Short Reluctance Poems

I went to sleep at fourteen
and woke up at forty
A prisoner of reluctance
—casualty of time

(Dreamsleep: July, 2022)...

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Wasting of lives for things that should be peace
A fight to survive
Reluctance of soldiers who die, leaving their children and wives or husbands alone...

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impossible obedience required
as she melted with reluctance
in familiar mystery

a lonely splendor broken
by bewildered whispers
and weak hearts unite

Lay
...

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Often,
 one who can 
… wont
More often,
one who can’t 
… will

Reluctance
by the
one
Arrogance
by the
other

—and the world to suffer their consequence

(The New Room: May, 2023)...

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STAYING ALIVE

Awake!
Mixed feelings
The morning sensation
All fears   expectation
Still in place
Bold reluctance 
By responsibility replaced
Leech and drive on!
Reanimate! 
Rejuvenate!
Staying alive!...

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stuttering moments baptised by emotion
they linger by the curtains in the doorway waiting
come now enter do not be afraid
it is only a beating heart that waits
what is there to lose but your life
...

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Love lived in the hearts of Him and Her,
 But distance shrouded fear over Her
 And to punish Her reluctance
 He gave another girl a chance
 And she brought triplets nine months later.



(c) Nyonglema...

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A cause; much like a child, is always lost.
Until it is sought by the will to seek purpose. 
Reluctance to find meaning in so, has shown light upon the world. 
For we blindly boast of our blatant adolescence....

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Shall I shall I hold not 
your heart
 It All shall start 
but might mine reluctance
 to stand apart I thrust and arc
 to embrace your thine heart

2/27/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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Her book was disturbing,
  in an antiseptic kind of way

Cleansing words of their reluctance,
  periods gone—commas laid

         “Tribute To Joan Didion’s
       ‘Slouching Toward Bethlehem’”
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2017)...

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morning mist
reluctance
of yesterday
new wind
of a colorful
spring
red flags ascend
drowning in blood
how long
she is on a mission
crucifixtion
dead meat is
breakfast cold
concrete jungles
the prophet is
unwanted

aug 30 2.34 pm
2016...

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Aye
and to sigh,
yet never goodbye...
our reluctance to say..
to close..to leave..
to part..to kiss
farewell;
weider-sehn ,perhaps
au-revoir..later..
see you..wave..then watch
'til
we turn away
and cannot see
no more...
Aye
and to sigh....

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You once gave to me something,
you now want to take back

But its cord is umbilical,
my soul thus attached

The title to the future
in invisible ink

Bleeding free your reluctance
—inextricably linked

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)...

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Winter Morning - Dark, Dull ...
After a bohemian night ...
Dark, stupid - with reluctance to house ...
Odor of lime - 
hallucination, alcohol delirium?!
Well yes - the first floor brews tea.

                translation from Bulgarian: the author...

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Half-stripped,
  I was  moon struck.  
Can there be any other beauty ?

          *

    In broken terracotta
I trace my reluctance
    to change.

          *

   Another cranky day.
You cannot write a poem,
   for a while.


Satish Verma...

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Embracing indecision,
abandonment confronts you

My branches sharp and pointed,
my roots all buried deep

I pity your reluctance,
as the forest casts you lonely

A single tree in meadows vast
—alone against the wind

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)...

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In idle pleasure he spends aimless days
A waste of time, no motivation. 
He shows reluctance to divine design
His tag on life: no destination!
 
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Sin of Sloth Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Margarita Lillico
     © 16th July 2022...

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ruthless restrictions road to reluctance 
                    
                                                but not rapturous results





PLACED : 1st

WORK PERSPECTIVE MONOKU Poetry Contest
Monoku poetry form only.
Sponsored by: Beata Agustin	
Date: 05-05-2022...

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Luna comes to paint a portrait, 
each stroke fails to capture me. 
I pray this moon not find its 
muse in the reluctance of my 
memory. 

Tonight the stars above Ypres 
dance, to the rocket solar flairs.
The moon tonight so strong in 
indeed, for tonight my heart it 
bares....

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He is not a man,
How can he be?
 
His conversation
( Such as it is )
never concerns you
or your feelings.
 
He is guilty
beyond measure;
 
Unless, of course
his reluctance
to talk about them
has something to do
with the fact
that you haven’t
yet told him
what they are?...

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Reluctance and Relentless

Some fear criticism and have a reluctance
To speak while others efforts are relentless;
Never stopping,
To go shopping,
And are always trying to make much sense.

Those in parade trying to make thoughts felt
and heard as they occurred and never absurd.

Jim Horn...

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I weaponize my words with venom
Seared with truth
Laced with honor
They cannot endure without the antidote of denial 
Nour can they bare the scars of reluctance 
They squander their hope on impunity 
They measure their joy in frailty 
How can we as they live when they question their own life?...

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With shrug of shoulders, roll of eyes in head
We accept our failure and resign.
Reluctance and revenge agenda
Hidden behind a cheesy grin smile
Made while stepping back, withdrawing out of range.
Disconnected, disengaged with bitter grimace, unseen
We wave goodbye with a sigh, nigh silent within....

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Beauty is in the 
Eye of the beholder, they say.
Another being might not 
Undo my reluctance.
The hours pass by with no recourse,
Yet you stay, and 

I’m relieved.
Seeing your truth before me,

My pleasure is yours to command.
In curves and sweeps, you take me
Near to Heaven - 
Enamored, I am....

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How does one capture a heart?
Is it an instantaneous moment of seizure
Ensnared by a singularly magical minute
A spell cast
In a twinkling of time
With just
One 
Touch?

How does one capture a heart?
Is it trapped in time
By a gentle coaxing, 
A trust
Taking it apart piece by piece
Until it is given away
Without 
Reluctance?...

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