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      <title>Poetry by Stephenie Taylor</title>
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      <pubDate>2021-09-20 03:41:48 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Hi</title>
         <author>thestephenie</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/thestephenie/Bookmarks/wish/1764086752</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Feel free to post  your favorite quotes or poems that you or someone else has written. Also pictures/artwork.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-09-23 21:22:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>A poem</title>
         <author>thestephenie</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/thestephenie/Bookmarks/wish/1764101169</link>
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         <pubDate>2021-09-23 21:34:48 UTC</pubDate>
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         <author>thestephenie</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/thestephenie/Bookmarks/wish/1764119610</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Talking About Change&nbsp;<br>By Summer-Bryze<br><br>The season went and seasons came,<br>Sweet summers turned into sour falls,<br>In a matter of weeks in the September rain.<br>Days blur together,<br>Until they all start to feel the same.<br><br>Oh, what could we do?<br>There seems to be nothing new. . .<br>Oh, what if you were in my shoes?<br><br>The seasons went and seasons came,<br>Sour falls turned into bitter winters,<br>I start to feel a little crazy and a little insane.<br>How do you escape your head . . ?<br>This careless, thunderous mind I’ve got to tame.<br><br>Oh, what could I do?<br>The playlist is stuck on a loop,<br>Tell me what you’d do in my shoes.<br><br>The seasons went and seasons came,<br>Bitter winters turned into tart springs,<br>Everything the winter stole, spring reclaimed.<br>And thus begins the time for the&nbsp; famous showers and lovely little flowers,<br>It seems every picture taken is miraculously, perfectly, and naturally framed.<br><br>Oh, what is there to do?<br>All the lovely caged birds have finally flown the coup,<br>It’s kind of nice to be in my shoes.<br><br>The seasons went and seasons came,<br>Tart springs turned into sweet summers,<br>Now it seems there is no one to blame.<br>I realize everything little thing will be okay,<br>After all, all I have to do is call out the Lord’s name.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-09-23 21:50:51 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Poem for today</title>
         <author>thestephenie</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/thestephenie/Bookmarks/wish/1765464864</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>The Breeze<br>By Esmeralda Esther<br><br></div><div>The breeze moves around me,</div><div>whispering in my ear</div><div>like a mother calming her child with a lullaby.<br><br></div><div>It counteracts the heat of the sun with cooling fingers</div><div><br></div><div>It comforts me whispering:&nbsp;</div><div>it'll be okay,</div><div>you can worry about life later,</div><div>but for now just rest</div><div>until I fall asleep in its cooling embrace.<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-09-24 11:58:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>By the Hand (song/poem)</title>
         <author>thebryzeway</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/thestephenie/Bookmarks/wish/1766566606</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Why am I holding my breath?</div><div>I need to take the plunge,</div><div>Trust in God,</div><div>Who let the air fill my lungs.</div><div><br></div><div>What am I running from?</div><div>What am I running from?</div><div>What am I running from?</div><div><br></div><div>Have no need to fear,</div><div>No reason to shut my eyes,</div><div>This is the Lord’s plan,</div><div>It won’t be my demise.</div><div><br></div><div>What am I running from?</div><div>What am I running from?</div><div>What am I running from?</div><div><br></div><div>And just as I step up on the ledge,</div><div>I start to hear a voice,</div><div>Tellin’ me turn around,</div><div>While I still have a choice.</div><div><br></div><div>Where is it coming from?</div><div>Where is it coming from?</div><div>Where is it coming from?</div><div><br></div><div>I’m stumbling backward,</div><div>I’m cowering away,</div><div>How on Earth did I get here?</div><div>Deep down I know I need to stay.</div><div><br></div><div>How did I get so numb?</div><div>How did I get so numb?</div><div>How did I get so numb?</div><div><br></div><div>One of these day’s I’ll be back on the edge,</div><div>‘Cause You were there to lead me by the hand,</div><div>One of these days I’ll jump in,</div><div>But now I can barely stand.</div><div><br></div><div>So hold me up till I can,</div><div>Give me the strength to stand,</div><div>Supporting me like my biggest fan,</div><div>This is bigger than,</div><div>‘Cause I know this is all part of Your plan.</div><div><br></div><div>You’re taking me by the hand,</div><div>Giving me the strength to stand,</div><div>This is Your plan.</div><div>Taking me by the hand.</div><div>This is bigger than,</div><div>‘Cause, it’s all part of Your plan.</div><div><br></div><div>So why am I not diving in?</div><div>Why am I not diving in?</div><div>Am I ready to dive in?</div><div>I think I’m finally ready to dive in. . .</div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-09-24 20:52:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Today&#39;s poem</title>
         <author>thestephenie</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/thestephenie/Bookmarks/wish/1767785860</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Nature’s Peace</div><div>By Esmeralda Esther<br><br></div><div>I am entranced by the calm, serene waterfall scene</div><div>The water rushes over the rocks</div><div>like a bird who has been set free.</div><div><br></div><div>The butterflies flitting to and fro</div><div>Capture my attention-</div><div>But only for a moment,</div><div>For there is so much to see.</div><div><br></div><div>The lake that the waterfall creates</div><div>Is clear as glass, calm and still-</div><div>With no movement.</div><div><br></div><div>The only thing that breaks the silence</div><div>is the sound of birds chirping-</div><div>Like musical bells.</div><div><br></div><div>As I lie under the canopy of trees,</div><div>I watch the sunlight filter down,</div><div>And as a sense of peace fills me from head to toe and nature’s music washes over me</div><div>I wish I could stay here-</div><div>Forever<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-09-25 20:57:33 UTC</pubDate>
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