January Terzanelle Poems

February brings the return of Black History month
Black history is real history every day of the week,
So, I react with an “it’s a long coming”...

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So, I am a liberal, and you should expect this of me
To be one who looks forward with a new approach,
Thinking outside of the box,...

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When suited with loneliness, sorrow is seductive.
I reek trefoils and heed we bear a deep urge to relate.
My quest for commonality steered me to a lake...

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My father once told me that life is like a book,
each phase we live is a new chapter,  a new chance;
for me each turn...

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~Celebrate Life~
(Terzanelle)


Life's too short so don't waste away 
Listen to the music in heart
Life's too short so don't waste away 

There'll be songs till things...

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Stray with flamed music along bay’s shoreline
Give in to notes playing among the sand
As fingers dart symphony’s rush, I pine
	
Caress your tinted strokes written longhand
As...

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Adoring the night skies, tried to reach the moon
Within my universe I spread my thoughts
The inspiration floating through your beautiful noon

My days may be soon...

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The Sensual Side of Passion 

Knows:
steamy
sensations
mind-tingling
luscious vibrations, romancing, dancing…

Eagerness excites hope as longings swell.
fantasy lives 
reason dies
and love
wins.
 
© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
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