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 Sep 2021 SCHEDAR
Bobby Copeland
What's worth remembering
Is hard to say,
Words being less than innocent,
Harder to  avoid than
Disappointment
Or the boneyard
And seldom adequate,
Even when arranged
Carefully,
Like a fresh cut spray
On the remains
Of what was once
Alive.
 Sep 2021 SCHEDAR
Glenn Currier
I have spent so much energy, time and money
avoiding pain
not realizing that it is a gift
its own reward
only earned
by enduring it
securing it
surrender
work
effort
sacrifice.

Can’t get it just by sitting
watching
resting
talking.

But I can earn it
by listening
abiding
patience.
The crime
is not taking time
pain is earned
with time spent
with the climb
into someone’s tortured heart.

Pain must not be spurned
it must be earned.
Author’s Note: With gratitude to Jason for his poem, “Chained,” https://hellopoetry.com/poem/4217434/chained/
 Sep 2021 SCHEDAR
Ashly Kocher
On the outside looking beautifully as can be
But on the inside drowning in my own self esteem
What’s going on with these emotions in me
When you look at me, what do you see?
 Sep 2021 SCHEDAR
Salmabanu Hatim
Through all traumas,
Keeps a poker face.
Nurses you back to health,
Stronger than her emotions,
To care for others and tolerate anything,
Gentle enough to understand her patients.
But, don't mess with her,
She is armed with sharp objects.
7/9/2022
 Sep 2021 SCHEDAR
Vanessa Gatley
Free
Ran
I danced
All year long
 Sep 2021 SCHEDAR
Eshwara Prasad
When peace is lost, hope is lost with it.
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