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  February 2024     1 month ago

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It's Time

Here is a poem you've never seen,
I didn't write it to be mean;
I wrote this poem because I'm sad,
The news, you see, is really bad.
Ukraine and Haiti are on fire,
And Gaza waits Israelie ire.

One can only stand so much
Of war and violent...

– by Jim Lewis

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Vulnerability

Sometimes it's easier to tarry on the fringe,
Not to probe, not to peel, not to find out things.
Sometimes the rose-colored glass shows best,
Filtering the unwashed, injurious rays,
Surrendering the ornament only,
Peerless, painless. pleasing...

– by Jim Lewis

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The poet is able to capture by his/her choice of words and sense of lyricism the ethereal essence of the music and the musician alike. Well done!

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I could feel the writer's pain.

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