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Love is Like a Lightning Bug
Love is like a lightning bug, it consumes you as soon as you see it Illuminating your eyes, drawing your attention You only saw it for...
Lauren Templeton
May 291 min read
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The Old Cabin
It had been two months since my father passed and left me his old run-down log cabin. There were nothing but bad memories attached to...
Lauren Templeton
May 210 min read
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Triangle of War
January 14, 1957 (My grandfather, Phil Templeton wrote this as a class assignment) War separates the men from the boys. The man in...
Lauren Templeton
Feb 125 min read
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Why do you write poetry?
The main reason I write poetry is because it is a great way to deal with the millions of thoughts bouncing around in my head every day....
Lauren Templeton
Feb 121 min read
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Remember
Remember who you are Remember what you want Remember the family you have Remember everything that has happened to you Remember all the...
Lauren Templeton
Feb 121 min read
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A Bad Case of Infatuated Love
Are you familiar with limerence? You are not in love with them. You just want to be seen. Limerence is a state of mind, involving an...
Lauren Templeton
Feb 121 min read
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Vignette on my summer abroad in London
Living in London for a month helped immerse me into a new culture and learn how to thrive. I had an absolute blast studying abroad in...
Lauren Templeton
Jan 13 min read
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Rose and Thorns
Shivering all alone with not even a ghost in sight. Dying flowers and the smell of chamomile fill the air. The widow mourns for her lost...
Lauren Templeton
Nov 26, 20241 min read
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Review of "The Penguin"
Matt Reeves is changing Batman in the best way possible. My favorite Batman movie had always been Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight."...
Lauren Templeton
Nov 25, 20242 min read
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The Haunting
Late at night you always cross my mind The What Ifs consume me You could have been something great Something I want to remember What we...
Lauren Templeton
Nov 24, 20241 min read
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Love Bomb
You are always the first one to start a war Distracting me from the truth Keeping me at an arms length at all times Such a chaotic...
Lauren Templeton
Nov 23, 20241 min read
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I Like Your Hair
I went to the grocery store today for the first time in awhile. First five minutes I am there a man says to me "I like your hair." I hear...
Lauren Templeton
Nov 23, 20241 min read
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Cicadas Song
The buzz of summer Heat is taking over but not like the cicadas Swarming the trees and bushes There are a million of them It's ring is...
Lauren Templeton
Nov 23, 20241 min read
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When It Falls
The leaves were falling from the trees and the air was getting cooler, autumn was here. Heather loved fall, not just because her birthday...
Lauren Templeton
Nov 22, 202410 min read
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Hearts
My heart beat for you. Our hearts beat together, side by side like a six string symphony. You cared for my heart, but then you reached...
Lauren Templeton
Nov 22, 20241 min read
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Love/Lost
Meeting you felt like winning the lottery, like I had found my person. Â Searching for the light, when it had been there all along. Â ...
Lauren Templeton
Nov 22, 20241 min read
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The Sun and The Moon
Her body turns to the left and she opens her eyes The morning sun lights up the room Beige pillows on the floor surround the bed Robins...
Lauren Templeton
Nov 22, 20241 min read
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The Lines Left Behind
I know you can see me Even though you act like I’m not there  I have scars Marks left on my skin to remind me  A little girl with water...
Lauren Templeton
Nov 22, 20241 min read
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