Best Sturdiness Poems

I see that acacia tree 
and I get vacuumed back to the past.

When we both had 
a different type of light in our eyes,
with the reflections of that clear brook
evident in our irises,
where we thought that the 
sun only revolved around us, and us alone.

We...

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I kneel to pray beneath an oak tree’s leaves,
where my journey began.
Broken limbs straggle over a patchy lawn,
a neglected place full of holes, 
shoveled from childhood memories.

I bow at the altar of the tall oak.
Days come and go, but yesterdays
are no longer my foundation. 
The...

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for Granny Letchumi (b. fin 19th C. - d. 1978)

Once i was a prince in your highbeamed palm-thatched house
  timber and stone
   of hardened mud and cold green shiny cement
in your village ribbed with drying splintering palmleaf fences
  buttressed by ferns
palmyra...

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In a drunken state I lay here in bed with my notebook and a piece of pen, 
no one in my house not even family nor a rat in the den, 
creating another craft from pen and ink to seek the justice that my artistic...

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whittlin' away
- an essay

I went to buy a pocketknife
recently for a preteen I know,
a small boy with wide dreams
and spaces to live in that match

The usual hardware haunt was
quite limited in its selection,
so I went online to find the perfect 
treasure for an eight-year-old

There was...

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Shrouded in mist, the skies seem so mundane,
offset by shades of lavender and green;
ordinary, redefined by the rain.

As thunder roars, clouds morph into a mane
and lightning flashes streak across the scene;
shrouded in mist, the skies seem so mundane.

Gusting winds spin a rusty weather vane
testing the...

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Just as clear as a whistle
Hear Her words of wisdom
Though it is but a whisper.

Just as clear as the Caribbean Sea
See the depth of Her charisma
Though it is but an ethereal plea.

Just as clear as the sturdiness of trees
Feel the strength of Her purpose
Though it...

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I awoke a clock and watched it countdown towards known silence,
I arose and given the floor the reason for its presence,
Day spent amidst the greenery moored to tawny sturdiness,
Morning sun entice the blooms their ascent upping with success,

Gains a brighter hour taking a lapped route...

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...inspired by 'Goodnight' by Seamus Heaney

From dark to black they staggered,
felt for familiar surfaces,
they groped until the lantern flickered,
faint glow resurrecting shadows.

Cold and flaggy floors uneven,
up and down they skittered
like two drunkards on a binge,
finding legs and sturdiness.

Gaslight blue-flamed 'neath the kettle,
blanket grabbed, the bed...

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On the edge of a tear her world is bungled
so is her love life yet she feels alive

She doesn’t recognize what she’s feeling
Sadness deep in her throbbing heart

She senses her aloneness her loneliness
Surprisingly good in some strange way

There’s a certain sturdiness about it 
Or maybe...

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Years ago, the straws we used
Were paper ones, some striped.
Then plastic ones took over,
Since their sturdiness was hyped.

My grandkids love the bendy-types
In neon-colored hues,
Especially when from the box
Their favorites they can choose.

But it has been discovered
That these plastic straws pollute
And injure many animals
And human beings,...

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Entwined in perfection
Entangled in love
Trapped in dreams
Ensnared like a dove

Perfection that no 
dream can have
Sturdiness like no 
reality can provide
Safety with only
love as a guide

But the knot came undone
the perfection was gone
The dreams all disappeared
The dove was strangled

All that is left
is love
Suffocated, trampled bleeding
Begging for...

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October 21 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Luke 1

Key Verse – Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. 

PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO DOES WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE

Luke 1:37 Praise be to God for with Him, 
nothing shall be impossible by His:
Sovereignty’s...

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consider the source
could tell had been a big horse
could run a great course
(who we did endorse)
(in state of remorse)
(ran while in full force)

a place we would reach
where trump will have to impeach
contract he did breach
(terrible would teach)
(bright brain we beseech)
(poor when he will preach)
(likes being...

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Even though you're hours upon 
hours away...

You make me feel like a 
whirlpool being fueled by the 
rain... 

Sucking up every word and 
hmmm that you breathe...

Constantly drowning all of the 
doubts that tread in my seas...

That float above the roaring of 
emotions within....

The eye...

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