January No Choice Poems

You say you're old, but I don't see it
Your wrinkles are just lines of wisdom
Your hair is not gray, but silver
Your eyes are not dull,...

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Weddings most often take place in June because...
a. It's the traditional month 
b. More flowers are in bloom then
c. Mother's coerce their daughters to choose...

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Nutrition is important because
(a) it ensures you are healthy
(b) it's a bit posh 
(c) supermarkets can sell more
(d) you'll feel better 

Going to the doctor...

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i breathe in the night
and take it all in

the smell of freedom
the taste of letting go
the power of choice

i pause at this junction
of what lies...

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Oh, my unforgiving consciousness,

Stop torturing me with guilt for each of my past crimes,

Why don't you remember, for once,

The pious deeds I have performed, in...

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My fingers smashed on the piano’s keyboard.
Let her go.  Who needed her?
The notes from the piano trembled with anger.
Was I blind?
Like meteors that smashed...

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groping midst choices
heart shuts in prayer* chamber…
now wise by God's grace

*Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with...

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gaia on the run

beauty in shining armour

mother of all wars



02nd January 2020
Senryu on Mother contest
Sponsor Jenish Somadas...

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Even should a mother forget
but she cannot
but even if she could
God has sent His mother
to hold the bloodied limbs
in her arms
just as she held God’s...

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If you never loved me,
 would life be easier
 would life be better

If you never loved me,
 would you have emptiness
 instead of joy and...

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Dancing to the music
  inside a mountain garage
   —Laura became my partner

Lost within her melody,
  found within her words
  ...

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I'm master of my life. I've just myself,
my family, and friends to please. Then why 
do I feel saddened by my freedom? Why
do I fear...

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I Woke Up

I woke up this morning to nothing, 
Emptiness crowded my lonely room, 
The sound of silence was deafening, 
I was blinded by the...

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