A raindrop falls whence came --back to the sea,
Another, it so haps, on lotus leaf
To shine forth under sun for a while brief,
Yet, every drop gets seldom so lucky
As to get silk beds-- blades of olive grass,
Becoming an early dawn’s pearly dew
To capture unfolding time’s crimson hue.
On dust some get buried in graves en masse,
Some get a cherished trophy if modest--
A scaly trunk aloof that opts to stand
In a barren desert's dry scorching land,
Some fall in rain forest with scores of rest.
All this makes me to muse on destiny:
Is it a chance random that opts to be?
For sure, it is Nature’s celestial dance
That unfolds at random as choice-less chance.
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Sonnet |01.03.07, revised Dec 2024| fate/destiny, time, space
Poet’s note: The sonnet-ending couplet does not end the sonnet, but poses a question and goes on to answer, and in the process stretches the sonnet to sixteen lines.
'Twas at a random house on a random street
at a random party that we did meet
Our random talk in a random room
led to a random stroll by the light of the moon
The random gleam in both our eyes
stemmed from a kiss that was our prize
That random kiss, so very soon ~
led to a random wedding and honeymoon
At times,
When my mind looks for a reason,
To stop reasoning and be free,
From the clutches of
Mindful and meticulous decision making
Of everyday life,
It feels great and relaxing,
To be carefree and
To randomly pick and muse
On these two words:
'At Random'.
Date: 10/02/2020
The five words I picked: 'from', 'and', 'reason', 'to', 'great'
Mystery Word Find Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Caren Krutsinger
A-t
R-andom
C-hoose from them,
E-yes open and
L-ook.
Topic: Birthday of Bro. ARCELITO RELOZA (April 29)
Form: Acrostic Lanterne
There is a killer
whose victims are by random
The bloods on our hands
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