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Living Life Poetically: The Intangible Gifts of God
About half of this poem (later titled “The Intangible Gifts of God”) was written on August 2, 2014. It was originally intended to be a song, but that plan went nowhere. At the time, all I had was the first line in the first, second, fourth, and sixth stanzas–but no…
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Living Life Poetically: True Lights
We all want happiness. We all need it. And the desire for it is naturally in our DNA. However, what truly makes us happy is something that needs deeper reflection. Some of the things we believe will make us happier might only do so temporarily. Meanwhile, some of them might…
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Living Life Poetically: Why
This week, I was told a story that made me ask “why.” I hate to be depressing here on PositLive, but we can’t avoid this topic. There are certain unfortunate things in life that are difficult or impossible to explain, like someone who’s devoted their life helping others unexpectedly passing…
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Living Life Poetically: At the Water’s Edge
After publishing “Until We Meet Again,” I wanted to write another poem that tells a story. A fictional poem of sorts. However, this time, I felt the urge to write something that’s not so much about a fictional place with fictional human characters. Rather, one that’s about nature. Similar to…
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Living Life Poetically: To All Haters, Thank You
In life, not everyone is going to like you. That is a given. Sometimes it’s because of jealousy, insecurity, or maybe because you happen to look (or were born) a certain way. Whatever the reason, hardly any of us can go through life without indirectly or directly crossing paths with…
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Living Life Poetically: A Love Poem
As the title of this poem suggests, “A Love Poem” is literally a love poem. But not just to anyone. It actually came about two and a half months ago while I was trying to fall asleep. I was feeling full of gratitude. First, a couple of lines came to…
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Living Life Poetically: Until We Meet Again
I have to admit: I’m more drawn to writing fiction. I like making up names of people and places, imagining a character’s history and personality, and doing all the creative things that go with coming up with a story. “Until We Meet Again” is a unique poem because it’s based…
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Living Life Poetically: The Fact of the Matter
There isn’t really much to say to introduce the poem, “The fact of the Matter.” I wrote it during a couple moments of reflection. It’s a poem about life, and it’s about things having a way of working out. So if something is the matter, remember the fact of the…
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Living Life Poetically: To Hope or Not to Hope
To Hope or Not to Hope is the third and final poem in my series of unfortunate poetry. I came up with the term “soul suicide”, which means making the conscious or subconscious decision to completely give up hope. It’s going through life like a robot–going through the motions with…
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Living Life Poetically: Pain Brush on a New Page
Confession: I’ve been procrastinating on writing this. But I made a promise to you and myself to post all three poems in my series of unfortunate poetry. The first was “Empty,” written in 2013. This one, “Pain Brush on a New Page,” was written in 2014. As you read “Pain…
