Short Alloted Poems

Distant dreams do dare to derail my train of doubts,
Eyes gobbling the cobbled stone streets seen,
Leading to a shop filled of things tagged with alloted time
But the tickle of the wind next to sea bound vesels,
and the smell of their work that feeds our souls,
Is what brings a little peace into focus,
When I'm unceasingly searching for my goals....

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Starship Coffee Shop


     Passengers in the Starship Coffee Shop

     Each seated in their alloted place.

     Every table a local perturbation

     In the fabric of time and space


     In relative isolation the travellers

     Move silently through hyperspace.

     Each hand held cell phone a universe,

     A worm hole to another place.


       Barry Stebbings
        10/08/2017...

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Winter Blues

     From dark to dark the chill hours tread slow,
     Where thought as if behind a curtain lies
     And sleep slips past its alloted hour.

     In this dull Season of good intent
     No sun strewn shadows define the day
     And bright ambition, unnoticed, stilled.

     Those in tune with Nature slow,
     When Nature rests and the world is still,
     And feel the Season’s dark embrace.

       01/06/17

     For 'Winter Blues' Contest
      by Laura Loo....

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