Rends Poems

Concrete Requiem

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Written August 18, 2025, for contest Sponsored by Vanya Evangeline

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Orpheus in the Underpass,
strummed not strings but a tape untied, 
melodies mut...

Heaven's Open Golden Gate

..."Open the gates of Heaven's beginning
Where we end thoughts of awful sinning
Where hope and love will be forever
And think of troubles no more, never!"
                                      ~ ...

Black Panther

...jungle
warrior black
skinning out bare belly rogues
rends velvet tents of jagged night
rumblings under grey mists...

Chinese Translations IV

...CHINESE TRANSLATIONS IV

These are English translations of Chinese poems about nature, the seasons, autumn, winter, spring, night, time, tears, flowers and love. 

Seeking a Mooring
by Wang Wei
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Broccoli, Brussel And Cuke

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If in all innocence
broccoli brings out flatulence
not to dwell but how many unfortunate smells
will it impart from a single floret
and in the end when it rends
does it sound like a ba...

Peppercorns

...If each peppercorn was a life,
each is saddled in surrender
of shunless damnation.
They dwell in anguish--
death row prisoners.
They huddle together
awaiting torsion
as the grinder rends
the ...

Animating Innate Vibrance

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Between the pulse of our heartbeat simply present 
head- heart linking 
dwelling in time with stretched blissful peace 
awareness became unblinking. 

Between heaven and earth...

Broke it, You Buy it a Song

...[Studio Quality]
[Female vocals]
[Clean Production]

[verse]
Didn't you hear?

If you broke it you buy it

That is also true of your hearts desires
if you buy into your pain
well that is j...

Reactions

...That's all she wrote,
It was all my doing,
The words she spoke,
Heavy and looming.

All my reactions,
Of anger and pain,
Because of her actions,
On me, a stain.

I tried my best,
To get yo...

Mother Snap

...As I pivot to confront my offspring, I anticipate the sight of terror etched in their innocent eyes, a reflected horror that would mirror the abyssal darkness that has long resided within me.

Inst...

you'll be a man, tomorrow

...You’ll be a man tomorrow, child, yes,
If you respect animals and pristine nature,
If you don’t kill elephants for ivory,
If you don’t kill the whales for soap,

You’ll be a man if you can stop t...

The Ghost of Last Autumn

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     Breeze picks up
       leaves flutter
     Grasses wave
       windows shutter

     Fish out your jacket
       a chill rends the air
     The ghost of last autumn
      June does not...

Ledger of Love: PART I

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Ledger of Love

In the dim-lit chambers of the Victorian home,
Resides a wife, her heart a silent tome.
Once, love’s flame burned bright within her breast,
But now a thin whisp, a ghost...

Such is Duchess

...Such is Duchess
Amma to her “Youngens”,
Joie D’Vivre, Raison D’Etre to Dennis,
Source of course to Lucy,
Linds’s famed legs fill long johns,
Artist of Nature, watercolor canvas,
Friends savor h...

The Watcher

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Into the woods we ventured, where darkness began to encircle us,
Their ancient murmurs mingling with the forest’s ominous chorus.
A chilling breeze, as if the very breath of the woods sighed,
Ve...

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