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Nicky Clifford

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I care for me

I take the stick I use to beat

myself into the ground

and throw it out because, you know,

I don’t need it around.

Continue reading I care for me

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Posted on 15th February 201715th February 2017Categories Other Great Stuff!Tags #NickyNovelist, care, gentleness, iamwriting, love, poem, poetryLeave a comment on I care for me

You

When a special someone holds out their hand and hangs on

steadily through everything. Continue reading You

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Posted on 24th December 201624th December 2016Categories Other Great Stuff!Tags #NickyNovelist, heart, love, poemLeave a comment on You

Painted Grey

 When grey is painted through your life

and each small step is tough;

when brightness leaches from your soul

and it all feels too much. Continue reading Painted Grey

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Posted on 11th December 201618th December 2016Categories My Blog, Other Great Stuff!Tags #NickyNovelist, depression, hope, iamwriting, light, poem, poet, poetry, reading, writing2 Comments on Painted Grey

When . . .

when-leaves When autumn trees shed their leaves

like snakes discarding skins;

they start anew, a fresher view

reborn again in spring.

Continue reading When . . .

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Posted on 19th November 201619th November 2016Categories My Blog, Other Great Stuff!Tags #NickyNovelist, amwriting, faith, hope, iamwriting, light, love, peace, poem, poetry, writingLeave a comment on When . . .

Lives On

lives-on

Your spirit lives on in the hearts that you touched,

with your humour, your kindness, your time;

words simply treasured and gestures of love:

these memories will always be mine.

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Posted on 25th September 2016Categories Other Great Stuff!Tags #NickyNovelist, poem, poetry, reading, remember, writingLeave a comment on Lives On

Still Morning

still-morning

Still. Peace. Quiet.

Dew-touched webs

glisten in half-baked

sun.

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Posted on 25th September 2016Categories Other Great Stuff!Tags #NickyNovelist, calm, humans, morning, peace, poem, poet, poetryLeave a comment on Still Morning

Enduring Heart

enduring-heart

 Oh this love that curls

deliciously, enmeshing my open

heart with every beat.

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Posted on 25th September 201625th September 2016Categories Other Great Stuff!Tags #NickyNovelist, amreading, amwriting, love, poem, poet, reading, writingLeave a comment on Enduring Heart

Rhythms of Peace

rhythms-of-peace

Rich red shooting drops

of curvy flutes.

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Posted on 25th September 2016Categories Other Great Stuff!Tags #NickyNovelist, beauty, nature, peace, poem, poet, poetryLeave a comment on Rhythms of Peace

Stormy Haven

stormy-haven

Those stormy skies and thunderous clouds,

the wind attacked all round;

It pushed and pulled, without respect,

disturbing al it found.  Continue reading Stormy Haven

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Posted on 25th September 2016Categories Other Great Stuff!Tags #NickyNovelist, beach, haven, poem, poems, poetry, stormLeave a comment on Stormy Haven

Home is Best

home-is-best

Wherever I roam through the countries and towns,

if a week or an hour or a year,

my heart doesn’t stray from the place that I love;

my home will always be here.

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Posted on 25th September 2016Categories Other Great Stuff!Tags #NickyNovelist, home, iamreading, iamwriting, poem, poet, poetry, reading, writingLeave a comment on Home is Best

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