Imposes Poems - Poems about Imposes

TO THE ONE WHO IS

...You have neither season nor outline,
Yet you dwell in every beat of my heart, crushed
By disappointment and solitude,
As though the day leaned over my hours of penance
To gather the source of my ...

Lao Tzu: English Translations IV

...LAO TZU ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS IV

The Roots of Turbulence
by Lao Tzu, translation by Michael R. Burch

Heaviness lies at the root of lightness;
stillness begets turbulence.
Thus the nobleman he...

set apart

...

 set-apart 
tactical intrusion 
optical illusions
 set in place
 put in place
 it's all in front of your face 
though you can't see
 what you can't see
 yet you can see spiritually 
attr...

Rat trap

...The ancient scriptures are both boon and bane
on one hand holding out a ray of hope
yet also becoming a thought form chain
letting us not with light of truth elope.
Each breath we take anchors us...

To Maya Angelou

...To: Maya Angelou 

From: Tony Angelo  

In the city a chisel across the grain?, like a concrete heartbeat under my feet, I heard her voice, Maya, like warm a river flowing off the cracked pavemen...

UNSHACKLING THE MIND

...To the downtrodden, the marginalized, and worn,
Is this the fate that's yours to mourn?
The bourgeoisie, a cabal of power and might,
Gather to crush the poor, and snuff out their light.

The poo...

Known

...
I have known inner turmoil

Known the personal destruction it wreaks

Known the restrictions it imposes

Known the comforts one seeks


I have known the self belief it destroys

Known th...

The Wild Places

...Smiles on all faces
when roaming green, green spaces.
Mauve populations
and redbird expectations
thrill in butterfly nations!

Color imposes
Wild horses and red roses.
Singing lilac b...

In the silent twilight of a faded night, I gaze at you with the eyes of my soul

...In the silent twilight of a faded night, I gaze at you with the eyes of my soul,
Why don't you bend your lips towards mine and whisper all your secrets?
Why don't you reveal the depths of your soul...

A Political Opinion

...
A Political Opinion
By: Miracle Man
1-11-2019

It doesn't have to be true,
things Politicians proclaim. 
As long as they stay in power,
It's just a political game.
They can promise,...

In the whisper of twilight, where shadows meet the edge of dreams

...In the whisper of twilight, where shadows meet the edge of dreams,
Lies the truth of our times, a somber murmur carried by the wind of mediocrity.
Once, the soul soared with the ambition of stars; ...

Villanelles IV

...VILLANELLES IV

She Always Grew Roses
by Michael R. Burch

a belated eulogy for my grandmother, Lillian Lee 

Tell us, heart, what the season discloses. 
“Too little loved by the ego in its p...

Light of the sun

...Power of zero,
is free from expectation,
thus always victorious.

Love’s effervescence 
imposes no condition,
for its warm, soulful embrace....

Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation

...Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation...

Maternal grandfather of mine
long since passed among the living;
He left his Motherland 
before onset of Holodomor,
a policy of the Soviet Union...

Carolina Allspice

...
once again
        memories
             of sweet shrub
                        quietly imposes
                                  its luscious scent   

red to rust
          blossoms
 ...

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