Best Announcements Poems

...My grandmother used to bake pies 
in the kitchen where I lived as a boy. 
She would spend all day mixing 
                                                    and kneading, 
singing her old lady s......

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...The voices of my present state and feelings echo
down into my mother’s sympathetic ears,
They resonate…in no barriers, she decodes
with her warm understanding and great love overflow.

She hears......

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...the bright monitor
glares through inky darkness--
a clock ticks

My heart lurches painfully in my chest as my mind tries to process what I'm seeing. My mug of coffee sits on the coffee table -- h......

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...You are still keeping heavy arms,
 You did not stop explosive devastations,
 The Earth is clamings trials – not once,
 Have troubled vital forces for whole Nature,

 United Nations orders been i......

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...Here we are again, you having to pack
When I just got used to having you back
I hate you having to work so far
Wanting to see you doesn’t mean just getting in my car

Inside I shout “can’t you j......

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...Forgotten bells

 

I wake up before bells and faint dreams

There are many days that I don’t want to wake up

I feel that I want to fly to the oblivion

And repeatedly wakes me up the pray......

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...I fear I might be woken up by gunshots,
as thugs attempt to break into my house.

I fear everything might have expired in the fridge,
because of power blackout throughout the night,
and long hou......

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...Grandma's dresser was a testament to time.  Elegant in it's curves.  Sturdy in it's 
construction.

A thick piece of plate glass lay atop, to protect the wood surface.  Under that glass, 
sealed ......

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...A lot of people ask me how Darjeeling is right now.
This is my answer to everyone.

Darjeeling the Queen of hills
Is going through a lot of pain
Everything is so still
I don’t want to picture a......

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...Almost, Christmastime





I am unwrapping my gift.

Unwrapping [his love] he left in a Christmas stocking with

My name (Ayesha) on it.

Seeing my baby boy for the first time.

I love just hearing m......

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...The Storm, by Gayila Bolden

Like the calm before the storm, you came out of nowhere. No watches, no warnings, no public announcements and no time for preparation. The winds of your attraction blow......

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...> This poem was written whilst laying in a hospital bed, recovering from an operation in December 2011. There were continuous announcements on the Hospital Radio's news of soldiers being killed in Af......

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...Oh, how I remember the old snail mail
Reading in the microscopic detail
From the one rightful owner of the tale
Now,instant messaging, the holy grail
Spreads half cooked word instantly without fa......

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...Instead of breathing air--It is tears I take in.
I can feel them, taste them.

How does one taste their tears…
They slip down your throat when
One weeps on the inside all day.

It has been so ......

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...It was another boring day within those walls
From the book he read and of experiences he taught
The baskets, the chants, the announcements took it most
Disappointed the stones had to know.
Late o......

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