Your Favorite Poems

Kätzchen · 10-11-2020, 04:21 PM

After A While

After a while, you learn the subtle difference

between holding a hand and chaining a soul

And you learn the love doesn't mean leaning

and company doesn't always mean security

And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts

and presents aren't promises

And you begin to accept your defeats

with your head up and your eyes ahead

With the grace of a woman

and not the grief of a child

And you learn to build all your roads on today

because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.

After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much.

So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul

instead of waiting for somebody to bring you flowers.

And you learn that you really can endure

that you are really strong and that you really do have worth.

And you learn and you learn,

with every goodbye you learn.

by Veronica A. Shoffstall (1971)

Stone-Butch · 10-11-2020, 10:15 PM

https://youtu.be/HJfbrJs4VqI

The Glove and the Lions

This is truly one of my favorites.

Kätzchen · 01-16-2021, 10:32 AM

Stone-Butch · 01-16-2021, 07:16 PM

Kätzchen · 01-21-2021, 02:24 PM

Link to full text of her inaugural poem & news article:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/...amanda-gorman/

10-11-2020, 04:21 PM	#1
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow ツ Posts: 16,060 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,111 Thanked 33,517 Times in 10,643 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	After A While After a while, you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul And you learn the love doesn't mean leaning and company doesn't always mean security And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises And you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead With the grace of a woman and not the grief of a child And you learn to build all your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight. After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much. So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for somebody to bring you flowers. And you learn that you really can endure that you are really strong and that you really do have worth. And you learn and you learn, with every goodbye you learn. by Veronica A. Shoffstall (1971) __________________ “If you get close to what you love, who you are is revealed to you,” — Ethan Hawke.

10-11-2020, 10:15 PM	#2
Stone-Butch Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stonebutch Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 3,620 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,228 Thanked 9,293 Times in 3,001 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Favorite poem https://youtu.be/HJfbrJs4VqI The Glove and the Lions This is truly one of my favorites.

01-16-2021, 10:32 AM	#3
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01-21-2021, 02:24 PM	#5
Kätzchen Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow ツ Posts: 16,060 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,111 Thanked 33,517 Times in 10,643 Posts Rep Power: 21474868	The Hill We Climb \| Amanda Gorman Link to full text of her inaugural poem & news article: https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/...amanda-gorman/ __________________ “If you get close to what you love, who you are is revealed to you,” — Ethan Hawke.