Best Detour Poems

On this soft autumn evening all is still 
The moon drifts over clouds that gently flow
Bequeathing through us humbleness and thrill. 
To fade in its mild hour of afterglow.

And somehow I have thought about our dream
Where skies can look into my heart and  feel;
This...

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Carefree childhood
School days
Wedding Day
Beautiful girls
Creative seamstress
Met soul mate
Daily Joy
Togetherness
Forever after
Cancer
Detour......

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broken glass

        detour ahead

            lights flashing...

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Children of all ages
Assemble for dazzle;
Forget anxious concerns


Circus in town
Clowns and mimes;
Kaleidoscope dazzles


Monkey on a bike
Acrobatic antics;
Ringside music buzz


Magical tricks
Pretty babe disappears;
Misdirection pops


Curious eyes wonder
Awesome entertainment;
Anxiety put on hold


Desire ploughs
Work day posits;
Return on investment


Firm strategy
Business start-up;
Sales lagging 


High wire stroll
Balancing act;
Crowd in awe


Fund your fun
Be...

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Waves of sadness wash over me like the tide.
We had a love so bright, and now I’m empty inside.
They say you can’t go back in time,
But I would go back when our love was still sublime.

Divorce is like mourning the death of someone close,
And now...

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Ageing means no turning back the clock
 And the road ahead is an uncertain path
Upside is you can drive a chair that rock
Shriek streak freak rambling psychopath

Reedited: 2:27 p.m. 
               4/1/2021
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Dreary dream dies
Entice each eye
Trust truth to tie
Opt open orbs
Use unbinds urge
Reach rides research


Do discern dare
Eat egg éclair
Thrill tragic trounce
Observe odd ounce
Unfurl unveil
Ride roomy rail


Dote deep desire
Etch end empire
Troubles trim top
Old options opt
Urge unzips use
Ripe rapid ruse


Demand dotes dear
Echoes endear
Telling truth times
Open outlines
Undo unsound
Romp reasons...

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Road construction ahead. Another pending relationship. Potentially harmless. A fly stuck to the windshield. Its smashed body meaning as much as the life it once had. Just past the corpse the sign comes into view: "Detour" The break up begins. No apologies, no explanations. Just...

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Tim was a poet but lost for words as he pondered the meaning of the cross

Sat by the road side of his inner world and wondered which way to proceed

His bones were weary his skin was parched the soul spired in lost ground

He was confused...

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Like minded pathos
personification guild 
elucidation...

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Going awol when needed the most
Choosing truancy
an uncaring ghost

Stealing my voice
In your offhanded way

Invalidating the least little thing I might say or twist  it untill the true meaning gave way

And when you discovered I would not break
there was no route too low to take

A...

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Like a child losing eye-spy something beginning with a...
perhaps... No... No ! i lie... that thing with a 'P' -
the past... it's not at all dark and distant dreaming
they just change the target - it's not what its seeming,
"Look... look - they got me /...

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Being with you for over 8 years,
has had it's share of smiles and tears.

But now a collision of principle,
and dealing with it is difficult.

Why are we both so stubborn?
From our mistakes we never learn.

A long detour of what lies ahead,
Is there another way to go...

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sixth of six children my parents conceived         I was second to survive


written 26 Aug 2020...

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"You don't belong here!"
They said. 
They doubted the authenticity 
Of my identity. 
Black night bade me come in, 
Provided I sang a song. 
Paroxysms of regret filled my song; 
The monotonous song from my ektara. 
It was a parody of how the sun rises; 
And...

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