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  Dec 2024 Carlo C Gomez
Lizzie Bevis
Tender life’s first cry
In a world so pure and new,  
Hello, little one.

Curious minds play,  
Running around the playground,  
Reaching for the sky.

Reading books piled high,  
Through learning they find their way,  
As knowledge is found.

Late nights, coffee cups,  
Graduating with honour,
Live, learn and begin.

Choices weave their paths,  
With responsibilities,  
As coin slips through hands.

A chance encounter,
Draws hearts that grow together,
I love you always.

Two hearts bound with rings,  
Promises in whispered vows,  
‘Til death do we part.

A mother is born,
A new baby greets this world,
They seize my whole heart.

The world keeps turning,
Children into adults grow
With aged threads of time.

Hold my weary hand,  
My journey finds its end now,  
Stars await my soul.

©️Lizzie Bevis
  Dec 2024 Carlo C Gomez
Nat Lipstadt
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Blessed
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sustained us until now,
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the reader and the writer, to reach,
meet, embrace and
greet this day,
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with hallelujahs

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love to chat & encourage new poets
  Dec 2024 Carlo C Gomez
Nishu Mathur
Rhymed and metered
Or free as a waterfall
Abstract or lucid
Poetry - it’s loved by us all

Rich in images
Or to the point - blunt
Not so verbose
Or lined with puns

We have our own styles
Rambling or terse
Unique and different
Truly di -verse
The cat is on the ***
trying to weasel a treat
meow meow is all she say.

Wish I could be like her
well taken care of
all my needs met
each and every hour
all-the-live-long-day.

Sitting in amusement
falling in love
with a muse that
visits on occasion.

Some glances
at various watercolours
hung on walls.

Strokes and dabs
smears and smudges
peeking out from
under matting.

Dry oceans
rain clouds
no longer wet.

Crafted by a
friendly schizophrenic  
while half in the bag
I'll bet.

A smile beneath my nose
a tiny tear slips from my eye
I don't need a death sentence
to know that I'm alive.

Reaching for a treat
she gives a precious
growl and comes
quick and sleek.

My fingertips
feel her gentle nibble
so goes a night at home.
Fearing
that day
when the
music stops
My steps
remeasure
my soul
takes stock

Rueing
that moment
when time
is gone
My tea
resweetens
all words
— in song

(The New Room: December, 2024)
  Dec 2024 Carlo C Gomez
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lost in the static of the stars
searching for any bit of shine
maybe a twinkle, maybe a sparkle
anything that’ll stop the stagnancy

trapped and gasping for air
stuck taking in the atmosphere  
watching everything fade away
trying so hard just stay alive

surrendering all our should be’s
tearing cables until they break
leaving all those stars behind
forgetting all that glows between

trying not to cry -
while letting all hope die.

-
astronauts fall too
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