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Aerykah's bookshelf: favorites
March 2016 UPDATE: Read count up to 5 now. ;) This time around, I listened to the audiobook (Blackstone Audio - Narrated by: Carolyn Seymour) and thoroughly loved it!! :D I couldn't have asked for a better narrator! So if you're looking...
Another book to add to my favorites. :) There's a good reason that Lynette Eason made it onto my favorite authors list so quickly. She's a wonderfully talented suspense author who makes me want to read her books all the way through in o...
Wow. What a pleasant surprise! I mean, I did expect an enjoyable read -- this is one of Melissa Tagg's books, after all! ;) -- but I was still taken by surprise by how much I really enjoyed this book! If you know me well, you know that I...PINTEREST
Category Archives: Poetry
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I originally shared this back in….. 2012, I think? But I recently prettied it up with this photo that I found so I thought I’d share it again. 😉
Posted in Books, My Writings, Poetry
Tagged books, library, poem, poetry, shelves, writing
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Throwback to November 2015
I recently came across something the other day… something that I wrote last November. It was sort of a challenge from some friends of mine. It’s not my usual poetry style, but I gave it a shot anyway. I didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in About Me, My Writings, Poetry
Tagged about me, poem, poetry, rambling, tbt, Throwback Thursday
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Just A Dream
Just A Dream It was two weeks after the day she turned eighteen All dressed in white, going to the church that night She had his box of letters in the passenger seat Sixpence in her shoe Something borrowed, … Continue reading
Posted in Music, My Writings, Poetry, Videos
Tagged Carrie Underwood, country, Just A Dream, lyrics, music, official, poem, song, video
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When
When When my heart is breaking I know that God is there And He will pick up the pieces With tender loving care When the tears of sorrow flow My God hears my cry And will with His gentle hand … Continue reading
The Mask
The Mask She puts on the mask The mask of a smile The mask of “I’m okay” She pretends to be fine Pretends that all is well But underneath that mask Is brokenness and pain She’s tired and she’s hurting … Continue reading
Posted in My Writings, Poetry
Tagged doesn't rhyme, free verse, freestyle, hiding, mask, non-rhyming, poetry, smile, The Mask, writing
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The African Chief
The African Chief Chained in the market-place he stood, A man of giant frame, Amid the gathering multitude That shrunk to hear his name— All stern of look and strong of limb, His dark eye on the ground; And silently … Continue reading
A Prayer…
A Prayer, Under the Pressure of Violent Anguish O Thou Great Being! what Thou art, Surpasses me to know; Yet sure I am, that known to Thee Are all Thy works below. Thy creature here before Thee stands, All wretched … Continue reading
“Invictus” — “My Captain”
Invictus Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Dorothea Day, Invictus, My Captain, poems, poetry, William Ernest Henley
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Only One
ONLY ONE The music plays The people smile They play the game For a little while But when the day is over And the night is come There’s nobody else They’re only one All of it’s appearance None of them … Continue reading
Your Love
Your Love I watch the rain come down Remembering the times with you When I thought that I might drown In your love When I see a flash of lightning I catch a glimpse of your dear face And I … Continue reading
Posted in My Writings, Poetry
Tagged poem, poetry, relationships, Romance, writing, Your Love
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Expressions Of Me 