Angst Nonet Poems

Blazing guns have a way with the weight
of words, when you're caught in between
green fields of summer and thorns, 
Much of the soul follows 
the...

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Veiled behind a curtain of white flakes
Fall's scant sun fails to show its face.
And while charcoal clouds gather,
snowflakes begin to fall
down on naked trees,
as colored...

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I
tread a
lonesome path,
as heartache beats
in haunting echoes,
searching for solitude.
As the world retreats from view,
sorrows increase when you're unseen.
I've become a ghost on distant shores.
Moonlight my...

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You fall like a feather to the ground 
I can no longer blame the wind 
For your change in direction
You slip through my fingers
Each time...

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voices beckon to me from inside
as distant lonely echoes sigh
I hear their voices pleading 
telling me to step back
from the precipice
of my despair
not wanting
the end
now
and
I...

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In the quest of knowing and not 
knowing, the remembering is
what baffles me profusely.
For I shall never know
what it holds for me
and what it holds...

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Faith
prevails
trusting Christ
when fear assails
assured by Scriptures
calming vexatious angst
toward serene-filled gestures
for reaching-out compassion care
triumphantly blest to give and share.

Resplendent with blessed hope to cope	
smiting trials when...

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Sometimes, we whirl in daily cyclones
    Troubles come about to deal with
          But...

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If contests reveal great faith-work’s strength
battles show discipline-ventures  
conquests expose character
trials test virtues’ might
values’ fortitude
skills’ expertise
talents’ worth
for God...
Win!

When contest rules do stifle your life
not...

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Loosen up!  laugh off unlucky breaks;
Lifelong lesson: settle mistakes.
Let’s get going; I’m your friend.
Lights shine at tunnel’s end.
Little things loom large
Listen, take charge.
Learn a...

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Entombed alive, (albeit barely)..........Eased
Moisture drops drip from coffin lid...Mind melts
Escape seems implausible................Exhume me
Rigorously clawing.............................Raising the roof
Gasping, groping, grief.......................Ghastly gasses pass
Exit plan nixed.....................................Eyes focused on flicker
Now...

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Our hearts and eyes ceaselessly wander
Stumbling blindly in fields of gold
We first see bright gilded brass
Our eyes lock on, transfixed…
Never simple truth
As clear as day...

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What will I write for my first Nonet?
It’s something I have not tried yet.
To some they seem very hard
Later will I be scarred?
Pain will not...

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50N sulfuric acid
If sprayed  on any fabric
Instantly turns it to rags
Just like some absences
Which sweep as a storm
N'tatter our souls
Bruise our hearts
Up to 
shreds....

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Expectation's a sure path to pain  
First we cover our gaps with dreams
And let them dreams grow within
Tall, thick and feasible
Turning to purpose
Then obsession
That...

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