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to Me

to Me

i avoided you.
i kept company 
with 
Cupid’s Cavaliers;
cuz you 
weren’t enough.
but clearly, 
i am still here, 
Dear.
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to Mind

to mind

You forgot who you work for.
You’ve been running amok.
You wake me with target practice.
You have endless ammunition,
but you don’t like division.
I’m back now; so just do your job
and then take a break, please.
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Note to Memory

Note to Memory

i sail your sea,
navigating joy 
and misery.
you’re here 
but you’re gone,
touching me 
and moving on.
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to the Man In Charge

To the 
Man in Charge

you say one thing
then do the other
and tell me that
i don’t see:
you & you don’t agree.
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To Anyone and Everyone



to Anyone 
& Everyone

passing through 
my heart 
is made 
of yesteryou.
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Note to Tree


Note to TREE

i didn’t know that
i’m here because 
your roots 
brought me
now you want me 
to touch the sky
before i die
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Note to Insincerity

Note to Insincerity

i don’t know why i
thought i was special
everyone is bait waiting
and you forget
what you didn’t mean
like it never happened
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Note to Hero

Note to Hero

i robbed my solitude
in the light of day
surrendered my right to say
i am me i am free
dread climbed into my bed
when i sighed
you took me for a ride
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Note from the Other Side

Note from the Other Side


a faithful man
believes in equality
trusts his wife
wants to see
her fly free to be
who she is
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Note to Belly Fat

Note to Belly Fat

after a few days of 
just enough
we part ways
but you keep knocking
nagging me about
having more than i need
indeed
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Note to Whoever

Note to Whoever

said they want to tap that have at 
a first crack of        purity      surety 
and sent that girl down the road
tipping on  wobbly heels with 
squeals of spinning wheels
shady deals        touch         feel         kneel 
swallowing hollow pride
to       die       of       shame
playing by the rules at the mercy of fools
like you 
maybe one day you too will rue
the error of your ways and 
think of something else to say
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Note to Shame


relations domination depression negation automation isolation impregnation criminalization civilization menstruation masturbation procrastination penetration inattention inadequate incapable inescapable ignorable ignorant irrelevant irreverent isolated overrated sexuality confinement inprisonment negativity rigidity unworthy unliked unloved unpopular unrepresented uninteresting undeserving unflattering diminishing moralizing paternalizing patronizing bullying bluffing lying cheating stealing grabbing forcing bleeding naming framing ugly deformed dirty dunce clown stupid selfish sinful sex puppetry mimicry gimmickry useless lazy  crazy foolish outlandish childish bias rape incest breasts period ridicule confinement imprisonment
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Note to the Here and Now

Note to 
the here and now

GOD doesn’t Need

interpreters or mediators or translators or prison guards or gender or time
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Note to Heart

Note to Heart

Mind never 		rests
she never 		gets
working	 	learning
sewing 	an endless seem
she		 	joins 	us 
to this	 	dream
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Note to Brick

Note to Brick

You bestowed gifts but
you didn’t give them.
You left me your legacy but 
you didn’t tell me.
You talk to me daily but
you never spoke with me.
You obstruct me so
I lean on you.
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Scribbled Note

Scribbled Note

	worry hurry scurry stress search suspect spin suffocate stagnate screw tense clench contract cancel want flutter foresee believe constipate regurgitate anticipate hesitate ruminate consternate procrastinate hyperventilate dissatisfy deny degrade dread doubt ignore tighten hold grip grasp postpone apprehend fear resent resist refuse inhibit inhabit holed up held up backed up pent up put-up shut up get up truth is truth does truth hurts truth liberates truth hibernates the hard truth the unwelcome truth the sad truth the poetic truth  the real truth truth or dare
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Posted on March 31, 2021March 31, 2021Author Martha MimsFormat ImageCategories Martha's Blog, Note to Note, PoetryTags anxiety, truth, worry Leave a comment

Dear Tummy

Dear Tummy

They weren’t yummy, I know: the words Left Ear and Right Ear fed you all these years, and Brain too, but they weren’t true. You’ve been clenching miles of lies and unanswered whys, throttling feelings that Mouth refused to set free and let things be what they be. I’m sorry. You deserve a vacation. I’m going to have a sweet conversation with Me about it.
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Note to Let Go

