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Tag: imagination

  • Why Do Adults Lose Their Imaginations?

    Why Do Adults Lose Their Imaginations?

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    Justin Farley

    A post and a poem that examines using your imagination as an adult and attempts to answer the question: Do adults lose their imaginations?

  • Poem About Broken Dreams – “Dream-Weaving”

    Poem About Broken Dreams – “Dream-Weaving”

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    Justin Farley

    Dream-Weaving – A Poem The seams of my dreams are unraveling –Thread stretched out in heaps,Ensnaring my feet, tripping me, sending me fallingInto jaded existence.Innocence, where is my resistance to your demise? This cloak once kept me warm in the night,but is now tattered, holes allow the howling windTo chill the depths of my soul.No…

  • Second Star To The Right – A Poem About Losing Childhood Innocence

    Second Star To The Right – A Poem About Losing Childhood Innocence

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    Justin Farley

    Second Star To The Right – A Poem About Losing Childhood Innocence My sanctuary of sanity Dresses in new robes everyday. Joyfully furnishing new rooms of solitude Only to find the door locked the very next day. The storm clouds gather, grow like weeds – Stubborn and unable to be wrought out. Their rains fueling,…

  • The Secret Power – A Poem

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    Justin Farley

    Do you want to know a secret? One with the power to completely change your life this very second? Well, lean closer then. I’ll have to whisper it in your ear. We can’t have the whole world knowing the truth. Brace yourself. MAGIC IS REAL. We each possess forces we can’t begin to understand –…


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My Poetry Collections

the book cover of Nature's Bounty by Justin Farley— a poetry collection about the beauty of nature with subjects on birds, plants, trees, animals, the forest, and God.
A deep poetry book about the beauty of nature and the natural world by poet Justin Farley.
the book cover of Frozen Rivers by Justin Farley— a poetry collection about depression and the hardships of mental illness, balanced with nature poems on the season of winter.
Deep poems about depression and the hardships of mental illness, balanced with nature poems on the winter season by poet Justin Farley. Book 1 of the Seasons series.
a mental health poetry book about joy and nature poems on the season of spring
Inspirational poems about mental health, healing, and spring by poet Justin Farley. Book 2 of the Seasons series.
the book cover of Summer Days Sunburnt Nights by Justin Farley— a mental health poetry book about bipolar disorder and nature poems on the season of spring
Deep poems about bipolar disorder and being neurodivergent, balanced with nature poems on summer by poet Justin Farley. Book 3 of the Seasons series.
the book cover of A Voice in the Wilderness—A Chapbook of Poems About God by Justin Farley. It is a deep Christian poetry collection about contemplation, the spiritual journey, and finding grace through Jesus.
A contemplative, prayerful Christian poetry book about the spiritual journey and discovering God’s grace, mercy, and love.
the book cover of Thorns of Love by Justin Farley. It is a deep love poetry collection about sadness of breakups, divorce, and heartbreak.
A deep love poetry book about the pain of break ups and the heartbreak felt when relationships end by poet Justin Farley.