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Read more: Aging in AdverbsAging gracefully… while living graciously(I hope you can apply those terms to me)I still often do things impulsivelyNow, willing to accept help courageouslyTo my future self: there are several promises to keep Including 12 minute on the rower before I sleepBut first, I’ve got a hodgepodge of food to eat Thank you, Sammi. Photo by…
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Read more: Supervision RequiredHello! My name is fifty-two and I am sam-years-old. That means I’m between one day and three thousand years. Perhaps I will forever introduce myself age first. “Hello! I’m Felix and you are?” “Nice to meet you Felix. I’m sixty-two.” Why is it “valleys” not “vallies”? Why?? BTW, I prefer the look of vallies. Do you…
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Read more: Weird WildlifeRock hopping with penguinsCracking jokes along the highwayI laughed:You guys walk sillyTry doing it my wayNot paying attentionI missed a step and fell in the oceanTried hard to swim, but hypothermia set inTwo guards came to rescue Towing me back to shorePointing, I asked:Can you take me up thereWhere I was beforeHe barked:You’ve disrupted the…
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Read more: The Choice is OursTo my tribe of Earthlings Suffering from diseases of despairFueled by systemic socio-economic gapsSondering through, as synaptic blips In the web of each other’s lives If I show up with Unconditional positive regardWill you pay it onwardMoving forward Existing on an emotional spectrumWe don’t have to hurt in returnIn addition to PTSD, there is also…
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Read more: Take Me ThereStop by If only to say hiCan I convince you To stay awhile My bedroom is inviting So is the sofa The dining chairWe could forego the bedFor the stairsMusic can be made anywhereHold me closer than your guitar Strum tenderlyTune into… every part of meDesire pullsLike gravityI waitImpatiently for attentionResonance suspendedYou’ve raised every expectationI…
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Read more: InterventionAs the protector of the abused I show up and call a truce To your abuser I will utter:Today is your last dayIs there anything you’d like to say Except sorry, I was having a bad day orIt will never happen again orSome BS that blames the victim Before I allow you to speak To…
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Read more: A EulogyOne day we will care, I imagineOne day may never comeBut if it does, with joyI’ve prepared this one—Good riddance to… Any race-ismReduction via debasementBlack negativity – as it appeared in everyday languageAnti-social media – where discourse was amplified without fostering deeper understandingForced sterilizationCompulsory gestation – Woman as form lacking functionAll exploitation War and war…
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Read more: Caught UpI’m done chasing dreamsOver valleys, into streamsThey stopped by last nightVisions spoke to me clearlyNo need to run after usWe have always followed you Inspired and encouraged too This is a Tanka +2 😆 Feature image by DallE and me! © 2026 Ociola Samantha Williams. All Rights Reserved.
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Read more: Other-Wiseclubbin’ in diaphanous weargossamer fabric, no secrets herethe cosmos enticescome closer Other-Wisewise with the wisdom ofseeing without eyeswhat we don’t dream to be possible will never be donelet go of thingsyou cannot grow fromstand! in opposition wired differently as the Ra of the Sunbeams universalrotatingin the face of tradition, animuschecking to seewhat still serves usdo…
