JUNE 13, 2025 POETRY Go the distance BRYAN KISER JR. Groundcover vendor No. 670 Eyes will tell you everything is far away If you walk you'll never make it Fear says that it takes a long time to be successful yapping at the mouth, no need for complaining Society questions your inner identity How long before a person's strengths show The sun beams but clouds cover it Does that mean the sun’s still smiling even though We are born destined to fail That doesn't mean we have to Luck comes and it goes What will be on my side today Never try and you'll never know Life is a race you’re the only contestant The mind and body challenges, do you accept it Sprint … go the distance Heralds of Spring STEVEN Groundcover vendor No. 668 Elfen blue flowers harbingers of spring, Conjuring visions of Shakespeare's fancy. What will the summer bring? What's life have in store? What adventures will be transpiring for those with fools' whimsy? Elfen blue flowers exploding on winter's grave. Battling morning's frost as fierce as any brave. eyes SHAWN SWOFFER Groundcover vendor No. 574 as I look into your eyes I get lost. – eyes. with every beat of your heart we are destined to be together forever. – eyes. my mind races with images of us being old and time together. – eyes. gray and aging your eyes are pools glistening. – eyes. our minds are One; our souls are together – eyes. in your eyes we are one the same; together we are complete. – eyes. I never want to have our eyes shut, always looking forever. – eyes stay wide awake not tearing eyes. In today’s world, People look down on the homeless community We walk day and night, Some mostly out of sight, Groundcover is a place Of peace, uniqueness and bliss. We are ones who shouldn’t be forgotten. The world should give us a kiss. To each his own if you don’t like, We keep moving and don’t put up a fight, One thing for sure, We gon be alright. JOHN BROOKS JR. Groundcover vendor No. 673 What will the summer bring? How many babies this spring? Where are the faeries of Titania going? Whose adventures will result of Oberon's doing? Elfen blue flowers, welcome and be merry. Rouse the bees from their torpor remind us there are Faeries. Universal Struggle DAVID L. PUTMAN Groundcover contributor You and I is us unites us Universal Struggle is U.S. United States we grow and change United States of mind which arranges Daily needs: Health, Security, Hygiene, Nutrition, and Love Even for the disenfranchised Whose security is public And “protected” But not actually Groundcover We’ve allowed our people To become publicly inconvenient And many of us are looking for a second chance How many chances do we get Jesus Christ loves us And we have a chance to go to Heaven Every night A third of our lives in wandering Rest, protected by angels who never falter and return if blessed God Bless the Homeless GROUNDCOVER NEWS 7
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