Plan
Organise
Work
Evaluate
Refine
This new year I feel the tensions of taxes due
While I resolve to complete them in time as
Every year I procrastinate until the deadline is here.
Now as this new decade begins I feel inspired
To clean my clothes closets of clothes I never wear
Yet can’t bear to part with though I am thinner now.
Time has its wicked way of flying by so quickly and
We are forced to face our future head on, to
Evaluate our endeavors, accepting changes that
Never cease to challenge us and keep us growing as my
Tapestry of life lies before me I want to capture it in a book.
Yes, I resolve making this a special year to realize my dreams.
1-23-20
Resolutions Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Matt Caliri
R-umors that have been flying
O-pen your ears to listen;
S-tay silent about the report,
E-valuate the events that happen.
A-ugust twenty-ninth Tuesday,
N-ews is heard to discern;
G-et your sense in truth,
E-arnestly dissect to
L-earn.
L-et not the gossip spread
E-verywhere in the air;
R-apid noise must go
I-n one ear and out the
O-ther.
Try some
(S)et realistic goals
(W)elcome input from others
(E)ndeavor to persevere
(E)valuate every situation
(T)hen take advantage of the moment
(T)ackle the difficult problems
(E)ngage wisely
(A)ccomplish your goals
N otice me when I am in a mood to
E valuate my every move!
V oice your opinion to
E scape the wrongdoing.
R eality is never given to you.
A nswers are forthcoming when you are proactive.
L itmus the acidity of recourse and the
W iser you will become.
A bsolute your environment to factive and
Y our essence is known.
S earch always the tractive shown.
S ort a basis of emotions to the depth of despair.
O rder everyone to treat each other fairly.
M ix up is disallowed.
E ffort illuminates good-well profound.
I ntense are your sentiments to unity
M agnified by your desire to be free and not just
E nthusiasms seen.
S ometimes are not a part of equanimity.
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Written 02/08/2016 in two forms Free Verse & Acrostic!
Long for arms that truly love
Inside them find everlasting happiness
Vehemently pray for blessings
Endure any battle which seems endless
Love-sickness is a harsh test
Avoid being alone and if it saddens you
Use widsom to guide your steps
Go beyond all expectations
Heighten your passion for life
Love kindly and be compassionate
Offer sincere, honest advice
Valuate what's precious and fair
Empty yourself of rancor and live longer
This self exists in grave fluidity –
when finding nothing inside, ventures out
and looks beyond to seek validity.
Unfortunate, she finds herself without
the thing she needs to valuate a life;
when finding nothing inside, ventures out
to leave some beauty there among the strife –
for only in creation she finds peace,
the thing she needs to valuate a life.
Objectified, the pain can find release
obscured within intense poetic phrase,
for only in creation she finds peace.
So tucked away within, it silent stays
and destined to remain so when it hides
obscured within intense poetic phrase,
and in this way, the future she decides.
This self exists in grave fluidity –
and destined to remain so when it hides
and looks beyond to seek validity.
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