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I have been writing since I was eight years born & raised in northern new jersey. After having two near-death experiences and losing my passion for writing poetry, my daughter, girlfriend, and my grade school teacher got me back into the art of words. I remember a conversation that I had with my teacher. He told me the jocks might get the girls now but keep writing poetry because the words will get the words the girls once the jocks are old and fat later. Now I have the love of my life due to the poem I left on her car windshield. P.S. The poem The PROPOSAL was a success. She said yes, so the teacher was right."I THINK MY WORDS KNOW YOU" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. Web. 24 Jul 2023... PLEASE CHECKOUT MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL THE POETRY OF A MAD HIPPIE POET

  September 2022     5 hours ago

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MOUNTAINTOP

Here, I sit alone on this mountaintop, listening to the sound of the pouring rain and looking at this painting that some may call a masterpiece. I get no rest. It seems like I am always awake. Who is it that is looking for my soul to take

Here I...

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LET ME SLEEP

Why won't these dreams let me sleep at night
? What in the real world do they care for me to see, and why won't they let me sleep? I see more than enough during the day. What is it that I must see during these god-awful hours? Bring me a drink and...

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BORN

I lay here naked, just like the day I was born
I look for the lessons that I was meant to learn
only if I was not stuck inside of dreams waiting for them to turn into reality
I sit here in the corner with tears falling from my eyes, just like the...

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SHOWER

I can not sleep for the second night, so I pace back and forth. I drink warm milk and shower cold, but I still can not get this thought out of my head, which stands right before my mind. I want to holler and scream, but life is just a dream.

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LIONS DEN

Will I ever be the hero that I was sent to be
I sit on the mountain, looking down, not making a single sound. Strangeness covers me like the clouds cover the sky. I ask myself, who is meant to be saved and why? What do the gods see that I do not

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so true

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thanks glad u enjoyed

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thanks i just found it after 30 years and tweaked it

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what are you talking about

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truth

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i never heard of them until you brought them up

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the opening line

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thanks I dig your work a lot but there are messages in everything they are watching

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Ty the 2nd part is called i heaven within my words

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so true

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glad you did you should read I found heaven within my words

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keep up the great job and believe in your craft

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Great stuff

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, thanks for the kind words. You should read the 2nd part the proposal

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Thanks, man it means a lot

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