Short Unknot Poems

I know not what knot will not unknot,
I know not why that knot won’t loose.
So if you know what knot won’t unknot,
Show me how to tie my shoes....

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All life I wandered,
In search of vague meandered,
But when I pondered,
Said my long subdued heart’s voice:
Unknot all knots, mute all noise.
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Tanka |15.12.2022| life, journey

Poet’s note: Is it not how the journey of life we travel? One step forward, two back and never straight forward! But mind is full of knots. Always listen to heart....

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Wake me in the spring, 
When winter has moved along; 
A touch of your warm hand, 
And I will break out in song. 

My sleep will unknot my brow, 
And soothe my tired heart; 
I will dream of your soft beauty, 
And that we never came to part. 

But if the world should find me 
Still asleep under summer’s sky, 
Then know no kiss can wake me, 
For I have lain down to die....

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Competent parents cherish their children; 
This Friday feeling - free for family again.

All week, we're the authority, we're the grownups.
Adulthood ain’t easy with parent/child hiccups.

Weekend’s coming up, family time to unknot;
Time to play catch up and we get more than one shot.

This Friday feeling? works ev’ry day of the week;
and it has its perks - our kids listen when we speak.

written March 9, 2018


Regina McIntosh's From the Heart Poetry Contest...

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