Befriends Poems

Florence

...Florence has warm blood
and cowrie teeth that seldom clatter,
even in the chilled, fluttering dance of July rain.

She’s an element of Shiloh
in weeping quest of a promising Samuel,
and for thi...
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Categories: befriends, fate, heartbroken, sorrow,
Form: Free verse

African Rain

...It falls with grace.
Metallic bawls hail the strength of zinc roofs.
At the mercy of the thatch,
Drops drip from needle points of skeletal
Palm fronds.
Particles of rain descend on thresholds
A...
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Categories: befriends, africa, rain,
Form: Ode


Freeing The Circle

...Beginnings 
unending
Each moment
befriends
Untethered
unfettered
Intuity
mends

Connection
in motion
Where starts
never stop
Time lost
in fruition
From bottom
— to top

(Dreamsleep:...
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Categories: befriends, time,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberSadness Befriends Me

...
sadness befriends me for life after a friend quits all feelings for me...
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Categories: befriends, deep, emotions, family, feelings,
Form: Monoku

Premium Memberthe way we are

...Ego exhumed, soul will bends
and the vibrant void befriends,
that one with the universe,
we then hum a joyous verse.

Though no desire arises, 
heart embraces surprises,
gifted by the grace of...
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Categories: befriends, spiritual,
Form: Jueju


Premium MemberThe Unfettered Mind

...Champion of Creative Freedom

The mind is a boundless realm, where thoughts take flight, 
Craves the open sky, bathed in freedom's light. 
Confine it with rules, a cage for the soul, 
And stifle...
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Categories: befriends, appreciation, creation, meaningful, passion,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAs Evening Draws Near

...

A sailboat gently floats across a peaceful lake 
and suddenly the world befriends me once again
Beyond all time the memory of our fishing trip
still lingers on my mind;

It lays softly upon ...
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Categories: befriends, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMorning Fire

...She rises amidst the morning fire
Longing for the dreadful desire 
Longing and lonely as a star mourning
Again and again she desires
She desires as much as fire
Fire upon fire hungrily stands
O...
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Categories: befriends, anger, betrayal, dark, fire,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSprouts of Joy

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tender buds sprout on persuasive branches, spring
all the birds, tremble with anticipation
most gather round the feeder while others sing
hungry souls are enthralled by God’s creat...
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Categories: befriends, appreciation, blessing, seasons, spring,
Form: Rispetto

Protected By His Word

...PROTECTED BY HIS WORD
 
In a world that's ever-changing, 
Amidst the chaos & swirl life's waging
There's a sanctuary eternal, called ‘His Word’.
This word gives victory over the world.4

In sh...
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Categories: befriends, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme

The Truth Of This Magnitude

...The Truth Of This Magnitude”

Obstinate defiance from an indignant child 
Consummate reliance on the spirit of the Wild 

Intricate compositions of meticulous art 
A syndicate of derision that ...
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Categories: befriends, creation, humanity, life, truth,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberCat and Mouse

...Grimm's Fairy Tale:
Cat and Mouse in Partnership

Summary: 

A cat befriends a mouse and is so persuasive about her fondness for the smaller animal that the mouse agrees they should set up house...
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Categories: befriends, animal, cat, children, fairy,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberKomorebi Tourist in Paradise

...Tradewinds strummed the cocoa nutter's palm fingers
the sun crept down to its packed trunk
overburdened routes tangled tunnels underground
the sun snuck below through the subtropic shaft 
a sunny...
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Categories: befriends, allusion, analogy, change, extended
Form: Verse

Premium MemberAlone Again Casualty

...Tryst
befriends
a hodgepodge
of too much pangs
leading to unsuspected circumstance
despite light at the end of the tunnel
count on lights out
as miss match
no friend
twist...
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Categories: befriends, conflict, emotions, friendship, growing
Form: Tetractys

Premium MemberWho am I

...mind that thinks
heart that feels
senses five

reflect

thoughts vary
emotions differ
senses too can ebb

yet

we are alive
in the waking state
but what of dreamless sleep

where are ...
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Categories: befriends, i am, spiritual, truth,
Form: Free verse

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