Angst Terza Rima Poems

Nature's flower runs through my fears,
Her old seasons there interceding
On the silver gray blunt of the shears,
Where the stem—sharpened by night—is keeping
For the day's rain...

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BUILDING TENSION

The day approaches, and it is not long now
Before my decision’s made, a prize to award
As judge I have delayed it, as time will...

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Forgive me if I should adore you too much, 
but these pangs of yearning keep calling your name, 
Drunk from desires to once again feel...

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"recently scenes of early life have stolen into my mind, like breezes blown ..."
                       Quote...

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The exigent mountain in the tough terrain of life 
needs to be climbed as the summit alluringly calls,
follow the undefined trail in surging storm of...

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CHANCE ENCOUNTER

When she caught sight of him today,
Walking towards her on the street,
She wasn’t sure what she would say.

Should she run to him and greet
Him...

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Global warming is now out of control
the planet's ice caps are melting away,
and most nations haven't met their carbon goal.

It's too late; climate change is...

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O, Lord of grace, You hold us in Your arms holy,
and when the time comes for us to finally depart,
show us the light to traverse...

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Can you feel it in the air?
Stunning smile lures you inside 
Cold laughter but no ‘beware’;

Poison like formaldehyde
sticking to your lips like sugar 
as you...

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Look at how progress has scarred the planet Earth,
its lush mountains stripped of centuries-old trees
oblivious to value, just their cash worth.

We're not racked with guilt...

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Gypsy Heart 

Gypsy heart aimless wanders galaxies,
Astral hideaways, callow time, fantasies,
Tunnels of amnesty – mercy’s galleries

Through agnostic atrophy heart agony,
Frantic nomad rips at denial’s repeats...

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"Like the silence that screams, cursing solitude
... whispers of faith sing patiently with prayers"

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Temptation lingers in a jar
my heart sliced into spears
the taste just a little sour

I don’t recognize this mirror 
perfectly hidden madness 
swallowed up by anger...

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The first was a wee bird 
How clear the glass 
Its thud was loudly heard 
Rendered it to the earthen grass…
The second was the pig,...

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As in the fabled medieval times of centuries in the deep past,
It’s time once again to celebrate the hidden ugly horror that
Seeks to infest and...

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