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Best Poems Written by Vincent Van Ross

Below are the all-time best Vincent Van Ross poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

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Realisation

My head is 
In the air
It is in space

My feet 
Are grounded
They are on earth

My stomach
Is trapped 
In-between

But, that is what
Makes me do
All the things I do

God knows where I am
I am neither here
Nor there

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Give Peace a Chance

Human beings must travel back in time
To give peace a chance
We must go back to the time
When there were no confrontations
When there were no fights 
When there were no battles
When there was no war

The time machine will tell us
That those were the times
When human beings were scattered
Across the entire globe
There was little contact
So, there was peace

In those good old days
There were no tribes or races
No religions or faith
There were no countries
Or political boundaries 
There were no ethnic groups
Or communities or societies 
Or castes or outcasts
Or creed or colour
Or greed or ego 

There were no
Flags or emblems
Or political groups
Or religious denominations
That divided people
And motivated them
To take up arms 
Against one another

We can bring about peace
By working for unity
For freedom
For equality 
For brotherhood
Because, anything that divides
Is bad for peace
Give peace a chance
By rising above petty considerations

Let us be human beings
And be humane in our approach
Let us turn ourselves into noble souls
Let us give peace a chance

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Winter Blues

The Sun becomes 
A late riser
as winter sets in
And, it goes to bed early

That’s SAD
And, our mood swings
Like a pendulum	
Causing depression

What with Clouds
And dense fog
Spreading gloom
All over the place?

Only bright sunlight
Can bring back 
Light into our lives 
And melt away
The winter blues

(January 9, 2018)

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Earthquake

EARTHQUAKE 

The earth shook violently…
Everyone rushed out of their homes
And took shelter in the open!

One man  
Kept sleeping 
And, snoring 
Amidst chaos
And, confusion 
Created by the earthquake

For him, 
It was like the ‘mother earth’
Rocking the son of her soil
In the cradle
And, singing lullaby to him!

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Failure

The pinnacle
Of success lies
At the top
Of the staircase  

And,
Failure 
Keeps plotting…
To climb down
The stairs
Between 
My efforts
And
My achievements!

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What the Stars Foretell

Here I am
Grounded on earth
And, my fate
Hangs in the stars

My future 
Is predicted by people
Who are unsure
Of their own fate

For them,
It is profitable business—
They have absolutely
Nothing at stake

All they have to do 
Is to play with my anxiety
And, I am sure 
To shell out nickels

The astrologers 
Tell you, 
“What the stars foretell”
Or, so they say!

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New Year

The New Year
Arrives 
In a pack 
Of playing cards!

No one knows
What the New Year 
Holds for us!  

The pack contains
52 cards
Plus two jokers!

The 52 cards
Make the 52 weeks—
One card 
For each week!

The jokers 
Symbolise
Joy and sorrow!  

One of them 
Will attend on us
All the time…
So there is a fair mix
Of both
For us
Through the year!

That is the way
The New Year
Is going to be!

That is the way
Life is going to be…

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Purity

True love
Is as pure 
As Sunshine,
Air
Or, water…

They touch us;
Hug us;
Kiss us;
And, caress us!

Yet,
They never
Violate us!

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Peace Be With You

PEACE BE WITH YOU

Let us resolve
To destroy the very thoughts
That nurture violence,
Terror and war

Only then
Can we move 
Towards peace
And, live in peace

We must fight war mongers,
Terrorists 
And all those 
Who indulge in violence

War comes at the cost 
Of huge investments
In military hardware
Peace comes for free

War and terror cannot provide 
Solutions to any problem
They are at the roots
Of most of our problems

War and terrorism grow
On the altar of violence,
Bloodshed, hatred
And alienation

Peace survives on Love,
Compassion 
Brotherhood
And, sacrifice

Let us abandon war,
Terrorism and violence
Let us pursue love,
Compassion and peace

Peace be with you!

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Hasty Conclusions

My friend
Sent me a message
And asked me
To take a look at it!
 
I tore open
The envelope,
Emptied the content,
Spread it on my table

Then, I called my friend
And, yelled at him
‘That Was a blank paper
You sent me…”
 
If only I had turned 
The page over,
I would have seen
What he told me…

That the message
Was on the other side!
Our life
Is full of such hasty conclusions!