April Verse Poems

National day

25 of April Portugal's
national day
It so happened my ship, birthed that day
a night Lisbon didn't sleep
Great Jubilation
whores gave their wares for free
thieves didn't steal
and...

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Author  Dana Redricks 
April 25, 2024

As I sit here consumed with pain, my heart heavy and my spirit drained, I look to You, Lord...

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Letter of the past,
Now a treasured piece,
Letter of gone years,
Now a keepsake.

She wrote it to show her love,
She wrote it to tell me how proud...

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At the crossroads of time, where April flinches in buds parted,
Spring dwells in the temple, a priestess in a procession of timid lights.
A gentle breeze...

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I’m in the residential dining hall with my suitemates Lisa and Sunny. We’re talking about sausages.

Why? Because April 30th is ‘National Sausage day.”
Someone mentioned that...

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Protection is the veil
— that keeps enlightenment out

(From ‘The Road:’ April, 2024)
...

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and I wandered under the stars
the balmy taste of wind on my lips
a whimsy of love in the air
just a few notes unrecognizable
tickling the nape...

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Idyllic reverie during break of day

May today bring unbridled bliss 
delivered courtesy sunshine kissed
giving Midas a run for his money.

When the last trace of night...

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I want to sell my ego
Who will be the buyer?

I want to sell my hatred 
I want to sell my hypocrisy,
Want to sell my bigotry,
Want...

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After the floods,
We were left with nothing,
Our homes lay in ruins,
All we had gone leaving us torn.

It was an unprecedented downpour,
Twilight’s gift to us,
Spring was...

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Does your life then come together
front to back
or
back to front
It takes years to clearly see
that both
directions
are a ruse
Life revolving as a circle
with you
inside
its center
All phases...

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Written: April 22, 2024

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Whimsical whispers of...

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I wanna trade in my stubby spindleshanks...,

(a poor excuse for legs),
and get me the latest
sophisticated prosthetics advancements,
whereat integration of cultured stem cells
into custom made appendages
allows,...

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The water, 
the distant buildings,
the small boats nestled 
in their own reflections,
all seem captive 
to a still 
that has settled 
the evening, 
paused in a...

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Written: April 21, 2024
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