Poet: Tara Hicks

Poet: Tara Hicks Maybe you've already found your voice? I'm just finding mine. Maybe we can find our voices together? This is a page of experimental poetry. Let's share.
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Whatever your reason for visiting with me, I hope that you enjoy your time and your experience here. I am a Citizen of the World, currently residing in Oregon. The vastness of cultural diversity fascinates me and I'm always seeking to understand other people more. Most of my career has been spent in International Business, but lately I've opted to slow down a bit and enjoy redirecting my focus to project management, poetry and enjoying my family. Yes, I'm married and have two children, a dog and two cats. Poetry, and short stories, are another way for me to connect to more people on a deeper level.

10/20/2026

I got over 6,500 reactions on my posts last week! Thanks everyone for your support! ๐ŸŽ‰

10/18/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿฅ‚

Two tired travelers traipsed to a ledge
Twisting in saddles, they slid to the edge
Dismounting they lumbered
And spied

The tricky path theyโ€™d wended had ended
At a cliff 20 feet tall, smooth and splendid
With naught but a winch and a ladder
They laboriously looked on and shuddered

Two tired horses snorted
While two tired travelers got sorted
With nary a word they unloaded their baggage
And got one highly strung horse strapped

Hoisting her into mid-air
With a grunt, or two, and no flair
They lowered her over the brink
Minds not on task but on drink

One of the travelers descended
To release the first horse suspended
Then climbed back up to commence
Lowering the last of the horses, hence

Two tired travelers traipsed on,
Too tired to break out in song
Two more times they winched down cliffs
That by the end their dreams of drinks were stiff

They stumbled into the inn
Demanding four drinks with chagrin
For both were still riding high
โ€˜Pon their sad wretchedly ragged mares

The first two of the four they downed
Then clumsily dropped to the ground
The next two they sipped with more care
Sharing a bit with the mares

The mares then perked right up
And amazingly ordered their sup
Gwyn, the barkeep, was dazed
And asked of the four what they craved

Requesting the meal of the day
They ordered the horses some hay
By then the tavern had filled
With the townsfolk that lived in those parts

For this was a sight to behold
And a story that well would be told

ยฉ๏ธ2026๐‘ป๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’„๐’Œ๐’”

๐‘พ๐’‰๐’†๐’†๐’๐’”๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’” ๐‘จ๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’‚๐’…๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’ ๐‘บ๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘จ๐’‡๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’‚ ๐‘ฐ๐’ ๐‘บ๐’–๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’ ๐‘จ๐’๐’… ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐‘ท๐’๐’†๐’•๐’” ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†

10/18/2026

What is the best time to watch the Orionid Meteor Shower this week, On the 21st, from The Western Cape in South Africa?

10/18/2026

Baby lemurs at Exotic Animal world in Klapmuts

๐Œ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐๐ƒ๐€, ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ฆ ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž๐‘ดaybe youโ€™re around when he activates๐’€et all you see is a kid spouting hate?๐‘ชould you lo...
10/17/2026

๐Œ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐๐ƒ๐€, ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ฆ ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž

๐‘ดaybe youโ€™re around when he activates
๐’€et all you see is a kid spouting hate?

๐‘ชould you look past his cussing
๐‘ฏis yelling and fussing,
๐‘ฐnstead of thinking him rude,
๐‘ณicentious and crude
๐‘ซying to adjust his attitude?

๐‘ฐn fact his brain has switched to survival gear
๐‘บubsequently, all reason and logic has disappeared

๐๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ means the condition is inherent, not evil
๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ is anything he does not choose to do himself
๐€๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž is the act of evading a tax on his nervous system

๐‘ฎive him some space
๐‘ฐmagine yourself always feeling unsafe
๐‘ฝerily, donโ€™t get in his face
๐‘ฌven more importantly: stay calm and have grace

๐‘ฏe needs anotherโ€™s calm nervous system to co-regulate
๐‘ฐtโ€™s not his fault that he feels so irate
๐‘ดaybe there is a way you can remove the stress from his plate?

๐‘บtay very calm and silently compassionate
๐‘ทlay your cards towards feeling dispassionate
๐‘จt this time, he needs to feel in control and safe to be calm
๐‘ชan you help guide him there, keep him away from harm
๐‘ฌventually, he will find his usual charm

ยฉ๏ธ2026TaraHicks
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