Jeff's Poetry

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49 poems · all collections

grit

January 3, 2026 · Choice

not what you wanted to hear, not what is. exactly what you too face, haven't you seen this thin ice cut into skin so very thin? grit, grin, groan, grating
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the good life

December 19, 2025 · Choice

is said to be do as you want, do what you want whenever you want. but biology has a way of penalizing, bringing sentences no judges do. ouch, a pain, a brain fog or a slow anguish - till a person starts to bargain
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residue

December 15, 2025 · Choice

a trick played once, quite dazzling when the enchantment is great! puppets move as if of own volition, a clown becomes laughter of the party even though it pulls the strings and an enraptured audience sways like
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belief

December 15, 2025 · Choice

it's what y o u want - to feel good when the tide is high surf towards the moon! a tugging, a coherent not possible gets shut down. towards the sky, sun, stars
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it's complicated

December 9, 2025 · Choice

looks easy on paper, execution not so much then they say not to give a sermon, i've been guilty too of giving sermons. who wants a lecture? burn, burn, burn in hell! who wants that?
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misdiagnosis

December 5, 2025 · Choice

a fever, a headache, a sneeze and it really could be anything without going through all that diagnostics, what is it? a malaise, a despondent feeling, a negative energy and the fortune teller said a tall handsome man
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insatiable

December 4, 2025 · Choice

yawns so very wide, like a black hole swallowing up the sun. winks out of existence, wolves howl when the moon no longer makes her exit
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laud

November 29, 2025 · Choice

the world reflected what he wanted to hear, then he found it wasn't what he felt when the word came pouring in. the heart reflected on the word rained down, the man found the logic within actions that the passion came pouring out.
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