Peer Poems - Poems about Peer

I am a sifter So I can be objective Regarding the sincerity of my smile About why I laugh About whom I assign The key that renders my being whole I am a sifter So I can be intentional Regarding the weight of my words About when I speak About whom I honor With the deepest secrets of my soul I am a sifter So I can be...

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No speech, no thoughts, Quiet is what they want. So that is what they get. I will never speak about love or respect- For anyone, so I will still as a stone. Cold, frozen, and hard as bone, But bones can still break and crack. Pressure, consistently adding to the stack, Of many worries that...

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Fair Lady Without Peer by Charles d’Orleans loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Fair Lady, without peer, my plea, Is that your grace will pardon me, Since I implore, on bended knee. No longer can I, privately, Keep this from you: my deep distress, When only you can comfort me, For I consider...

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("Halves of a Whole", 2019, original encaustic) The Great Paradox of Being The great paradox of being is simple really. It’s that no matter how confident we are in our own experience and values, that can all be thrown into question by our experience of others. Why is it we let other’s reactions and judgments weaken our resolve, and confidence in being who...

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Our teacher says, “By peer teaching you can learn, You can share your thoughts lovingly through cooperation” But there’s always a big problem with my peer partner, Fern She's quite clumsy! Keeps dropping her stuffs when it’s my turn. She crawls on the floor to get things, taking time to get up, Her attention is so shallow, my patience...

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The talebearer with words as sharp as nails, Etched with a mark of tales, Prancing with thoughts of maim, Proclaiming an innocent face touche, "What will you gain," "By causing peer pain," Oh talebearer foul minded you are, What is it?, bound to it you are, Rip your tongue out,call you, Rip your tongue out,save you, Two faced is your tone, No fear to your baritone, Your...

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ancients believed time lends... any-chance for anything anywhere that science be correct... so its manifestations not crrrack however two dozen ancient pyramids sank into the sands unlike the boats of plank... that carried the stones across distances to the desert locale of historic instances... of stone creations built to float on sand... ancients science and mathematics was something grand stan sand...

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Walking through the halls unopposed, Seeking weakness and pillaging fears, Bullying the weak and it’s all cheers, All those around with their eyes closed. Large crowd, feeling alone; enslaved behavior, Tied and bound to posts of false peers, No one here seems to be as they appear, Looking around seeking help from a savior. Where are angels, the volumes they speak, All over...

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Distrust lies in my heart, I’ve learned the hard way That even those who you think are for your best are for their way I was unaware of reality, so my opinions were swayed; I was left alone, I felt like no one wanted to stay I remember carrying a lot of darkness in my head; ...

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. for public domain I noticed a hollow in the banyan seed, but I would not have seen a hollow was there if not for the boundary, the inner lining of the flesh. And so I notice when I look inside me, deep beyond the hum and the light, silence lays bare. An emptiness hovers there, where the light and the hollow mesh....

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his daughter is smiling this bedouin full of trust but she is so beguiling and bed her I must "fair lady, enchantment I see would you care to dance" "kind sir, you honour me I am grateful for a chance" Can we love forever and forget never she moves with such grace matching his swing and sway and as they embrace they merge into a ballet she agrees to...

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blazing hot like cayenne pepper, especially in adolescent years, malleable youths bend and capitulate to peer pressure; grown folks take the bait, too. it could be a simple "try this like the rest of us cool kids!" or just an effortless nudge of "you're missing out!" to descend an impressionable youngster down down ...

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Man loves friends Babies have toys as friends Children have peer groups as friends Young men like making friends Friends can become spouses Entrepreneurs have ambitions and dreams as friends Stars are friends of the moon The splendid glow is the friend of sunset The shore is the friend of the sea We are friends of our grandchildren Pets are man's friends Only genuineness and sincerity...

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Technically, not a sea at all, Lake Superior churns up its share of sea storms. There is not a lot to do in Marquette, Michigan: Except for high school drivers to "buzz the gut", Or cruise past a courthouse where "Anatomy" was filmed. You could smoke dope or drink underage Under a disused, fourteen story ore pocket dock. Rusted off shards of...

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