Short Unabating Poems

tears
racked face
lines soaked with
grief, a torrent
of unabating pain ....saying ..goodbye

to the love of my life ..my heart races?
how can I face 
life alone,
I love
you.

yet 
I must 
walk the path 
of loneliness 
until called home to your arms, my soulmate.

penned 31 July 2016

Contest - Three Stanzas- Three Only


form used tetractys.  1.2.3.4.10.10.4.3.2.1.1.2.3.4.10...

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A measure of human want,
Of mans unceasing desires,
Abundance of food in excess
Of what stomach can bear,
Of wealth and gilded jewels,
Of mansions and orchards,
Cornucopia from age of Zeus,
Unabating symbol of greed,
Stop to fill that mythical horn,
With generosity of your heart,
Throw goodness in good measure,
And for once fill a poor man’s cart!


8th placement
Written 18/04/2020
Sponsor Kai Michael Neumann
Cornucopia poetry contest...

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I shall never know how deeply felt her anguish
Too young to sever the roots of her own suffering
Unable to fathom how deeply in remorse she languished
The demons in her mind and soul clutching, cluttering,
Scrambling her ability to sort out the issues of life
In mid-life she departed, too early, too soon was gone
From interminable years of struggle with unabating strife
Somewhere in the spiritual realm of peace she trudges on. 

Written December 23, 2020
Contest sponsored by Levasseur...

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