Long Revitalise Poems

Amidst the chaos of chalk and dreams deferred,
We ask ourselves, where can we find the spark
In this labyrinth of rote and rigid words?
The burden we bear, a future stark

We've trudged through dusty classrooms, yearning
For wisdom...

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Growth should be the ultimate criterion,
nucleus and kernel of every annual pledge,
for myself and other people who might gain,
from a heartfelt commitment such as mine,
that monumental new year down the clock aptly named,
global village stepping...

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The monkey mind within, is unremarkably in fact many things, 
Often constructive, fractured, although tormented, it silently harasses all of Earth's Human Beings, 

Basic awareness comes from making this distinction, to enable what will one...

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Football how safe is it to play?

By Stanley Russell Harris
The new mad author
& A Poetry Soup honourably mentioned poet



The following poem was inspired by news recently that schoolchildren and even professional footballers could become injured...

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No wonder snail keeps to its shell
And tortoise prefers its crap
Ocean homes fish exclusively
Balance diet makes no cage home for bird 
Nest is a chosen home for its kind

My bed
So spacious so comfortable
Spring-less but wood-strong-prove...

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Dawn has arrived, rays of gold split the night
The sweet rhythm of birdsong, a morning delight
Wings all aflutter with colours so bright
A gift to the beholder, such a wholesome sight

Sunlight sparkles like diamonds, glittering upon...

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The woods welcome me, listening to the silence of nature, waiting for the raucous sound as I disturb the sleeping inhabitants, smiling as through the early mist I spy the bewildered eyes of the tree...

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Do mental somersaults and backflips to establish a message
Invisible thoughts of madness rebuilt no blemish the wreckage
And this impression of subconscious stability holds many debts 
So aggressions like monstrous in a degree to pay respects

Removing...

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A long needed break


Away from the crowd,
somewhere above the cloud,
where only peace prevails,
Where I can shout aloud,
I wanna go.
 

Tranquillity within I require,
to blow off the burning fire ,
where no existence exists,
to censure, the task...

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In solitude you control 
what you do when, 
for how long, and why.
You have time-out for contemplation
to muse on, reflect on, and deeply ponder on
what is happening in your own life, in isolation.

Solitude is you...

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The seasons flow and summer dies 
  To autumn dusk and winter fall, 
Cross fades to spring, revitalise 
  The life that moves throughout them all. 

The carriage of the human shell, 
...

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We build the walls ourselves, 
  Within their confines dwell, 
In pointless isolation, 
  A personal prison cell. 
We wrap up our potential 
  In barbed wire and bouquets 
Of thorny Venus...

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Sweet and charming she may be,
What you see is not meant to be.
Lovely nymph born with the gift of gab,
Emotional vampire fills the gap.

Manipulative mind behind those lovely eyes,
Entrenching her prey in her web of...

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