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href=&quot;http://www.poetryvibe.com/poetry/16417/quotI-AMquot.html#.Vpbi1-xc2Qs.blogger&quot;&gt;&amp;amp;quot;I AM&amp;amp;quot;- Poetry Vibe&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetiq1der.blogspot.com/feeds/8514396285771945015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://poetiq1der.blogspot.com/2016/01/am-poetry-vibe.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8928118559097487465/posts/default/8514396285771945015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8928118559097487465/posts/default/8514396285771945015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetiq1der.blogspot.com/2016/01/am-poetry-vibe.html' title='&amp;quot;I AM&amp;quot;- Poetry Vibe'/><author><name>Poetiq1der</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04565206680820145159</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928118559097487465.post-1859331265986731144</id><published>2016-01-12T05:49:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2016-01-12T05:49:53.255-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&amp;nbsp;Maya&#39;s Eyes....I See&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;......I gaze at your picture...with awed reverence&lt;br /&gt;not&amp;nbsp; as a stalker, sycophant, or starstruck would stare&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; But, as one who can see...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I see the subtle , yet finely etched furrows of beauty and sorrow&lt;br /&gt;...of laughter and Pain.... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I see..The Caged Bird/angry, desperate, albeit, sanguine that one day &lt;br /&gt;she would be able to chirp the verses of freedom with the beak of her Quill&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stanzas of Adversity, that beg for change consume my being with the fire&lt;br /&gt;of someone intimately entwined with their Muse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet, when I see you sitting stoically unsinged by life&#39;s slings and arrows....In that picture&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel humbled and ever ready to take up the torch that you so strong yet elegantly carried &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I see....you looking at me/looking through me/ to see the kind of writer I am....The kind of man I am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I become......afraid when I see you staring back at me with&amp;nbsp; the eyes of Wisdom only whispered&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My syntax fails and my poet&#39;s lexicon pales in comparison to the&amp;nbsp; Poetry/Prose and Proclamations Penned&lt;br /&gt;Phenomally through your prescient prudence....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In....that picture - I see you scolding me, embracing me.....urging me to not just be, but...&amp;nbsp; to Become&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For, I too am Poetry.....with stories to weave,&amp;nbsp; truths to unfurl, and myths to debunk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;nbsp; am....&quot;A Stir Of Echoes From Verses Past&quot;...created and cultivated in the crucible of your consciousness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I sit...calmly at your feet and ingest the pabulum from a well fed soul&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maya Angelou&lt;br /&gt;Doctor, Teacher, Mentor -Friend&lt;br /&gt;An Uncaged Bird... Freed &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;....Wouldn&#39;t Take Nothing For My Journey Now...&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetiq1der.blogspot.com/feeds/1859331265986731144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://poetiq1der.blogspot.com/2016/01/eyes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8928118559097487465/posts/default/1859331265986731144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8928118559097487465/posts/default/1859331265986731144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetiq1der.blogspot.com/2016/01/eyes.html' title=''/><author><name>Poetiq1der</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04565206680820145159</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928118559097487465.post-7372986551142313463</id><published>2014-06-20T08:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2014-06-20T08:21:33.504-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I See/ I Feel</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; src=&quot;//www.youtube.com/embed/ae4bg_MEBVc&quot; width=&quot;480&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetiq1der.blogspot.com/feeds/7372986551142313463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://poetiq1der.blogspot.com/2014/06/i-see-i-feel.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8928118559097487465/posts/default/7372986551142313463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8928118559097487465/posts/default/7372986551142313463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetiq1der.blogspot.com/2014/06/i-see-i-feel.html' title='I See/ I Feel'/><author><name>Poetiq1der</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04565206680820145159</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928118559097487465.post-8179045312908725350</id><published>2011-06-27T09:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-27T09:27:55.019-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mothers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Nuturing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Unconditional Love"/><title type='text'>A Poem About Mothers</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;color: magenta;&quot;&gt;These special people we Love like no others&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: magenta;&quot;&gt;We Adore and we Cherish&amp;nbsp;them....A Poem About Mothers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: magenta;&quot;&gt;They&#39;re there when we need them, no ifs ands or buts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: magenta;&quot;&gt;Through our up and our downs/especially our ruts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: