Obsession
...Obsession
an idea/thought
preoccupies/intrudes
disturbed/displaced
obsession
awake again
three am
obsession
preoccupies/intrudes
chokes/
sex and love are two different things...
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Categories:
preoccupies, angst, dark, feelings, heart,
Form: Free verse
Misfortune
...There aren't many chances for misfortune to come across the path of the wise
For his concern is spirituality that his soul him with it preoccupies!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
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Categories:
preoccupies, men, motivation, wisdom,
Form: Couplet
Rejoice At the Gift of Restored Health
...Just a poetic (souper) side note courtesy chief
wordsmith brother unaware ye experienced grief
diagnosed as walking pneumonia please bull lief
yours me, he doth care and breathes sigh of relief.
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Categories:
preoccupies, angst, blessing, brother, december,
Form: Rhyme
A View of Hope
...A View Of Hope
Since Coronavirus: COVID 19,
Had disseminated throughout our world,
We safeguarded ourselves through quarantine,
With worn face masks, rubber gloves kept ...
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Categories:
preoccupies, health, world,
Form: Sonnet
Time Trap
...how would you describe
your relationship with time
how stressed are you
are you always rushing
what preoccupies your mind
do you take on
more than you should
do you get to do
what you want to...
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Categories:
preoccupies, anxiety, change, relationship, stress,
Form: Free verse
Preoccupation
...Preoccupation
The brain is a miraculous oddity
Roaming at will, out to play,
But returning to sober reality,
Preoccupation stilled for focusing
On the must-dos of the day.
Ah, but then ther...
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Categories:
preoccupies, how i feel, humanity,
Form: Light Verse
Cornucopia
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We live a lush life
Options each and every turn
Taken for granted
Satisfaction a foreign concept
Forever wanting more
Striving to accumulate
Cornucopia everywhere
Stuff we can’t ta...
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Categories:
preoccupies, appreciation, introspection, irony, society,
Form: I do not know?
Cube Girl
...Cube Girl
(Based on the same titled short story by me. It is not a true story so don’t be alarmed.)
I’m 19 and a woman in space
Meandering out for centuries
I fear there’s no way back
For su...
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Categories:
preoccupies, age, child, deep, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Curious As a Poet
...I am a cat to most things.
With nimble thoughts falling through
white padding paws I skirt about
My place on earth, as though it’s
a dream, a painted scene
except for me.
I am too slick to stick
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Categories:
preoccupies, imagination, introspection, on writing
Form: Free verse
The Void
...I am now the reluctant bearer of a great and vacant void. A place that once was filled with warmth and light… Now hollow. Empty. Where before there was a piece, an element infinitely irreplaceable; n...
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Categories:
preoccupies, family, funeral, loss, love,
Form: Free verse
First Crossed By a Gypsy, Now By a Dang Witch
...“Close the book, ring the bell, light the candle.”
The witch’s words resounded in my ears.
My problems now were more than I could handle
and so I hoped she’d vanquish all my fears.
She stared a...
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Categories:
preoccupies, funny, health, me,
Form: Sonnet
The Weird Guy
...The Weird Guy
Aprils wet day has rained
Since sunrise
Mid-day
In a friendly café
The patter of skies falling water
Lost in the strangers chit chat
Un-listened to music
Bleats
But peace...
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Categories:
preoccupies, hope, love
Form: Free verse
Interrupted Reading
...Her knuckles bend, they don't pretend, beneath her head plopped in pale dread
Tucked tween these both an ear relieved from being grieved, both eyes near dead
Slouched where she dreams she merely ...
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Categories:
preoccupies, angst, art, daughter, history,
Form: Couplet
The Problem With Poetry , Or, Harvesting the Pea Patch
...I’m put upon to ponder the problem of poetry
& thus, I proudly or, perhaps, perfunctorily,
Ponderously pronounce with a preponderance,
Even a plethora, of p’s:
Poetry is pithy, prankish and per...
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Categories:
preoccupies, art, confusion, devotion, life,
Form: Free verse