Best Damping Poems

Winter whitewashes Autumn's decay,
and yet, you know that Spring will soon show.
But, as snowflakes bury Fall's array,
depression deepens with each fresh snow.

Snow-laden trees, like sculptures of clay;
stand exposed, chiseled by a sharp breeze.
And stenciled in statuary grey;
like outstretched fingers, bare branches freeze.

A brisk breeze wrestles...

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While transient clouds ripple in streaks 
Below a heap of perfumed blooms prances  ,
While fireflies wheel  through evening, mellow…
Just then, rainfall blows
Like a funerary gush of tears
Damping my cheeks, blotting night’s glint,
As  I ,in a long  sojourn of ambivalence
Writhe  again...

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Canopy’s aperture, spilled light’s nuance, tinted,
as my eyes arrested, to attest fall’s saga…
A tree proclivity, had me stalled in Ashland, 
watching the leaves succumb, leaving stark limbs barren…
Those with temerity, plunged at high speed, head first
Others spun dizzily, tornado-bewildered…
Few flew in gradients, of sideways-sloped descent:
wishes...

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Drizzling morning
Damping mood
Subconsciously seeing-
The running ants
on the exterior sill of my window,

Running
ants after ants

Don't know their
From and To,
Mysterious
the source and destination 


-Wednesday, July 24, 2019 Chattogram...

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Down in your bed as I watch you, holding your hands
  so cold and wet
I was quivering too, feeling your hands
  you fold and let

You keep your eyes closed as I touch you
  not seeing what my eyes tells you
You grab your...

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What makes the hiking up mountains more striking?
What makes the driving more fun than arriving?
What makes the ocean-ing worth the sun lotioning?
                       ...

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The huddled elite of Europe were in an unprepossessing state 

as pouring rain was damping their hopes for their future reign. 

These were the best: brilliant, beautiful and young that we oldies 

can attest. Their see through plastic macs reprising our youth on 

a visit...

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>Most of the countryside you know.
Was forests of tall trees you know.
Then when men made a  town.
They cut all those tall trees down.

Men did not then, plant any more. 
Used all those trees, now ignored.
To build a house, still some you'll see,
Painted black that...

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The river lay across the path
Like a never ending tale
Murmured secrets passing by
Through that dim and moonlit dale

And I stood by upon the path
Water seemed to say to me
That "Only Innocent may pass
All were once those truly free"

It seemed I saw a child there
In the...

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You made me feel trapped with every kiss you planted on my lips,
It felt like heaven, the sun held nothing to your burning passion, 
Electricity graced my tingling hands with every time we touched,
Somehow I fell into deep and stumbled over the edge,
And like a...

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You were a waste of time
Not even deserving of a good rhyme
Fist clenched, sweat damping my face
Anxious to find my place
I take the first step
It takes a hold
Just as if I were driving wearing a blindfold
Grabs me tight
I try so hard to fight

I feel my...

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PROGRESS

What happened to that coffee bar
With the pinball  machine
That focused our attention and verve
On Saturdays when I was sixteen?

Where did all those girls go
That wore flared skirts and white socks
As we listened to American rock ‘n’ roll
On the juke box?

They’re still around,  but...

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driving down downtown
  rain dots dancing
                     drooling down
               daydreams dally
...

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crispy emotions smogged sans thoughts
dripped solutions damping draws 
on the innocence of the naked ape 
bathed her in flaws, flap-doodles create.  
 
A stride.  
Moistened feet pasted 
prints on fractured lips  
on the terrane tried  
corruption of texture  
deflowering structure...

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The cool evening breeze blends
With the warm beach air
And the damping summer fog
Rolls over the shifting sands

The twilight fog moves gently
Floating over the retreating waves
And the hushed empty shore
Reaching the hectic urban streets

Fog muffles the clamor
Of daily Life, as if
Tucking us all in
With A heavy...

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