Poetry Month Poems

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Ghost, River, Shiver, Gaze, Wicked, Cold


Someone stood by the river,
I was glad I wasn’t going to be the only one,
I was to come with my grandfather,
But he had been unwell.

I greeted the man,
He only nodded in response,
I gazed at him but he seemed oblivious to my scrutiny,
He was busy with his net,
A cold wave of

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My heart is beating faster,
As I hear the faint sound of that laughter.
Tickling my senses,
I feel defenceless
As I gaze into your brown eyes—
Alive and wise.
A ghost of your former self,
Like the picture on the shelf,
Tenderly staring at me
As I drop to my knees.
I shiver with cold;
I would give all my gold
To have you alive.
Instead, I’m

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,How seasons and weather change
the way I shiver pleasantly from their 
anonymous ways---
daring in the heated blisters of
summer's flesh, then
 mysterious through winter's ghost...

There's no way to measure each
and every cycle's radiance--- I don't know
why they are equal in lush revelries,
untamed yet graceful  
along pendulums of time.

Still, I thrive, fumble, and journey once
again to

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Words Used 
Ghost, Heart. (Nouns)
Shiver, Deliver, (Verb)
Wicked, Viscous, (adjectives)

I had a friend- jovial and sweet, in my college days.
The same room, we had shared at the hostel.
I noticed, by and by, she was losing her sprightliness.
Had no clue, what upsetting thoughts nagged her HEART.

One night, she woke up screaming- “GHOST, Ghost”
Looking delirious she said petrified,

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Words chosen 

   River  Heart.     Shiver  Gaze.    Lush  Tender

   Mr. and Miss meet at river strand,
    when spectacular twilight started to display 
     marvelous hues to be pasted on firmament.
    

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river ghost shivers gaze vicious wicked

We rowed around the river bend;
the moon peeped under a black cloud.
An eerie feeling it did lend-
beheld a ghost with a black shroud.

Our shivers increased as we rowed;
it followed us with a blank gaze.
And, then air currents quickly flowed
as winds intensified the haze.

What is this vicious scene we see?
What does

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(required words; heart, bottle, gaze, shiver, cold, tender)

after his death I was shattered
               my soul broken
    each day bled into another
       and my life was darkness 
  I put my

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My heart with such dread is reeling.
I’m looking up at the ceiling.

Something’s there though it’s something I can’t see.
I felt it first when it went right through me.

I shivered then because it felt so cold.
The room is frigid. What do I behold?

The ceiling fan is spinning round and round.
It’s not turned on! Is something here

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River, Heart, Gaze, Eclipse, Lush, Tender
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A gentle flowing RIVER
reflecting an ECLIPSED moon
no tides, no pretended pull,
unlike influenced ocean
flows TENDERLY not hurting
dear lives depending on her

LUSH vibrant gulmohar trees
stand sentinel banking her
where greenish feathery leaves
sway to give full shade decor
They speak in new love whispers,
meaningless sweet so nothings

Oh! Tired song birds sleep-perching
light on frail branches of

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Written: April 7th, 2025 for contest Sponsored by: Crystol Woods

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When the river ascends, a vow holds true  
beyond the dawn, rarest jewel
Resting hearts discover solace in dual  
the suspenseful glimmer of love’s hue  

Treasure life, abscond the fool 
spoke

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Staring at me from within my mind
The memory that one cannot erase
And no-one else to share my yoke
Like a ghost that forever will haunt
A heart so cold, it makes one shiver
And blood rushing like an icy river
A sense of foreboding it will deliver
Tender smiles gone as I look gaunt
See what a viscous liquid

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GHOST, RIVER, SHIVER, MASTICATE, COLD, POMPOUS

The cold wind swirled the mist all along the bank,
The ferryman held onto the boat, whilst the gentleman walked across the narrow plank,
The man looked quite pompous as he chewed upon his pipe,
He was large and looked like a cow masticating on fresh grass, I hope the man doesn’t develop

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"When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy." Rumi
John 4: 20-14
Words from the list: heart, river, eclipse, shiver, cold, tender, lush


Heavy-hearted searching for something,
Seeking solace
Slowly walking
Down to the river
Feeling cold, shivering
Plodding through
The lush, verdant
Damp undergrowth
Chilled to the bone

Down at the river 
My spirit revived

While absorbing
The bubbling water

The Letter to the Acolyte in Poetry Month

(A lone voice writes)

Some whisper and will
In secret occult circles 

About these sad days of 2025

That Humanity will fall into unruly petulant desire

Consumed and devoured by a blazing war lit infectious fire 

But what happens to you and me?

Your mind and mine 

Do you still shiver inwardly at the vibrational thoughts of my words 

Do

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Bottle, Erase, Wicked, Heart, Gaze, Tender

A bottle drifts on waves unknown, 
Carrying whispers, seeds once sown. 
In the past, I still tried to speak, 
Yet tides  erase the words it keeps. 

A  wicked fate, both vast and sly, 
Hides the truth beneath the sky. 
The  heart still longs, it aches, it yearns,

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