Hope Rispetto Poems

Upon my pillow leave a gentle kiss of hope 
along with shallow breaths of love and truth   
while the flotsam arias of your...

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In some future I will voice all that is true,
how I swear your eyes glow, and whisper to me.
But the nonchalance I show, back turned...

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Clinging not to hope or despair,
joyous in life as it appears,
as pure awareness, self-aware,
we’re free from both desires and fears.

Frolicking carefree in the void, 
no...

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When stars ascend and illuminate moonlight,
he sits in the midst of childhood confusion,
bricks in ruby quartz, shape pearl-face of twilight,
crafting a castle from artistic vision
where...

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When I first held you, I kissed you with my eyes,
       And fell in love; your birthday, a special...

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Happiness eludes you when you feel lonely,
overcome by depression and self-pity.
You want to fit into your new life, except,
you're all alone in an uncaring city.
You...

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Midnight moon and stars begin to disappear 
Once the morning sun starts to rise from deep sleep.
New dawn is about to break with joy and...

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He's a scared, shivering, sad and lonely soul,
today's version of a disposable man.
Panhandling on cold city streets takes its toll,   
and he's devolved...

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In my bubble, I’m deprived of human touch,
unable to express my love through my hands.
I no longer hug the one’s I love so much
and I...

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Thinking of the bay that daily gush 
From our ray on this lengthy voyage.
This at first wasn't envisage to be created,
For our calculator has failed...

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SUMMER SWALLOW

The scene of spring floats for a while in the air
for summer to see the last hues of flowers,
for under the blazing sky they’d...

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Time has so fully eclipsed my days of rest
Without much hope of a return for grandeur
Sometimes peace and tranquility are just best
But nothing seems to...

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The organ played the psalm 
unto the grieving
somehow to balm the feelings 
of the living
as though no dark deceiver 
had come thieving.
Memories are the gift...

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Where would we be sometimes without a beacon,
single guiding ray to lead us safely home?
Our woes that rage within life’s storms would deepen,
lost in violent...

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~Do's And Don'ts~
(Sonnetina Rispetto)


Don't learn all in life the hard way
Be positive, keep faith each day
And hope that you opt for what's right
Think twice thrice...

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