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    Simplicity, and Other Things We Overcomplicate
    Simplicity, and Other Things We Overcomplicate
    Simplicity, and Other Things We Overcomplicate
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    Simplicity, and Other Things We Overcomplicate

    By Samantha Terrell

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    Simplicity, and Other Things We Overcomplicate, the second full collection by internationally published American poet Samantha Terrell, is a poetic discourse on finding simplicity amongst the ever-increasing complexities of our world. Readers will find sixty-five poems which push the boundaries of controversy and offer peaceful resolve - fitting with Terrell's emphasis on self-awareness as a means to social awareness. Her work appeals to both new and long-time readers of the craft.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSamantha Terrell
    Release dateMar 25, 2022
    ISBN9781393423447
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      Simplicity, and Other Things We Overcomplicate - Samantha Terrell

      WHAT GRAFFITI TEACHES

      He tags a boxcar in the New York train

      Yard, before moving on to the next stain,

      He will make, or will be made of him

      Since life in the ghetto is sink or swim.

      ––––––––

      While, he stands alone in a field of hay

      Dreaming of a life far away,

      Far from here, where his girlfriend broke his heart.

      And now a train passes by, decorated with bright-colored art.

      ––––––––

      And, she wonders what it all means

      As she stares out her window, and tears stream

      Down her cheeks, hating old age, and the imprisoning

      Circumstances it brings.

      ––––––––

      And though we are all bound to our dwellings,

      Maybe – in the watching

      Of graffiti-art trains, from our respective homes –

      We will know, we are not alone.

      ~~~

      GIFTS

      To live, is to push a broom,

      ––––––––

      Stirring dried pine needles reluctantly

      From their recently acquired home –

      No longer bound to branch, they’ve landed

      Where, for months, they’d planned.

      ––––––––

      To live is to become angered

      By world news of

      Leaders in retreat,

      And demagogues and deceit.

      ––––––––

      To live is to

      Mail a birthday card

      Too late,

      Or learn an old friend passed away.

      ––––––––

      Sweep clean,

      Read news,

      Love friends,

      Receive.

      ~~~

      POSTCARDS FROM THE FUTURE

      Message #1:

      When the world got sick,

      Fevers broke and nations sighed;

      City-dwellers sang

      From balconies

      To ease the pain

      Of human suffering,

      Mask the fearful feelings

      Along with potentially-ill faces –

      Faces of uncertainty about the future,

      About ourselves, our neighbors.

      ––––––––

      Message #2:

      When the world was sick,

      It feared the worst

      Had finally come true –

      That I am a monster behind my mask,

      And so are you.

      ––––––––

      Message #3:

      Now the world’s

      Got well again,

      As it does,

      No one sings from balconies anymore,

      Just because.

      No one celebrates

      The nurses and

      Calls the doctors heroes,

      Or thanks the sanitation workers.

      But no one’s forgotten what they did, either.

      ––––––––

      Message #4:

      Dear World,

      I hope you receive this last one.

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