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

CourtneyMichellePost

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Reads 232
Votes 67
Parts 17
Time 13m

CourtneyMichellePost

📝 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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« أنَت الجَروُح الدَامْية وأنَت ألطَبيِب » by vxiii7

- روايه تجمع الثغرات بداخل الجميع وايضاً البساطه الحنونه ، فيها المريض والحزين والكسير والمنجرح والمنهزم والمدمن والطموح والغير مختار مساره بعد ولكن موج الروايه ستجعل تلك السنين التي سيعيشها بهذه الروايه تختلف تماماً عن سنين عمره الماضيه ، بطلة روايتي { نجود } تعيش بـ احد الديار القريبه من نجد تحت محاولاتها لـ اكمال دراستها وعندما تُتاح لها الفرصه تنفتح امامها كل مشاكل الارض وبعد تخطيها تجد عذاب دنياها بـ انتظارها ولكنها تجهله حتى يصبح لهيب ناره يحرق جوفها ، بينما بطلي { جابر } يعيش بـ اراضي نجران بين المخدرات والحياه الكسيفه وتسمى حياته بـ لاحياة لمن تنادي فـ السموم سممت دواخله ليس حُب بها يلتهمها انما عنادً بـ الجميع وايضاً يعشق عندما تفصله عن واقعه وتجعله انسان بغير ضمير واحساس لكي لايعذبه ضميره على افعال لم يكن له ذنبً بها ولكن تلك السموم كانت سببً بها يُعاتب ذاته على اخطاء لم يقترفها ولازال يحاسب ذاته عليها عندما يخرج من سجن ويدخل للأخر. - هذا تفصيل صغير عن ابطالي ولكن البقيه اريد ان تتعرفو عليهم وتستمتعون بقصصهم المختلفه ولـ عوالمهم الغير متشابهه بقلمي الذي ينزف على الصفحات ليخرج من دمائه اساطير لن يتخطاهم الزمان ولا ذاكرات القراء. - [ الكاتبه مها🕯️❣️ ]

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DREAM, LIKE A POPPY FLOWER by issako

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In Retrospect by kentyistyping

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Thick Skin, Blue Soul by ccj011

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« أنَت الجَروُح الدَامْية وأنَت ألطَبيِب »

- روايه تجمع الثغرات بداخل الجميع وايضاً البساطه الحنونه ، فيها المريض والحزين والكسير والمنجرح والمنهزم والمدمن والطموح والغير مختار مساره بعد ولكن موج الروايه ستجعل تلك السنين التي سيعيشها بهذه الروايه تختلف تماماً عن سنين عمره الماضيه ، بطلة روايتي { نجود } تعيش بـ احد الديار القريبه من نجد تحت محاولاتها لـ اكمال دراستها وعندما تُتاح لها الفرصه تنفتح امامها كل مشاكل الارض وبعد تخطيها تجد عذاب دنياها بـ انتظارها ولكنها تجهله حتى يصبح لهيب ناره يحرق جوفها ، بينما بطلي { جابر } يعيش بـ اراضي نجران بين المخدرات والحياه الكسيفه وتسمى حياته بـ لاحياة لمن تنادي فـ السموم سممت دواخله ليس حُب بها يلتهمها انما عنادً بـ الجميع وايضاً يعشق عندما تفصله عن واقعه وتجعله انسان بغير ضمير واحساس لكي لايعذبه ضميره على افعال لم يكن له ذنبً بها ولكن تلك السموم كانت سببً بها يُعاتب ذاته على اخطاء لم يقترفها ولازال يحاسب ذاته عليها عندما يخرج من سجن ويدخل للأخر. - هذا تفصيل صغير عن ابطالي ولكن البقيه اريد ان تتعرفو عليهم وتستمتعون بقصصهم المختلفه ولـ عوالمهم الغير متشابهه بقلمي الذي ينزف على الصفحات ليخرج من دمائه اساطير لن يتخطاهم الزمان ولا ذاكرات القراء. - [ الكاتبه مها🕯️❣️ ]