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 May 2016
chimaera
what does one mean
in who ever's life,
i have to wonder,

'cause it's like
someone's coming
to your home
yet not seeking you
there, although
you still try to be
visible.

maybe
you shouldn't care.
but how can you
not to?
30.04.2016
 May 2016
South-by-Southwest
Low clouds come bustling in
Grumbling about being here again

Driven by the Crack of lightning's whip
Winds whip tugging at your grip

Apprehension comes dragging tension
The Crash-Boom for added demension

Raindrops commit suicide on the glass
Bulging in the panes break at last

Stirred in to added confusion
Missing roof is no allusion

Swirling winds puncture your skin
As the walls become vacant beens

Swept away from your stance
Poor you , you never had a chance
 May 2016
South-by-Southwest
Poetry is life in motion , a Niagara Falls of words , a super nova of emotions , cradled on the infinitesimal lines of creation .
Night of the kettle drum roll
Of black shrouds enflamed with
jagged prosecution
Of the gray coyote disoriented with invisible
confusion
Twilight of the elements hurtling a thousand miles an
hour
Night of the ever constant fight for power
Copyright April 28 , 2016 by Randolph L Wilson * All Rights Reserved
"Be
the kind of person
who makes
everyone
you come across
feel okay
being
exactly who they are."
 Apr 2016
Anderson M
A cursory fleeting glance at the landscape
Of education especially as a means of escape
From the shackles of ignorance
Distinct variations lock horns in a perpetual dance.
Try formal and informal
Being schooled on what is good, bad and vital
For survival in the context of the home setting
Mama, papa, aunties uncles and sundry advising
Perpetually regardless of whether it’s heeded or not
Especially when it can be claimed one was out of earshot
And institutionalized education
A means for achieving civilization.
Parallel modes of enlightenment maybe serving one purpose
Or divergent purposes one ought to reflect and pause.
Find middle ground amidst these two and maybe one’s deserving of this title
 Apr 2016
Paul Gilhooley
Love is honest, love is kind,
Love is brutal, love is blind,
Love is hope, love is sorrow,
Love today, is hurt tomorrow,
Love it comes, love it goes,
How long it stays, no one knows.

© Cinco Espiritus Creation
 Apr 2016
m i a
these depressing thoughts are catching up to me,
and i feel as if though i can't breathe,
i'm tired of this war going on beneath,
my flesh, and inside my soul,
which is now the colour of coal,
i'm no longer whole.
pieces of me are attached to the people or things that have broken me,
you see,
i can't look at myself in the mirror and say,
"You can get through this kid, like you did yesterday."
Anymore,
for i just see a girl who's ready to give up,
but the funny thing is,
is that she doesn't give up,
she keeps breathing,
she keeps thinking,
she keeps listening to her heart beating,
because she knows,
that deep inside,
**a part of her is still alive.
i know it's hard, to keep living, to keep breathing, to do all of this. but at the end of the day, there's always a part of you that tells you to stay alive. listen to that part of you, and stay strong.
 Apr 2016
Ignatius Hosiana
I missed your poems and their beautiful eloquence
their smooth touch penetrating the walls of my conscience
I missed how they mutely speak and silently shout
out answers to my puzzles leaving me without a doubt

the numbing vividness of your darkness and light
the harmonic tone that steals every plight
your touching free verse like the owl misses the night
or like the sky in the night misses the pride of the kite


I missed the sumptuous confidence you portray
while questioning why it's the good people that life does betray
the little twists and turns, highs and lows
the scalds and burns, sarcastic arrows and bows

I missed the vocabulary which makes me scratch my brain
the pattering fall of letters dripping down my screen like rain
and the exceptional comic yet saddening stanzas
of structurally constructed pieces like paintings on canvas


I missed the flow of your torments on paper
tear after tear, weaving a mat of fury without losing grip
year after year, serenely reflecting the turbulent vapour
rising out of your heart pen ward pen ward and lip

I missed your pieces like the a refugee misses home
fatigued and desperate in foreign lands while they roam
physically and emotionally shredded,dead at heart
loathing, resentment coming thrown at them like the dart


I missed your art like the sand misses foot prints after waves
like those gone lie lonely forgotten in their graves
like lovers torn apart by destiny miss their kisses
I missed you,and your raw honest pieces
 Apr 2016
S S
a passing whIspered comment
                         a maNtled post script of sorts
      strategiC in its position
a mumbled aftEr thought.              
 the seed so Proficiently sown
unbeknownst To reaping brain    
idea encased In new bud             
voiced now by nOteable name.            
                  watch it uNfold with surprise feigned!
When one's voice isn't loud enough for a thought to be heard...
incept it!
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