Pain Rubai Poems

   Practice rhymes with cactus
      piano, with woe

   Those who've suffered
     ...

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My day's plans don't include pain
       or snow, sleet, or rain

     Maybe they could; but...

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She fell and saw the swirling serpent of fears 
Lakes, rivers and all things flowing for countless years 
Are her tears from her eyes of...

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The mosquito is an anomaly
  Its brief life spent in ferocity

Buzzes, stings, draws our blood
  ~ Revels in tortuosity...

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Quatrain #968:
GAIN


Glimpse that true gain where words now fit,
Apt joy works plain in lovely wit;
Ink not in vain fine touch put right,
Now purge odd pain...

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Quatrain #873:
HOPE


Hurts die right here if you but see,
Old wounds now clear with health set free;
Peace of mind cheers the path of pain,
Etch faith not...

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Quatrain #840:
PAIN

Poise in sad tones in deep dark shades,
Arc of old bones as pain now trades;
Immerse harsh cone of anguish hence,
Note how flesh hones the...

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Quatrain #806:
FACE


Feel how you feel when pain draws near,
Ask heart to heal with poise that cheers;
Claim fine goodwill that honours love,
Etch a grand zeal that...

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Quatrain#880:
PAIN

Prompt as pure pain that hurls new light,
Apt wounded strain as hurts bring sight;
In touch made plain sheer torture curls,
Now and here gain a lovely...

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Quatrain #830:
PAIN


Pleasure primes pain if you but see,
Apt that odd gain in what may be;
Ink stains link plain the strange brief quest,
Note how sad strains...

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Quatrain #790:
HOPE


Heed that clear hint when your soul calls,
Opt for fine mint where pain brings gall;
Peace sparkles tint in a harsh test,
Embrace the stint: troubles...

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Quatrain #856:
PAIN


Praise be to pain that tells I know,
Ask hurts for gain in light that shows;
Ink sad refrain where truth gives sight,
Nude naked strains mend...

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Quatrain #843:
WHEN


Words come to show a touch that tells,
Hurl act that flows just where you dwell;
End when you know how pain expires,
Now you can grow...

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Quatrain #820:
CURE


Choice helps you grow with pain you feel,
Urge joy to show just how love heals;
Reach in clear flow a touch that cures,
End as you...

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Quatrain #819:
FEAR


Feel how fear thrills that morbid show,
Extreme pulse chills as dread now grows;
Apt poise prompts will to run away,
Rise to dark spill ere pain...

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