Autumn Days
Summer breeze
turns to fall chill
with bygone memories
of wood smoke and friday night lights.
Warm heart.
For this weeks Cinquain Poetry Prompt of CHILL.
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Afar
World’s length,
Alone in heart.
Searching the day and night,
Hoping to stumble upon her.
Dreams tempt.
For this weeks Cinquain Poetry Prompt of TEMPT.
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Burn
Like smoke,
Love in the air,
Drifting on the night’s wind,
Until it fades, undetected.
I burn.
.
For this weeks Cinquain Poetry Prompt of SMOKE.
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Pain
It’s tame,
Our whole lives’ pain,
To the weak in their seats,
Two-sided fools… one-sided rules.
Let’s change.
For this weeks Cinquain Poetry Prompt of PAIN.
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Believe
Believe,
The truth, the false,
Whatever gives you ease,
Prepare for the outcome of it.
Death? Life?
For this weeks Cinquain Poetry Prompt of BELIEVE.
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Whatever
Monday.
Goals, plans, and dreams.
Working through the problems,
breaking down barriers. Success!
Yeah, right.
For this weeks Cinquain Poetry Prompt of THRIVE.
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Maybe
Yes, no.
You said it first.
From beginning to end,
The decisions are forgiven.
Or not.
For this weeks Cinquain Poetry Prompt of CONTROL.
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Choices
Buffets,
Food till you’re stuffed,
with salads and three soups,
Pizza, steak and even cheesecake.
So ill.
For this weeks Cinquain Poetry Prompt of CHOICES.
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A Crazy Train of Life
Wild child,
With heart of gold,
And mind of shattered glass,
Found life, love and hope in his bride.
Ozzy.
For this weeks Cinquain Poetry Prompt of WILD.
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Be You
All day
Succeed or fail
In life in love in work,
Judged by others set beliefs.
Be you.
For this weeks Cinquain Poetry Prompt of OVERCOME.
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A Normal Day
Treasure
Of love.
The deepest heart
Filled with endless wanting,
Beyond reach in this life of man.
Empty.
For this weeks Cinquain Poetry Prompt of TREASURE.
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Fearlessly Waiting
Stand up
Be bold, righteous.
Never concede standards.
Demand what is deserved for you.
Patience.
For this weeks Cinquain Poetry Prompt of BRAVE.
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Risen
Good news,
He has risen,
For the sake of us all.
Accept and forever be saved.
The Way.
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Double Nickles
An age,
Given a time,
Made for a great generation.
Music, movies, a happy time.
Ah, youth.
No kliq.
Not brain, nor jock,
Not a princ, nor misft.
Not a criminal, just the fringe.
Gen X.
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Gemini
Two sides,
One brain, two hearts
Confusion multiplied
Twice the amount of joy and pain.
Again?
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When you took your history, you thought it a boring lot.
You didn’t know; it was telling us our plot.
If you don’t know what happened you won’t know what’s to come.
I don’t regret saying this, the country’s made a lot so dumb.
Maybe that was the plan, to not let them know.
While they’re consumed by the screen, we’re controlling the show.
And when things are quiet, best be on your guard.
Because in the silence, they’re breaking in your yard.
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Once upon a time, you believed you mattered.
That time and space and even seas were shattered.
The space lying between the atoms, a place to dream of better.
All the world weariness and pain soothed letter by letter.
Perils abound around a personal Eden.
The clock slips and the barrier beaten.
A question of doubt, a global event?
Some say a detriment heaven sent.
The atoms collide, the spaces closed.
The seas crashed, time and space… did implode.
Lying broken in a tangled mess, you wonder if you had given your best.
If you did, then what now?
How?
Days go by, the hours flow.
The months pass, the years grow.
Time heals? But does it now?
Or does it hide, cover, and disavow.?
Each disaster must learn how to make a deal.
Even if the contract to carry on is not real.
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The way to freedom is a line,
straight or a meandering vine,
circling and entwines,
never to join the beginning.
Do not think to what came before,
gone to be left evermore,
in the path you score,
what happens in a river?
As troubled water flows it pounds,
eroding till what was left drowns,
tumbling til it washes down,
the stain of its memory.
Not all life is about life, it’s about living as well.
Playing in the in between moments of need, want, loss, and fear.
Relenting to the everyday only leads to the everyday.
For the Sijo Challenge this past week.
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Take solace there is hope of better times.
From the cycles of change of the past.
The soul has survived lifetimes.
The mind questions unasked.
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