Best Otherwise Poems

How splendid to be fancy-free,

     A perfect morn upon the sea,

          Just the surf, my board and me,

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Tempting it is to end it all
Overwhelming depression, Nothing but a normal day
Will I ever be able to put it down
The blade that has become my passage
To not a home nor place at all
But a moment trapped in time to relive
Clinging to life like a...

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I thank God for every idiot 
Who I come to meet;
Because idiots remind me,
It can never be too late 
For me to use a different street, 
Where I can find myself some much needed peace.

I thank God for every idiot 
Who I come to meet;
Because...

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Not seeing me, you say
But I’m here everyday

Because you look with physical eyes 
You miss that which my soul disguise

But I’m still here, still living, still breathing
Other tasks to which my minds in-keeping

My priorities set, but better yet
Entwined in things I won’t regret

Make your mark
I’ll...

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An egg sinks in fresh water                                       ...

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In the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine,
a Norwegian was patented for his design.
His name was John Vaaler, and we've great reliance
on his smart invention, a household appliance.

This smart little gizmo is made up of wire,
but power, electricity, doesn't require.
From springy material, an “otherwise shaped hoop,”
John's...

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Harsh Summer
Extends to Monsoon
Barren fields wait for sowing
Farmer's family keeps watching him
Before he thinks otherwise
The daughters elope
The sons earn.

- Shrineetee Kar
on 28.05.2015 for the contest
'Giveme a Sign' by nette onclaud...

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they disturb, deep behind my sleeping eyes
  ......
  retune my tautened strings, replay my frets
  vignette movies spin reels of dreams discovering
  fresh slants on shadowy delight
  the foreboding, ominous, looming threats
  discordant chords distort a distant hollering
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Otherwise,
I would have kissed the top of that cloudlet, 
Stolen all the refreshing hues of the pasture, or,
Set up a nocturnal sojourn with my soul-mate

Otherwise,
All the sky would have showered a welcome rain
To douse the flames of all shady relations I abhor
And enclosed you to...

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I wish you were here,
I don't want this to disappear.
Was this meant to be?
Will everything workout perfectly?

Till Fate says otherwise,
This might last till the day we both die.
I know I love thee,
Could this be?
Could this be true love?
It feels like it is......

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From horizon to zenith's point and then to Crimson dusk he moved

While I kept watching leaves turning hues which now swim on blue water


(Two lines poetry challenge) 
22nd September, 2020...

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You look like someone I used to love,
just like that child I loved, even the grey 
morning knows the child is alive inside
somewhere.  Why don’t you reach for her,
reach out your hand just now, see if she
can reach an outstretched hand back
to you and...

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With Minuteness' you lived within me
Sustaining infinite thoughts, desires
I bestowed upon you all my experiences and
You knew many more from ages and species
Still to expand and further expand
Trying to diminish what you thought was wrong
Competing for more knowledge
Undeterred with the past, living with the present,
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Will you be there when I need you,
an everlasting lighthouse bright.
When things go bad for me a help,
your help is what I need these days.

Take my hand and give me your words
Will you be there when I need you,
How can I survive without you
I’ll hit...

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Some look like fools but are really wise
Others look wise but are otherwise
Who am I, A fool unto a fool and a wise unto the wise...

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