Stress Morning Poems

I've had enough of songbirds
they don't speak for me
and the specialist keeps me waiting
in a monotone room for waiting
and the windows are too fish tank...

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Fear not, doubt's dark whispers,
embrace the testing ground.

We face the same old existential dreads -
the unexpected twist, the vague essay prompt.

Genial birdsong mocked our anxious...

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The grump got out of a lumpy bed,
Slipped on his slippers, scratched his head.
Stood on the scales, saw what he weighed,
Then made some toast with...

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A distressed soul
Rising from the grave
Slogging through the morning mist

10/04/2023...

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Espresso is brewing: that's my fix,
not my expensive Rolex;
this Ralph Lauren suit is elegant.
Good looks can generate sentiment;
worry, rush and stress perplex!...

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O the warmth and the depth of the sun, o’er us,
for the yellows and reds, as they throw their shine
on the maples and oaks and...

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A Sunday morning clear and fair
My heart with gladness filled,
I walked to yon churchyard there
The breeze was calm and stilled.
Suddenly from the tower above
The pealing...

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Lisa was carefully pulling a strand of cotton candy off a paper-coned “barbe à papa” - winding it around her finger while absentmindedly gazing at...

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Early morning start

Looking to play a part,

In life challenging tapestry

Of all that will come at me,

Riding the ups and downs

Like a rollercoaster

But on muted sounds,

Stifling...

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I sweepingly meet the slope to face with utmost reality.
There are a lot of glorious deeds for which we are careless. 
It's viable to espy,...

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The darkness clouded me with unease.
     Sensing panic, I picked up my pace
        ...

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dead-diddly-ed

you can't live in a state
of vigilance like that 
waiting
for it to pop up 

you'd die of stress

one of them was just strutting through
the living...

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Is it really worth it
today
tomorrow
to rise in the morning
to shower and dress
to make myself presentable
for a world of people
who couldn’t care less
about me
Yet another twenty...

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"Billy, it's time! Get up for school!'
"But, Mom- my arm is hurting bad!
Oh please don't make me, don't be cruel-
I must stay home- though I...

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GENTLE MORNING BREEZE

Gentle morning breeze
With ease you always blow
The softness you bring always pleases
Even the troubled of soul

With my bed by the window side
Cold chilly...

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