Sapped Poems

Midway

...
                                        gusty torrid waves
                                 no songbird waves in the wind
                                 no waves from sapped leaves
           ...

Insomnia

...Midnight,
Hoots and despondent howls
From crevasses of puking earth prompt weakness at slumber

Webs!
They encircle the pin-line threads of silence, viciously muted,
Drawing porous patterns of ...

Mask

...Mask by Adejola Joseph
Mask
Where does it come from?
What?
Delusive rationality!
Are we out of mind?
Senses drained and dried?
No!
What do you capitalized on?
Neutral ambition?
Stop writhin...

I AM TIRED OF BEING NICE

...

I am tired. 
Usually in a “life has sapped itself out” 
But that isn’t what this is about. 

I. Am. Tired. 
Of my stupid styrofoam smile
Squeaking under pressure all the while. 
 
I am ti...

SAPPED ROOTED SOULS

...With our soul’s valleys
watered with God’s wet spirit,
and his healing love,
be as trees of divine sap
sagely rooted in his work:- 
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Limestone's Whisper

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Written: April 12, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Miranda Hawley

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You were not entirely missed
Unwinding under shade of woods
reclining on a playgroun...

The Lord Lights my Lamp

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When the dismal darkness of the deceivers' camp 
overwhelms and I have deserted the way,
a harsh winter of doubt governs cold and damp. 
When conniving, selfish men parade and prey,
despair gri...

Crossing Lines

...Crossing Lines

You ruinous rascal
Just a rat in the pack
You forced me to sell
now I just want it back

Calamity came
You had the highest bid
Simon’s sister Sydney 
liked what you did

Y...

STEAMY SUMMER

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Sweat-drenched heat victims crank up the AC’s.
Temperate weather has bid us adieu.
Energy is sapped; for some, optimism grows dim.
Alleviatio...

Along Dry Path

...Am I fitful,
fluctuating, fluid? 
thin compass waver
as I jubilantly weave
lilac tree vignettes 
that weep or chortle,
rainbow figment curtain
rashly wished upon
in grain smudge zephyr
garne...

The Dilemma of being

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                                    Tired, worn out and sapped
                         The lonely man waiting for the day to end
                           The night is better, kind and comforti...

Harvest of Wisdom

...Before you get married, my child
There are a few things you should remember
The most important being
To always tend to your farm

You should look for a tool
That makes you sing for all its wort...

Tomb

...Serene silence, its salient feature
The sapped bodies snug in solitude.
Not a mound of sand and cement.
A structure to showcase our reverence and regard and
Keep them alive through our thoughts, ...

Mozart Requiem

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Written: February 13, 2023
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An anathema for,
pilose nettle burns,
an art form of unstable feathers,
tropes across the ivory cuticle...

The Day My Lover Left

...A spiritual sickness enveloped my stagnant heart.
I searched for her in darkened obscure visions,
A futile illusory chase that led to a desert of love.
Had I become addicted to her presence?

De...

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