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Acumen Poems - Poems about Acumen

Premium MemberCome to the waters, His call from oasis of bliss

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Across the space of desolation, 
enfolding the desert of existence
where instead of thornbush
the Holy Spirit grows juniper,
the journey in the labyrinth of torment
is to reach the o...
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Categories: acumen, spiritual,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Inner Voice

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In the dark opaque night within the space of solitude, 
enfolding the languid landscape of my indolent life,
my forsaken journey’s pathway aimlessly meandered
in the gloomy labyrinth of endles...
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Categories: acumen, spiritual,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberAs We Metamorphose

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“being mistook we burnt the book
thoughts rest, we dwell in our heart’s nest
touched by spirit, our body shook
by God’s light blest as we undressed”


In the live network 
of intricate una...
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Categories: acumen, spiritual,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMemories Buried In Time

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My migratory mind indomitably mobile,
recedes with the ebb of time, seeks the shore of the past,
as the spirited surfer on the wandering waves of life, 
surging on curled crests carrying the f...
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Categories: acumen, hope, memory, uplifting,
Form: Free verse

CREATURE FROM THE PAST ?

...[ Poem inspired by Contest : Ghost of Frankenstein : sponsored by Tom Woody ]


CREATURE FROM THE PAST ?

Elite scientists are the scariest humans
their minds think up stormy waters wit...
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Categories: acumen, age, change, creation, earth,
Form: Couplet



Premium MemberSelf-esteem Attributes

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This is how one of my friends describes 
my character attributes.

In many blood-shot blazing eyes he sees
they seethe inside in the inferno of anger,
throw out raging words from the venomou...
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Categories: acumen, analogy, character, self,
Form: Ode

Premium MemberCasualty Of Your Cruelty

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Unmet expectations damage the dormant psyche,
unkept promises smother the rays of fading hope, 
unkind words tear the lattice of the mangled mind.
My life turns into an urn filled with your il...
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Categories: acumen, anger, betrayal,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberHonest Doctor

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My doctor is like no other,
he treats me like a brother.
Never unfair nor dishonest
in diagnosis or prognosis;
he tells me all just as it is –
a trait he’s known for best.
During my recen...
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Categories: acumen, humor,
Form: Light Verse

Premium MemberDwell In The Silver-Lined Clouds

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In the seamless sky of my fervent yearning,
I let the enraptured songbird of my heart soar high,
glide in the spring-rippled amorous breeze
that carried your jasmine fragrance to me.

The da...
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Categories: acumen, analogy, lost love, uplifting,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Magic Wand

...Rhyme scheme by Robert Frost, words by the author

The thing that makes me human 
wants a positive bond. 
That lady wisdom would illumine
me, giving me social acumen. 
I try not to respond
to ...
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Categories: acumen, conflict, humanity, life, love,
Form: Rhyme

a mistake

...The Mistake

He had been invited for dinner in Peking by a group of business leaders who had invested much money for his venture and success, but they thought his fee was too much. I wanted to disc...
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Categories: acumen, april, best friend, bridal
Form: ABC

Premium MemberThe Painter

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Lure of mirage
in deranged dunes,
dances in
dandelion rhythm 
with oasis dream,
illusion inscribed
in sane sands of time,
sliding continuum
with desiccated travail, 
thirst unquenched,
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Categories: acumen, analogy, introspection,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberLife

...Behind the scars and the bumps and bends
Lies wisdom.
In the lines and the aches and pains
Is etched ‘experience’.

We live in this body for a while.
incarnate, living in physicality, in dualit...
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Categories: acumen, life,
Form: Free verse

What The Mind Fail The Heart Suffer

...What's true with human heart
They aren't as real as their mouths say
For in them the world is full of practicality
The emotion of things can't solve any problem
Claims they don't reach goal by th...
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Categories: acumen, heart, prejudice, science, success,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWisdom Doesn't Allay Fear

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(Writing prompt : Wisdom is not enough to calm your fears)

Dark clouds of insecurity surge with menacing storm severe,
the distressed mind is sucked into the whirlpool of fear,
and swirls he...
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Categories: acumen, analogy, courage, fear, wisdom,
Form: Couplet

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