Message To Mantis
To all the male members
of the praying mantis species
a word to the wise you guys
now pay attention to my theses
whether for fun you recreate
or to mate and procreate
it's something I really would not advocate
hold on tight to your pants
love at first sight is not romance
I don't care if you look
but never dare go so far
as to unhook her bra
and whatever you do don't lose your head
as before postcoital dysphoria sets in
the female will kill you dead
she'll make a meal of you
tear you limb from limb
and if you don't believe me
when did you last see our randy brother Jim?
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Categories:
recreate, fun, insect, nonsense, romance,
Form: Rhyme
A Palm Without Fate
A hand untouched by destiny
A journey uncharted, no lines to trace
No fate impacted, poised for its take
A narrative of choices awaiting to prevail.
Fingers quiver, wrist dance
As the unknown calls in a whimsical trance
Lacking direction, no routes defined
A quest of self-discovery, uniquely designed.
A hand untamed, an enigmatic find
A life unanchored, free from the bind
Weight an endless expanse of choices
For which there is no mate.
Yet, amidst the ambiguity, a beauty emerges
A realm of self-forging where creativity surges
The hand devoid of fate, a riddle to retrace
A voyage of self-discovery, a limitless space.
On this pristine canvas, a narrative aches to ignite
A life of endless options, yearning to take flight
A palm without fate, an artist delight
A universe of possibilities, forever to ignite.
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Categories:
recreate, art, beauty, blessing, destiny,
Form: Free verse
Gaia Will Recreate
Gaia will recreate
By Michelle Morris
20/10/2020
It's raining outside,
Showing tears Gaia's trying to hide...
Nature is hurting by our hands,
And we were given promised lands...
To protect land and beast,
Make heaven on earth complete...
We have constantly failed in our task,
But nature is strong and built to last...
Despite the species we eradicate,
Gaia will have the last say on this earthly plane...
When humans have destroyed each other for power and greed,
Gaia will recreate flora and fauna's seeds...
And earth will prosper once again,
Without mankind's intervention...
© Michelle Morris, 2020
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Categories:
recreate, animal, environment, flower, nature,
Form: Rhyme
No True Repeats In Life
One calm evening,
on a leisure drive with my wife
along the Inphal-Dimapur
National Highway,
I remembered
my overnight road journeys
to Guwahati for office work,
sometimes together with her,
before my retirement a decade ago.
Tedious journeys,
winding through the hilly roads
of Manipur and Nagaland ,
yet enjoying the beautiful scenary.,
Intermittent short stops,
taking tea and snack at roadside stalls,
passing through the busy marketplaces
in Dimapur and Assam.
Songs from Hindi films,
heard inside the bus
and at the marketplaces .
A longer halt at Jakhalaabandha,
where all took rest and food,
then arrival at Paltan Bazaar
in the morning,
searching for a hotel.
We decided once again
to go to Guwahati
when the covid pandemic was over
boarding a night super
to recreate once our past journeys.
Back home, our little grandson waiting
for me to play with him.
I remembered then,
as the days,months,and years pass,
there will be no true repeats in life.
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Categories:
recreate, repetition,
Form: Free verse
If
If I shave with Occam’s razor
I will only grow a gross beard;
And all my scientific friends
Will think that I am truly weird.
If I want a small feline pet,
Should I adopt Schrodinger’s cat?
Will its fur be real, soft, and smooth;
Or will I only think it so?
If life, Darwin wrote, rose random,
And that is how I came to be,
If I sought to recreate me
Would I find that I had no chance?
If I find Yogi’s fork, in road,
And take it to get dirty rice
Would I find a place so busy
Nobody goes there anymore?
If I saw a Mobius strip
At a past midnight burlesque show
I’d see each curve, inside and out
‘Til my dazed mind went off the edge.
If I race up Max Escher’s stairs,
On his twisted angular trail,
In search of Babel’s pinnacle,
Will I ever reach his roof top?
If I muse, did Thinker find love
In the Venus de Milo’s arms
Before Rodin cast his great mind
Into a nude body of bronze?
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Categories:
recreate, allusion, art, crazy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Recreate
Just kept running,
From men so cunning,
Just kept leaving,
All those who were deceiving,
Just kept packing,
Then, lost it all for a price,
Realized I no longer had to be the sacrifice.
Seen so many faces,
Been in strange places,
Cried with the sinners,
Rejoiced with the saints,
Yet, I’m still in need of fresh paint,
You’re never finished and you never arrive,
Yet so much time is spent on feeding one's drive,
Even at the top emptiness will return,
It’s only by God’s grace we ever seem to learn.
Seen so many faces,
Been in strange places,
Cried with the sinners,
Rejoiced with the saints,
Yet, I’m still in need of fresh paint,
Only a true artist can recreate over the taints
One who is greater than the sinner and the saints.
By: Sabina Nicole
Written: 10-5-12
Piano song
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Categories:
recreate, childhood, growing up, hope,
Form: Lyric
Great Government Recreate
Boredom, disgust, hearing lies
Political debates wait
One is good as the other guys
Great government recreate
Contest: Chastushka Form/Russian Poetry
Sponsor: Gwendolen Rix
Click on "About This Poem"
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Categories:
recreate, political,
Form: Chastushka
Recreate
365 days later.
The air still feels thick.
My mind is still crowded.
Yet, my eyes still play tricks.
The people, still careless.
She still doesn't know who she is.
The author can't decide when the story begins.
Maybe they're already at the end.
But will the day turn to darkness?
Will their eyes regain focus?
Or will he stay devoted?
What if I became heartless?
I'm tired of being frustrated.
The wind cuts me
Just like a knife can.
Anger surrounds me.
Just like the horrible facts of life did.
Is it true that you can be reincarnated?
Because I think the original me is dead.
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Categories:
recreate, life, me,
Form: Lyric