Best Stays Poems

Who can resist the strangulating grip of time?
That which exists today may not be there tomorrow
Like shooting stars which vanish in the flicker of an eye
Life comes and goes quicker than a darting arrow

The only constant in life is its inconstancy
With time, even our existence...

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In our lives, we’ve been rendered feelings
in varying degrees of happiness -
prickles of gladness 
derived from such events as those 
of tasting victory,
of making someone smile, of giving aid,
of basking in the company of friends and family.
And who cannot remember the euphoric bliss
of his or...

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Ah Frontiera, here we are at your last, you've thrown a rod, your life lies black
on oily ground - all this snow and you're a mobile no longer; so I must walk.

It's cold, and now I think of it, that cold that exists in enormous...

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I feel the safety of your strong arms wrapped around the small of my back; your 
kiss, so tender, consummates our love in a room pervading of soft, rock music, 
pink champagne and...


countless white candles.


We dance slowly, and I hear your belt buckle fiercely slap...

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NOTHING STAYS THE SAME

I feel…the tide roll in…
As it crashes on the shore
I’ve never felt so battered before
I felt the tide roll in

I see…the tide pull away…
Like, it’s got somewhere to go
Just where it goes…I’ll never know
I see the tide pull away

Chorus
And, I know now…that...

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With Nature My Life Stays In Tune
      ( "Sonnetina Rispetto" )

With Nature my life stays in tune
Be it day or clear night's bright moon
On this, my heart holds true and fast
With clear sunshine in month of June
Pains in life my...

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To Isoboye Danagogo

Song about you reminds me of Africa
you are an embodiment of African culture
Look into your palms and see the route
of our lives cemented by love...
A piece of me is in you
and a piece of you is in me;
a piece which clamour for greatness
At...

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to minimize ones pain  
to stand tall beneath the shallow insults

to hide behind a mask or laptop
a fool , a cowards way to go

The truth is so light and will heal the sad broken
no one has the right to take the truth from you...

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Fragile joy suddenly smashed,
Shock predictable attack,
Little fragments raining down,
Cutting at me deeper now,
All of you are just the same,
How much more can one heart take?
Straining underneath the lies,
One more way to make me cry,
Disappointment yet again,
Just give up and let you play,
Let me down and...

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Something we all have to accept
Is that nothing stays the same
it's so easy to sigh and lament
Than accept life's looking for change.

As soon as something is comfortable
It's season is over it seems
So keep your emotions portable 
So they don't interrupt your dreams.

But something I learn as I get...

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What happens in the past, stays in the mind. 

Sitting on the floor,  pen in hand, a wealth of books surround me, comfortable in my familiarity. 
Studying was my sole mission; achieving only excellence my greatest aim.
Suddenly a flash! Vivid sounds, historic pictures, acrid smells...

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Sylvia stays sedentary still seeking superiority 
Sometimes summarizing situations so subtilely*, 
Suddenly somnambulistic, she slips silently
Sensing some sarcastic silliness, soon senility. 

*alternate, archaic spelling for “subtly.”

SECOND PLACE WINNER
Written June 28, 2022
For "Begin With a Letter" poetry contest
sponsored by Angela Tune...

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Family stays family
until the very end
Give no doubt or disbelief
to what a family is.

They fight and they argue
but they give their very best
They make each other happy
I really must confess.

My family is precious
sacred and adorned
Mess with them
and you won't be forewarned.

Cause family is family
no matter...

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Each creation is equally special for the writer
Borne with true causes , works as fighter 
Some are simple descriptions of own life
Enclosing prose with deeply felt passion

Words may be powerful or played smart
Any poem goes…some stays in heart
Being a work of inspiration rekindling path
Making life...

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LOVE STAYS 

I thought of you today
Just Like I did yesterday
Still can’t believe that you walked away - People Change
I hear time has a funny way
Of makin’ the memories fade
I wish you didn’t feel the same - People change
 
People change
People change
People change
But love stays
My...

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