CONTEMPORARY POETRY

Lonesome Road

                  Lonesome Road  Mistily grown in darkness new-fallenWhispers of silence are toiling in leesForgotten forever and never awoken;Lost in the anger that silence decrees. Patience, O laughter, questions recallen,Wasted one chance to follow a wayTo a goal never mine in a place to be broken,Yet that wasting was painful; the shadows are grey. It...Read More »

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Tree Sisters

  Tree Sisters Dancing joyfully on new paths we learn to consume more mindfully, balance taking, with gifting. Follow heart’s passion.Know we are never alone, for the sacred feminineis woven in the whole. Woman power wears down our divisions, flows, eddiesand ripples precious drops to seal relationships. We gather acceptanceto find nature’s balance.Daughters of mother...Read More »

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Lost

  Lost I lost another poemthis morningin the early airbetween my home and my carI failed to net itput it in my poem jarit flew awayover therewill it be aroundwhen I get back?          D E Navarro   ...Read More »

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The Poet's Way

    The Poet’s Way Pages filled with inspirationSprinkled with a smileTaking time to make it rhymeAnd serve it up with stylePoetry, like life itselfKeeps changing every dayWe that know, go with the flowTo walk the Poet’s way Love is in the air we breatheIn whispering of sighsIn looks across a crowded roomWhen lovers’...Read More »

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In Patience found

    In Patience found Silence, like the gentleness of waiting,I only once would ever hear;O break not my heart this tale relating,Bhannie come thou near.Hast heard maybe of trite endeavourAnd never a word would say;No deeds suffice, such words are forDays when this world is grey.‘Ave you ‘eard the deathly stillnessVisiting the...Read More »

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Like David and Goliath

Like David and Goliath I watched a tiny spider catch a hornet in it’s web,in surprise thought a spider will not match the hornet’s strength and size. It buzzed and buzzed alarminglywas caught fast by one front legthe spider rather industriouslyspun silk as a gossamer peg. despite the hornet’s struggle that silken...Read More »

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Sovereignty

  Sovereignty I didn’t write a poemit was merely a commentpassions plea, not a tometruly not written to vent I see the lack of equityand desire for conformity no room for self masteryin a disconnected society Rulers mould and controlbut coercion births anarchyI ask for good of the wholeand respect for community   You...Read More »

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Soulmates

      Soulmates One thought in mind for you to findOne promise made, one sigh delayedOne wish to make, one vow to takea dream descending… One heart, one soul in your controlOne thought in prayer to keep you hereOne life to live, one love to givea dream ascending… A search complete, two hearts, one beatA...Read More »

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Cease to Dream - Cease to Be

  Cease to Dream – Cease to Be A seed crystal, the girl’s love is a joyful sentiment of the heart, an instinct of two bodies that meet in bliss. She grows becomes a warrior woman, fights that which destroys burgeoning life, she strives for clarity, for healing to illumine her own...Read More »

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Art of Travel

                           Art of Travel When the Rainbow Umbrella Man showed upThings came to a grinding halt in Mill Valley.Folks looked on shocked at all the colors.Some said he hid from the sunOthers, the rainBut he smiled and gave us balloonsThat said ‘Better World’ on themAnd he told us to fill them with...Read More »

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