The poems I never wrote are exquisite
Deep clear pools that reflect and reveal their readers
Nuanced and subtle, full of symbols and hidden meaning
Peeling back new layers upon each return
The poems I never wrote are bestsellers
Attenborough voiceovers and roadhouse storytellers
On bedside tables, dog-eared and marked up
The subject of disagreements over coffee house scones
The poems I never wrote are a perfect sigh
Lyrical, rolling off the tongue, effortless as breathing
Resolved with delight on the final line
Lacking nothing, possessed of no excess
The poems I never wrote are an enigma
An unanswered question desirous of much
A doorway into a new world fraught with possibility
Mysterious and unresolved, yet satisfyingly so
This is not one of those
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Written on 10/06/022
Beautiful, breathless, bloods
Brave, bold beings…
Bringing bounteous buds
Blossoms, blooming birthrights
Beneath blazing baby bluebloods…
Bliss, bolstering, breathtaking
Bushes, burying broken beacons
Buzzing beside breezy bookmaking…
Bathing biblical balms
Beaming benevolence, baffling
Beneath balance, becalms…
Beginning bestsellers, bonded bylines
Birthing banter, bawling behind-the-scenes
Brilliance - by-no-means!
Begin with a letter Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Angela Tune
July 1, 2022
It is when the Allies thought that the Nazis
would win the war, at one moment.
It is a Cancer patient thinking that her future
to live is bleak, only to break through the chemotherapy.
It is a child fearing to drown in a swimming pool,
only to find himself swimming without help.
It is a writer being haunted by “writers’ block” for days,
later managing to publish a bestsellers book.
It is you losing hope on humanity,
only to realize that you are one of the realized souls,
destined to guide mankind to the path of light.
Name: Teddy Kimathi
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