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>I toss and kick and cannot seem to breathe,
I do not find my road to Inner Peace,
and while I need to go all underneath
I most of all need calm and great release:

<a href="https://steemit.com/poetsunited/@vuds/the-55-types-of-poetry-forms-nr-10-iambic-pentameter">Inner Ground, the Line of Defense</a> by @vuds is an experiment using Iambic Pentameter- one of my favorite forms to read and least favorite to write in. I was impressed at how well they worked the form, as well as the content of the poem. 

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>Distant chattering
of children playing, careless
of dusk approaching.

<a href="https://steemit.com/poem/@raj808/summer-sounds-haiku">Summer Sounds</a> by @raj808 reminded me of all the things I love about summer. I love the slow softness of this collection of haiku. 

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>I scrub myself with time.
I allow myself to realize the depth of my sickness.
I soul travel to a small child’s world.

<a href="https://steemit.com/steemitschoolpoetry/@acousticsteveo/100-days-of-poetry-day-77-old-steps">Old Steps</a> by @acousticsteveo is a reminder of time's influence on the redemptive process. The line "I scrub myself with time" was just inspired. 

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>blue cruciform
nite lite
plugged into walls of
roman catholic sky.

<a href="https://steemit.com/poetry/@jamesdeagle/dream-city">Dream City</a> by @jamesdeagle is a series of images that connect the unreal with the spiritual. 

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>It was as bright as a star, as sweet as a cherry, it reverberates in my ears like a spark, it charms me so much It's a surprise, its melody was so deep, that it recorded my childhood, from it my ears are flooded, it was like a sweet fragrance

<a href="https://steemit.com/poetry/@gabrielbg/a-beautiful-melody">A Beautiful Melody</a> by @gabrielbg uses imagery and personification to describe a song that you can almost hear through the power of his words. 
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