Peace Drink Poems

The whistling kettle calls to me.
Telling me it's time for tea
I grab my Tinkerbell mug off the shelf
As I try to decide what to have...

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The fruit juice drips momentarily beneath the alter filling the crevices and corner, while the sound of impatient traffic rolls down the street honking horns...

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I feel there's something heavy
Pressing on my bones
Medusa's gaze has got me
Turning into stone..

My life needs new perspective
Like some higher place to view
A log jam...

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By Chad Carlson

Today I looked at my life in rewind
Found the good in mostly bad times
Smiled a lot and even laughed a little
Until I got...

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I hope you lose sleep
All these things you did to me
I'm done keeping peace...

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Son, don't stand there with that cold stare and judge me
When I twist the cap and pour a glass and tilt my head gently

Just know...

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A quake took place
between my shoulder blades
teeth ground to dust behind my face
the scraping of tectonic plates
scared me to my hiding place
bottles and blankets, a...

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It tells the soul,
I’ll give you wings.
I’ll enlighten you and bring peace.
I’ll fill your mind with a brilliant idea.
I’ll cause your heart to feel like...

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As the clock strikes twelve, we bid farewell,
To the passing year, its tales we tell.
With champagne's sparkle, we gather 'round,
To welcome the new, with joy...

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Stirring My Tea 12-22-23  
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Amber Balm

Evening settles into an overstuffed ebony chair,
 No longer pacing in little anxious circles
  Nor scurrying into hollow...

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I want to write about peace!
I want to write about multiculturalism!
I want to write about fairness!
I want to write about love!

    ...

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jasmine is nectar delight

blossomed leaves to so unite

floral whispers bold

of petal tales told

dreamy sip this fragrant flight.
...

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Right now I'm struggling and my heart is hurt
I'm trying to find a way to get my scars to reverse 
I'll pour a glass of...

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Oh! Life is so good here, 
Living in a beautiful African village,
Where most  people dream about doing farming, hunting , cultivating and fishing. 

Life is...

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Tea time in the desert,
a stellar hibiscus moment;
the freedom of passionate dreams
build to a crescendo amid
starlight reverie.

A release of stress and trauma,
is a sip of...

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