I’ve been working on this poem
it’s called (Blown Away)
Don’t worry, there’s no bullets
just some points to be made
I can write it with an arrow
from an old weathervane
dip the tip in lead
and be on my way
with a heavy sway
I’ve been feeling kinda dizzy
but can’t explain
how I keep going south
into a hurricane
Double-barrel primed
I’m ready to blow
blinded by flashes
This can go anyway
who gets to say?
I’ve been crossing minefields
on a pair of stilts
The wind’s at my back
my trousers make sails
I’m falling to bits
spinal tissue exposed
my ribs come detached
But the outlook’s okay
I had spare ones today
I’ve been throwing paper planes
on the rehab lawn
They’re below Mach speed
and the gardener waves
Gliding on zephyrs,
let’s the edges unfold
Unraveling daisy cutters
my payload explodes
No time to pray
but I did yesterday
(yes I did yesterday)
By David Kavanagh
My next door neighbour
was killed in a gas explosion.
On his tombstone
it simply said.
Rest in pieces
long time dead.
Rapturous joy, sets my spirit alight,
Gliding in free-flight, with shear delight,
The frolicking, rollicking laughter, fills the air,
With dancing and happiness beyond compare,
My heart is aflame, no fears in sight,
I'm blown away by sheer delight.
I first heard the word 'abrosexual' today
I confess I was totally blown away
Today bed a woman, tomorrow a man
To every desire say, "Yes I can"
Life endlessly changes, there's constant flux
Who am I? What am I? That is its crux
Small
seeds
of a
dandelion
parachute on the wind-
one o'clock,two o'clock,three o'......
You blew me away with your words.
I fall to my knees to pray to be with you.
I can stand against the hurt,
If the answer means we will never be through.
(C)2022 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
The grass withers
And the flowers fade,
I am a dry land
a desert wind blown away
I am discarded
Thrown away
But the word of our God stands forever
The grass withers
And the flowers fade,
I am a dry land
Isaiah 40:8
4/23/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©
blown away by greed
his smooth character betrays
his trust and his love
Is it true? I thinketh not
Is it a lie? or a well-planned plot
Did the World explode today
And all that dwelt there blown away
Drifting along in the air
To a place that's kind and fair
Only spirits can we see
Everything feels so heavenly.
Percy was born with a snout
Nostrils that did not stick out
When Percy sneezed
It caused such a breeze
It blew everything inside out
~ birth, breadth to last breath
he savored ...
'til ash on the breeze ~
* A reminder to treasure every moment *
( This did NOT place in the the "Magicicada 13 Words To Live By" Poetry Contest )
Must we fight and lash out at each other?
Spinning a blanket of ‘negativity’,
One that never comforts, with gaping holes
Must we carry on ‘blaming’ one side, then the other?
When both sides have done wrong
- Division growing deeper -
While corruption is out of control
Pulling strings all along, instigating…
- No Accountability -
Must we let it mold our minds?
Tell us what to think about the other side?
When it turns out being the person right next to you
- A fellow neighbor -
Slowly words, ‘Love thy neighbor’ are lost…
Destroyed, going, gone…
- As if blown away by the wind -
Heidi Sands
6/19/18
I climb you
with my arms. Filled
with silvery spider web,
courage, the wish to
be away from here,
blown in the
autumn
wind.
A seed
A kernel
A core
I leave my husk for all to find,
scattered in the wind
A parachute
A dragon
A kite
I tie my silver thread,
let me be carried away.
***
August 2016
Copyright © Darren White
BLOWN AWAY
By Roy Merritt
Sometimes when out of doors and under the whirling sway
I wish the rising wind would up and blow me away
Blow me to some distant shore or distant place in time
Allow me some relief from this life I'm in I find
I would be a whole other one free from the troubling strife
Free from the enormity of having to live my life
Free from worrying of others free from their clinging need
Free from compromise and all that one concedes
For what is a greater punishment than having to be just you
What worse upon your person what more could you go through
For are you not an affront to your kith and kin
A judgment from long ago when you did but first begin
Life is a depressing thing, a thing I would not advise
A thing you surely will in your time come to despise
But I know for certain should the wind sure blow me away
And I'd land in that distant place no more here to stay
That I'd naught but have regret and soon wish it to flee
The new person I've become the new person that be me
For if life has taught us anything, anything we should abide
No man has walked this Earth and ever been satisfied
A summer breeze blew love their way
With sweet caresses their passion grew
Eventide brought lavender skies, as waves
kissed expectant shores, sunset
painted brilliant hues
In silhouettes they strolled along
As they watched the moon arise
Soon they paused to share a kiss
summer love 'neath moonlit skies
autumn plucked the leaves
from summer's grasp, and summer
love was blown away
love's brief season in the sun
sails away on autumn winds
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8/17/16
Contest Name: It Takes Four
Sponsor: Broken Wings
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