Loss August Poems

 There’s this girl
Nothing less than the world
My heart sinks and wants to be hurled
Remind me of her name
I’m the one to blame
I wish I...

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I want my man 
not to be perfect and good looking 
I want him to kiss on my forehead 
Whispering I will love you always

I...

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Mister money bags no more

Ah..., how I idolize the days of yore
before June twentieth, and twenty first
two thousand twenty three
when utter senselessness wore,
a trail of...

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The broken piggy bank
strewn into a bajillion little pieces

Unexpected largesse
yours truly patiently waits,
a metaphor of my dire financial straits
courtesy papa's unsuspecting muse
the missus, this wordsmith...

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Beyond the mourning of bereavement

Today marks fourth anniversary of tragic deaths
an aching breaking heart – mine
remembers four extinguished breaths.

(dashed – not while riding off
in a...

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August finds me on the sun deck
Ugly sweat running down my neck
Great time to jump into the pool
Using the blue water is so cool
Swimming I...

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in shadows birds sing
along a side street
for when something ends
something begins

something begins
a song or verse
in a moment of solitude
a verse

a verse
claims a voice
its own
laughter or...

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Another
        friend; has passed on;
            Harry,
 ...

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Summer is ending 
hot days filled with outside fun, 
our sleeping in late. 
August ends our days off ~ done, 
back to school we must...

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January twelfth two thousand and ten
October seventh two thousand  eighteen
and again August fourteenth,
two thousand and twenty one 
witnessed near annihilation and destruction 
of the...

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Flowers wither
Wither and fall
Delicate, yet brave
Their petals droop and dangle
Darken and shrivel
Succumb, shed, and scatter below
Perhaps they are afraid
Reluctant to fall
Fight to hold on
Resist letting...

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Momma mia man date
comb the second Sunday during month of May
can be traced back to ancient Greeks and Romans
festivals held
to honor mother goddesses Rhea and...

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Mixed berry mist
We sit around in your garage
Folding chairs and headlights
Ive never felt less lost

The room starts to twist
you kneel between my knees
There is something...

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Blue soul whispers 
nightmare toll on 
ice cold pier stroll

Date created and submitted : 3rd January 2031

  Contest : Bauk Than  - Than...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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