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Disenchant Poems

I Finally Saw the Debate

...I finally saw the debate,
My spirits prepared to deflate,
For I’d heard it was rough
(Lies are hard to rebuff)
But I needed to get it all straight.

I agree that Joe Biden looked weak
And he f...

Categories: disenchant, political,
Form: Limerick

I Miss the Winter Weather

...Bustling corridors, places to go, 
you can’t stand still or move too slow.
Make a plan, plot a course, 
there’s an entire campus to traverse.
Other things are good to know, 
like the best place ...

Categories: disenchant, school, student, weather, winter,
Form: Rhyme

Love Is Healthy

..."Give up all hope
for a better [healthier] past."
     Bumper Sticker, on way to church

"Give up no gratitude
discovering a better [healthier] future."
     Homily at Churching Hope Together 
...

Categories: disenchant, caregiving, earth, god, green,
Form: Prose Poetry

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

You Don'T Need

...You don’t need fancy toys or food
To entertain your friends or brood,
Just lots of real attention paid
To reinforce connections made.

For love is felt when it goes deep
And every kinship that ...

Categories: disenchant, family, friendship love,
Form: Rhyme

She Is My Everything

...She is the best teacher
sometimes strict,
sometimes jovial,
sometimes friendly,
but no one can persuade better life lessons like her

She is my true friend,
gives a bright buoyant smile,
when...

Categories: disenchant, nature,
Form: Free verse

Dragon's Breath

...

The dragon's breath upon my cheek
Comes to spoil the quiet that I seek
Gone the peace that night may grant
All my dreams now quickly disenchant
Blow your fire upon my aching breast
There is...

Categories: disenchant, angst, animal, death,
Form: Couplet

The New Family Home

...Now that midsummer approaches
and the years begin to betray,
the foundations I once knew
are crumbling, my love ones
are moving majestically away.

Our new home a portrait of joy,
each abode n...

Categories: disenchant, faith,
Form: Narrative

A Nurse

...A person you go to when you’re aching
and  seek when you are hurt
someone you should be thanking
because she keeps you wide alert

A nurse is so empathetic
she knows just what you need to hear
makes ...

Categories: disenchant, caregiving, thank you,
Form: Rhyme

If I Had Been Born In Another Time

...Would all thoughts and ideals
have been different, if I had been born
in another time, not in one as sophisticated as ours?
I probably wouldn't have been torn,
but greeted by love, and not have k...

Categories: disenchant, faith, forgiveness, friendship, hope,
Form: Free verse

Dark-Haired Ninja Over My Hips

...I watched as the dark grew around his eyes.
He came through the window,
Stepping like a shadow.
He was the night, he was the ghost, he was the 
Unaided fighter as he reached for my side.
And I s...

Categories: disenchant, love, mystery, passion, hair,
Form: Prose Poetry

Words I Do Not Like:

...disappoint, disavowed, disingenuous, displace
disastrous, disapprove, disallow, disadvantage, disaffect
disagree, disappear,  disapprobation, disarray, disassociate
disbelieve, dishearten, disharm...

Categories: disenchant, on writing and words
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Poisoned Dream

...I still ransack
My entire recollections
For stray threads of our adore
And an innocent simper
On that delightful face
You bear.
I breathe your air 
Inlaid in sinful
Melodies of our carnal wan...

Categories: disenchant, lost love, love
Form: Free verse

Hard Way

...Do not let the ease by nature blind
  The eyes that sear a pathway throughout the night,
And do not let the complex cloud the mind
  To love revealing unobstructed sight?
Do not let the glamour o...

Categories: disenchant, faith, life, love, passion,
Form: Verse