COLONIAL RUM -Poetry
As they take the native’s land, As their tribes they try to disband, As they hold no value for their life, A method better than the...
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 23, 20231 min read
BLUNT FREE WORDS -Poetry by guest author by Eduard Schmidt-Zorner
So far the glittering life has not blinded me and obscured my view. I see clearly in the bright glow. Although walls are being built...
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 22, 20231 min read
BETRAYED -Poetry
Betrayed by the one who should have been there. Discarded for a mere handful of silver. How could you, after all we have been through?...
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 22, 20231 min read
REGRETS -Poetry
Regrets, if only I had. Regrets are plans that went bad. ____________________________________________________________________ Regrets by...
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 19, 20232 min read
ABC FAMILY
A fan, a friend, an enemy. A parent to a child, sometimes considered a frenemy. A relationship, a bond of clemency. Banded together by...
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 18, 20231 min read
ODE TO WINTER -Poetry
Twilight of life coming to a slower pace. Light from the sun appears less often. Lifeforms fattening and hunkering in place. White...
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 16, 20231 min read
FIRST TIMES -Poetry by guest author Lynn White
He forewarned me about the eccentric landlord who, for unspecified reasons had permanently locked the front door leaving a cantankerous...
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 14, 20231 min read
ICEMAN -Poetry
Inside the frozen pond He submerges in the ice Breathing keeps him warm _________________________________________________________________...
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 9, 20231 min read
AMENDMENT -Poetry
Out of the hold of the mind’s deception, Stronger than the will of the heart, Spanning from thought’s conception, The warped mental tears...
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 6, 20231 min read
FALLEN DREAMS -Poetry
Along the path of hope and dreams, My inner thought loudly screams Of sabotage to all that’s right To ruin all with just one night. To...
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 6, 20231 min read
ART OF MENDING -Poetry by guest author- Rp Verlaine
We do not mend we break letting time steal resurgent pain walking backwards to where we ended with promises. Sweet words made under...
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 5, 20231 min read
OLYMPICS -Poetry
As they sail across the rink, As their bodies interlink, As he throws her in the air, Seemingly impossible, with much flare. The world...
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Stephanie Daich
Jan 4, 20231 min read
MY BODY! MY ABILITY! MY SOUL! -Poetry
My body! My ability! My soul! O the strength of my muscles, The workload done by me. Who’s here to complete the task? O self! My self!...
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