Note to Let Go

those fists are holding 
All that You Never 
struck back at
the fight is over
the flight is cancelled
feel fresh air
on your open palms
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Present Tense Noted

Present Tense Noted

There’s no gain in holding pain.
Memories living in your head 
should be Dead.
Thoughts and oughts aren’t Real.
How You Feel is Now.
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Note to Anxiety

Note to Anxiety

i didn’t see what i saw
hear what i heard say a word
my brain’s a train wreck
the tracks are whack
no fight or run
just frozen and dumb
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Note to Mister

Note to Mister

You know it all but nobody calls.
Your ship is tight; you’re always right.
You live in an empty house
with a mouse you named Dumb,
who takes your crumbs.
You spin the wheel and ride to the end, cut a deal, say you don’t feel, 
never bend, never mend.
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Ruminote

Ruminote

thinking is a verb
already spoken word
heard by your heart and gut
leading you to this rut
but you’ve been breathing
weaving, working, wondering 
this whole time
writing your own rhyme
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List to Note

List to Note

happy sad good bad
right wrong here gone
vow lie live die
love hate now wait
naive slick sincere trick genuine phony horse pony
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Suggest Another Note

Suggest 
Another Note

be grateful, be courageous, be authentic, be humble, be in tune, be supportive, be real, be responsible, be optimistic, be a friend, do what you feel, do what’s right
be honest with yourself
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Suggestion Noted

Suggestion Noted

	unsolicited advice, hypocrisy, pressure, intimidation, predation, domination, controlling vibration, command, overt demand, covert threat, hypnosis, curse, spell, put-down, censorship, denial,  intent, pointing finger, one way street
wolf in sheep’s clothing
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Note Where to Put It

Note Where to Put It

out of my way
in the light of day
to grow or die
without the lie
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Adolescent Notes

Adolescent Notes


Moods
Dues
Blues
Grooves
Grown

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Thank You Note

Thank you Note
hoe
ohm
fam
who
eye
am
great
full
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Love Note

Love Note 

palm over heart
circular commotion
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Posted on March 18, 2021March 17, 2021Author Martha MimsFormat ImageCategories Love Note, Martha's Blog, Note to Note, PoetryTags heart, palm Leave a comment

Note Room

Note Room

in a shun
a loan with 
yore oughts
bought what? 
you caught
and sir your
con quest
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WORD: An Anthology by A Gathering of the Tribes WORD: An Anthology by A Gathering of the Tribes

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Crazy Brave
it was amazing
Crazy Brave
by Joy Harjo
I loved this book. I picked it up in the Albuquerque airport on my way home after attending my father's funeral. Ms. Harjo speaks eloquently of birth and death in the telling of her story of becoming the fierce poet and musician that she...
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The Albino Album
really liked it
The Albino Album
by Chavisa Woods
This book was very interesting and entertaining. I found myself a little confused in a couple places about who the narrator was, with the story jumping around in time and among characters, but got the gist of it anyway. It is a window in...
tagged: reviewed
The God of Small Things
it was amazing
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
I heard Arundhati Roy speaking with Amy Goodman once on the radio, and was impressed with her passion and intelligence. Somehow I never got around to reading any of her books until now. I really enjoyed this one. It is great storytelling...
tagged: reviewed
Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood Volume 2
it was amazing
Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood Volume 2
by Merlin Stone
I could never actually say that I finished volume 2 or 1 of Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood, they are the work of the incredible scholarship and imagination of Merlin Stone. These two books together are a never-ending fountain of ideas, ins...
tagged: woman-history and reviewed
Pedro Pietri: Selected Poetry
it was amazing
Pedro Pietri: Selected Poetry
by Pedro Pietri
Dear Pedro, John Dean interrupted my regularly scheduled Sesame Street when you were getting turned on to grass i was watching Vietnam on TV when you met Agent Orange and he stuck to you like glue i didn’t know i just heard it was the wo...
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