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Between Deadlines and Dreams: Poems from the Margins of Modern Life

CourtneyMichellePost

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Reads 229
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Parts 17
Time 13m

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📝 Between Deadlines and Dreams, from Sunday to Someday...  This poetry collection moves through the motions of a modern week-emails and errands, meeting rooms and bedrooms, inner doubts and outward gestures. What begins as a Sunday night unease unravels into small awakenings, office hauntings, feeling hunted, sensual city encounters, and existential wanderings.

With sharp wit and quiet depth, these poems document the overlooked moments where truth often hides: in between meetings, before breakfast, after a glance, and just before bed.

**a new poem will be added to this collection each week!  Add this to your reading list to see how in continues 😉

Your votes and constructive feedback are greatly appreciated 🙏

...Rankings...
#1 in #contemporarypoetry - August 27, 2025
#2 in #quietrebellion - August 20, 2025
#2 in #everydaylife - July 22, 2025
#7 in #thought-provoking - July 8, 2025
#6 in #adulthumor - July 8, 2025
#2 in #modernlife - July 8, 2025
#2 in #prosepoetry - July 8, 2025
#1 in #worklife - July 8, 2025
#1 in #modernwoman - June 29, 2025All Rights Reserved

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