John R. Hinton
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These words are my own unless designated otherwise. President, Poetry Society of Indiana. 2022 Pushcart Prize Nominee #poet
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why does it seem like everyone has something wrong with them? chronic illnesses, mental health issues, etc. What has caused us to be in such a state? I certainly don't think it's "natural". There seems to be an epidemic of ill health.
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Associate yourself with an element.
Are you Earth, Water, Fire, or Air?
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Anyone want anything from the apple orchard?
Do you have a favorite apple?
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Making the difficult decision to say goodbye to this good boy. Rescued him from a shelter in Kentucky over 10 years ago. He's had a good life. May 5th will be his bon voyage but until then Bo will be celebrated enthusiastically.
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What was the first song you listened to today?
Mine: George Harrison's, My Sweet Lord.
Not my typical genre but I'm working on a project.
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Writers/Poets: where do the majority of your ideas begin?
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funniest fight i ever had. a kid at was demonstrating his karate moves and accidentally punched me in the mouth. I spit into my hand and there was a piece of tooth. I don't know what look i had on my face but the kid took off and didn't come back to work for 3 days out of fear
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You ever stop and think about how surreal this world is?
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You aren't an artist because you sell, you're an artist because you create
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My last living uncle turns 101 tomorrow. A factory worker, a farmer, a goat stockman. A man of faith and integrity.
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I want you to do more than follow me. I want us to interact. You have insights, experiences and wisdom i don't have and i'd love to learn from you.
We humans are such fascinating creatures.
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our body is merely metaphor
do you understand?
everything we think, we feel
are manifestations that mirror the soul
To be
#eviscerated
whether by deprivation or disembowelment
an experience, a reality beyond flesh
graphic depictions of our spirit's journey through time
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perhaps better phrased, "people who don't drink aren't weird because they don't drink". I think most picked up on the implied meaning. But it does reflect the nuances of sentence structure. And i love this watercooler discussion! Lord knows I'm one of the weirdest in the bunch
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too much nakedness of bodies, not enough nakedness of soul.
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Tell me something simple that gives you joy.
For me, it is my spice cabinet with spices from around the world.
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there's a
#persimmon
tree
just blocks from me
when the fruits are ripe
branches too high for human hands
only the birds & squirrels can reach them
many fall to the ground
painting the sidewalk, red-orange stain
and what a sad painting it is
a depiction of sweetness wasted
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Today would have been my dad's 99th birthday. I was born to older parents. Dad had a hard, tragic life. He loved Zero candy bars. I don't. But every year i get one and eat it in memoriam. I love you dad.
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A batch of home-canned cranberry juice. A little sugar, cinnamon and clove. Yum.
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to love me
is to invite
#infection
into your soul
my passion is as sepsis
your heart will race
your temperate will rise
there is no cure for the disease of me
even if you survive
you'll always suffer from my damage
because i will have loved you like no other
ruined
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Have you ever considered
Death, and the grave, as
#chrysalis
?
from this condition of flesh
into the earth to digest ourself
transforming into-
now that's the question, isn't it
what will we become
This condition we perceive as terminal
a station where we await departure
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To my ne'ver born son:
how desperately i miss you
this was supposed to be your birthday
i've cried since i woke up
these empty arms ache from
the weight of never holding you
hollow is so, so heavy
with cracking voice
i'll sing the lullaby intended for you
my beloved boy, Kai
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Flushed
#vermillion
The landscape of her desire
I laid my body in her valley
My face resting upon her aromatic oasis
A place of sensuous peace
Lulling me into a dream of pleasure
Sunset seduction as deeper the dreaming
This is no mirage, it is immersion
Shade of heaven
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i am a
#shipwreck
of dreams
lost to the seas of forgetfulness
what once was treasure, now debris
the wreckage of my hopes so far displaced
their very meaning now erased
you'd think the cause was catastrophic storm
strange how it takes so little to capsize us
i am sunken
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@Nickyshearsby22
What's "successful"? The fact I wrote a book and put it out to the world is epic!
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I said, "Hey foxy lady"
She slapped me with her tail
"why'd you do that?
you're a fox, after all"
she turned away
snoot in the air
my cheek now stinging & colored
the same hue as her fur
I walked away shaking my head
You can't say anything anymore
even if it's true
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every word between us
from reluctant hellos to
friendly banter to
intimate exchanges to
breathless whispers
the
#vernacular
of falling in love
isn't it strange,
how we create a language that's ours alone
where even our silence speaks so eloquently
the story of our passion
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@hopeygilmore
it's 50 degrees in Indiana and I want to sit in a freezer because i'm burning up!
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Love is to be found not in the arms of the one who understands us but the one that accepts us
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hey, here's a thought. In 2023, compete with me. not against me, with me. Together, let's work to meet our goals. Me supporting you, you supporting me. You in?
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perhaps love is our honey
& we humans are as the
#Bumblebee
love, like the sugary nectar
gives us the energy of hope
it gives us wings to fly, and
the stamina to keep the hive of our hearts
the perfect temperature for happiness
i want to be a worker bee
love-honey warrior
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Friends, fellow travelers
yours truly will be having cervical spine surgery on Tuesday.
I'll be off work for 3 months to heal
I would appreciate all the good vibes, prayers
positive juju you'd be willing to send my direction
Hopefully it won't keep me from writing poetry! 😉
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one little act of kindness can turn an entirely horrible day into a good day.
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I am youngest in December
I still believe in magic
I hold to the fantasy of peace
I am naive, pure
Like the first falling snow
I will be my youngest in my December
When my leaves have fallen
And, my limbs are bare
I will wait expectantly for the last snowflakes
To kiss me goodbye
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It is an act of
#rebellion
to love unguarded
all barriers removed, all walls lowered
to say, "I surrender myself to any outcome"
love is not for the weak
it isn't for the reserved
it isn't for those who won't risk all
love is only for the fearless
for passionate warriors
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What do you really want?
no lies. no pretense
no altruisms
what do you really want on a soul level?
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we're never lost
we may be uncharted
but we are never lost
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I love you ever more deeply in your absence. You won't understand this, i don't. You are always on my mind. Always. And my heart refuses to not love you.
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sometimes the poems are just words
words, my toys and i'm just playing
today's words, far from toys
the tone is my reality
i am upset, unsettled, indecisive
i am angry & afraid
i do not confess to gain any form of sympathy
i'm simply confessing the sin of my despair
forgive me
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nervously, she said
"i need to tell you my
#backstory
"
"No you don't", my reply
"there's a lot of baggage though"
I smiled, "it doesn't matter
we aren't going walking back to yesterdays
from this day forward we're traveling light"
i took her hand in mine
"let's go."
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Time for de-
#Education
we're teaching our children the wrong things
selfishness, greed, war
and the absolute disposability of everything
form lawnmowers to love
we treat it all as worthless & easily replaceable
time for a new kind of school!
but are there any educators?
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I've never found my
#community
my existence feels more like
an airport's departure gate
people always leaving me
too often, there have been no goodbyes
i wave at empty spaces
tears flooding my eyes, asking
why won't anyone ever stay?
my soul screams "welcome!"
terminal
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#beleaguer
-ed by my affections
mind, chaffed by my compliments
soul, assaulted by my passion
My love was a war she was unprepared for
my love triggered her fight instinct
but it wasn't me that was her enemy
it wasn't me she was battling
it was the fear in her heart
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some of you are so concerned about your roar, misunderstanding the elegance of your whisper.
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