I am not sure where to go first
I have not taken much
just what I could fit into two backpacks
One of them gets heavy
I sit down on a park bench and sort them out
throwing away ten things I thought I needed
because this is day three
and I am tired of carrying two backpacks
I have not asked anyone for help
because I do not know how to do that
and it would feel awful
so far I have just raided dumpsters at night
after regular people are asleep
I become active
searching for half eaten sandwiches
hoping the bugs have not gotten in them yet
Categories:
time being, life,
Form: Free verse
there comes a time when we are shaken
violently out of pompous and vain complacency
there comes a time for solemn introspection
for re-evaluating priorities and beliefs
there comes a time for sober questioning
meaning and grasping chance for realignment
there comes a time for summoning
self-awareness and restoring faith
it's in such troubled times that we are tested
and somehow the guiding light may shine clearer than ever
AP: Honorable Mention 2022
Posted on January 20, 2022
Categories:
time being, faith, introspection, judgement, life,
Form: Free verse
Ev'ryone wakens, ev'ryone slumbers,
We stand to reason as we stand to rhyme,
Everyone is adding up the numbers.
As we sow the seasons, we rise in time,
We all spread our digits with all due care,
Precision movement, measure for measure,
We grasp our heated moments, our share,
With what we're making, we make pleasure.
We all turn beautiful faces to watch
The meeting of the minutes, making hours,
Seconds are the helpings by which we notch
The belt 'round which Life, our own Self, towers.
Taking up such Space by both outstretched arms,
At the Time Being, the time being charms.
Categories:
time being, age, humanity, time, universe,
Form: Sonnet
how long ago was it
...being as knot...
i passed away as
...uninformed...
a party of some nothing-event
...that did not register...
in something of a flow
...called time...
in which i'm aware of
...the being of constants...
rafts in the changing
...manifestation called time...
stan sand
Categories:
time being, absence, analogy,
Form: Free verse
inner travelling
connecting outer spaces
assembling words
sometimes mean good things
sometimes mean fruitless bucket
fills with poor meaning
if i have hurt here
unknowingly to any
my apology
feeling fuel's ending
needs to repair for some time
so time being bye
Categories:
time being, feelings,
Form: Senryu
Within the 'TOTAL TIME'
The "WHOLE UNIVERSE" rests
Impossible to feel it with
whatever a life bears
Words of 'UNENDING', 'INFINITY' and so on
are the best words to understand that
for the time being…………………
Categories:
time being, introspection, visionary, words, universe,
Form: I do not know?
It's about time
I bend my rules
Break them in two
And send them off
It's in this wind
In this school
In this bed
In this head
In this song
In this heart
I remember
It all
It's about time
I take my own advice
Spell it out
And use it for once
Back there
I was obsessed
With so much
That seemed
To matter
It didn't
It didn't
It didn't
You didn't
He didn't
She didn't
I didn't
It's about time
I breath
Let my breathe go
Been holding it for years
Somewhere up there
I know I will find
More
So much more
I will
I will
I will
Him
Her
Me
And that's all for now
Categories:
time being, life
Form: I do not know?
Just for now, I will hold my own.
I am carried away into a domain.
Plenty of room minus that chain,
It is here that I will be full-grown.
It is here I will not be windblown.
I’ve nothing to lose and all to gain.
I am minus all pleasures of a pain.
I am where seeds are not yet sown.
Just for the day,
And for the night,
I’ll be on my way,
And out of sight.
For the time being, I am just me,
Homeward bound, set to be free.
®Registered: Ann Rich 2006
Categories:
time being, imagination, inspirational, introspection, life,
Form: Sonnet
a time to sing
Time to let praises ring
a time to say
Time to pray
a time to rest
Time to pursue our quest
a time to act
Time to turn back
a time to write
lines to excite
a time to create
it's never too late
For every thing there is season and time to every purpose under the heaven From Ecclesiates 3:2
Categories:
time being, inspirational, on writing and
Form: Couplet
Volunteer at the food bank,twice a week
collecting smiles from those I meet....
The elderly with long memories
enjoy telling their story...
to someone who will listen
they just want to know
......they're not forgotten
retirement home living can seem
like a closed in shelter....
to those who sit alone
they do have a story to tell...
Physically disabled from age and pain
lifting their spirit is the reward I gain....
Some call me their local poet
while I share some of my thoughts
but...picking their brain
are the treasures I got....
A changing world
a passing of the torch
overlapping generations
a true relation of understanding...
the world itself hasn't really changed
it just depends on us
and how we relate....
Categories:
time being, life, people,
Form: Free verse
And then for years
It was all he could do
To drink and read Machado.
While poems got drunk
Before breakfast,
And she lay unkissed,
Dom Antonio gave blood
From both of his wrists,
Then closed his bag,
Bowed with care,
And left him injected
With a certain alertness
Which for the time being
Kept him aware.
Categories:
time being, faith, introspection, life,
Form: Blank verse