Best Sternly Poems

The burial ground,  groomed to greet
the gatherers of their love apocalypse
with garlands grown and sown
from the rose fire of Athena's throne,
on this day they come to mourn
the Poet who perished for the passion of his Beloved Poetess,
the battlefields knew well the iron of their...

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BACK TO HELL DAMN YOU!

Oh you bad, nasty, vicious Virus,
You have taken my inspiration away,
I have asked my muse for help,
But she has gone to a remote 
Island did not want to stay.
So I sit by my computer,
Thinking what shall I write?
No, start once more,...

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One day
One fine day
I touch the sky

The sky
The blue sky
Speaks volumes high

Up there
High up there
Sways the moon fair

The moon
The waxing moon
Plays engrossing tune

I chase
I sternly chase
The moon's grace

Moon embraces
It exulantly embraces
Takes me to the divine places

Sitting on
the crescent moon
I merrily wander around 

I sing
I jubilantly...

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She plunks down a plate of egg rolls
Man, oh man, do these greasy pieces of heaven take tolls
On my heart, dear Mama
Shows me love with food piled on tables that never end
Iced tea, Pho, spaghetti, rice and pork chops
Sternly setting bowls down in front of...

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I listened to his heart profusely, 
For a beat like his was much to ponder
I often wondered, his thoughts, and,
A light in me knew, with wretched wonderment
What the whispers in his mutterings meant to me

They promised no salvation
And they lusted more than I could possibly...

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>center>Jaime was such a lonely boy and this he couldn't understand?
                    He didn't possess one harmful bone in his entire body.
     He...

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She’s dead they said!
She I thought. Who is she?
I stared straight down at a frumpy old thing.
On the bed, a lump, so dead.

Was that me? I asked my spirit guide.
My guide laughed; he always loves it
That it takes me a while to recognize my flesh...

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Long ago, a girl and boy met walking through a pumpkin field.
She laughed and ran, he dared to chase, and neither ever paused to yield.

The boy was rich, and she was poor - for this they did not care.
For what was fortune or the lack,...

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Aries must learn danger with their own toddler test.
Taurus grasp emotions from the feel in their chest.
Geminis wish for words hearers clearly digest.
Cancers thrive in a neat, loving family nest.
Leos strive to lead infused with praise about their best.
Virgos shelve their dreams for duties that...

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Conception

There
In seconds words birth
A phrase laboring me to pen
Anticipation of a perfect offspring
Contraction squint the mind for me
That shudders a intent, until
It flops on the page, kicking
Father critic oversee sternly 
At times pushing me to the side
I separate from a creator
A witness as it breathes...

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I hold in my hand Mama's old fold-up Kodak
In its steel-blue case shut with a tiny curved silver latch.
I carefully unlatch it, watch the worn-out flaky bellows
Extend like an unwelcome, nonfunctional ********,
Emitting a strange smell I remember from my childhood
Seventy years ago, when Mama sternly...

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Rejected. Again.
 
Tonight I think I felt utterly defeated. 
My hands around my towel to the shower I retreated.
I cleaned the house. Put the kids to bed early.
So I could try my best to be flirty... 
He shows me no interest. I wear black lace....

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* When I was three years old *

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My childhood ...

A tree full-to-overflowing
Branches weighty with fruit, blossoms
Each, a sweet memory of life ... family
Summers on the lake, winters in the mountains

The loving, teaching strength of Mom
Always nurturing, caring, molding the clay with precise intent
Guiding my brother...

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Technology AND Human Relationship Poem


 It was on an April day When I was returning home,
 Earphones plugged to my ears, listening to Music in my cellphone.
 Typing Messages fast to my friends in Facebook. 
 While I, laughing Out Loud to their replies made...

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It's peaceful here in my backyard.
The crows sound happy
with warm October sunlight.

I just read about a deadly gathering in Las Vegas.
Absence of sun-drenched peace.
Inconvenient this time of lost loss.
Death is always inconvenient,
even when invited.

A veteran,
about my age,
this shooter.

It took more than one
to hold and fire...

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