Tag Archives: poetry

Poverty

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poverty surrounds
people in clothes
worn several times
frequently washing
looking presentable
enough as not deter
those they ask
for food, for money
they live to gather
what they don’t have
searching for jobs
finding this is their only job
asking to survive
searching for a chance
wanting a break
from the struggles
given from their birth

-Jennie Nawrocki

Fluttered

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fluttered are the insides
jumbling with emotion
deciphering through its
possibilities of actions
settle with the choice
making preparations
planning thoroughly
it should be done
it is a must
it will work
then comes the moment
now, proceed, now
fluttered are the insides
as the beginning occurs
moving cautiously
thinking each motion
there it is completed
waiting the results
personal reflections
versus another perspective
maybe they will match
maybe they will collide
only next interactions
calm the inner being
fluttering inside

-Jennie Nawrocki

Market

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vendors line aisles
within areas smaller
than hallway closets
crammed with merchandise
their entire inventory
on display
waiting hours
sellers mind their booth
sometimes even a wall
doesn’t separate
similar goods
showed by competitors
giving the same product
simultaneous fulfillment
of needs rendered from
the customer and the seller

-Jennie Nawrocki

A Novice

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slow deciding
moving ahead
taking skills
further than imagined
developing them
little by little
until ready
actual material
created from thoughts
continuously turning
into words,
sentences, stanzas,
paragraphs, stories
and more, a lot more
with each phoneme
appreciation mentioned
exponentially from
a novice to a writer

-Jennie Nawrocki

Words

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words mixed and mashed
for what counted long ago
makes no sense today
ever changing scenarios
morph pictures unreadable
though the people remain
speaking in conversations
relating events of the day
mixing and mashing words
until something is understood

-Jennie Nawrocki

can……..only

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can a rose by any other name smell as sweet
     only if it is a different flower
can the universe have aliens
     only if you believe
can a writer be impersonal in their writing
     only through creativity
can simple objects become sexual
     only when the right words are used
can impossible occur
     only in miracles
can people go crazy looking for something
     only if they are chasing rabbit trails
can the world stop spinning
     only in dreams

-Jennie Nawrocki