Long Unburdening Poems

The
Heavens
Pouring out
Nectar of Life,
Earth beats : The Notes Fertile.  
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       ...

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THE SHUNS OF LIFE
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


This poor bloated woman, after nine months of inflamation
Dropped me off at the maternity ward, a brand new creation
She ejected me without a second thought or hesitation
Unburdening her of guilt...

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“In the journal, I am at ease.” — Anaïs Nin


Crisp, like the autumn whose blazing dreams
Softly whisper into the moments,
Embracing the night and kissing the dew on dawn,
Resembling a silent promise for gentle that is...

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Tonight as candles flicker, she is sitting at the table
where her husband sat (before he passed away),
working on his daily crossword puzzles, 
seeming most content although
the nest they’d pieced together gradually had emptied 
and grown...

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The stars would glisten, just a bit
More… like the whispers
Falling from hearts who know joy

The trees would blow, breathless
In the winds, through moments
Laughing hues of gentle kindness
Displayed on hopes and dreams,
Aliveness felt like never before…
Promises...

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I fight 
a battle   against tempestuous   wind    
fury              the earth’s ablaze in feverish sky

and I...

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June 5 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 74-77

Key Verse – Psalm 74:12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY SAVIOUR...

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With him beside me, recklessness intensified
I knew a wildness which colored my spirit purple
A color I know would begin to describe me inside
The way that it feels to know this uninhibitedness
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With him beside me, there...

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Imagine   A thread
Imagine   Beads on them
Imagine   Beads in sequence
Imagine   Beads as tiny vessels
  As pots.  Pots Looking upwards 
    In Pots ...

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Why A Poem Is More Than Ink On A Page

Why a poem is more than ink on a page
its heart, soul and sweet treasure at any age
can be expressing sorrows and deep rage
or gems of...

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Do you ever wonder why old people cry?
reasons unknown to you and I 
here are some thoughts that come to mind
there are many more I'm sure you will find.

A well loved son killed in the...

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As I took the road to yesterday, 
your saddened face appeared,
showing me the man you lived with
was not the place where you belonged.

New experiences give us insight into ourselves.
They also open new worlds to new...

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Among our three dogs of mongrel breed
that mingle well with kittens 
in their jubilant mood
our African birds give us delight
cheering us while in their cage, verily secured.

Through their guarding prowess
our dogs keep us physically protected
while...

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Painless metamorphosis,
wrapped in precious memories fading
No more chrysalis tears formed on the inside,
only blank stares
leading idle long flights to nowhere ... 
Vacant whims drifting on a placid smile outside

Strange faces have a distant feel of...

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"As water flows down when a faucet is turned on, thoughts and feelings pour out into a journal cleansing the heart" ~ By Poet

I keep a journal, a treasure chest of memories.
Where I record each...

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The pain in my heart threatens to be my end,
I sought to show the 'me' that God did intend.
Yet, silenced I stand, to the skies, I relent,
"Your will, not mine," my whispered consent.

Hunger ignored, sleep's...

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Go sing if ye enjoy,
No use your soul to destroy.

River flows as suits her moods,
Sea leaps with waves, never broods, 
None of them ever feels coy,
Go sing if ye enjoy…

Trees sway on wings of fancy,
Dance...

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Make the best use of time, 
Keep your faith aglow; 
While it's still daylight, 
Take on a new glow.

You can make it anywhere, 
Keep your heart open to a dream; 
God's blessings never run dry,...

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Walking the path with otherness;
not achieving anything,
I, condemned, to remain solitary, decline
to join the gods of a crowd. So that
my sun, remains shadowless.

No, it is not the final verdict.
I was always incomplete, unburdening
my cipher, failing...

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Walking the path with otherness;
not achieving anything,
I, condemned, to remain solitary, decline
to join the gods of a crowd. So that
my sun, remains shadowless.

No, it is not the final verdict.
I was always incomplete, unburdening
my cipher, failing...

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Endless sorrow and great danger
Beautiful city filled with blood
The redness will end, so will the dispersing blood
Right or wrong will be a luxury for the weak
Like few waves coursing the calm sea 

Battling the fear...

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Life’s cyclic existence from death to rebirth
best understood this season of burgeoning.
Flora, as Phoenix, rises from the sodden earth
in graceful flourish of death unburdening
itself with fritillaries flashing its worth
and earning its illustrious guerdoning.
Season of bursting...

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A Lei made of orchids and jasmine bestows welcome and intimate grace

The kiss of life’s signs of tender hospitality blossoms with undying love


A faithful swirl of prayer beads of precious reminders attends to peace

The ultimate...

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A proxy life
I was fighting in the hourglass
to open the pathways of a grain
for a bloody birth of an idea.

Was time faithful to us
when we were drifting apart ?
A prowling big cat had again attacked...

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A new campaign for mental health
Is aimed to be reveally.
This New York website asks the question – 
So, “How are you really?”

For everyone is not okay
Though some pretend they’re steely.
To get more folks to open...

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