Angst Joy Poems

Slow down thought 
Slow down speech
Slow down actions too
Allow silence to enable
Bliss beats that renew

Anxiety, fear and dread
Are bubbles of illusion
Mindful breath by breath
Release pent...

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Please silence the place in me that grumbles,
The me that tries to be everything for everyone,
The me that disagrees when a smile is placed before...

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   The plans had been laid
     their dues had been paid
   10,000 enraged Mexicans
   ...

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The Point

The point to draw blood...
the point to reach mountain tops...

The point to get beyond walls...
the point the anvil drops...

The point to make from a...

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I want to be left alone
alone and away from my thoughts
not the people around me
they don't bother me, I do
my mind bothers me
every minute incarnates...

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Words I’ve heard my whole life
Poor old David, poor old Michael, poor old daddy

If you’re from the heart of Appalachia, these are…
Words that mean the...

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There are memories,
Not within my mind, but saved,
They plague me when I come across them,
How much I had loved someone,
And how much they had loved...

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today my form walked 
along a different route
events dictated choice
doing what did then suit

‘twas a strange combine
of angst along with bliss
blown like a leaf in...

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She experienced life
in her own way

The way a woman will.

At times she loved a man.
At times she was alone.

Collecting Memories,

Like shells on a beach
Or stored...

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Contest:  Eight Words				Sponsor: Emile Pinet		6-16-23
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Eight Words

WISTFUL FEELINGS,
 An expression of MELANCHOLY DEPRESSION,
Wake in winsome gloom of a GLOOMY sheath
Cluttered with roving remnants 
 Of...

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WTF burning bright with pondering ink.
Graceful swans or blackbirds skedaddling
across the vast and empty space. The think
kerplunking into cavernous link.
The quill flying…descriptives diving
onto the writer’s...

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“Love is the one size that fits all ~
Feel it within, as a bliss squall”
~ quote by poet


Stooped stance, plunged into deep despair
Searching for souls...

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Dolcezza II

So have I loved, my heart is nearly broke,
The ordinary world hath lost its scope.
The seeded garden briars and weeds do choke,
To hold your...

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A Florida man on a dive
was swept out to sea, still alive.
To his friends' great relief,
he had swum to a reef;
the joy they felt, hard...

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He sends His hope to make me whole
Freeing my heart from doubt,
Reassuring my dreams and my prayers
Answering my spirit with faith,
Encouraging my laughter, bringing grace

He...

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