Contentedness Poems

Walking and Breathing

...I walk and breathe 
And breathe and walk. 
Listen to the sounds
Of children and chalk. 

I smile at the pictures
Drawn with great care
Pink and purple flowers
In pixies' sidewalk lair.

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Categories: contentedness, feelings, happy, peace,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFluffy, the Fuzzy Bunny Ballad

...Hopping across fields of happiness
Early-morning Fluffy rejoices in the edibles of earth
Glowing white and pearly, a real spunky bunny
Points her petite, pink nose upward to daylight’s boundless b...
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Categories: contentedness, animal, april, celebration, easter,
Form: Ballad


Two Sides of a Coin: Summer and Rain

...The sunny days have arrived 
The lost warmth has been revived 
yes! the one lost in the winters behind
amidst the cold and windy weather on every side.

The increasing heat of this warm hug 
wi...
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Categories: contentedness, nature,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberA Picnic With Pablo Neruda

...Four legs quiver
like clumsy cabrioles
striking smooth gray rivers
of zig-zag sidewalk barrios
in rhythm with happy shivers
syncopated on a muffled drum
as we talk and stroll

On our way
han...
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Categories: contentedness, i love you, love,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberBlessedness

...Blessedness
Love's a serenade that never grows old, 
a melodic harmony of the soul.
Quote poets own 
There's a light that const...
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Categories: contentedness, blessing, faith,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberBlessedness

...B lessedness- God's gift that crowns my soul-
L ifting my heart to keep me feeling whole.
E nabling my mind to comprehend
S unshine and rainbows chose me to befriend.
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Categories: contentedness, appreciation, blessing, happiness, inspirational,
Form: Acrostic

Premium MemberA Share With a Friend

...Just the other side of the river,
oaken sentinels rise to greet Sol;
a lone birth sits nearby amid river rocks, 
time worn by the flowing aqua,
that wends and winds the bends upon
its journey...
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Categories: contentedness, animal, appreciation, bird, nature,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberCoast Calm

...the tide fluctuates
On the coast, algae line grows~
calm contentedness


Written: October 01, 2022...
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Categories: contentedness, inspirational, sea, seasons,
Form: Haiku

Neurospicy

...i have never not 
thought this much
about everything
all the time 
all at once 

i have never known contentedness
     as i imagine it
     is everyone’s perception the same 
     am i presu...
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Categories: contentedness, angst, anxiety, confidence, discrimination,
Form: Free verse

Chessboard : Oct 2021

...If it were possible to love a thing, 
I would love you.

I would hear the click of your pieces moving 
The silence of felt.
Feel the hardness of marble, the soft warmth of wood,
Watch the chang...
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Categories: contentedness, love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMay the Lord Show You His Favor and Give You His Peace-

...O Gods approval
His approbation
Giving you commendation
Instilling esteem
Granting goodwill
With kindness
Infilling benevolence
Allowing favor
May the Lord grant you
May the Lord...
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Categories: contentedness, analogy, appreciation, devotion, song,
Form: Lyric

Big Dreaming

...One time they say "dream big"
Next they say "lower your expectations"
A lush fig tree without a fig
Christ cursed to dry for its waste of season

For an ignoble vessel can rise to be noble
Ther...
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Categories: contentedness, dream,
Form: Rhyme

Question

...QUESTION 


I was sitting looking up at the sky,
Asked the inevitable question, why?
Why are we here and what is it for?
What other stress has life got in store?

Romance, possessions, learni...
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Categories: contentedness, life,
Form: Rhyme

Giving Realization of the Matter

...Why people hurt people? Why we do hurt?

We do hurt people because, we get hurt.
We do hurt people because of; foolishness, selfishness, greediness,
Jelousness, enviousness, dis-contentedness, an...
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Categories: contentedness, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Verse

Premium MemberGlass

...glass everywhere...enough to see the
you through to endless realms of self
always longing for somethin’ to be
different than what’s experienced...
waitin’ for what? the orchard’s full
apples dre...
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Categories: contentedness, inspirational,
Form: Blank verse

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