Nature Fate Poems

Written: April 14, 2024, For Silent One Forgotten Fields Contest

Rumi Verse: “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When...

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a rattler flicking its 
split tongue...gathering
chemical messengers~ Prairie Dog
without a prayer

vulture, periscope downward
navigates a granulate sea, 
follows the wavering flow of tracks~
just over a grilling...

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From a comet’s tail, like pepper on a meal
sprinkling down on the land
upon the earth, the contagious death
the cleansing of God’s hand

Genocide made, from a...

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It was a cold winter's day, the wind howled
Sky missing hiding above, the dark clouds
that were pelting rain had revenge on mind
the cold, wet city...

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Arid-tanned leaves,
vigorously stripped 
from their cages by
thick cold winds,

luring them to dance
like elegant swans,
swaying dangerously
naked to speeding
express, testing their fate. 

I hear the roars and...

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I believe that each of us lives a predestined life, one that has been arranged and organized for continuity. We are oblivious to such effects...

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 ripples seeking shore
frog thrust fro spots lily pad
dragonfly finds space...

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Bug-free surroundings are most possible,
but not this repulsive, disgusting beast.
The so-called, Corpse Flower, how shockable,
repulsive, disgusting, and to the least
of it said, gives off such...

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toad sat liliy pad
a buzz a gulp splash~buzzing
yellow jacket fleets...

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A Cruel Twist of Fate

Silent rendezvous
Destiny’s cruel twist of fate
Lost chance forever


Love’s Chance

Whispered in the breeze
Meeting place but I’m alone
Love’s chance slips away


Empty Bench

Time slips...

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Alone
Hungry and Thirty
Loss
Surrounded by trees and swamp
One could be animal food
As darkness falls into the night
Bearings unknown
One can lose their mind
Trance of thought to nowhere
Movement...

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A mountain of some measure aligned slopes,
Silversword's statuesque uncommonness,
bikers and skiers, youth urban slang, 'dopes,'
pics of height's flowering tower upness.
Centuries of swordplay, The Word, acclaimed,
plowshares...

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Friend
Twilight and evening bell 
Jingling and screaming like a rose of jungle
Then came a gentle breeze tap behind my gentle skin
Alas!
There stood my helper
And journey...

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THE JOURNEY OF LOVE
               BY
OLADELE MARYAM

Every night
My heart belongs to you
Under...

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flies on its mention
flutters patiently waiting
flung allay echo...

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