The content reflects a blend of poetic expression and personal reflection. The author describes feelings of sorrow amid joy from recent experiences, highlighting support from loved ones despite external turmoil. A trip to Florida involving family celebrations contrasts with feelings of despair over global events, emphasizing the importance of unity and cherishing relationships.
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Melancholy Moon
The poem “Melancholy Moon” is a tribute to enduring friendship, love, and resilience. The author was inspired by Roxette lyrics and a song’s strict composition. The poem reflects on growing old, the burden of memories, and the hope for renewal. It incorporates the theme of the law of opportunity costs and includes specific Roxette lyrics as bonuses. The author also shares personal updates and expresses excitement for the upcoming autumn.
Pink Flamingos
The poet muses on the attention-seeking nature of pink flamingos, inspired by a trip to see them in the wild. The whimsical rhyming series captures their vibrant beauty, set against a backdrop of tangerine skies. The poet’s personal connection and upcoming travel plans add a warm, relatable touch to the lighthearted composition.
Shipwreck Heart
Shipwreck Heart Blacksea churnsas waves crashon rocky beachstorm rages offshoredistant lightning flashesneon bolts splitting the skythe turmoil is moving closerbut there is no shelter from this stormI crouch in the sand, pelted by fine grainsas the west wind whips into a frenzythunder rumbles as the storm ragesa tempest in my shipwreck heartreeling that you wereContinue reading “Shipwreck Heart”
Stark Beauty Beckons
Stark Beauty Beckons Cast off your blindfolds with open eyes,The golden dawn morphs in blue skies.Emerald grass with dewdrops pearled…Stark beauty beckons in this world. Behold the jewel colors of fall,Noble maple stands bare and tall.On the ground, its crimson leaves whirled…Stark beauty beckons in this world. Blue jays frolic in pure white snow,Deer cavortContinue reading “Stark Beauty Beckons”
Des Larmes Pour Paris (Tears For Paris)
Written in the aftermath of the Paris tragedies …. praying for world peace.
Falling
Falling The sun has gone missing held hostage by defiant clouds heavy skies aching, stripped of light while the dark matter pulls us down… We are blind to our own blindness thinking inside narrow boxes afraid to color outside the lines hiding within our own shadows… Falling for fools, falling in love we fall outContinue reading “Falling”
Colleen Keller Breuning 