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	<title>Reflections of a Survivor &#187; Poems</title>
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		<title>Why?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexis Leon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Optimist: Every dark cloud has a silver lining.
Pessimist: But lightening kills hundreds of people each year who are trying to find it.

Why do flowers bloom so beautifully?
Only to wilt after a few days.
Why does the sun rise and give light?
Only to set again after a while.
Why do stars twinkle so bright?
Only to a fade away [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My First Poem&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexis Leon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was tagged by Ganja Turtle.  The task is to write a poem that contains the following words—paint, hue, chi-chi, riff-raff, lava, jasmine, dolorous, gorilla, sinuous, complex, whorl, avant-garde, mish-mash and cubicle.
I had warned him that I am not a poet. But not to offend a martial arts exponent, I wrote the following, after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexis Leon</dc:creator>
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So much of what we do in life is insignificant.
So many things that we think are so important,
End up being meaningless when we step back and look.
So step forward and look into the microscope;
Examine your life and your intentions.
If you feel that things are out of sync
Then change them, change something.
Often, change is what we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Invitation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 04:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexis Leon</dc:creator>
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It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.I want to know what you ache forand if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. 
It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a foolfor lovefor your dreamfor the adventure of being alive. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be Careful&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexis Leon</dc:creator>
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Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words.
Be careful of your words, for your words become your actions.
Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits.
Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character.
Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny.
-unknown author-
Be careful of your [...]]]></description>
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