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Trees moan in winds

..."The earth has music for those who listen." 
- George Santayana.
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The rhythm on tree backs from woodpeckers' knocks,
With...

Your beauty

...Beauty is nicely painted on your face
like a rose, neatly plucked from a garden 
and carefully placed in a flower vase,
to spread its sweet fragrance with full pardon.





For contest: Writ...

You are as constant as change

...You will ever be as constant as change~
nothing will ever replace you in me.











Written for the contest: Write Two Beautiful Lines
Contest Judged:  3/4/2025 4:10:00 PM
Sponsore...

Work the dream

...work the dream, live the dream but don't ever daydream your dreams.





Written on: February 27th, 2025
For Contest: Write One Beautiful Line
Sponsored by: Constance La France 
Contest Judg...

When my cat is high, I’m jealous

...(Written for a contest “Write a poem based on a poem.’
Inspired by: “My Cat Is High, and So Am I” by Thomas W. Case)

Honey, I was stoned, so stoned.
I hardly knew what was going on.
Th...

Soulful Living In the Now

...living my life my own way
will jumpstart me every day
reassuring me somehow
soulfully I complete now


Written 4-26-23
Contest: Write a Jueju – Qijue Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Emil Pinet...

I Go a Long Way

...I go a long way to find you
As on moon rays you alight
Shine like a star in indigo night
In my silken meadow
Like the drop of dew you glow 
I make my love sparkle for you.

I go a long...

Summertime

...
Summer soon prepares to start-
follow spring to paint new art;
change pastels to vivid hues-
willow-green to verdant, fuse.

Violets and daffodils-
tulips, iris, with their frills,
m...

The Stillness of Nature

... 
I woke to the birds singing,
and distant church bells ringing;
my bedroom was sunshine hued,
it gave me a calm still mood.

Soon, I walked a lush green path,
in nature I hold no ...

Writing a Jueju

...Looked at Jueju form online  
Don't know if I'll have the time
Maybe I can write just one
Only four lines then I'm done  

Rain stopped, now creek swiftly flows
The wind got up, how...

The Cat of Fortune

...You must have heard many rags to riches stories,
this one is one such fairytale with happy ending.

Once upon a time, in a remote village,
lived a happy boy, called Manik, in a farmer family,
up...

Only Me

...Mind molded in webbed design,
strands of many hues align,
strange patterns not unified 
in psyche unstratified.

In its fold dark secrets hide,
not known to the world outside.
Reticent...

Available Technological Service

...A laptop lightens my mood,
Yet persuades me to be rude.
It’s always told what to do,
Yet in my mind it breaks through.

An iphone aids in stalling
During moments of squalling
Yet no one cares ...

The Lost Kitten

...  

Once upon a time there was a kitten with no name,
in the beginning his mother took care of him;
but one morning she was not there,
so, the kitten with no name went searching.

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Bantu

...The doors of the crowded train open
The spillways of the dam are unlocked.

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March 24, 2023
Contest : Write Bantus
Sponsored by : Suzanne Delaney...

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