Amidst The Falling Leaves And PetalsDry leaves and petals are falling
Instantly one by one, over my head
Rapidly as I catch them in my hands
Some of them freely fall in my head
In my face, in my back unnoticed
I'm jumping happily with grace
And when I stop all of a sudden
Many of them also freely fall below
I notice of such awe but felt...
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Categories:
courage, introspection, life, nature,
Form: Free verse
Fare Thee WellI am in many rooms trapped with death
Or waiting for death to get there
Like this one time. It was a salon
My nails were done neon blue
With heena flowers
With a splash running down to the tips
It was really beautiful; you should have seen
Next was my cuticles
She did one
I am going...
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Categories:
angst, bereavement, courage, death,
Form: Free verse
Whispered Dreams in the Sky
Written: April 29, 2025, for Contest by Brian Strand
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diaphanous
spirals
of
spectral
...
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Categories:
appreciation, courage,
Form: Other
Deprived Of Your LoveGlib rhetoric concerned with striking independence may seem frivolous,
nuanced rational quite often a typical traumatic casualty,
the once interminable interdependent passionate zeal disintegrating in rapid spasms,
a longing sated and mutually embraced by two compatible persons now collapsed,
indivisibility transformed or transforming into invisibility and the direction sadly inevitable,
aftermath of intensity level shock to pitiless essence,
recovery initial...
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Categories:
break up, courage, cry,
Form: Free verse
Casualty of your CrueltyFor Sara Jama's contest - Casualty of your Cruelty -
Inspired by the painting Oil and Gravel on Canvas by Sadamasa Motonaga
what is composure
perhaps just containment and presentation -
an angle you look your best from
I'm floating within and outside of this body
explosions, implosions, drift, smash, lull, steady...
breath goes in and...
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Categories:
courage, emotions, endurance,
Form: Ekphrasis
The Skies Their Trapeze
Acrobats of the air, the skies their trapeze
Daring loop-de-loops performed with such ease
They fly in formation, weave in and out, while
the faint-hearted scream, the lion-hearted shout ...
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Categories:
courage, flying,
Form: Couplet
PahalgamThe sky.
Bows down,
The great Himalayan.
Making it beautiful
For every dawn.
Has disturbed
The Pahalgam!
What's cause?
Which made it
From resilient one,
Into a crying noise!
After a long run!
The quiet lets
Along the vast,
Sarcasmed valley
Within the peace,
And of calmness.
Has disturbed
The Pahalgam!
What's that?
Marking great beauty,
From the heaven,
To a hell!
Of the Earth!...
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Categories:
beautiful, courage, dedication, environment,
Form: Free verse
The Weight of Others' Expectations
Son of Man, pause before judgment's seat,
Lest haste consume your soul's retreat.
Do what's right, yet don't waste precious time,
For pleasing all is a futile rhyme.
In seeking validation, you may lose your way,
And those you please will mock you on your final day.
Marry with wisdom, don't borrow to impress,
For pleasing others can lead to financial distress.
You...
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Categories:
bridal shower, character, courage,
Form: Rhyme
I AM WORDSFamous in the Dictionary and Thesaurus
Seen in written resources of all kinds
Often spoken
Open Spirit
Good and Bad
Associating through people’s minds
Outburst sometimes not kind
Thinking while composing suggesting
Alpha Letters transcending words
Translating into Foreign Languages
Writers gather where appropriate
Attention capture
Alert mode
Mind and Soulful
Straight out
Look no further
No one ever knows what or how until writing complete
I am words
Controlling the who, How...
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Categories:
courage, appreciation, beauty, books, care,
Form: Free verse
Sandhya
The Encounter
My heart longs to breathe in your arms; what can I say, I wish to live a few moments more. May the rose given in desire never fade, may your life never fade, rose. Now the morning will be the procession of memories, now the evening will be, or the night will come to...
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Categories:
courage, happiness,
Form: Romanticism
C0URAGE
May we be blessed with the two courages in life
everyone should seek…
The courage to know when it’s time to listen…
and the courage to know when it’s time to speak....
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Categories:
courage,
Form: Rhyme
Opportunity Quote
Categories:
courage, growth, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Never AgainI plant my feet firm on this ground
And declare with every breath in my body—
Never again.
Never again will I shrink myself
To fit into spaces not built for my expansion.
Never again will I dim my light
To make others comfortable in their darkness.
Listen—
My body remembers every time I said "yes" when I meant "no."
My spirit carries...
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Categories:
courage, freedom, inspirational, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
When loyalty spilts"The conscience was ripped apart“
when in the arena—
stood my ‘faith’ on one side,
and my ‘family’ on the other.”,
...
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Categories:
courage, community, conflict, confusion, corruption,
Form: Free verse
One hundred cents'To every dollar there are 'one hundred cents' in Britian its
The same..Yet the reckoning is in pence.' Meanwhile i
Pound..' On the gate of reason.' At least thats the name it bears.' Here in this ' land of fluid thinkers?' Till my knuckles
Bones show bare.' There is no sense!! In the current world; so unfair..
This is...
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Categories:
christian, confusion, courage,
Form: Didactic
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