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randyjohnson
Poem Published
26th Sep 2020 00:24am
26th Sep 2020 00:24am
55th Wedding Anniversary
Today would've been Mom and Dad's 55th anniversary if they had lived. They were married on September 25, 1965. Dad was seventeen (almost eighteen) at the time. Mom was also only seventeen.
They were both so young that they both needed a parent's permission. Mom's older sister thought she could sign for Mom to get married, but she learned that only a parent or guardian could do it.
Papaw Greene (Mom's Dad) was having his supper when he was asked to sign. Papaw Greene said "Let me finish eating my hot dog and I'll sign".
My brother and his wife (Rick and Vernie)...
They were both so young that they both needed a parent's permission. Mom's older sister thought she could sign for Mom to get married, but she learned that only a parent or guardian could do it.
Papaw Greene (Mom's Dad) was having his supper when he was asked to sign. Papaw Greene said "Let me finish eating my hot dog and I'll sign".
My brother and his wife (Rick and Vernie)...
#marriage
#anniversary
#nonfiction
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Countrygirl96
Poem Published
25th Sep 2020 8:38pm
25th Sep 2020 8:38pm
Uncle Jeff
I didn't want to say goodbye to you just yet
Unfortunately you didn't have much time left and it breaks my heart
Knowing how sick you were and how fast your health was declining
I admired you. You were so kind and loving. You generous. You loved your family and would do anything for them. You would give the shirt off your back if someone was in need.
I want to thank you for taking care of Brandi while she was in college and all you did for her.
We will miss you saying grace at all our family holidays. That was something I looked forward to hearing was your prayer....
Unfortunately you didn't have much time left and it breaks my heart
Knowing how sick you were and how fast your health was declining
I admired you. You were so kind and loving. You generous. You loved your family and would do anything for them. You would give the shirt off your back if someone was in need.
I want to thank you for taking care of Brandi while she was in college and all you did for her.
We will miss you saying grace at all our family holidays. That was something I looked forward to hearing was your prayer....
#grief
#death
#IMissYou
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
24th Sep 2020 8:40pm
24th Sep 2020 8:40pm
Why I Hate Guns
This article is about my hatred of guns. When I was a teenager, I thought it would be cool to own a gun, but I changed my mind. Don't get me wrong. I'm not one of these people who wants to disarm America. I have no problem with people owning a gun or guns. But only if they are responsible. If you are an irresponsible gun owner, you should have your gun or guns taken away immediately.
A couple of gun owners turned me against guns. One of these things happened here in Tennessee close to thirty years ago. On a cold winter night, a nine year old girl was chilly. She decided to get an...
A couple of gun owners turned me against guns. One of these things happened here in Tennessee close to thirty years ago. On a cold winter night, a nine year old girl was chilly. She decided to get an...
#children
#death
#tragedy #nonfiction
#tragedy #nonfiction
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Em-ily
Poem Published
24th Sep 2020 1:09pm
24th Sep 2020 1:09pm
Poem About Today
All religions are different in the same way; they are a group of humanity reconciling with extensions of the past, projecting forward the group's hopes, forward, usualy in opposition to existing commonalities.
Often times they support themselves upon at least portions of the old commonality, maintaining frameworks while demolishing what are seen to be fallacies or outdated perspectives
The future is like human philosophy because humanity is a myth of a myth. Far better, that, for humanity's history. What is called God instead of myth has come about as the result of...
Often times they support themselves upon at least portions of the old commonality, maintaining frameworks while demolishing what are seen to be fallacies or outdated perspectives
The future is like human philosophy because humanity is a myth of a myth. Far better, that, for humanity's history. What is called God instead of myth has come about as the result of...
#love
#spiritual
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Em-ily
Poem Published
23rd Sep 2020 1:38pm
23rd Sep 2020 1:38pm
Poem About Tomorrow
I said, "Spiritual help."
I always have God’s prayers.
“Put it in,” I said.
And we will talk about the ancients called a Christ and a Buddha -
Thay are powerful magicians in the long term. They seek not only to attain enlightenment, but to bring it, as well. They accurate inner knowledge and pretty precise astrological dynamics. Pinpoint, even.
They have great spiritual knowledge of deep work and always appear to be in the right place at the right time, even when they appear to be in the wrong place. They...
I always have God’s prayers.
“Put it in,” I said.
And we will talk about the ancients called a Christ and a Buddha -
Thay are powerful magicians in the long term. They seek not only to attain enlightenment, but to bring it, as well. They accurate inner knowledge and pretty precise astrological dynamics. Pinpoint, even.
They have great spiritual knowledge of deep work and always appear to be in the right place at the right time, even when they appear to be in the wrong place. They...
#love
#spiritual
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Em-ily
Poem Published
22nd Sep 2020 00:34am
22nd Sep 2020 00:34am
Poem About Yesterday Afternoon
This is another song i had last week at
lunch in New Orleans. Although i think
it makes you feel like a horse. So i think
i'll tell you about it.
In the past, i thought i would go outside
the church at some point during the day
Sit down (i went there today) and think
to talk to the nun. i don’t know any
nuns, but i do know.
i think they are very good. At least i
think beauty is beautiful. And all the ...
lunch in New Orleans. Although i think
it makes you feel like a horse. So i think
i'll tell you about it.
