Monthly Archives: July 2014

Chip on the Shoulder

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on the shoulder
remains an unseen
object attached
mentally and emotionally
through several
experiences gained
throughout days
of growing, aging
years and years
morphing with your
thoughts and attitude
for some it is
extremely small
if not at all
others its weight
slumps posture
and healthy relationships
it is that
item to be rid of
that chip on
the shoulder

-Jennie Nawrocki

 

The City

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so many people
rushing active and varied
whether you have somewhere
or nowhere to go

the city a place where the American dream awaits

lives to build
stories to construct
commerce to buy
festivities to attend
food to consume
it all happens in

the city a place where the American dream awaits

then you see it
all the culture, the landmarks
clean and dirty
residents themselves
define their city
a place where

their american dreams come alive

-Jennie Nawrocki

Mountains

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when the mountain
stands in the distance
marvelous edges
carve blue
endless foundations
as forests dapple
its sloping face
lined with waterfalls
finding hidden
crevices to pour
their contents of
winter’s melt
feeding entire
grasslands below
where fields
are tilled
year round
for their
bounties provide
food and housing
as that person
enjoys the many
sights around

-Jennie Nawrocki

Living Languages

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living languages
worlds apart
though differences
seem minuscule
they are actually
miles away
for one is a hobby
another is
how to live
never knowing
when or what
ss underneath
the cloaks
of disguise
for things are
divided as caution
many have
no understanding
some things
count and
some things don’t

-Jennie Nawrocki

War?

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Why do wars start?  We have heard of beauties abandoning their husbands for another man, to conquering the world by making only one country, then we have also heard of wars that free slaves or people who are oppressed in any way.  Entire nations have lost most of their population to killings for these reasons alone.  Some wars have cost more lives than some plagues or epidemics, so why is it we continue to have them? Why are there wars on earth? We have seen the destruction, we are taught about the atrocities that war brings in school as we study history.  However everyday you hear someone is fighting someone for some reason.  In India, Africa, the Middle East, Russia even in our own country you hear of gang wars, none of this is something to be proud of, we are still losing innocent people every day to violence, poverty and hunger.  War is not just guns and ammo it is deciding which foods to promote for surviving because there is even a war on obesity.  Again why must there be war? If there was one war, one war only we should focus on it and that is the war to bring kindness to all those around us.  It is not based on hatred at all.  Hatred of a person for what, because they were born in one city and you were born in another, or could it be because their DNA is only slightly different.  We all have bad genes even the Kennedy’s had siblings with disabilities.  A simple genetic trait, morphing of a DNA strand.  No one is immune of mutant DNA that causes disease or the freckle on your skin.  It is the precise reason we have war on our eating habits because our DNA is not perfect.  Of course there are some tests to see if you will have cancer or not but most of the time it is unknown, masked, attached to what you thought were fine genetic traits and they turn out not to be.  So when you hear of a nation like ours who went to war not once but twice over the color of ones skin, it really shows how unaccepting of differences between people and the way people are born.

Again why is there war? They say most of it is based on three things fear, power and money or all of the above.  I can understand completely the emotion of fear, we have all been afraid at one time or another and in most instances that is the result of lack of knowledge or experience or both.  Most fear is lessened through experience and education.  Although the power and money part I don’t understand.  I don’t understand how some find it easy to denounce someone for the want of money or to feel like they are better than someone else.  Most people say it is because we have never known what it means to have money and power.  The majority of people are not in the 1% as they say we do not have that status.  Which is why it is a bad example as my intent is not divide socioeconomic classes, for I have heard stories of people killing others for one dollar bill or of people stepping over bodies of others to get to the top of the ladder no matter what level they begin.  Though I always ask myself was it worth it, when listening to these stories?  Was it worth being deceitful, greedy and selfish all for what to be a leader?  Have you noticed the people revered for their leadership skills were well rounded individuals.  People like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Roosevelt, Gandhi, and the Dalai Lama to name a few.  To gain the legendary status as excellent leaders they worked through killing oppression by being selective and specific in their dealings of others who wanted nothing more than to destroy.  Even when they achieved their goals they didn’t set out to conquer a nation or a group of people to be exactly like them they fought to be themselves and to let others be who they are.  They fought simply for the reason that the world is our neighborhood and rather than destroy others we help others, imagine a war where we all get to live knowing all we interact with are our friends.

-Jennie Nawrocki

Conscious

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leap into
the sound calling
it is not doors
clasping frames
or footsteps on gravel
giving the listener
a sense of direction
it is not laughter
of conversation
or external music
bringing melodic
enjoyment
it is not cheering
of a crowd
during special occasions
or sewn strips
of creaking houses
it is our ability
to understand
our conscious

-Jennie Nawrocki

Toasty Tan

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without even knowing
a step out the door
for only a few minutes
unguarded from protection
a walk here
a look there
the once pale skin
of winter
almost translucent
in appearance
slowly becomes opaque
the pigment darkens
and deep tones
take hold
giving the skin
a toasty tan

-Jennie Nawrocki

Colloquial Terms

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new we need new
some would say
for we are tired
of those
colloquial terms
ruining creativity
of exchanged vernacular
bringing knowledge
in conversation
without force
of brain power
to think of
words to give
responding to the
listener completely
until they are
wholly understood
you get my drift, sherlock?
what did you
have to say that for?
that’s so stupid
I know

-Jennie Nawrocki

 

On The Sidewalk

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on the sidewalk
they passed
knowing each other
instantly, though
they had never met
familiarity brings
need of getting together
setting up drinks
getting to know
the person they
were already
comfortable with
feeling the need
he changes direction
quickly goes
to meet up
it isn’t a pick up line
saying simply
hello
she responded
encouraging now
the conversation
that will
continue forever

-Jennie Nawrocki