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Incaprettamento
by George Payne

For as long as we can remember,
seeking favors of protection,
our kind has buried innocent

people alive: to protect borders.
To project strength. To prevent chaos.
To pray that the gods will not devour

us with their wrath. To honor the dead
and to raise new life from the hidden

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When Grenfell Fell
by Sharon Morgan

Can you remember the day before the morning after?
When the clock kept ticking, the hours went by;
When your tasks were planned for the day;
Children getting ready for school
Parents getting ready for work
Families getting ready for holidays
Bills to pay, friends to meet, places to visit
Flats to clean when you have a flat.
Is it now a distant memory?


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Rebecca Schaeffer
by Randy Johnson

She was very young when she was shot and killed by Robert John Bardo.
She starred in 'One Life To Live' and 'My Sister Sam' over 30 years ago.
Bardo had stalked Rebecca for three years and tragically ended her life with his gun.
Fans were forced to say goodbye to this great actress who died at the age of twenty-one.

[Dedicated to Rebecca Schaeffer (1967-1989) who died thirty years ago today on July 18, 1989.]

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Phantom, I Reckon
by Evelyn Judy Buehler

Who the figure from out of dark dreams-
Where she flees in terror and silently screams?
With the looks of a demon! What a heart of love!
And passion for the opera which plays above.

Tears of music fall from his eyes;
A face so tragic, he wears a disguise.
Lonely in love, Phantom's got the blues.
Well, I guess that's nothing new.


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89. Until The Calm
by Kea Campbell

The darkness does not knock— it seeps, and it stains.
It craws through your marrow and threads through your veins.
Not a wound to touch, nor a scar to trace.
Just a hollowing force that tried your life and stole your grace.

I hear neighbors laugh, then it twists into your cries.
I know your grief presses heavy— cold and unkind.
I’m helpless in flesh as I draft, for you, my prayers.
Oh Lord— how I would bear your sorrow and spare you these labors.


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Peter Winn
by Clare-Anne Flower

Even as I write him now he is but a poem in a poem
Oh they taken my Peter Winn farther than he’s ever been
Twas was a home by the sea.
Ti’ll they taken him from me.
Now I cry as sorrow sets and depression creeps.
Oh why take my love, my Peter Winn from me.
Wars the horror of mothers as is wives.
He left me just an empty husk of no one wanted and no one loved.
Tis my heart was twined in eternal melancholy.
To tell tales of love, loss, and utter folly.

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happy ending
by anne anonymous

sometimes the happy ending is the ending itself

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Incaprettamento
by George Payne

For as long as we can remember,
seeking favors of protection,
our kind has buried innocent

people alive: to protect borders.
To project strength. To prevent chaos.
To pray that the gods will not devour

us with their wrath. To honor the dead
and to raise new life from the hidden

......

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Unfair
by Anuska Rajbhandari

"Life's unfair"
A phrase we hear quite a lot,
All our lives,through the years.
I thought this was only a phrase,
A phrase created to make us work hard,
A phrase that leads to lower expectations of ours,
A phrase born to teach us a lesson,
A phrase to help us realise our life's a blessing.
All my life I've never thought I'd see this phrase be true,
But with everything I see happening around me I think it's cruel.

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