Sharon Frances
Struggle
To all of you who signed up for Daily Poetry, I want to ask you for patience and compassion. I am a person with ambitious ideas and...
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 20, 2023
- 1 min
Let's be like this
You spin until you fall Kick your legs Wave your hands while I play the chords and we sing into a wildflower burst I am nervous I want to...
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 19, 2023
- 1 min
The Vine
clinging to worth a vine narrowly chokes me with doubt about what happened when I left myself out in the rain When I lay on a bench...
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 18, 2023
- 1 min
Stand
I stare at the coffee stained napkin, a second hand spoon and a pen resting on the brown liquid spatters The news program hums Shots,...
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 15, 2023
- 1 min
Hold
A beautiful smile Sparkling like sequins Soft like flowers She holds us all together My hand Your heart His promises Her secrets Their...
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 15, 2023
- 2 min
I love you most
You build a monster from blocks Like the one in your closet Pieces spread around you I will probably step on one While you are at school...
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 13, 2023
- 2 min
An offering
Poems just feel good. To write and read, to give and receive. I asked friends if they would like to receive a poem written by me. I...
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 11, 2023
- 1 min
Poetry is...
You may have seen her painting— legs and feet stick out from the canvas edge, surrounded by ripples of water or cascades of fabric,...
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 9, 2023
- 2 min
The Hammer
I used the toddler step to wash my hands, time to eat Near the tippy top You can reach it, don’t stop The boards worn now Red, blue,...
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 8, 2023
- 1 min
What Fills Me
a cup a well a reservoir after the rain a heart a head my body once again I fill myself in the everyday my backyard was a dry field of...
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 7, 2023
- 1 min
Lean into the night
I look back at her unsuspecting face So busy A buzzing bee Tending her garden Spreading pollen To help everything grow Except herself So...
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 4, 2023
- 1 min
Light as a feather
Ten. In April We pretend to be dead Light as a feather, stiff as a board Fifty. In August I pretend to have energy Heavy as lead, itchy...
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 3, 2023
- 1 min
Touch
Have you felt the scar yet? The tissue is tough, The skin is tight. You are afraid to. That's okay. Take it slow. Here... just a finger....
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 3, 2023
- 1 min
Me Too
Concrete pours over Her mind, her body, my soul. We are arrested in every me too. Have you been yelled into a corner until you cry? Me...
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 3, 2023
- 1 min
Teen Me
I lay here waiting, it isn't the first time. You come in, shirt off already I guess I am ready I am supposed to be You smile at my body...
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 3, 2023
- 1 min
We
We are cracked and caked. We beam outward like the sun. We are intertwined and woven. We bend and are not broken. We curl up when it is...
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Sharon Frances
- Apr 3, 2023
- 1 min
When?
When did I get old, when was I young? When did I need to hear your voice, Feel your breath as you whisper in my ear? Was it when we were...
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Sharon Frances
- Mar 30, 2023
- 1 min
Starting New
Squish me like a lump of clay Deflate me like a balloon Break me like a weed in a storm This life has torn me up and spit me out And I...
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