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Leon Datu Poem
Earthquake
ominous, tragic
crumbling, exploding, mocking
destruction, ashes, horror, shambles,
ruining, flagging, pulverizing
unmerciful, belligerent
tremor
Select 3 Contest
Copyright © Leon Datu | Year Posted 2014
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Leon Datu Poem
Waking to the heady wisps
of a mildly settling dawn-break,
I understand why we are connected
trading our private reflections with ease
in the name of deep affinity--after all
these years, your confessions, milestones
have become mine as well. And we both
laugh at that fateful day, a serendipitous
occurrence in the theater, your handkerchief
slapping my face blown by an airwave--
Beneath the patter of falling rain, a coffee
for two after-- surely the rest, a history of friendship
as an omen of a union washes away all
the loneliness of my nights. You, a chain
binding me when strength loosens its grip,
And I, your designated clown in the drama
of your life's courtyard.
I now take leave for a long voyage far,
thousand miles from this city which
knows us well, desperate somewhat
to be estranged from you; but that precious gaze
reassures me that everything is
as it should be... the only thing you'll never know,
my dear, is the hidden love I carry --since we met.
Contest; My Friend, My Love
January 7, 2019
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I brushed aside
My faraway glimpses,
The many consequences
Of trifle revelries I wasted
Grasping the snippets of night time
And all abandoned pining.
Bouquets of fondled whispers dangled
Among damp stems along Riviera beach,
Still molding flit kisses in balmy shades
That stretched on coasts of sudden farewells.
Make Love To Me In That Ancient Place Contest
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Above my head, a ray
where I sit on a mossy ledge,
stylus in my hand drips words
like acid upon thin papyrus sheets--
of myths and cultures perishing,
never to be repeated in splendour
and tragedy-- their brilliance borne
through swollen rivers' lore.
A Brian Strand Contest NO 18
Oct 10, 2016
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Fake news
Confuse
One Footle Only Contest. Judy Konos
11-1-17
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Leon Datu Poem
Lively interludes of myself,
this I ask of you--
synthesize the main pieces of my own music
those beats of rhythm,
the low and high notes
that resound in my heart
and hum the symphony of my
spirit--
fly, my reggae tunes and primal melodies
release the Marley tempo
invite me once again and again
to welcome the environ;
to harvest life's juicy choral pulp!
Favorite Music Type Contest
For Nayda Ivette Negron
9 Oct 2015
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a colorful sky
thickens into bursting gray---
winter's arrival
Itty bitty Contest #2: Doing it Again
For Andrea Dietrich
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Passing the grains of rivers
mothered by the your sun,
tossed copper wind and shores rail
inch by inch--
meter by meter--
they drift along of a violet dayfall.
And glittering borealis slopes
on emblazoned hem;
until land, sea, air and dazed fire,
wrap the colors of your grasses;
as a hundred villages await
the first notes
of your opening sonata;
a tingle from a raw desire
circling a bonfire of wildflowers,
in heat like a maiden, restless!
Open Poetry Contest
Charlotte Jade Puddifoot
11/30/2015
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i enter your star
peeping from the far heavens--
we know each other?
Probability Haiku of Marvin Celestial
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When blind terror rages and burns
a city of love that now churns---
innocence, a prison.
The time will come as Fate returns,
justice for all seasons
O Liberte, newly risen.
Rime Couée-Tail Rhyme For France
Contest: Debbie Guzzi
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