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“Someone mentioned your name today,
took me down memory lane,
to a time very much younger,
a time more pure, more sane.”
― Lost in a Quatrain
took me down memory lane,
to a time very much younger,
a time more pure, more sane.”
― Lost in a Quatrain
“You will be taken for granted.
You may be hurt to your very core,
and still be asked to give a little more!”
― Lost in a Quatrain
You may be hurt to your very core,
and still be asked to give a little more!”
― Lost in a Quatrain
“I love listening to the sound of your heart beating, the comforting memory of a cuddling womb.”
― Lost in a Quatrain
― Lost in a Quatrain
“Reclining on my sofa, gazing out my window, my thoughts are adrift on the breeze, that gently sways through the nodding flowers, and rustling leaves.”
― Lost in a Quatrain
― Lost in a Quatrain
“It may very well be said that my very best work, remained in my head!”
― Lost in a Quatrain
― Lost in a Quatrain
“Our brains are our command centers.
Every thought and belief pattern we hold to be true within our core is accepted and implemented by our bodies.”
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Every thought and belief pattern we hold to be true within our core is accepted and implemented by our bodies.”
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“It is from the overflow of our cup that we give off our best to others”
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“Poetry is intimacy between poet and reader. It's revealing your truth and feeling safe acceptance in the unveiling”
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“Someone mentioned your name today,
Took me down memory lane,
To a time very much younger,
A time more pure, more sane.”
― Lost in a Quatrain
Took me down memory lane,
To a time very much younger,
A time more pure, more sane.”
― Lost in a Quatrain
“Burn the bad news,
I don't want it!
Give me instead SOUL FOOD,
from within I want to be lit!”
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I don't want it!
Give me instead SOUL FOOD,
from within I want to be lit!”
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“In order to grow, we need to know ourselves. To understand what triggers certain behaviour, we need to identify the root cause.”
― Lost in a Quatrain
― Lost in a Quatrain
“What is this life that wraps us up in tests?
That has us fleeing the demons of yesterday,
only to find them further down the path,
waiting to trip us up again?”
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That has us fleeing the demons of yesterday,
only to find them further down the path,
waiting to trip us up again?”
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“The best thing about being a writer is having the capacity to touch the heart of another being with your words”
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“They secretly scoff as you slip,
losing your dignity and integrity,
and again as you stumble,
you drop your degrees and pedigree!”
― Lost in a Quatrain
losing your dignity and integrity,
and again as you stumble,
you drop your degrees and pedigree!”
― Lost in a Quatrain
“Aloof?
Aloof you say?
I'm so sorry if I made you feel that way.
It's really not my intention,
Though the reaction is of my own invention.
You see, long ago I built a wall,
A defence mechanism as I recall.
So for me to grow close, is still very hard,
After losing that important trust card.”
― Lost in a Quatrain
Aloof you say?
I'm so sorry if I made you feel that way.
It's really not my intention,
Though the reaction is of my own invention.
You see, long ago I built a wall,
A defence mechanism as I recall.
So for me to grow close, is still very hard,
After losing that important trust card.”
― Lost in a Quatrain
“Lost in a Quatrain - the state of being deep in thought, contemplative...”
― Lost in a Quatrain
― Lost in a Quatrain
“LOVE what you're doing ... and KEEP doing it with LOVE!”
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“A drop of PURE LOVE contains an ocean of transformative power... never underestimate the ripple effect”
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“May every being not just learn but MASTER the language of Tolerance, Peace and Love”
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“by virtue of writing
we convey vital knowledge
to those still to come...
long after we've left...”
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we convey vital knowledge
to those still to come...
long after we've left...”
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“and I pondered this curiously crazy life and the things I failed to grasp as a girl but thought I understood now as a softer, wiser woman I thought about life and deathâ€� I thought about tonight’s dinner menu tooâ€�”
― Lost in a Quatrain
― Lost in a Quatrain
“I love listening to the sound of your heart beating,
the comforting memory of a cuddling womb.”
― Lost in a Quatrain
the comforting memory of a cuddling womb.”
― Lost in a Quatrain
“Life is not something we put on the back burner hoping to get to live further down the line”
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“The World comes
like a lover, courting.
But a seeker only sees
a hunter, circling its prey.”
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like a lover, courting.
But a seeker only sees
a hunter, circling its prey.”
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“I feel it in my bones now,
time slowly slipping away.
An urgency is building,
to say all I didn't or couldn't say.
I feel the need to pass on,
the lantern of my life.
Perhaps you may gain something,
to help you through some strife.
(excerpt from the poem: "I feel it in my bones")”
― Lost in a Quatrain
time slowly slipping away.
An urgency is building,
to say all I didn't or couldn't say.
I feel the need to pass on,
the lantern of my life.
Perhaps you may gain something,
to help you through some strife.
(excerpt from the poem: "I feel it in my bones")”
― Lost in a Quatrain
“Writing enables us
to leave our mark
on the world
and reach
into the future”
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to leave our mark
on the world
and reach
into the future”
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“I AM crazy and bold enough to think that I CAN change the world.... one poem at a time”
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“We cannot give to others what is lacking within us”
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“The best thing about being a writer is having my words touch the heart of another living being”
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