magenta;&quot;&gt;We may win or we may lose, but mostly when we fail&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: magenta;&quot;&gt;Still, our Mothers will be there through rain, sleet, or hail&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: magenta;&quot;&gt;You can have almost anything, but a Mother&#39;s Love you can&#39;t buy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: magenta;&quot;&gt;They&#39;ll be there in sickness....on their shoulders you&#39;ll cry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: magenta;&quot;&gt;Yes, there&#39;s all kinds of family/ aunts /sisters/brothers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: magenta;&quot;&gt;But, there&#39;s only&amp;nbsp;one who&#39;s there always....The Ones We Call Mothers&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetiq1der.blogspot.com/feeds/8179045312908725350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://poetiq1der.blogspot.com/2011/06/poem-about-mothers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8928118559097487465/posts/default/8179045312908725350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8928118559097487465/posts/default/8179045312908725350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetiq1der.blogspot.com/2011/06/poem-about-mothers.html' title='A Poem About Mothers'/><author><name>Poetiq1der</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04565206680820145159</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928118559097487465.post-2940944989266605294</id><published>2011-06-26T12:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-26T12:40:28.344-07:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Where Then Can Love Be Found?&quot;</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A place where hatred is taken captive and joyous laughter will resound&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;But, people are devoid of Understanding...Where Then Can Love Be Found?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;We&#39;re living in the Final Days/days of darkness and confusion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Through the Beast, False Prophet, Antichrist...The Masters Of Illusion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;I see a land that cries for Justice, a world where evil roams&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;I see Warfare, Pain, and Emaciation....The Elderly Left Alone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Search deeply within your beings, why have we reached this lost condition?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Where our lives now uncertain....nonexistent apparitions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Who can we blame for all the tragedy; where can we go to find a cure?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;The solution is not beyond us, only Love can make life pure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Many nations have great problems, several countries overseas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Yet, take a look, decode the cipher...they&#39;re killing minorities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Our Children, precious little ones, in recent years their hopes have waned&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;They been Shot down, Abused, Neglected/ each human shares in the blame&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;In New York City, something appalling, a day of shameful doom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;A mother had a child ripped from her belly....A Seed No Chance To Bloom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Love is cloaked in elusive Mystery; carnal man cannot obtain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;It can only be found if you Cleanse your Spirits/yes, its meaning is quite arcane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s Unconditional, Very Humble, looks not on Race or Color&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;And, I doubt very seriously you know its worth, if you can&#39;t even Love Your Brother&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;I know we can reach the apogee, so Break The Chains and don&#39;t be bound&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #38761d; font-family: Arial;&quot;&gt;Still, until that day, I&#39;ll ask a question....Where Then Can Love Be Found?&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://poetiq1der.blogspot.com/feeds/2940944989266605294/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://poetiq1der.blogspot.com/2011/06/where-then-can-love-be-found.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8928118559097487465/posts/default/2940944989266605294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8928118559097487465/posts/default/2940944989266605294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://poetiq1der.blogspot.com/2011/06/where-then-can-love-be-found.html' title='&quot;Where Then Can Love Be Found?&quot;'/><author><name>Poetiq1der</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04565206680820145159</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8928118559097487465.post-8036534509608506743</id><published>2011-06-26T12:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-26T12:09:14.430-07:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;The Homeless Are Human Too&quot;</title><content type='html'>Imagine a vagrant....asleep on a bench&lt;br /&gt;
Imagine his body/alive with foul stench&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;&quot;&gt;Picture this if you can, his life in the past&lt;/div&gt;His mother a drunk/his father lives fast&lt;br /&gt;
Cast from his home at a tender young age&lt;br /&gt;
Still going to school at the puberty stage&lt;br /&gt;
Thrown to the streets to live as a bum&lt;br /&gt;
Nobody caring/his future looks glum&lt;br /&gt;
But, The Homeless Are Human, despite disbelief&lt;br /&gt;
Most even have Wisdom, bring comfort/relief&lt;br /&gt;
So, when you start thinking they belong locked in a zoo&lt;br /&gt;
Just remember my Friends......that this could be you&lt;br /&gt;
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