Best Changing Face Poems

Autumn’s nakedness
becomes robed in virgin snow
footprints prove there’s life,
yet the secrets of springtime
in hibernation till birth.

Brian Strand Formal poetry contest
12/3/2022...

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Every time I look I see a different face,
As the media gathers pace,
In the influencing race.

No longer in the news business,
No longer bothering to clean up their mess,
No longer checking before going to press,
No longer thinking about mases to impress,

With no more mirrors in the...

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The deepest cut those
striking at one’s very heart
verdant to golden
transformation of nature,
another’s death for a life

© Harry J Horsman 2013...

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my days have become a dream 
as hope has flown away 
leaving the sand
to slip through my fingers 
while hiding in the shadow of the sun 
in secret we met 
in silence I wept 
floating in eternal space 
on a moonless night 
I try to...

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All things in the city are changing-the light, the screen, the face that adapts and smiles and frowns again, the displays which make all the words shine and dance in the dark, and the dust of old books buried in the back of the store...

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Not so many years ago
I revelled in rebellion, 
Derided seniors 
In sportsmobiles,
Comfortable bellies on 
Wheels.  Waistcoat 
Fillers.  Surreptitious 
Pint spillers. 

But now I sit and scoff 
At youth and all its 
Awkward agonising 
Over lack of truth. 

Merrily I mow the lawn 
And...

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my days have become a dream
as hope has flown away
leaving the sand 
to slip through my fingers
while hiding in the shadow of the sun
in secret we met 
in silence I wept
floating in eternal space
on a moonless night
I try to enjoy the peace by the lake
as...

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The Changing Face of Europe 

So we are the last true Europeans in the sea of changes
and conflicting religions as old certainties disappear and
we bewildered look at a world we don’t understand.
Israel is drowning in a demographic pool and their fight
to remain pure Jewish is...

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Sometimes I think where we end up in life…how high we go…how far…
can be symbolized not only by the family tree…but by the family car.

For me it started with my parents driving our family station wagon…it’s interior painted black….Where my initial dreams were fashioned…while riding...

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So much has changed
in the past 50 years or so
one thing is the word shame
once a friend now our foe

Half a century ago it had a fear
a true fear of God was felt
among a generation back then
when one's heart would easily melt

Churchgoing then was popular
not...

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one of the wee folk
a munchkin
lands in my lap
stands on his nose
then takes a nap

he sighs
I reflect
he's aged a bit
last time, no nap
his face shone, sunlit...

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I saw this old couple holding hands as they walked into the store
I’ve seen them walking….holding hands…a hundred times before.

Since we kind of know each other…before they headed out
I asked if they would answer a question…something I was curious about.

“I’ve seen how you walk hand...

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Two cars in every driveway
    the '60's economic boom
   
  In 2023, a screen or three
    ~ in every single room...

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