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Simple Absolute

Posted on April 26, 2022August 2, 2022 by Erin B.
What most satisfies us
is not
a simple absolute.

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Posted in Poems on LifeTagged absolute, satisfies, simple

Slowly

Posted on April 25, 2022October 26, 2022 by Erin B.
He had awakened
a slumber in me,
with lips
to kiss
so slowly, slowly, slowly.

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Posted in Poem on Love, This One is for YouTagged kiss, lips, slowly, slumber

Beneath The Pain

Posted on April 25, 2022August 2, 2022 by Erin B.
Beneath the pain
was a woman who could
write like that.

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Posted in I Am Woman, Poems on Heartbreak, Poems on Sadness, Poems on WritingTagged pain, woman, write

What They Think

Posted on April 25, 2022August 2, 2022 by Erin B.
weaker
small brain
less hair
inferiority...
men say what they think
of women.

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Posted in I Am Woman, Poems on Anger, Poems on Life, Poems on SadnessTagged brain, hair, inferiority, men, say, think, weaker, women

Dying

Posted on April 25, 2022August 2, 2022 by Erin B.
I simply am dying
of love.

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Posted in Poem on Love, Poems on Heartbreak, Poems on SadnessTagged dying, love, simply

Like A Queen

Posted on April 24, 2022August 2, 2022 by Erin B.
Express
willed determination
in the face of suffering
like a queen.

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Posted in I Am Woman, Poems on Beauty, Poems on Happiness, Poems on LifeTagged determination, face, queen, suffering

Capitalism

Posted on April 24, 2022August 2, 2022 by Erin B.
The dehumanizing effect
of capitalism,
the rich have such ambivalence
that workers have erupted in violence
between classes.

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Posted in Poems on LifeTagged ambivalence, capitalism, classes, dehumanizing, effect, erupted, rich, violence, workers

Look For Happiness

Posted on April 21, 2022August 2, 2022 by Erin B.
Look for happiness
in the world.

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Posted in Chasing the Light, Poems on Happiness, Poems on TravelingTagged happiness, look, world

Myself

Posted on April 20, 2022October 22, 2022 by Erin B.
I see it now,
I do not love anybody
except myself.

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Posted in Poem on Love, Poems on SadnessTagged anybody, love, myself

Convenient Life

Posted on April 19, 2022August 2, 2022 by Erin B.
Can I learn to love
the boring, comfortable, convenient life
which is
passing me by?

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Posted in A Simple Life, Poems on Life, Poems on SadnessTagged boring, comfortable, convenient, life, love

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