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    A Few Words
    A Few Words
    A Few Words
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    A Few Words

    By Angela Banks

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    Experience poetry as a way of life. Sometimes brief and often metaphorical, these poems are significant. Words that say what they really mean inspire hope, eliminates barriers commonly created by social differences, celebrates love, and embraces the pain that naturally comes with everyday living. This candid collection of poems will make you recall the beauty of thoughts that only poetry can provide.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInspiring Voices
    Release dateOct 8, 2012
    ISBN9781462403370
    A Few Words
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    Angela Banks

    Angela Banks is a writer for Examiner.com. Her poem “Scars of My Life” received an International Readers Association award. In conjunction with many successes includes a long career in the travel industry. A graduate of King’s College, she lives in Charlotte, NC.

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      Book preview

      A Few Words - Angela Banks

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      LET THERE

      BE LIGHT

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      PART ONE

      In the beginning was…

      THE WORD.

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      BEDTIME

      I can’t close my eyes

      This nightmare it keeps me awake

      Sometimes it rains

      Sometimes there are rays

      From the sun

      But every time

      I’m too close

      To the end

      On the edge of the cliff

      At the top of the mountain

      So now I lay me down to sleep

      If I close my eyes

      I will die

      Just before I wake

      No soul

      No maker

      To keep

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      BRING ON THE MAGIC

      Magic is what happens

      When there is no past or future

      For now we can pretend

      When I walk out

      She doesn’t walk in

      We can act like he wasn’t here last night

      We can put on a show

      And leave on the lights

      Magic is what you get

      When you’re too afraid to ask

      We don’t owe each other anything

      Because we know it won’t last

      If magic is all you want

      Then magic you shall have

      Ta da!

      The real magic is

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