Long Lightheartedness Poems

Do you know what it feels like when your dad leaves to go get the milk and comes back with a gun and some vengeance?
No? Well me neither.
See look, being funny is hard.
Some people don’t...

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I've been watching the people across the street for about a year now. We wave at each other every once in a while, not really much more than seeing a familiar face without a name....

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We breeds start to unexpectedly open our eyes,
In the midst of no where we start crying without lies,
the pure gesture we aboard and the nurturing hands we've been weaved in
the numb of  love we've...

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Noetic integrity
of LeftHemisphere verbal dominance
represents polypathic resilience

With poetic empathy
of RightHemisphere nonverbal harmony
co-arising polyphonic resonance

Together contributing to our 
ecologically enlightened,
politically empowered,
bilaterally co-engaged worldview
of EarthTribe fabled sentience
back toward pre-historic native
natural/spiritual co-arising experience

Just as an interpersonal connection
of deep...

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Gavin, help me.
Your innocence is coveted now, you see.
I’ve fallen for this girl.
She’s got hearts in a wild twirl.

Noah, help me.
This courage runs away through the trees.
I’ve fallen for this girl;
Now she’s the only valuable...

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No one knows what it's like
To be the sad man
To have on sad eyes
And no one knows
What it's like to feel treason
To be faded to telling only lies
But my dreams they aren't as empty
As my...

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Dear God, WHY?
© Ben Burton 

There's precious little joy in growing old
When few, if any, life-long friends survive
Fond memories seem richer when they're told
To someone who can smile and verify

Yet, it is thus and thus...

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in streams of sunbeams inviting
my face to turn upwards
I am captured by intangible senses of
nutmeg and cinnamon communion-
candy-coated moments blossoming 
As the wizard of memories wakes a dream

speechless and smiling
standing and body turning with movement
I...

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My greatest inspiration comes
                in the darkest of rooms.
My bedroom holds no lamps,
      my windows...

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Alone in quietness of space.
This singularity, this darkness, that is how I find myself at the moment. So different form how I once saw it. I choose it.  
The presence or absence of someone...

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My approach to life has always been

One of lightheartedness and just happy to be alive

However, I recall my early years, especially my teenage years

When I was filled with self-doubt

Thought of myself as quite unattractive and...

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My approach to life has always been
One of lightheartedness and happy to be alive
However, I recall my early years, expecially my teenage years
When I was filled with self-doubt
Thought of myself as quite unattractive and lacking...

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The clouds were chased away
Leaving behind thirst quenching rain
Glittering pearls of moisture
With rainbows in every droplet

Warm sunrays breaking through
Ever so gentle and soothing
A veil of peaceful silence fallen
Breathing candied sighs of relief

A sweet taste of...

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A simple little phrase - with meaning so profound.
Quit running and hiding in your space underground.
This phrase applies to people and animals alike.
From us you should no longer feel the need to take a hike.

With...

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Jolly is this man who fills our days with jubilingo and Jackanese
Affectionate and articulate with arms ageless as an ocean breeze 
Charming and cheerful, corky is not his choice of wine 
Kind in all that...

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Vacation
Countdown
Anticipation

Enticing tropical suns
Dreamy azure skies
Caressing warm breezes

Vivacious toe polish
Skimpy sandals
Flimsy sundresses

Colorful cultures
Exotic architectures
Vibrant traditions
Festivals and feasts

Joy and laughter
Leisurely freedom
Lightheartedness
Childlike awe

Feverishly fanatic
Infatuated
Travel Bug



AP: 2nd place 2020

Submitted on September 28, 2018 for contest BEST FREE VERSE JULY...

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Save some time each day for pure enjoyment
Learn the value of a hearty laugh,
Nothing is so refreshing as pure contentment
Make a funny comment your autograph,
I’ve learned a valuable secret from our Jack Ellison
Reading his limericks...

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