Best Restless Poems

I wrote verse on the wings of a lark
romantic phrases in perfect rhyme
but the lark flew away in the dark
I wrote no further for the longest time

A lone blue jay landed upon my lawn
I wrote sweet prose on his sapphire wings
He spent the night with...

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Fly away, oh restless heart  
                   seek thy rainbow’s end
Leave me to my reverie 
           ...

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THE RESTLESS SEA


                           As dawn swept 'way the morning stars
         ...

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A river may babble
The wind may sigh
A cloud may rumble
		Are they any more at peace than I?

Oceans may swell
Volcanoes erupt
And a dam can burst
		Do their hearts stop as abrupt?

Tornadoes may destroy
Lightning strikes from the sky
And an earthquake can ruin all:
		Do they hurt any more than...

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Bump bump bump goes my heart 
I wanna pop into your arms like I'm fresh from the toaster 
but in reality I watch as you 
live your life with others I'm like a poster
hanging on your walls always there
but plastered up I can't reach you
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Beneath the veil of night
Restless limbs lay tangled
Amongst her linens and her doubts
Sun kissed skin, remembering him
Her fingers gently trace
The faintest whisper of his touch
Soft upon her breath, his name
She must learn to say goodbye...

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The hour’s late, and I can’t sleep.
My mind rebels at counting sheep.
Sweet dreams are very far away,
and worries surface from the deep.

I lie awake and wait for day.
I close my eyes and try to pray.
If all my faith is spent and lost,
how will I keep...

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A restless girl in a pink bedroom 
  Scans the implacable ceiling, 
Or buries her face in a book 
  To subdue the hurting feeling. 
And the days fall flat as roadkill, 
  Grind on and cool their heels 
In minutes and...

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A little leaf floating on restless waters -
      but I'll go where the river takes me
             till I find you out in the sea....

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Restless and unhappy,am I!
To be so desirous to live totally free, under blue skies.
Not living one day more, behind closed doors.
So fed up with sanitizing floors and doors.
People in masks look totally ridiculous.
Perhaps some love this fear-carousel,so totally incredulous!

Created by none other than that beast,...

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Yesterday mother nature was restless, strong winds blew
Kind of like my restless heart, sitting alone, waiting for you
Overnight's dreams calmed me like a soft blown breeze
Today is settled and quiet, with beams of sun on snow through the trees
I am not one to know the...

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new puppy restless
nighttime cries for company…
come torpid coldness 

Copyright © 2011 By Caryl S. Muzzey

Fifteenth Place Winner ~ "Very Strict Haiku” Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Charles Henderson
Nov. 29, 2011

Kigo: torpid coldness/winter
Caryl Muzzey
11/9/2011...

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Restless memories, faded yesterdays --

On my darkened wall a light appears,
grows bright, passes into darkness.
Outside:  the sound of ill-tuned engines.
A street lamp shines through my window --
the curtains really should be drawn.

In a hot July we sweltered
under the weight of words,
polysyllabic, pretentious -- 
a...

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Our hearts and eyes ceaselessly wander
Stumbling blindly in fields of gold
We first see bright gilded brass
Our eyes lock on, transfixed…
Never simple truth
As clear as day 
Alas! the
Restless 
Heart
~*~


5/30/'14

Note:  For Freddie V.'s  "One Original - Never Published Nonet" Contest...

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No end where love's found
no beginning, though there must've been
I can't recall, seems it was always there
going on and on..

No life better known, restless like the forest
hearts awaken at new sight and sound
teasing I see, so pleasing..
two corners lifting at your mouth.

You can go on...

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