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Poetry: My back porch

My Back Porch

Is where I run to hide

To escape the threatening world inside

Life has passed me by

I am no longer welcome in my own home

The outside world beckons me

Calls me on to roam

Yet I cannot leave my back porch just yet

So I will look out

And remember the promise I made

That I will never forget

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Poetry: My back porch

  • 1 of 4

    by Adam Smith

    My Back Porch

    Is where I run to hide

    To escape the threatening world inside

    Life has passed me by

    I am no longer welcome

    read more

  • 2 of 4

    by Gerry Legister

    Whenever I need moments of privacy,

    I retreat to the vestibule of my back porch,

    With the key inside to find consistency,

    read more

  • by Moeze Lalji

    My back porch

    Is learning

    About

    The garden

    That I can grow

    For our love

    The fountain of

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  • 4 of 4

    by Barbara A. Black

    My back porch

    Really isn't a porch at all

    Although it used to be one.

    It's a storage shed for me

    And a junk room/freezer

    read more

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