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Willpower and Discipline

Willpower and discipline,
have long been two of theĀ 
most despised words in theĀ 
english language to me.

What character flaw prevents Ā 
the willpower and discipline
necessary to be the person
I imagine myself capable of being?

A half-lived lifeĀ is heartbreaking.
There is no acceptable excuse,Ā 
not age or disability.

Even people with no limbsĀ 
live empowered livesĀ 
built on willp...

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disability   discipline   empowerment   friends   heartbreak   life   loneliness. regret   poems   poetry   reflection   relationships   weakness   willpower

Technique

The way I write…
I brainstorm twenty titles
words or phrases
that sound good to me
that subconsciously
already feel like parts of me
then I refine them
and refine them
pile them up around my feet

And when I’m in the mood to write
I’ll either start writing
(with aim or aimlessly)
until I get stuck
then I grab a title
work it in the lock
release whatever’s hidden
(and it feels good...

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friends   poems   poetry   process   thoughts   words   writing

Eyrignac

As I walked

through the garden dew

'tween clipped box and shapely yew,

'tween hard hornbeam and

'tween friends

a perfect peace descends

Ā 

As I walked

from the round green room

past dusky shade and roses' bloom,

past shapely hedge and

past huge urns

the garden quiet returns

Ā 

As I walked

in the lakeside glory

to the enchanted terrace torri,

to the ...

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companionship   Eyrignac   France   friends   gardens   hedges   jardins   topiary

15 minutes of Sonnet 25

It’s not love they play it’sĀ another game

Where what matters is who can count the most

Playing duck and dive, surfers search for fame

Notching names upon digital bedposts

Ā 

Their followers adore them with their likes

Each character praised as if from God

If their own petard hoists them onto spikes

Then surely, it’s the crowd that has turned odd.

Ā 

Their ledger marking...

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friends   NaPoWriMo   napowrimo2019   Shakespeare   sonnets   Twitter

Open Mike Night

One night a week IĀ go out for a beer

To visit with friendsĀ and seek out good cheer

Its open mike, tho I do not play

I do sing along and cheer away.

There's always the regulars, there's Jeff and there's John

And sometimes Bobby will be around

Newbies are cool and always a treat

But the show that can't ever be beat...

Malcolm! They always save him til the end

With his keyb...

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beer   celebration   Comradeship   friends   fun   open mike

68 Grafton St 1977

We took acid

Saw things

We stumbled acrossĀ 

Hull university

Fields

With reds and yellows

Blues and glowing

Things floating

In our heads

So funny

We laughed

And called and yelled

And danced

And pretended

We were famous

Musicians

Ā 

And we went home

We became a football team

And kicked the ball in

The living room

Where we did

Everythin...

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Autobiography   drugs   friends   lost youth   Student life

Against Wind

Ā 

Make it easy. Do it simple.

Just pray for God, to bless.

Love colleagues, & friends.
Ā 
Surely, you gain a higher success,


Do it now, don't delay it.

Do it again, day by day.

Get that job, reach the top.

Not impossible, just try.


Do advise, every friend.

Shiny future, comes at end.

Do your best. Now, get rid.

Of any weakness, at any wind.

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against   blessing   friends   God   hopeless   Love   prayer   simple   stone   storm   strong   weakness   wind

The Theater

The Theater

Today, we're togetherĀ 

Tomorrow, we're apartĀ 

As Cinema .. as the Theater,Ā 

An End for the StartĀ 

Ā 

Thanks to God for LifeĀ 

To work .. earn and learnĀ 

Pray .. to keep SurviveĀ 

Happiness to reach and YearnĀ 

Ā 

Surely, you're assignedĀ 

For a role to achieve a goalĀ 

Unless you've that mindĀ 

You need to heal your soul

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benazouz   Cinema   Club   Colleagues   Company   Country   Departing   Family   Fans   Friends   Group   Leaving   Meeting   Relationship   Team   Theater   Traveling   World

Writer's Block

When you get writer's block
go for a walk

findĀ a friendĀ 
have a talk

blow bubbles
spin a top

count stars
watch birds flock

whatever you doĀ 

don't stareĀ 
at a blank page

as the clock
goes tick-tock.Ā 
Ā 

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birds   blank page   bubbles   connection   friends   funny   humorous poetry   nature   stars   time   writer's block   writing life

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