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I seek to touch the lives and hearts of others through the words I write. I hope to make my mark on this world in some way by helping people attune themselves to the simple beauties of life.

  June 2020     3 years ago

Submitted Poems 14 total

Perfect Life

A perfect life,
Of unmitigated, general bliss,
As far as this life is concerned,
As best as I can tell,
Consists of this:
To be able to watch the world go by
On a sunny summer day,
And to know that good times are ahead,
And to wake up each day
As if...

– by J.W. Emanuelson

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Summer 2020

Black cat scampers across the green grass, my laundry drying, crossword done,
City burns outside, shattered glass, sirens blaring, papers strewn, stores looted.
Cultural wasteland, barren wilderness, no end in sight…
Is this really the summer of...

– by J.W. Emanuelson

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Rebirth

One day there will come resurrection;
Unseen though it might be.
The dead may seem forever,
Then new life at your door;
Unseen it tiptoes in,
And hides among the shadows.
Dullness might defeat it;
Dejection rule the day.
But then rebirth appears at...

– by J.W. Emanuelson

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Dried Apricot, or Friday Lunch

I nestled my teeth into the flesh of a dried apricot,
Squishy, not firm,
Sweet, succulent, favored fruit,
And I bit into a bone.
My thoughts were these:
How the sweetest things in life always have the bitterest of endings;
Why I always desire to be...

– by J.W. Emanuelson

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Bliss

Heaven might be a banquet.
I’d be happy if it was an eternal summer’s afternoon,
Blue sky, green trees, three cats resting on the green grass…
Only slightly lesser would be a moonlit evening,
The day at its close, staring out my bedroom window,...

– by J.W. Emanuelson

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