Long Self talk Poems

January juxtapose
More cold now
Beyond hot heat!


Cold cold air
Windy surprise;
Minus heat therapy?


Winding way whirls
Shiver seeding shiver
January jostling juice


Lotus sunbathe --
Muddy pond flavours
Mid-afternoon glare


Misdirected
Whim and fancy;
Windy detours


New year in late January,
Oozing days forfeit;
Scent of the times!


Why do...

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When I look in the mirror at me
What do I see?

I see the reflection of past memories
Insecurities that’s poetry.

The weaknesses the strengths the
Extra miles of endurance I went.

I see a sea of tears my inner...

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I can feel your fear
scared, to walk out your door
afraid of what, people are thinking
what do they think of me, the fear mounts

Yet what does it matter 
what they think, they are strangers 
their thoughts...

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The deep and sonorous voice of
his defeatist self-talk was paternal,
and torturous, 
reinforcing the force fed message,
"There is no happiness,
only gradients of misery,"
leaving him indifferent to the present,
careless of the future.

Reared in the shadows of perfection,
parental...

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Poet's Notes:
My poet's notes must precede the next Echo Poem as well because the poet 
has not given me permission to publish her poems on my site. I can, of course, 
reference her poems without...

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God of creation did not send us here without instructions:
Did not hide it in books with strange languages,neither does
God give his message to some;
While leaving others to run amuck, looking flummoxed.


God of creation, the omniscient...

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The poison parrot is repulsed by me, hates my art, laughs at my poems.
sneers when I enter my imaginary world, pokes fun at it.
She throws roadblocks into my mood zone,
destroys my great ideas as fast...

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Dusk descends here with sudden dark;
Devoid of cheer this lonely park;
Stay away dear from this deep dark.


The wind blows chill by seafront sway;
Blurry mists grow to cloud pathway;
I breeze this show with thoughts that stray.


Stride...

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Thursday evening, a moment of healing.
Stuck in my bed, thoughts pondering
Thoughts about life’s essence that we breathe out, sparkled with woes
Those days, when your feelings gush out,
Like an army of soldiers ,
Announcing a war between...

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The blindfold slips away under currents of corrosive tears

	Shadows line myopic eyes in blistering haze

Cataracts melt sightless accusations and brooding incisions

	A flickering candle waxes and wanes the stare

Monosyllabic lines dance repetitions in the moribund chorus

	Sound...

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Words sculpt ideas in a fond gist,
Thought flow reveals day's poignant feel;
Movement made clear in some odd list,
Work and play thrill a spur of will.


Moments move brisk with swift surprise,
Action primes moods in splurge of...

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City mall stroll,
Quaint shoppes and things;
Brisk on a roll,
Sales placards sing!


Shoppers cascade,
Bump, browse and look;
Fancy parades,
Clothes, food and books.


Hypermart queues,
Waiting in line;
Purchase on cue
Stuff to feel fine.


Tempting offers,
Nice stuff to get;
Do consider,
Cash your best bet!


Waltz...

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Grass verge
Blooms swaying
Breezy sparkles;
A wandering stray dog
I see


Moments
Smiles punctuate
This waiting game;
Sudden monsoon downpour
Stranded


Bus stop
Long wait here
Dehydration;
Fondle mobile device
Self-talk


Old place
Nicole Green
Freehold condo;
Once upon a time there
We stayed


Flowers
Plumeria
Red and yellow;
Pathway for a warm stroll
So nice


Darling
There you go
Waltzing...

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Mind Your Words

Some thoughts trickle through your mind like grains on a beach through 
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she jokes that she is privileged

sensitive rather than complex

wide open in thoughts and emotions

never alone with her own company


so many question 

sometimes even answers

swirling around her mind

on an overdrive of stimuli


every once in a while

in...

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(Dedication: For Dave Wood, the Lyric Man)
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Teary moonlight
Flash from heaven;
Lovers unite

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Teenage lover boy
Bus-stop waiting;
Delayed arrival

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Nicotine addict
Puffing for dear life;
Carcinogenic highs

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Grass blades
Protrude through cracks;
Sidewalk stone slabs

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College vacation
Rowdy students arguing;
Monsoon weather hurls

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Housefly fly past
Unceremoniously;
Decadent visit

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Stars decorate
Night sky...

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Breezy balmy zephyr
Whistling through your hair;
Sparkling sunburst

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Waltzing on the breeze
Lady with parasol;
Sunscreen stroll

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Old friends meeting
Chat over lunch;
Journey update

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Words in brief entry
Journey journal;
Vivid self-talk

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Afternoon siesta
Drowsy with sweet talk;
Somnolence loiters

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Charming manners preside
Good nature speaks;
Gentle murmurings

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Listen calmly
My lovely...

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Now my skin issue sags and has bags and droops.  
Aging skin, I smile, frown, ignore and pay way too much attention to my own 
aging and skin sends up the flares.  
"You're...

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Cheer frames a style that happy knows;
Joy seeds fond smiles in active glow.


Pain and gall come to test your wits;
Ample the sum as wonder fits.


Live ups and downs with sanguine heart;
A fool and clown make...

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I am an amphibian
Living in and out of my own truth
With you one day,
Totally against you the next.
Personalities swirling inside
Staring into a mirror wondering
Will we like me today?

Will we be kind to this face?
Will we...

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(Dedication: For my son Michael Zachary)
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Aid your appeal with easy wit;
Welcome the pun that comes to heal;
Air sure reveal in worthwhile fit;
Raise cheery fun to fund goodwill;
Enter each feel with loving bits.


Seize moment's prime to...

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fine lines sketched into my mirror
how did they get there? weathering
the decades, furrowed brow, creased
eyes with bags am i an old bag -
nonsense.

the mirror crack'd with an angry
whiplash i had to take a look
at my...

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In my head is a little green monster who wants to put me down.
He has a pointed purple tail, and he wears an angry frown.
He says such mean things to me, he used to keep...

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Whispered  Spirals of lucid feelings ‘ jest and mock within as morning shakes me gently from my slumber .

My thoughts bleed away from that invisible country of dreams ‘
their importance and  meaningfulness
 ‘fades...

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Winding road uphill
Surprise awaits;
Mountain view

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Heatwave chokes
Strangles pulse;
Still air heavy

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Calm stillness
Temple echoes;
Stillness pervades

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People gather
Prayer festival;
Two worlds meet

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Hallway echoes
People pickle;
Sweet-sour vintage

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Uneasy room
Words fumble;
Loneliness excavates

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Dreamy distance
Broken bridges;
Mellow zeros

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Happy looks sad
Funny senses;
Empty echoes

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Sad moments
Pain exfoliates;
New chapter starts

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Lovely patterns
Zen garden...

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