Long Surface(a) Poems

Sy Roth - 3 Poems
12/17/20130 Comments
 
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Silence

I’ve dreamt often that she crept deep
Into my cellular structure, 
Some time in the nightfall of my being
And planted deeply into my mitochondrion,
A magical silence pill,
Drowning the kittens of...

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In the depths of my wandering thoughts, I turn back to 1989,
A time of uninterrupted innocence, a veil of unknowing that covered my mind,
Floating in a sea of uncertainty, where understanding was but an echo,
For...

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My words were rewritten until they became yours
As grammar and syntax perfected your thoughts
Pages lined with highlighters polished me to extinction 

I wanted to resist all of those good intentions
Yet I knew you wanted your...

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In the labyrinth of my mind, where echoes whisper,
I am the silent alchemist, weaving threads of knowledge,
A tapestry unseen, where secrets coil like serpents.
Amidst the rhythms of mundane days,
I walk the tightrope of identities,
A chameleon...

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Written: June 23, 2023
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Bonds packed with zeros—harmony, grief, regrets,
In this endless cycle, memory no longer begets. 
Your poetry is a symphony that stirs my soul.
But also a river of nausea in which I swim, whole.

Lonesome, dispossessed,...

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In twilight's hush, where shadows play,
Nature's brushstrokes dance, a kaleidoscope of gray.
With whispers soft, the wind whispers low,
As petals unfurl, and leaves begin to grow.

In forests deep, where ancient secrets sleep,
Trees stand as sentinels, their...

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The Empty Bench
Sayings for a friends – Kimberly - photo cards.

(1) A lone sentry watches in silence, the silence.
Waiting to comfort, for company, for companionship,
for conversation, for the silence to be permeated
by some life, any...

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I will always remember the moment we met.
(Haunting woodlands in springtime, your slim silhouette)
The glint in your eyes sparked a tempest at dawn
overwhelming the dreams of a slumbering fawn.

I will always remember your singular smile
(Fusing...

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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 old stream doesn’t burble 
like it used to in Spring’s past -
rambunctious in youth  wild it ran
racing the sun and chasing the moon
splashing  leaping  and  tumbling 
over, down and around...

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REQUIEM-A STRUCTURED PROSE
Nothing moves,silence, echos of
voices,the past awakes!Faces 
appear,then depart!A tear trickles
slowly,the music plays,faintly.
Emotion erupt,again!
Regret whispers,in pain!


MEMORIES-A STRUCTURED PROSE
Memories surface,a requiem of
sounds,heaving emotions realign,
words recalled speak volume from
deep within , and live again on a...

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Rambling across the grassy flowering meadow,
She felt like walking on air, as she flipped off her shoes,
She ran across, feeling the dewy fresh morning grass,
All dotted with a kaleidoscope of colourful wildflowers.

She came down to...

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A Shattered Sonata: Exposing the Falsity of Love's Ode

In the realm of deceit, her love poem bloomed,
A tapestry of falsehood, meticulously groomed.
Each word a masquerade, a cleverly crafted guise,
Concealing her true intentions, hidden from prying...

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Reactions
Far too many years my Daughter has suffered heart ache from what I did not give.
Many ghosts linger on, haunting her subconscious, making it difficult for her to live
a normal existence, not consciously understanding the...

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In shadows deep, where secrets lie,
A warning whispers, heard nearby.
Through ancient woods and hallowed halls,
A tale unfolds, where danger calls.

Beware, oh wanderer, heed my rhyme,
For here unfolds a cautionary chime.
In nature's guise, enchantments sown,
Perils concealed,...

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I came upon a silent soul, 
	Both bright and beautiful,
		Risking my heart’s hope,
			Trembling truths spun…

Out of control, wonder’s walking,
	Lessons inspired, insights in life,
		Heaven’s hearts, gaze through grace,
			Alive as the starlit skies…

I came upon the brilliant...

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In the land of golden sunshine, where the waves do crash, 
There lies a tranquil beauty, a Californian marsh. 
Where waters shimmer softly, reflecting skies so blue, 
A haven for the creatures, and a sanctuary too.

The marshland...

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Dream with Me

 The sunset swallows the horizon line.
 Standing at the edge of what seems an endless sea.
 Shadows recede and give way to a star-lit sky.
 it's in the night I find what's...

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In the desert skies turn silent on the evening red
Sun continues drifting down the dunes to set
Burnt brown over quick sands sinking

Camels find a footing that is not there
Slip on the soft sand measured
While they...

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His touch, ever so gentle
awakens memories from deep within
his fingers gently caress,
like that of a soft breeze blowing across my skin
brings to the surface a memory of love
believed long dead and best forgotten
I sense a...

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Free verse to Rhyme Royal

Daytime’s Demeanor

This morning the water is,
glass still, an indigo mirror.
Shyly it reflects each hill, each lofty palm,
a soft collage of orange clouds.

Time now, to summon thoughts, delineate them,
confess faults, spill forth,...

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There is that presence I feel it somewhere
Somewhere looking at me without my notice
A presence a place a moment I do not recall
When there was someone watching me then

Where and when was this time that...

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Reservoirs harbor the shape of water ;
I that I am a body of water;
Encased in flesh bones and matter;
Am I 
I am an ocean I am a rustic siere I am the sea maritime;
My body's...

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There's more to it than meets the eye,
A look we can't deny.
Beneath the surface, a hidden plan,
A secret scheme, a hidden hand.

Behind every smile, every word,
A motive, a mission, is inferred.
A hidden agenda lies within,
A...

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Alabaster white, brazen in bold 
can’t be bought or sold!

Silent as it is Sinister 
somehow that alabaster glows?

Surface, a bony texture; cracks, fissures 
like something living once long ago 
in antediluvian halls…

A house sits in...

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