Lost Dodoitsu Poems

A gut punch - gone forever
Life will never be the same
Hers, lost to a stray bullet
Phew, a frightful dream...

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IT’S YOU -DODO

For many years thought extinct
A lost friend, rediscovered
An African encounter
Ah, Dodo – it’s you
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A flicker in space reveals
blessings by God so bestowed
but if we be not aware,
the moment is lost....

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We see siblings fall apart 
because of enlarged egos
and all we can do is pray,
that hearts be love grazed....

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mirrors turbulence of mind
documents dull daily chores,
poured feelings on blank canvas, 
friend we trust as true .

closest buddy in childhood,
confidant in teenage years,
my excitement, my...

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We Are All the Same
Listen to the reeds as they sway apart;
Hear them speak of lost friends.
At birth, you were cut from your bed,
Crying and...

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What a fun time of the year
picking apples for baked pies
playing in the falling leaves
winter is coming....

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I cannot define my love
It is transient beauty
Truly the eye of the storm
Lost but together...

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Lost Love

Found no where in water
Air was also empty
Songs of love unheard again
Letters of mine lost again!...

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watching for no ideas
I observe no ideal
no waiting on anything
shutting up myself...

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in sun drenched noon lost in light
smiling gently to herself
she is on the path of pinks
with their clove like scent

tanagers and scarlet birds
come to the...

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doors wide open sun pours in
and I am lost in the light
like vivid blooms lost in night
afternoon dreaming

time crawls the birds are singing
wake me on...

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Love like sweet honey she poured
Into my throat, wished goodbye
She left with a broken heart
I let out a sigh...

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the tree he planted still stands
wrapped in autumn’s fiery hues
while his colors have faded
…I visit his grave



*Written September 30, 2020
For Constance La France’s Dodoitsu contest
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