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June 7, 2018
Mandy Pennington
magnetic poetry

poem #2

June 7, 2018
Mandy Pennington
magnetic poetry
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they dare me to be happy

as if a blue sky can bring peace

but bliss tastes like grass after the rain

I almost believe

June 7, 2018
Mandy Pennington
magnetic poetry
June 6, 2018
Mandy Pennington
magnetic poetry

poem #1

June 6, 2018
Mandy Pennington
magnetic poetry

your soul follows hope

I can almost believe it

life tastes too simple

and you dance beneath possibility

you were there when sunshine rolled 

but I wondered

where was the rain

June 6, 2018
Mandy Pennington
magnetic poetry
November 26, 2017
Mandy Pennington

wildfire.

November 26, 2017
Mandy Pennington
wildfire.

I see the danger

run too fast

trip too much

my shoelaces start

to smolder

I climb a lonely tree

and wonder if

it'll be enough

November 26, 2017
Mandy Pennington
November 19, 2017
Mandy Pennington

failure.

November 19, 2017
Mandy Pennington
failure.

inevitably I will see again

but failure will settle down

in the void, making its room

in my soul

comfortable

fitting sheets to the bed

hanging pictures on the walls

November 19, 2017
Mandy Pennington
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October 29, 2017
Mandy Pennington

the biting words, the apathy

October 29, 2017
Mandy Pennington

turning over a new leaf

is hard in the dead of winter

trees are bare and I can’t

bear the unforgiving nature

of the snow, the branches, and

of her.

October 29, 2017
Mandy Pennington
October 22, 2017
Mandy Pennington

into the darkness

October 22, 2017
Mandy Pennington
into the darkness

I will step back into the darkness

‘cause hearts hide best there

while it burns I will drink ice water

and watch you from afar

October 22, 2017
Mandy Pennington
October 15, 2017
Mandy Pennington

the leather couch that loves me

October 15, 2017
Mandy Pennington
the leather couch that loves me

some days it’s unfair

that the rain clouds my mind

and the pillows and blankets can’t make up for

the words people say

October 15, 2017
Mandy Pennington
October 8, 2017
Mandy Pennington
How to Be Alive

How To Love Yourself

October 8, 2017
Mandy Pennington
How to Be Alive
How To Love Yourself

to say no to the little thoughts and voices and

the notes you write to yourself

the lists of wrongs and never rights

that keep you up at night, I’m telling you

are unproductive as it gets

October 8, 2017
Mandy Pennington
How to Be Alive
October 1, 2017
Mandy Pennington

my room

October 1, 2017
Mandy Pennington
my room

a string of lights that only half-work

some mascara stains on a white dress, hanging

waiting to be saved

a borrowed book mixed in with all the rest

too many blankets and pillows

for just one bed

October 1, 2017
Mandy Pennington
September 24, 2017
Mandy Pennington

losers

September 24, 2017
Mandy Pennington
losers

sometimes losers are more fun to be around

in my honest opinion

September 24, 2017
Mandy Pennington
September 17, 2017
Mandy Pennington

the same

September 17, 2017
Mandy Pennington
the same

it isn’t the same

without you around.

September 17, 2017
Mandy Pennington
September 3, 2017
Mandy Pennington

things that are broken.

September 3, 2017
Mandy Pennington
things that are broken.

I see beauty in the

three-legged cat hobbling

on my back porch

and in my shed that has

needed a paint job for decades

and in the way that “I love you”

doesn’t quite sound as good

as when I was sixteen.

September 3, 2017
Mandy Pennington
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September 3, 2017
Mandy Pennington

experiment

September 3, 2017
Mandy Pennington
experiment

they’d forgotten to invite her,

she supposed

just an oversight.

September 3, 2017
Mandy Pennington
August 27, 2017
Mandy Pennington

Mirror

August 27, 2017
Mandy Pennington
Mirror

It skids across the ground
and smashes into the wall
A thousand shards.

August 27, 2017
Mandy Pennington
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August 20, 2017
Mandy Pennington

Neighbor

August 20, 2017
Mandy Pennington
Neighbor

The other day I saw her walking

with a cat on a leash and

a huge sun hat so I couldn't see her face

just wisps of grey hair and

stumpy legs under a pleated,

floral skirt

August 20, 2017
Mandy Pennington
August 7, 2017
Mandy Pennington
How to Be Alive

How to ride a bike

August 7, 2017
Mandy Pennington
How to Be Alive
How to ride a bike

you’re a little bit scarred

a little bit scared

to ride for a while

and when you do you

fasten your training wheels back on

with a little shame

but eventually, you can

take them off again

August 7, 2017
Mandy Pennington
How to Be Alive
July 10, 2017
Mandy Pennington

Hope

July 10, 2017
Mandy Pennington
Hope

they’ve told me what

a beautiful life this

is

 

sometimes I fail to see.

July 10, 2017
Mandy Pennington
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July 1, 2017
Mandy Pennington
How to Be Alive

How to misunderstand

July 1, 2017
Mandy Pennington
How to Be Alive
How to misunderstand

I can’t survive this mountain climb

and stormy nights where I lose my footing in

the torrent of your apathy

and then I see a misty light and live for that

July 1, 2017
Mandy Pennington
How to Be Alive
June 28, 2017
Mandy Pennington

weather moods.

June 28, 2017
Mandy Pennington
weather moods.

but a much bigger view reveals that

I am much too small

for something as big and blue to be crying for me

it’s not crying for you

either

but I am.

June 28, 2017
Mandy Pennington
June 26, 2017
Mandy Pennington
How to Be Alive

How to build a rocketship

June 26, 2017
Mandy Pennington
How to Be Alive
How to build a rocketship

make your engine strong and

pour in

gallons of your bitterness

to fuel the fire to make it fly

and distant stars will light your way

far far away from even the sunrise

June 26, 2017
Mandy Pennington
How to Be Alive
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