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I'm just a Christian country boy from Swansea Mass.

  November 2023     2 hours ago

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The first snowflake of Christmas Eve.

My first snowflake. 

As the first snowflakes falls, I see an endless beauty of white. I can see the magic skating on the frozen lake or sticking out my tongue to catch the falling flake. The forest floor is frozen, and it's freezing. The trees...

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You hold my heart in your hands.

My heart is in your hand.

You hold my heart in the palm of your lovely hands. You don't see it because you don't understand. I cry every night, knowing that when I wake up, you will not be by my side, but in my mind, I have to run and hide. The...

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The dagger you put into my heart.

The dagger you put into my heart.

I loved you for many years yet with your dagger, you stabbed me in the heart, ripping it apart. The words you speak cut me deep. You stole all my emotions, making me weak. In the mirror, I look and can see the...

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The lonely man of 65.

A lonely man like me of 65. 

At 65, I learned the truth: the Friday night charades with you and the beauty queens with clear skin smiles only make me sit for a while. The knock on the door that never comes, and the girls with names I can't...

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The oak tree and little boy.

The oak tree and the little boy.

I sat down and spoke to the oak tree. We were young and green. We talked about growing things, the wind, water, and weather. As I grew older, the oak tree grew so high. Now it spoke of newer things: the clouds,...

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This poem will cool you off in the summertime.

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This poem is about Christmas Eve and the first snowflakes I see.

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What a beautiful poem. I hope you're feeling better, we do care.

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I still want the girl.

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Beautiful piece of work.

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anytime.

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Okay you already know you're good.

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Well done.

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Okay this one I love.

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Beautiful.

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I love it.

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Well done.

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Beautiful piece of work.

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I love it.

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Beautiful.

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