Sunny-Side Up
...The Summer sun shimmered upon the lake.
Sunny-side up, the sky, the brightest soak.
Its reflection - a breathing space intake.
Stay on the path for its easy, light yolk.
The darker ...
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Categories:
breathing space, light, summer,
Form: Sonnet
Vacuuming Saga
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1 John 1:7 “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”
In the vacu...
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Categories:
breathing space, appreciation, faith, hope, jesus,
Form: Couplet
Peoples peace day
...Listen intently..' peace.)
Munitions roar' the worlds mouth!
Utter death! and denial.'
Much life is lost, too bad.!
How do we count? In evil score?
Let us wipe the slates clean.!
Dared to s...
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Categories:
breathing space, adventure, appreciation, courage,
Form: Haiku
You Are The Reason
...You are the reason why I am here because I have so much to share. You are the reason why I am here, and you act as if you don’t care.
What kind of person are you? You are just looking out for you;...
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Categories:
breathing space, america, anti bullying, community,
Form: Narrative
Untwine
...It lays helpless at the foot of the hill gasping for breath, while the shadows drifts slowly over the hardened earth and thickened skies. The scent of the gully birds kept meandering around strange d...
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Categories:
breathing space, cinderella, community, courage, endurance,
Form: Narrative
Umber
...Through mist and rain I walk the pier
Truly my favourite time of year
Umber sky and umber ocean
All chaotic frenzied motion.
Heaving waves foam and spume
Dance macabre without a tune
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Categories:
breathing space, ocean, winter,
Form: Couplet
My Sanctuary
... Forests are my safe sanctuary,
where among trees I find breathing space;
I find refuge when I need to be solitary.
Down green hued paths are bird songs merry,
each view, smell and so...
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Categories:
breathing space, introspection, nature,
Form: Villanelle
Tendencies
...TENDENCIES
too perfect
flawless
virtuousness
in thrall
to the moribund
superlative
to reinvigorate
the enfeebled
concept of genius
this exemplar
of grace and harmony
conc...
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Categories:
breathing space, poetry,
Form: Other
Stop the War
...Stop the war,
Pleaded the children
Eyes filled to the brim with
Despair as to how they can feel
Hope being destroyed with gloom
Stop the war
Else how will peace be celebrated
As the symbolic...
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Categories:
breathing space, peace, war,
Form: Free verse
Mirror
...I gaze intently at your face,
Many hair strands outta place,
Lipstick used to perfectly trace,
Lips tremble like heading to 1st base,
Instantly i need breathing space,
Overwhelmed by feelings of...
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Categories:
breathing space, age, anxiety, art, beauty,
Form: Rhyme
Contemplations
...slender
amplified
diverse&
natural
connections
puddles
in artful
distilled beauty
tranquil
light filled
breathing space
exuberant
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Categories:
breathing space, poetry, word play,
Form: Other
Shimmering Genesis
...breathing space drowns night
a wanderlust disaster
on a distant star...
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Categories:
breathing space, poetry,
Form: Haiku
Pressing
...It’s one of those days when my stomach is pressing against my chest, and my lungs is playing tick tock toe with its own breath. My adrenaline is running a hundred miles marathon per hour and my arter...
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Categories:
breathing space, career, community, deep, house,
Form: Narrative
Dead, Demented Yet Presides
...Over two hundred million people sleeps and wake without a leader,
A cloned effigy in a rock called "Aso"
too old to lead or long dead to be,
demented or dead, they cannot tell,
old age ha...
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Categories:
breathing space, africa, corruption, image, life,
Form: Burlesque
The Teaching Task
...Lockdown over, I had to head to school
my pupils waiting to learn the golden rule
I got ready and put on that mask
following the health protocols is a must
How would I each word articulate?
and ...
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Categories:
breathing space, education, endurance, funny, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
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