Refrained Poems - Poems about Refrained

...Located in Accra, near the Gulf of Guinea, In the town of Ashaiman Ghana, There is an aspiration within me to become his source of hope. Two years of heartfelt affection and thoughtful considerat......

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...the moral landscape changes with new blood surfacing amplifying the flaws inherent in the collective psyche my ingrained prejudices bubble to the surface harming my interaction with my f......

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...One foot in front of the other, Listening to the Mother. Rumbling and tumbling, Through the water. And thought about, The path it sought. Since it began, A trickle in the sand. ......

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... Liberty, freedom, unchained Plenty, riches, love sustained Repentance,Forgiveness, not stained Abiding, sheltered, in safety contained Faithful, fr......

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...PENKNOB: Is our household word that my kids euphemistically created of the two phrases that I purposely refrained its actual pronunciation by slurring PENKNOB: Phrase #1. Hands-Off/or don'......

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... In theory I thought you would like to know That I didn’t practice the piano I’m a noted rebel Who is now in treble For showing my staff to a soprano The keys are a problem, almost a curse W......

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... The desolate wasteland of trepidation traversed by my jagged life that strived relentless for so long to smoothen the innate angularities of serrated mind, swirling in the egregious whirl......

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...Your skin like leather my bulletproof vest inkling tubes tuxedo of flesh harness me hand on chest in between sheets stringing me along like a kite refrained from taking advice whistle......

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...Beyond The Nothingness If the Universe vanishes music remains Each note but a memory —forever refrained (Dreamsleep: December, 2023) The Treasure Life as a system sits proudly alone......

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... Elevated intentions are futile in an attempt to hold your heart close to my own. Could you see beyond a lie that was told with the best of intentions? In between the war of the sexes is an ec......

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...We used to eat most dinners together. Then we grew up and moved along. Only gathering on holidays. Some years later, most ate alone. There are less of us every year. Some are too ancient to tr......

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...The Ember of Love As he was walking along the busy shopping street an old woman, came toward him He knew her but hadn't seen her for many years once upon a time, he had loved her very much they......

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...gotta be evasive of worldy things gotta keep it straight broken arrows won't fly anyway tryna watch my mouth be careful of what I say tender feelings bruised hearts and love never mixed anyw......

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...Stricken with anguished nausea Written three years ago tomorrow, yet superimposed (likened to emotional palimpsest) upon mental state of yore recent post traumatic stress triggered courte......

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...I wrote an obituary for our love story. Buried the hatchet And refrained myself from asking How your birthday went. Locked the memories for safe keeping And refrained myself from peeking But ......

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