Best Respite Poems

melancholy days approach;
escape where?  In naked woods?
where do winds wail around
the hilly slopes?
where ash, maple, and oak abound?
I see a dazzling blaze,
a kindling world,
as fires leap everywhere
all over the hemispheres,
where fatal booby traps are sprung,
where bombs fall without respite.
now, where can I escape?
Suddenly, night...

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My heart whispers secrets to my soul at night,
revealing truths shadowed by the light of day.
Within dreams, fledgling feelings flex wings for flight;
fleeing reality as it drifts away.
Anxiety fights sleep to keep me awake;
micromanaging each minuscule mistake.
And yet, the secret whisperings of my heart
anchor my...

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blue sky and white waves

where sand meets ocean's water . . .

hot summer's respite


June 25, 2022 for Tania Kitchin's Summer Nature Themed Haiku Poetry Contest...

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Jesus replied, “Foxes have holes
and birds of the air have nests,
but the Son of Man has no place
to lay his head.”  Matthew 8:20 NIV

PLACE OF RESPITE

Cheek-tinge of pink dawning in the murky skies.
Blandness of deep-earthed bark, stretching,
touched by birdsong…long overdue, it pries
the stirring of...

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I yearn for every moment to be a delight
For worry and stress to give way
To endless days of leisurely respite 
From now until forever and ever
Let me fear no more and have no need for hope
Let me sit under a linden tree and just abide
In...

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                               jagged icicles 
           ...

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When July heat falls to a cooling shower
late in the afternoon, I find porch-swinging
a joy. There’s respite for each plant and flower.
The only lights I need come gently winging
their way to me. The lightning bugs’ bright power        ...

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A Small Respite
~~~

Yesterday
I watched a child at play
and I recalled times of joy long past
of a happiness known but too fragile to last
like a sweet golden dream that I fought to hold fast
for a moment I was young again
bright sun shone through my pain
then came...

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Singing crickets sigh 			
Windows open for a brief respite	
Bare breeze blows....

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(The Poem is about young love which ends after a one night stand. 
The villain Rain seduces and makes love to the Protagonist, Young Earth, and leaves 
her with a cold stare without even a word of Love) 


It rained that night,
the summer respite.
"Dry days...

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Focused, brows furrowed
Working, toiling, laboring
Then, my child awakes....

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No Respite for Plato


I was born into the wondrous light that bore down upon me illuminating the world before my eyes. In my youth I chose to turn away and seek the refuge of the shadows. But always could I feel the burning of the...

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I sit quietly,
Enjoying tranquility,
Healing peace at last.

The birds sing sweetly.
Bees and butterflys abound.
Dragonflys come too.

Then he finds me here.
Bringing endless monologue.
What's wrong with the world.

All day every day.
Time really doesn't matter.
We're here together.

It starts when he wakes,
It ends when he goes to bed.
Never changing ---...

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Missing it all again
Between the raindrops
Beneath the water's surface
Believing all gets ruined 
But moving forward just a step
By step. By step. By step
Covers so much ground 
To endings & beginnings
Missing it all again.

Port wine tawny red,
My companion pours a dream
between the nightmares howling
A brief respite...

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                                           The Sands...

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