Time Imagism Poems

A peace of mind 
Walking by myself at a decent time 
No one to check on me 
At least I’m fine
Lower my standards 
A million...

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They go to the cop with a gun, who can gun

They avoid the cop with a book, who can book

The book and the gun shall...

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If you find yourself classed as being old, 
You may have in moments more lucid,
Looked at your situation from a rational point of view,
And taken...

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Gray days
Listless 
Depleted
Existence, oddly muted
Minutes drag on
Bears are smart to hibernate
Not much to chirp about, is there
...

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Stairway to Wise Woman Faerie Cottage
I found it when I was eight
Spent many an hour inside
Learning the wizen ways of a sorceress

Wise Woman confided she...

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Why am I writing this? Writes the thinker
Why can’t I think rationally? Mourns the thinker
Who is to be blamed if not me; the thinker decides...

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What is love? Asks the thinker
The thinker asks again, what is not love?
He asks, he never gets the answer
The answer of liberation, he seeks.
Early morning...

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Midday
I walked 
on a shadowy path
neath swaying palms,
as its twirling fronds 
cast sparkles
skipping on my shoes
and same as a clock,
I then wound around
and stepped on
its...

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one voice bleats unheard
        human legacy vapor

storm flares dot Sun’s face


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(perspective)

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humans cry out constantly, every single one, seemingly...

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CLARITY   FROM  OBSCURITY

Time the wanderer  -
For  a pyramid moment stilled  -
On a rain-filled winter night
In dark  narrow streets
Often...

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Poem by Koffi Mtonga

She woke up early that morning, opened the window that had a view of a blue sea, just in time for the...

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There's holiness on Christmas Eve
whether snow does fall or warmth may call
  
  It's a special time, when Sanctity
  enters -- not...

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The leaves crunch under my feet as I walk.
Admiring my forest for the hundredth time.
Loving it that deer bound away flashing me with their tails.
Sometimes...

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Thunder never felt louder
The wind at their backs, 
Their tails streaming 
They run in full out glory
Penny Hardy’s horses
Bringing appreciative glances
A feeling of reverence following...

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The battle line is drawn.
Beyond the mystery of your power, 
You've laid us down.
In your bid to get in here you promised to build a...

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Poem by Koffi Mtonga

SEEING through the window, are clouds which move slow or maybe the dozing fellow has decided to recall of the vibrant days...

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A small “library” in the heart
There are some pictures amd 
Moments which I like most
Sometimes I catch a glimpse
In softened waves of blue
Life is a...

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   Hellbent
   free fall
unsynchronized tumble
   Helter-skelter
   feet first
   head first
Arms akimbo
   screaming, holding...

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WHEN I HAD ASKED HER WHERE SHE'D BEEN
SHE ANSWERED
AT A CONFERENCE FOR
KANUON HALTER
AT THE BOOTSINGER CONFERENCE HALL
I HAD TO DO SOME UNDERHIM WORK
WE PUT OUR...

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it happened that time
the sun lost its path
inside cotton wool of the sky
and it never rose again
the moon drowned
into the abyss of the pacific
and it...

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