Best Aspect Poems

bliss fortuitous
undoubtedly all is grace
leave the door open 

10-December-2021...

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By this bend
Old antique shoppe;
Sanguine ancient owner

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Lots of what-nots
Odds and ends mix;
Awaiting departure

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Old motifs unearthed
August edging fast;
Hermit stories

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So much to see
Bright blossoms here;
Salute the day!

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Sit here and wait
Sunset streaks now dim;
Light sleeps in the dark

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Pathway passage
Road underpass;
Busy feet commute

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Tai Chi dancers
Longevity now springs;
Grace thrills footsteps

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Old...

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A third world city with a revolutionary aspect

The poor crouched among the estates;

for the poor, the SUN crashes to the ground!

The hum of the city,
  cacophony of people,
  the deafening sound of
  empty stomachs;
every day the media,
  paints the sinister,
 ...

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Hardly venture into such verse.
In her bedroom, she wrote her curse.
She despised bright pupils at Yale.
If water drops could tell their tale.

She went on long walks in the drought.
They urged her to blend in and flout.
In gray rain, she went past wan shale.
If water drops...

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past
misty, nostalgic
retreating, missing, remembering
retrospection, memorabilia, dream, destiny
waiting, enticing, unfurling
hopeful, golden
future

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August 11, 2022
Contest : Dazzling Dizzy Diamante
Sponsored by : Caren Krutsinger...

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A speck
with every speck therein 
a bit of everything 
from everywhere
combined
for one
relative
moment


Perspecktive





Date: 6/29/2019

Contest: The Universe Poetry Contest

Sponsor: Nina Parmenter...

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Whoever has not love'd a "love" at first sight,
Will face the anguish of unrequited love with might,
His heart may wrench and cry all night, 
To know, one must surrender in love or fight.

When the lover's eye starts to neglect,
Beyond a point, love itself is a terrible...

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Near the beach, during the dusk 
I was feeling intense in thinking husk 
What went wrong?
Thinking along 
The very aspect of the solitude  
 For the change of her attitude 
That has turned the tide on me 
No matter what has happened to me...

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Relished thoughts 
remain in cheerful hearts
not ridden by storms;
they protect them always
be it pain, or be it joy:
then, can spring signify life
in some inconceivable aspect
and promises excitement
for all and each one,
not walking the extra mile
and trip on stones that annoy? 
Ah, avoiding strides accomplishes none!

Do...

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Dawn is upraised
Fierce in disguise--
Then you are dazed
By her rising at length—

Once you have gazed
Straight in her eyes,
Never be fazed 
By her beauty and strength....

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A Dual Aspect of Life
“Son do you remember your dreams…”
The old man said, 
Soft spoken sullen,
Reminiscence hard on his tongue,
A man whom few have seen...

“Some have sold their dreams
For the riches of this world it seems.”
Soft spoken,
Sullen still…
“As miles turn to miles
Strings like dreams intertwine
Hold...

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Bliss continuous, grace fortuitous,
renews it’s enlivening vibration
through pathways direct or circuitous,
entwining us with all of creation,
amplifying it’s joyful sensation.
As a receptor imbibing God’s grace,
all we seek is to see Him face to face,
being consumed by a burning yearning,
to ascend then thus at His chosen pace,
resisting...

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Who is like the Pied Piper
in his coat of red and gold?
Who like the minstrel 
who sings away our gnawing cares
and drowns them in the  rivers 
that wash the green-blue sea?
Who is like the physician, 
healing of plagues in Egypt land
or who is like...

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Walk on the plantar aspect;
Yonder sole walks through life's traffic

So on these streets he walks alone;
On cobbler pathways made of stone;

Tether bound feet worn polluted soles;
Trotting marching everywhere he goes;

Step by step by step by step lonely traveler;
Trolling throughout the city he goes;

Yet now preeminence...

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Enigma
by Michael R. Burch
 
for Beth
 
O, terrible angel,
bright lover and avenger,
full of whimsical light
and vile anger;
wild stranger,
seeking the solace of night,
or the danger;
pale foreigner,
alien to man, or savior.
 
Who are you,
seeking consolation and passion
in the same breath,
screaming for pleasure, bereft
of all articles of faith,
finding...

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