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 Feb 2022 Camille
Maya Angelou
A free bird leaps on the back
Of the wind and floats downstream
Till the current ends and dips his wing
In the orange suns rays
And dares to claim the sky.

But a BIRD that stalks down his narrow cage
Can seldom see through his bars of rage
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
So he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill
Of things unknown but longed for still
And his tune is heard on the distant hill for
The caged bird sings of freedom.

The free bird thinks of another breeze
And the trade winds soft through
The sighing trees
And the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright
Lawn and he names the sky his own.

But a caged BIRD stands on the grave of dreams
His shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
So he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with
A fearful trill of things unknown
But longed for still and his
Tune is heard on the distant hill
For the caged bird sings of freedom.
When my love swears that she is made of truth
I do believe her, though I know she lies,
That she might think me some untutored youth,
Unlearnèd in the world’s false subtleties.
Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,
Although she knows my days are past the best,
Simply I credit her false-speaking tongue;
On both sides thus is simple truth suppressed.
But wherefore says she not she is unjust?
And wherefore say not I that I am old?
O, love’s best habit is in seeming trust,
And age in love, loves not to have years told.
    Therefore I lie with her, and she with me,
    And in our faults by lies we flattered be.
 Feb 2022 Camille
E. E. Cummings
i like my body when it is with your
body. It is so quite new a thing.
Muscles better and nerves more.
i like your body.  i like what it does,
i like its hows.  i like to feel the spine
of your body and its bones,and the trembling
-firm-smooth ness and which i will
again and again and again
kiss, i like kissing this and that of you,
i like, slowly stroking the,shocking fuzz
of your electric furr,and what-is-it comes
over parting flesh….And eyes big love-crumbs,

and possibly i like the thrill

of under me you so quite new
 Feb 2022 Camille
Universe Poems
A picture laid on the heart
each beat touched you
each beat,
both together
synchronization keep
blood pumping with heat

© 2022 Carol Natasha Diviney
 Dec 2021 Camille
Traveler
I read your writing
and tried to respond
but the dot kept spinning
all day long…

I made myself a promise
and pledged to hold on
never given up
on the outlet for my songs

So if you don’t hear my cheerful
daily rhyme
I’m sure the gateway will open up
in due time!
Traveler 🧳
 Dec 2021 Camille
Traveler
Wounds
 Dec 2021 Camille
Traveler
There is not a scar
that I despise
The lunar surface
forever wise!

The cuts they heal
leaving their marks
A punch in the eye
a stab in the heart

Wound are a places
where light shines through
But it never hurts to say
I still love you!!
Traveler 🧳 Tim
I met a girl
Last night,
When the stars aligned
In a straight line,
Like a 2-d plane
With the axis-aligned,
She came in
Like an external variable,
To bring another dimension
To add an edge
And take the edge off,
While I try to understand
This secluded sense
Of restless validation,
I try to jot it down
These words in commotion
Alas, poetry in motion.
and then I woke up.
 Dec 2021 Camille
David P Carroll
It was snowing all
Through the cold night
And the beautiful snow
It's falling
Over rivers and tree's tonight
And the fields and highways
Are all covered in snow
And the star's shining so bright
And I'm watching the little squirrels playing in snow
All through the bitter cold night.
Snow ❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️
 Aug 2021 Camille
Traci Sims
Big egos dream big
Yachts no longer speak of wealth
Billionaires in space.
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