April Beyond Poems

I'm going back to April,
going to watch Spring chew through winter,
watch the sun,
rake over the dead heaps of the thawing.

I may have to take a...

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From toothed alps to McKenzie High Country
  to hardwood alpine forest and fernland,
there rises the jewel Aoraki 
  out of the jagged ice...

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There is a silence beyond my window;
though the wind is a low desolate moan;
with dark clouds heavy with ominous rain;
and now there is a howl...

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Those who believe that God is not omnipotent

Because he doesn't prevent adversity,
 
Judge with the human criterion of good and evil 

Which doesn't apply to...

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Facts beyond Illusion

The absence of who you are falls short of whom you could truly become.
The decline that leaves you slain without hope. Sliding down...

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Craft choice 
Pure poise
Numbs noise


Vet vice
Sweet spice
Prompts price


Taste touch
Move much
Stretch such


Glimpse gain
Pique plain
Soft strains 


Taste truth
Grand grooves
Prize proof


Dig deep
Seize sleep
Wit weeps


Right reach 
Etch each
Prompt preach


Death...

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beyond the pains
his skin aching
for soothing caress



posted on April 27, 2019...

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Though I’d searched far, no freedom could I find
till Solace came to me and stilled my mind.
His Presence stood and ended my soul’s war.
No freedom...

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Reborn a poet
  and then set free

To live beyond wealth
  —and majesty

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)...

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a widow
forever branded

lost
alone
meandering
about
dense
hazy
cold
misty
fog

timeless
ageless
wondering
what lies
beyond
hearts
throbbing
with pain
in fog



AP: 3rd place 2021

Submitted on April 3, 2021 for contest ALL YOURS (APR 5) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND

Originally posted on...

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Oh, persistent the loud patter of rain on our windows,
yet beyond the storm, bird songs in faraway trees are calling us;
with our red umbrella we...

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moonlit sways and swoons
dance of muses 
in the dark



submitted on March 31, 2018 to contest EARLY APRIL 2018 PREMIERE sponsored by BRIAN STRAND...

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Will You See Truth Beyond That Dark Stone Fence

Can you feel true heart in early dawn's light
soft grace and gentle winds in Spring's new flight.
Can...

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Note nimble note
Words fail here
Void voice vote
Eyes craft cheer


Two pairs meet
No word bridge 
On this street
Splash new ridge


Eye to eye
Set new sighs
Voice fails high
New eyes...

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Blame not the sun for daze that fires,
Echo the feel of joy that grows;
Yield that sure pun as wit now sires,
Opt thoughts that heal with...

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