Short Breathing Space Poems

breathing space drowns night

a wanderlust disaster

on a distant star...

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The space has closed in
My breath is being taken
Lost my breathing space...

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Spring into a breathing space;
 Feel delicate wild flowers brush against your feet;
 Wander into the secluded meadow;
 Stop to admire the gentle curves of Spring boughs;
 Relish them bursting with fragrant blossoms;
 Celebrate new life in abundance....

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Bid On My Love

Give me unconditional love and I be your slave
             No harsh words till I reach my lonely grave

Give me my own breathing space to engrave my niche
             Waltzing romance in our idyllic world sequinned for the rich



Balveen Cheema
December 1, 2015
Contest: Bid On My Love
Sponsor: Tammy Reams...

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I gaze intently at your face,
Many hair strands outta place,
Lipstick used to perfectly trace,
Lips tremble like heading to 1st base,
Instantly i need breathing space,
Overwhelmed by feelings of disgrace,
Nothing worthy to take the showcase,
No confidence left to lose or misplace,
Lots of bad memories i need to replace,
I gotta move this MIRROR from this space....

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When you enter her domain she will pace
Buried here in this captive place
Mournful years make fingers made from hast
Where these four walls hold a lonely face
Saddened spirits willfully so misplaced
Where lingering cries do embrace
Raising stairs driving energies into space
Where tarry moments leave a dusty trace
Whispering voices never more erase 
When she has lost her breathing space...

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Intervals

Time
lapsing
repeating
a breathing space
respite from preceding activity. 

An interlude that accentuates breaks
and goings on
preceding
silent
gaps.

Thus,
rending
beautiful
flowing music
enlivening auditory delight.

Giving patrons harmonious pleasure,
happiness born
through music
or words
paused.


© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
    January 16, 2010

Poetic form:  Quadruple Tetractys...

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Listen intently..' peace.)
Munitions roar' the worlds mouth!
Utter death! and denial.'

Much life is lost, too bad.!
How do we count? In evil score?
Let us wipe the slates clean.!

Dared to smile' to think?
Open a vista, the chink of plates
This cup overflow' cease.'

Awaken all peoples
To explore of each chance? piece'
Let it fall, in laps today !

Denying gloom, deny hate'
Give hope a breathing space
Listen intently.'  Peace!

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Breathing space of time and place. Wishing waiting wanting wantonly. And a fried ham. Jellied eels do not erode in a milky ju. And segment of an oiled asparagus is not very funny for a spoon who arrives in a headdress at a ballroom. To tell a time off is to deny a denounced pink and purple acolyte of a flower . Bud then. Bead then. Braking beaming bombing being bringing basins. Hahahaha and now a chat to a cloth. Hahahaha and a jumping scarf doing the can can dance. Xxxx beautification z...

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In the beginning,
the wood floor’s purpose
granted ease of care.

Grandchildren, however,
took two running steps
in sock feet, and slid
all the way down the hall.

Sweet William and Petunia,
sent feline fur floating
through breathing space
as they chased one another
and batted toy mice
across the shiny planks.

The warm, wooden hue
furnished a fitting tableau
with the furniture
of our casual lifestyle.

Peace and contentment,
settled by design
on multi-purpose surface....

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