April Tetractys Poems

 "Despair is generally defined as a loss of hope.  In existentialism, it is more specifically a loss of hope in reaction to a...

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M-ake
E-very
R-ace of life
C-ompleted as
Y-ou weather the storm on your horizon.

Topic: Birthday of Mercy Gutierrez (April 14) 
Form: Acrostictractys...

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H-ope
O-pens
N-ew chances
E-nding your fret, 
Y-our woe and negative things to forget.

Topic: Birthday of Honey Gail Pamaos (April 5) 
Form: Acrostictractys...

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pink
flowers
lovely day
dewy delight
April is calling us for outside play
And on the way of course we have sweet May
showing love with
powerful
yellow
sun...

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VietNam War – TET

war
60’s
Viet Nam
youth quickly lost
Greyscale TV’s final shock and awe

Written April 28, 2019
Contest: Tetractys This Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Charles Messina...

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Trust
your friend
with your life!
Invest in love
For a real friend may give his life for you

As our Lord has done for us on the cross
That fateful...

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I 
dance with
the ocean
jumping blue waves -
soaking in its stretch of sun-drenched beauty

When the sun sinks low, I dine with the sky
as I devour
dusk's hues...

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Smile
On your 
Crystal face
Moonbeam ripples
Set dulcet rhythm of dance in my heart beat.

I travelled a long way drenched in moon dust
With lost gem’s glint
I now...

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Snow
Falling 
Creating
A white carpet
That dazzles us with its sheer brilliance               ...

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You,
It's you,
Always has been,
Maybe always will be,
Every other thought is you,
I can't even escape with dreams,
Will it ever be over,
This torture you bring,
Leaving only pain,
All...

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Yield
To God
For strength’s grace
Vanquishing foes
By His granted armor and truth’s weapon.

Championing what’s right, be strong in the Lord*
Running life's race
Serving well
With faith’s
Might!

*Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my...

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Gourmand - TET

Sight
Smells Good
Tastes good too
Let me touch it
My four senses all like the beef jerky

My fifth sense hears the complaints of my choice
What do...

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shine
on, my
brightest star-
my gold stardust...
for you’re the wonder that holds the sky up

your kindness outweighs all the world’s riches
crave my tame touch
quench my thirst-
you're my...
home.



Tetractys...

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catching a long overdue nap with her 
exuberant
rambunctious
two-year
old

one
two three
how divine
just a few winks
he's back to the sweetest angel ever



Submitted on April 25, 2019 for contest...

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Sleep
A Taste
In This Life
Of What Awaits
Streams of Consciousness Slowly Leaving Earth

Returning Whence We Came -- To Our Maker
Our Primal Source
Of Life and
Of Love
Death


April 24, 2019
Entry...

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