Best Breathing Space Poems

My head rests on the doorframe, as I'm watching him at work.
I'm jealous of the devotion, and the motion of his hands,
much surprised at the...

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kaisers, kings, emperors fight for territory
  dispensable bodies left in the ground on foreign soil, unreturned
  militarisation of memory and folly
  an...

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I always thought you loved me
Guess it isn’t so
Thought it was forever
How was I to know

You belong to another
She has stolen your heart
Better start to...

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Daylight slips in and out
of yellowing curtains,
as the sun blinks.
At such times
her thoughts 
appear and disappear

The old lady has planted
her mind in closets
where dreams wither,
in...

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In the beginning,
the wood floor’s purpose
granted ease of care.

Grandchildren, however,
took two running steps
in sock feet, and slid
all the way down the hall.

Sweet William and Petunia,
sent...

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In Love- Our story ( a sort of Sonnet)

 

That first day in the factory, your eye
had followed me as down the aisle I passed
still...

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Oh restful place
Weary are my eyes that watch in glory
Worn are the clay hands of my race
With lines and tales that rise upon my face

Oh...

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Must I act like a Goat for you to know
that I am not a Goat?
Goats are stupid and senseless but I am not!
Treat me not...

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Grant yourself the opportunity to feel everything

Even when it feels like no one will ever realize 
How deeply you hurt 
That pain does not own...

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I awaken after said storm thrown weakened am I
In awe in wonderment as to where I espy

Fervent to silent as I witness this breathing space
As...

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Lockdown over, I had to head to school
my pupils waiting to learn the golden rule
I got ready and put on that mask
following the health protocols...

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She sometimes looked so cruel when angry
But she was always so beautiful when happy.
She was a little rebellious with life
But she made good concession all...

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Drowning in a sea of sound
Lost in the maze of materialism
Buffeted by a blizzard of ballyhoo
Straitjacketed by the strictures of science
Swamped with the mediocrity of...

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Stop the war,
Pleaded the children
Eyes filled to the brim with
Despair as to how they can feel
Hope being destroyed with gloom

Stop the war
Else how will peace...

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With her brush and canvas, she charily dash
Slowly and surely, never ever she rushed
Each stroke a decisive measured stoke
Yielding a beauty of light and heavy...

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