Short Quieten Poems

Stop,
soak
into
the stillness-
quieten my soul....

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When thoughts quieten, load on heart lightens ~
In silence feel, how our aura brightens

02-May-2023...

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The sky will lower, the hills quieten,
and the moonlight to my window sill come,
the night she will come....

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Knowledge
  Stress
Ignorance
  Bliss

Quieten my brain
Ease my mind
       Bring
Peace on Earth
To all mankind...

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Before this bewitching gaze, alas,
let me be the one to quieten
and love you the more.






















(for Raul Moreno`s member poetry contest)...

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Could you blame the American dream
Plastic coast to coast
A Harlequin pawns himself
Enterprise gone mad
Ply the rebop
The spirit of 1973
Corporate Lawyer loathed to tell the truth
A confident already foretold
Fortitudes' ardour
doomed to quieten itself...

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Come, come now, let’s quieten mind,
shifting to heart, tranquil and kind.
Thought is the playground of ego,
temptations that are best declined.

Fears and desires here now let go
and all attachments too forgo,
seeking nothing but God alone,
that within our heart, love may grow....

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first things first, we quieten heart
melding our mind therein
all souls be one, none stand apart
as bliss throbs on our skin

all we do, is be still
shaped upon the anvil
surrendered to Gods will

quenching thirst
first things first

20-August-2021
Quietus...

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In a quieten hidden corner

In a dark and danken room

Where mushrooms alone 
we're meant to grow

An ugly duckling

Swanned


And out of the fog and wetting mist

A solitary flower one day did grow


And bring to bare

A shrinking violet

Placing 1st in the county show


And grew on to be mamed


QUEEN OF ALL OUR BETTER TOMORROW's...

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Toy in the shape,
of a figurine,

Boy saw it,
and began to whine,

he had seen possibilities,
of frolic and fun,

he began insistence,
full throttle and gun,

he had an agenda,
different from parents,

knowing that,
he deepened his laments,

scared now for sure,
both became full aware,

that they had to quieten the guy,
so they simply bought the toy ware....

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Quieten the mind 
dile it down a notch 
drown those tears  
neglect all fears 
speak into existence 
be as loud as the excuses
fight for justice 
fight for peace,
grant your organs sexual liberty.
Dive in blue waters,
oceans sing songs of tranquility.
Dream, your big dreams 
Live, purposefully. 

18 December 2022
"Our Soul's Wish List" Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by Unseeking Seeker...

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Fill me once more,Holy Spirit to know,
Move me ,inside,you love to show,
Quieten my heart,now to play
Without rehearsal,on life's stage each phrase to say.

Speak,speak by thought,picture,word or deed,
Then in my weakness,your strength feed:
O teach my tomgue to quiet be,
Until you prompt,and all I say,is all of thee.

This quatrain was inspired by  Abraham Cowley's (1618-67) 'Hymn to Light'...

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Two swans glide towards me,
their graceful movement
concealing the fury
of their paddling feet
as they slowly turn together
into the bright sun.
They seem to share
a common will.

The water is glass still.
I stand near to where the bank
falls away into its own image.
I come here often, alone,
trying to quieten the thoughts
no one else can see,
thrashing just below
that face mirrored in the water,
looking up at me....

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Four ways to stop your chihuahua from barking
Talk to them in a pleasant voice
Then you see you have no choice
One: Get your shotgun
Two: Load it with a shell or two
Three: You know this won't be fun
Four: Take them out behind the barn, 
Just the sight of the gun 
And the shakes have begun!!  

The Chihuahuas are terrified of guns and most loud noises so they would quieten on down if someone got out the gun even run and hide....

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Fill me once more,Holy Spirit to know,
Move me ,inside,you love to show,
Quieten my heart,now to play
Without rehearsal,on life's stage each phrase to say.

Speak,speak by thought,picture,word or deed,
Then in my weakness,your strength feed:
O teach my tomgue to quiet be,
Until you prompt,and all I say,is all of thee.

This quatrain was inspired by  Abraham Cowley's (1618-67) 'Hymn to Light'

Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2010...

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We look to scriptures to quieten mind,
as affirmations are comforting,
until we get to cessation,
relinquishing lower mind.
What remains is presence,
unfettered, unbound,
one with the flow,
stillness slow,
quiet
now
~
thus
gently
here and now 
alive, aglow,
with no agenda,
save to savour flavour
of the flow of life throbbing
as we watch it’s pulse rise and fall;
a dance beauteous beyond measure,
spectacle of delight for each earth soul.

05-January-2021...

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