In the past, i thought i would go outside
the church at some point during the day
Sit down (i went there today) and think
to talk to the nun. i don’t know any
nuns, but i do know.
i think they are very good. At least i
think beauty is beautiful. And all the ...
#love
#spiritual
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hanagara
Poem Published
21st Sep 2020 4:22am
21st Sep 2020 4:22am
私が反省するのは、
何かは誰もどっかで聞いたほうがドラマチックやったと思うけど、こんな詳細にはわからんかって、光って熱量持つから怖いけど ...
何かは誰もどっかで聞いたほうがドラマチックやったと思うけど、こんな詳細にはわからんかって、光って熱量持つから怖いけど ...
#kindness
#hope
#admiration #respect
#admiration #respect
21 reads
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BlueBeastGirl
Poem Published
20th Sep 2020 00:33am
20th Sep 2020 00:33am
Dear readers
Hello!
My name is Blue and you've probably been reading my poems or maybe this is the first one you've clicked on
Either way... Hi
I genuinely enjoy the feedback you give and the insight that you have offered to me over the years.
Lately... I've really struggled with responding to comments on my poems
I write poetry because I don't know how not to
This is where I release tension in my brain
I write about dreams/nightmares I've experienced
Emotions I go through, mental health stuff
My weird complicated relationships and the ghosts of those...
My name is Blue and you've probably been reading my poems or maybe this is the first one you've clicked on
Either way... Hi
I genuinely enjoy the feedback you give and the insight that you have offered to me over the years.
Lately... I've really struggled with responding to comments on my poems
I write poetry because I don't know how not to
This is where I release tension in my brain
I write about dreams/nightmares I've experienced
Emotions I go through, mental health stuff
My weird complicated relationships and the ghosts of those...
#happiness
#kindness
#motivational #gratitude
#motivational #gratitude
61 reads
7 Comments
adagio
Poem Published
19th Sep 2020 4:41pm
19th Sep 2020 4:41pm
Dreams Go I.
With dreams go I. Into the shadows of Larkspurs and shade. Gentle meadows with flowing pekoe, and summer butterflies with green eyes. Raising the bella memories of honey bears and trees. With visions of Winnie and Roo. Then off to church to learn the Golden Rule.
#dreams
#philosophical
29 reads
4 Comments
unnifaomsl
Poem Published
17th Sep 2020 5:46pm
17th Sep 2020 5:46pm
Like Me
I hold everything inside
and I can't remember the grocery list,
or what time I need to be at that meeting
but i remember watching basketball with my dad
and like a million different songs
I remember all the restaurants i've been to
and all the books ive read
and i am beginning to realize
it's because those memories are dense.
they have a weight to them
yet they float right to the surface of my mind
as if no time has passed.
it's because of this that everything can be traumatizing.
there are confines of happiness and one...
and I can't remember the grocery list,
or what time I need to be at that meeting
but i remember watching basketball with my dad
and like a million different songs
I remember all the restaurants i've been to
and all the books ive read
and i am beginning to realize
it's because those memories are dense.
they have a weight to them
yet they float right to the surface of my mind
as if no time has passed.
it's because of this that everything can be traumatizing.
there are confines of happiness and one...
#myself
34 reads
2 Comments
randyjohnson
Poem Published
9th Sep 2020 2:15pm
9th Sep 2020 2:15pm
Fifty
My cousin would've turned fifty today if he hadn't died in 2019. His name was John Brown and he was born on September 9, 1970. He would've been on this earth for half a century if he hadn't died. He died because he used drugs.
John started out smoking pot and later did worse drugs like Meth. All John cared about was getting high and chasing women. He had the habit of finding the wrong kind of women and doing drugs. If he had said no to drugs, he'd be alive today.
When John came to my house a few years ago, I knew that he had been doing Meth. I said to him "You've been...
John started out smoking pot and later did worse drugs like Meth. All John cared about was getting high and chasing women. He had the habit of finding the wrong kind of women and doing drugs. If he had said no to drugs, he'd be alive today.
When John came to my house a few years ago, I knew that he had been doing Meth. I said to him "You've been...
#death
#birthday
#drugs #nonfiction
#drugs #nonfiction
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
8th Sep 2020 5:49pm
8th Sep 2020 5:49pm
The Stimulus Payments We Received
Certain people hate Donald Trump but they should remember something. Trump gave us $1,200 stimulus payments, plus $500 per child. That money has helped a lot of good people during this horrible and terrifying pandemic. The money sure helped me and I'm grateful for it. I like Trump a little better than I do Joe Biden. I don't like him better by leaps and bounds, but I do like Trump a little better.
i realize that Trump isn't the greatest President we've ever had. If I were to say that he's another Abraham Lincoln, I would be a bold-faced liar. Donald Trump has some flaws but I do...
i realize that Trump isn't the greatest President we've ever had. If I were to say that he's another Abraham Lincoln, I would be a bold-faced liar. Donald Trump has some flaws but I do...
#politics
#nonfiction
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