Long Breda Poems

(Chorus): My name is breda Donkey
               'Pon my back is de Christmas story
        ...

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“ECLIPSE OF A FRIDAY’S CHILD”

Childhood nursery rhymes stick like glue
Parents provide our initial point of view 
Before our vocabulary has fully matured
Enabled to recite nonsensical verse –allured

Dismayed that Little Bo-Peep had lost her sheep
Aghast at...

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HEADLIGHTS ON DARK ROADS

Timid tentative tap on her door at midnight
as she lay expectantly in suspense and the hope
that he would defy all obstacles to prove his love
for her

Like Romeo and Juliet forbidden to date...

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Meeting my homegirls Wilma Neels
and Kim Van Breda with shrieks and squeals
hasty introductions and we're on our way
for a night of reading at Poetry Café

We've Yasmin to thank for arranging the meet
with fellow Soupers, a...

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“SCENT TO REMIND ME” 

 Favourite fragrances of nature, newness and food  
that gently trigger a memory response
 familiar warm fuzzy feeling of contentment and happiness
link between present day senses and my sub-conscious past

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THE QUILL SWILLERS CLUB

connections and perceptions started in July 2008
a typical day of apathy
where the temptation was to hibernate
relaxing with local newspaper
browsing lazily at leisure
an advert caught my eye with a treasure

my long awaited calling...

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“A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE”

“America— fill me in on your new vision
Wake me up from indecision
Help me trust your mighty wisdom
Show me how to question questions, and lead the way to contemplation

Uncertainty about your...

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"Poetry Souper Heroes:  The Sequel"
by:  Eric L. Boddie

As we last saw, Anita Sharma was coming in
What's that Melody Thomas, I had to ask my friend
It's called Falling Raindrops, Kim Patrice Nunez is the...

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We question God in every way:
‘What was that I heard you say?’ 
‘Why do children die so young?’
‘What of worldly wars unsung?’
‘Who allows the poor to starve?’
‘Why are pain and illness allowed?’ 

The truth is...

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THE OUTSIDER
(Reflections of a poet)

breaking away from life’s thousand ties
the only connection remaining lies
imprinted in my mind’s eye
inscribed

in finishing another poem
my heart returns to flesh from stone
my soul—a tiny spec my tutor
in every sunrise sunset...

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You have heard about the birds                             ...

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WHEN I GO DOWN

the thing that I hate more
than anything else is
the way I am powerless
to dictate my own moods

so many things could 
have been so much more
praying problems go away
in wasted breathless curse 

taking...

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‘WHITE ETERNAL LIGHT’

Talc powder feathered wings, gracefully a white dove brings 
 Spiritual promises of pacifist mediation, connecting our soul – timeless hope, appreciation
Light of the world, luminosity glow— Heavens majestic rainbow
Chosen by Him in...

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A collaboration with Kim van Breda - honored Kim

I've tossed some dreams
       into corners
where they sit rusting -
dissected spare thoughts
for a restomod old body
smartly attired with
polished imperfections

swum life's streams
through...

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THE SANDS OF TIME

We stop-- unquestioning the expertise of our Game ranger
focused--examining sand and road for tracks
Uncomprehending, we ponder waiting for clues he may disclose –the light of dawn

Finally- three words:”Do you see?”
A revelation for...

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HYPERGRAPHIA -- "STARECASES"

twisted as wrought iron spiraling down
surveying top gears stark dark regalia 
holdhigh on tight here comes another
maniacal express spinning 
HYPERGRAPHIA

dying I throw down a key in a sock and sing all the way...

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“THE GREATEST BATTLE EVER FOUGHT”

A woman dressed in sunlight- standing on the moon
Crowned with gold stars-about to birth a Son soon
Another image alongside her –fiery and fierce
A dragon, seven heads crowned, ten horns to pierce
Flicking...

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THE REST IS HISTORY

one moment in time
transformed life’s 
rhythm and rhyme
guises and gusts
brushed fresh pages
like leaves on new
landscapes
changed forever
until nothing of the
past remained

diminutive heat
snuffed to the quick
then reclaimed 
igniting radiance
striking picturesque
stars of quartz…
began to court

lighthouses...

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ANTITHETICAL

What would you do if offered affordable beach property?
Sounds good... lest supposing proviso be toxic wasteland and poverty
Prospects of owning transformed – the choice unappealing
Investment and value revealing—negating negative feeling

Daily investing in self-sufficiency, effort, greed...

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TAILS OF GOLD  

“Iris”- youngest of our feline family
caught a
cold
as many cats in winter chills
tend to
do
nothing serious confirmed our vet
as in we
strolled
a quick consultation and injection 
would fix her 
flu

whilst we sat and waited...

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(* This I wrote after my previous poem "GODS QUESTIONS", as I felt that it was a more realistic and honest way in which we try to understand God... both poems express different sides of...

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“CAROUSELS AND CANDYFLOSS’

Childhood memories cherished and remote recollections
Emerging in magnified clarity encourage renewed perceptions
Open air big screen films referred to as “Drive-Ins”
A regular Saturday night treat -- family car, excitement within

After eating our packed picnic...

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LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE

(Dedicated to legends who left a legacy in lives cut short)

Diana- not merely Princess of Whales
but grace, generosity and love so
purely personified
in gentle soul you kept your pain
in harsh surrounds of those
wholly...

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“ESSENTIALS”

Cluttered contents exposed by an open cupboard door
Time once again the enemy—staring at the clock on the wall
Just two nights— in Paris- ‘luggage’ and ‘baggage’ to be kept small
Life becomes weighted with each passing day
Reflections...

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JOY

to be loved 
unconditionally 
never weep over past 
failure
to be exalted in humble 
infamy
receive mercy and grace in our
favor


to be frail without any 
claim
no bargaining power in 
plight
to be blessed in frailty’s
name
knowing our strength is...

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