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Aug 23 Rabiu Ameen

CJ Sutherland

A newfangled philosophy
Modernistic

There are people
who
look at
An
Elephant and a Mouse
But
Can’t tell
Which
one
Is
Stronger

Have you seen the picture of
An
Eagle
Sweeping in
To
Eat the
Mouse
Yet
The mouse
Stand up
Flips the bird
at the
Eagle
Last defiance

Sometimes in life,
That’s all we can do

Inspired song
1) Roxy 3 eye of the Tiger- Survivor
(official video)
YouTube

BLT Webster’s Word of the Day challenge
Newfangled 8-23-24
Attracted to novelty of the newest style or kind contemporary, modern up-to-date modernistic

Aug 19 Rabiu Ameen

A Life Well Spent

Aug 19 Rabiu Ameen

vienna bombardieri

A Life Well Spent

Agling thoughts that once did bloom like swiftlings
on a cleaned faced mind by the morning sun of day
We sang songs of glory in our living room
sailing on through the years that went by like lightening
We savored every mental picture every image,
of a life well spent...

Aug 19 Rabiu Ameen

I miss them still

Aug 19 Rabiu Ameen

CJ Sutherland

I miss them still

It’s sad
      how the people
             you were once
                 so close with
                        can become
                       just another
                     stranger
you don’t know

Inspired song
1) You’ve got a friend by Carole King

Written 7-21-24 posted 8-16-24
I have been friends with Peggy for over 40 years.
I have been friends with Cindy since third grade she married my older, brother(, it didn’t work out.) But still we remain friends. The thing that changed the relationships with both of these people is
Trump derangement. syndrome.
Even when I suggested let’s not talk Politics, it didn’t matter. I was no longer their friend. Because I voted for Trump.
I wonder now if I ever truly had a friendship with them.

Aug 18 Rabiu Ameen

Sometimes, I feel...

Aug 18 Rabiu Ameen

Manan sheel

Sometimes, I feel...

Sometimes, I feel
that the modern world
has traded love, for clarity...

has traded flowery gardens,
for deserts.
has traded stars,
for a picture of stars.
has traded dance and songs,
for analysis.
has traded ecstasy,
for mere control.
has traded heart,
for mind.

has traded life,
for death...

© Manan sheel.

#heart #mind #love #clarity #stars #life #death

Aug 18 Rabiu Ameen

curtains

Aug 18 Rabiu Ameen

Anais Vionet

curtains

When it’s my turn to be reaped
- as I know it someday will be
- let my final, earthly verse be poetry.
Let the vast heavens weep,
may my wake not be cheap,
and peace be upon my coterie.

#poetry #verse #death #humor

Aug 18 Rabiu Ameen

Nature

Aug 18 Rabiu Ameen

Aslam M

Nature

Heavy rains fall,
No shelter in sight,
The only path forward is to walk,
Each step soaked in the downpour,
Clothes cling, hair drips,
Drenched, with no escape.

Nature whispers its lessons,
In the rhythm of the rain,
Sometimes, there is no avoiding,
No resisting,
Only acceptance,
And the quiet strength to move on.

Aug 17 Rabiu Ameen

Attired In Elysian Clothes Like Deity

Aug 17 Rabiu Ameen

vienna bombardieri

Attired In Elysian Clothes Like Deity

Nocturnal dreams of midnight fantasies
neon flowers alongside scented lily pads
Rippling clouds, crossings on the moon
magnetic fields of bluing, yes I see

Angels flying, flitting round the globe
calling over stars to light the path
Magistrates of heaven glorious chants
soft and mellow pastel, like the sea

Beatific vocals soft as voices of the earth
enigmatic secrets of a society, un-known
Cooing doves, fragrances of evening musk
Divine Beings attired in Elysian clothes like Deity.

Aug 12 Rabiu Ameen

Cup | Haiku

Aug 12 Rabiu Ameen

LL

Cup | Haiku

who's to say my life
isn't full at twenty-nine
to each cup its own

#haiku

Aug 11 Rabiu Ameen

Sunday Morning

Aug 11 Rabiu Ameen

Peter Balkus

Sunday Morning

The quietness of this morning:
I am happy - at last.
They wonder if Heaven exists,
I have the proof that it does.

Undisturbed by the neighbours,
their children and their cars.
Silent, angel-like halo
of the sky-growing sun.

Maybe I'm only dreaming,
maybe I'm still in the sleep
and I'll wake up to screaming
of angry man in the street.

So let me enjoy this moment,
even if it's just a dream.
Today I'm not going to church,
the church has just come to me.

#sunday #morning #church #god #silence #quiet

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