Focussed Poems

Return My Tears

...for : Choose a line 2
Sponsor : Joseph May
prompt: “The darkened sky stole my tears”
submission date :  27/5/25
Placed : 4th : multiple 

   RETURN MY TEARS 

The darkened sk...

PLAGUED BY MEMORIES

...PLAGUED BY MEMORIES

Some memories shimmer but don’t last
Yet others put down roots so very deep
Creating versions as dreams when sleep
And earn their place that they can keep
In the mind’s tim...

Dog Park

...
Let off a lead,
freedom bounds 
as if all joy is held
within a bouncing ball
to be retrieved
and brought back to lay
at a lover's feet. Then 
sent off to do again.

Smells wafting 
from t...

Smiling At Strangers

...Smiling at strangers, or saying hello
passing the time, on my walks down the street
with mixed responses, from those you don’t know
some stare at their phones or else at their feet

Joggers thos...

CECYL, SON OF OUR SOIL : CONSUMMATE REVOLUTIONARY

...{Poet’s Note : I wrote this poem for the passing of my very dear friend & comrade, Cecyl Esau, Umkhonto we Sizwe Commander in 2021, as a contribution to his memorial service. Cecyl was given a full P...

A View From The Backyard

...
So many stars overhead.
The cold evening air gives
a focussed clarity to each speck 
of light and a little of the chill 
from space seems
to trickle down to earth 
and settle this night. 

...

Every detour is a reminder

...I am blessed to have many skills but navigation isn't one of them! But, I do learn a bit more every time I get lost somewhere.

Navigation is important. If we don't know where we are, we can't find...

The Hunter and the Doe

...Her story is hidden in every third word.

Our hunter sought deer. He tracked silently while he bounded over brooks, away, into woods, zigzagging...

Not For Elephants

...In the liveliest REM stage of his night 
Bert beholds an unusual sight.
A troupe of pink elephants sound a trumpet blast 
Then stomp united towards the grass.
On the other side, a team of tall st...

FIGURISTA weber

...FIGURISTA 
existing
  where
what you see
focussed
is
what you get
as
it really
looks
representational
infused
with
  reality
of
the everyday...

Love Letter for April :139:

...Dear Love,
Just a quick note:
You caught me unawares
I thought I lived in circles
You taught me to accept squares
I write to ask for guidance
As straight lines tend to bend
The route we though...

A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

...A handful of sorrowful years have passed
and now I bare my shame.
A deserving fate for one miscast;
deserving of the blame.

For I was flailing as a dreamer,
focussed on the past.
Running from...

Goodbye, Odie

...Goodbye, Odie

My little old cat is dying.
His steps are awkward, eyes unfocussed
and he cries when he can’t see me.
I’m not sure I want to be in a world
that doesn’t have my tabby Familiar.
I...

OPEN VERSE NO 19

...LETTERINGS
expressing
 the
  vulnerable
impressions
in
a
  customary
sophisticated
interplay

surfaces
  draped
frozen
 in contrasts
natural
  unaware
as
light
  dispenses
mercy
...

OPEN VERSE 11-12

...EXPLORATIONS
divergent
  transition
extinguish
in
surroundings
with
echoes
 defined
&distinctive
crytalising
the
symbolic
patterns
  fused
alongside
  the
geometrical
  harmony
rev...

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