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Wild Rose
She: I can hear howling in the wind
outside.
Who are these wanderers in
green and red?
He: For the girls, a flower basket beau-tied.
Long trailing stems generous in
their stride
A flask of ghostly moonlight
amply bled.
She: I can hear howling in the wind outside.
Down the winding path a
snake’s budding bride—
Sharp thorns to guard
this beauty’s scented bed.
He: For the girls, a flower basket bow-tied.
She: The rosy countenance aging provides
Going backward, going forward
in dread.
I can hear howling in the
wind outside.
She: Swagged across hedgerows, your silken skins slide—
Dark veins of twisted
roots a song-bird's thread.
He: For the girls, a flower basket bough-tied.
She: On the hem of sunset you’ll see me ride
Away from you—sadly, I
forge ahead.
He: I can hear howling in the wind outside
For the girls, a flower
basket un-tied.
Karina Klesko, US
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Villanelle
No Words
All that's left, a broken pine
bough.
Our love was bled one snowy day.
Oh, how long have you been gone, now?
My bleeding heart found peace somehow.
Among these mangled bones, I pray.
All that's left, a broken pine bough.
No words to speak, nor thoughts allow.
This mourning veil, so thick to weigh.
Oh, how long have you been gone, now?
Violets laid on your bier, prau.
Clouds above, dull blue and gray.
All that's left, a broken pine bough.
This day I'll shed this long dark cowl.
That binds...leave me one last foray.
Oh, how long have you been gone, now?
Each in swollen beds of down.
In nature's love of those lost lay.
All that's left, a broken pine bough.
Oh, how long have you been gone, now?
Karina Klesko, US
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Ambivalent Life
Your body lives one life, your soul
lives two.
Your soul was dragged, your body went away.
The mind must figure out just what to do.
You take a walk, the new place tries to woo
Your senses, but your inner fibers sway.
Your body lives one life, your soul lives two.
Satellite dishes, clubs and podcasts, too
Connect you with your past tense every day...
The mind must figure out just what to do.
Of the two worlds, right now, which one is true?
Which one is really yours? No one can say
Your body lives one life, your soul lives two.
Your memory's bonsai suddenly grew!
At home, December; here, eternal May!
The mind must figure out just what to do...
Come, body, soul, and toss the coin; for who
of all the migrants found a better way?
Your body lives one life, your soul lives two,
The mind must figure out just what to do.
Cristian Mocanu
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Life Of Love
(written during my half-month
visit to
the Netherlands)
This life of love, their humanizing touch
On precious lowland tended carefully
Is how I learned of happiness in Dutch.
On fietspad or at home, from hill to hutch
These people press it gently, plain to see
Their love of life, this humanizing touch
Is not in their possessions, comfort's crutch,
But, rain or sun, the laughter, always free,
Is how I learned of happiness in Dutch.
The flowers are "zeer mooi",* homes with such
Economy of space, yet perfectly.
This love of life, their humanizing touch,
Makes triumph of all trappings, culture's clutch.
The children, raised respectful, free to be,
Is how I learned of happiness in Dutch.
At supper, heads bowed silent say so much
Of work and play, of faith and trust, to me.
This life of love, their humanizing touch,
Is how I learned of happiness in Dutch.
*"zeer mooi" means very beautiful in Dutch
Craig Tigerman
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Dreams of the Serpent
The beauty of a fresh new day
With birdsong to fill my heart
Nighttime thoughts are kept at bay
Each day is christened with a ray
From sunset to mornings start
The beauty of a fresh new day
God's sweet wisdom done in clay
Each creation with His mark
Nighttime thoughts are kept at bay
His Breath and Thought on display
Formed at birth, then pulled apart:
The beauty of a fresh new day
Raucous ravens have their way
Each day of mourning starts
Nighttime thoughts are kept at bay
Sweet life in constant disarray
Birth at sun and death with dark
The beauty of a fresh new day
Nighttime thoughts are kept at bay
Trish Shields
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