Short Centre Stage Poems

Centre stage yet unseen, star still observable when no longer there....

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Fluid in her motion 
she graces centre stage 
stars shine in your eyes...

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nodes that awake
celebrate centre stage
others join the chorus

today it’s the tip of the nose 
dancing in the moonlight
cheered by an audience of one...

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That conniving bird Tweety Pie
Hoodwinked me and told me a lie
Said I’d take centre stage
If I crept in his cage
Imprisoned, I’m here till I die!
...

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body-mind purified
earth vessel magnetised
ego identity recedes
that the will of God
be enacted by spirit

the mirror is shattered
dispelling delusion
whence light of Self
occupies centre stage 
entwined with the universe...

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With photography
figurative art did flee
defeated by ego 'selfie'
Impressions took centre stage
'til 20th century abstract
became the rage
This expressive genre
still ruled the roost
until  digital facility was introduced
&  by AI was traduced...

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There's fireworks in the sky
on this midsummers night.
Fiery paintings on blue canvas 
mirror a poets words upon his page. 
Crescendo brings on the dusk, 
that preludes the moonlight.
It cues the stars to enter,
and bring their show to centre stage....

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 I am trying to grow old gracefully

Doing my best 

Knowing both the  pros and cons

Cons, that certainly put me to the test


I try to focus on the positives

Appreciate the gift and beauty of age

Though the ‘con’ l struggle with the most

The aches and pains that take centre stage!

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Little girl in striped tutu
Standing out in the crowd
Little girl in sparkles
Whose Mom is so proud
Don’t be too eager
To take centre stage
When they flatter and tell you
You’ll be all the rage
Remember fame is fleeting
And youth is soon spent
Your child hood is precious
It’s a gift from God sent....

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The dance declined, mind games futile
We prefer vibrant bliss
Our childlike heart is free from guile
Fullness, nothing amiss

We’ve turned now, a new page 
Soul stands at centre stage 
As love fires within rage

Armchair reclined
The dance declined

14-May-2022
Quietus ...

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Pride of Place

On high his picture takes centre stage
He speaks to the room how his eyes do engage
Tall and proud and weathered with age
How I wish it were a book so I could turn the page

To know what lay beyond that moment in time
Of that man so intriguing and still in his prime
If he just could but out of that picture climb
He could tell me his story and oh how sublime...

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Desire for applause
soon becomes the cause
of needless bondage,
affirms this adage.

Poets forge from fire,
with the void conspire,
to emote a rhythm,
of words in a prism.

Ego does upstage,
seeking centre-stage,
making a circus
of poem's purpose.

Let the music play
by night and by day,
for we have let go,
seeking no echo.

31-August-2022...

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navel chakra appears centre stage 
perhaps it has something to say
it is best we let it have its way
lest fire god takes umbrage

meanwhile on our forehead
a quiet potent bliss mist rises
mother divine is full of surprises 
we surrender content at being led

spine a harp of thirty three strings
corresponding to the vertebrae 
hymns are played as we pray 
oh what joy rapture brings...

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Alright, someone erred
Stole a moment of glory
Occupied centre stage
Through means unethical
To which most took umbrage 

This is a time for reflection
Do we hesitate to forgive
Instead condemning the soul
Who momentarily went astray
Is not love and light our goal

Let us mindfully gentle touch
In each and every situation
As we leap forward to embrace
Assisting those who faltered
Leaving of past wounds no trace...

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The mighty oak
   Wears its crown
   Of acorns with pride
   Giving life
   To the wood

   It takes centre stage 
   soaring high 
   Spreading its benevolent
   Reign outwards


   Robin and blackbird 
   Sing praises
   From its outstretched arms
   Laden with hungry chicks
   Snug in their nests


   Butterflies dance
   In dappled shade
   Squirrels scramble skyward
   Woodpeckers tap out
   S-a-n-c-t-u-a-r-y...

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Addicted not to drink or drugs it's more than that. 
My addiction is simple .
Some might understand. 
Others would wash their hands.
I love to write to put the reader on the centre stage.
Let them feel the words .
Emotions lows and highs.
That tingle between the thighs.
Erotic not porn letting my words reach those who read. 
Addiction is may be the wrong word.
Passion and love.
That in every line.
Welcome .
Enjoy your time....

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Dutchman's pipe,trumpet vine
Virgin bower,shrubs divine;
Beauty bush,bright blue bean,
Climbers high to set the scene.

Bamboo,broom,laurel bay,
Lavender scent lasts all day;
Bush clover,russian sage,
Azalea taking centre stage.

Elder,myrtle,bittersweet,
Perfumes the hazy heat;
Privet,peony,prickly heath,
Ivy,holly in seasonal wreath.

Jasmine & jews mallow,
By a trickling stream, so shallow;
Sea buckthorn to screen
Ceanothus high ,shaded green....

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Dutchman's pipe,trumpet vine
Virgin bower,shrubs divine;
Beauty bush,bright blue bean,
Climbers high to set the scene.

Bamboo,broom,laurel bay,
Lavender scent lasts all day;
Bush clover,russian sage,
Azalea taking centre stage.

Elder,myrtle,bittersweet,
Perfumes the hazy heat;
Privet,peony,prickly heath,
Ivy,holly in seasonal wreath.

Jasmine & jews mallow,
By a trickling stream, so shallow;
Sea buckthorn to screen
Ceanothus high ,shaded green....

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Offerings we hold on to,
in time become egoic glue
and thus suspect are desires,
chasing dreams ego aspires.

Ego’s but an interface,
letting memory retrace
fond longings holding appeal,
rekindled with zest and zeal.

Conjuring thus, our life script,
our soul’s light now derelict,
we prolong our agony,
bemused by pain’s symphony.

To know the truth, clear as day,
cessation then is the way,
bringing soul’s light centre stage,
signalling we’ve come of age....

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    Nothing has changed though really
     What once was now centre stage
   People keep talking about democracy
    Seems no one is willing to engage
 
    Still we have a so called burocracy
    That is throwing us all into a rage
    Why so much hate and animosity
    Though issues the elate did wage

     Though advances in some technology
     Were just seen as numbers on a page
      And now in the twenty first centaury
    What still calls it self the new age
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Splinters of unheld memory
Swirling in a tsunami of letters
and hidden shames
Chessboards with whites replaced with space
Creatures formed without a face
touch replacing taste
magic with wonder
taking centre stage
Smurfs with white bruises
Chairs without base
Aliens reaching hands across the universe
and moons and planets race
Lying in the grass
as i crowd surf over loving blades
or would the darkness
take its place
and simmer in the lights embrace
fearful of its final disgrace...

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Splinters of unheld memory
Swirling in a tsunami of letters
and hidden shames
Chessboards with whites replaced with space
Creatures formed without a face
touch replacing taste
magic with wonder
taking centre stage
Smurfs with white bruises
Chairs without base
Aliens reaching hands across the universe
and moons and planets race
Lying in the grass
as i crowd surf over loving blades
or would the darkness
take its place
and simmer in the lights embrace
fearful of its final disgrace...

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