Best Avails Poems

Along the streets..., we run
Chased by our fears..., we run
Seeing our end coming..., we 
run
Slaved by their injustice..., we 
run
Silenced by betrayal..., we run

Our hands...

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He took me as a child
At the tender age of eight
And on that day
I found the Way
To enter Heaven’s gate

He took me as a child
When...

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Glory to thermodynamics in general...

and generation of heat in particular
cuz yours truly 
spoiled with trappings 
of Western Civilization.

How ideal I imagine 
to dwell in a...

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Crown Him, Our Christ!

When the saints march forward 
Win the spiritual warfare in their bid
To prevail against the bits 
Of don'ts
When heart- darkened sinners
Are saved,transformed
Are...

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"Oh Lord hear our prayer. Oh Lord hear our prayer.  When we call answer us. Oh Lord hear our prayer. Oh Lord  hear...

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Written: November 17, 2023 For Charles Messina Contest
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In peace of mind and unwavering pride
Draw...

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How the housefly gets attracted to organic decay
and an infant child traces the voice of its mother
are nothing compared to the intense attraction
Michelle and I...

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Translation of Cuppiramania Bharathiyar’s poem: Kannamma, My Love! (Kannamma En Kaathali) by T. Wignesan

Yet another poem by the most famous modern Tamil poet, written a...

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Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;
alone with the enduring Earth, and Night.
With fold to fold, of mountain or of cape;
who wrestles with his...

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I do believe in Santa Claus.
Although I'm scared he'll see my flaws.
I think he knows I pick my nose
and play with jam between my toes.
He...

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(alternate title – A bona 
er fide dog day afternoon delight).

A mere half dozen vowels 
constitute the English language 
    Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay
Consonants...

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On a day never unseen
 when our souls are called to rest
 And our bodies returned to dust
 From whence they came
 Whether burdened with...

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Words come
Thoughts flow;
Meaning lives

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Choice avails
Poise styles;
Creative surge

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Glimpse truth
Urge patterns;
Cheer peoples

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Why worry
About worry?
Two hands tied

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Haiku fragment
Poignant moment;
Mirror contrast

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Sorrow sketches
Water colours slide;
Echoes remain

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Time stops
Abruptly here;
Sadness abides

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Sometimes dying
Paints...

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Dragontails never ask why
Spiky fronds so scaly
Oh My – Oh My

Lurking shady and shaly
In the dark unfurls
Spiky fronds so scaly

Swirly ferns and curls
Deep greenish and...

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Tiny Window to the World



Marooned in the consuming gloom
Cut away from escape or from egress
Between me and the Wild World
Ly a tiny window
Through which I...

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