By tom on July 31, 2009
Autumn has arrived. Trees decked out in Joseph’s coat Reds, yellows, orange, rust, green And every hue in between. Leaves dancing and fluttering in the wind Drop to earth In a dizzy spin. This wonderful display Is short lived. Winters winds will soon move in, Earth takes on a Different glow With the arrival of [...]
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By arjunsharma on March 2, 2009
1 June 4, 2006. The Lufthansa flight from Newyork landed in Chennai at 2:15 AM, thirty minutes later than the scheduled arrival time. Mohanasundaram was waiting at the arrival terminal with increasing anticipation. He scanned the hundred faces coming out of the airport for his son. After about forty-five minutes, Arun kumar walked out, waving [...]
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By arjunsharma on February 23, 2009
1 Present Day It was the first Monday in weeks when I was not in office before ten. As I saw the frosted sundial of my old citizen ticking eleven thirty, I cursed myself for the umpteenth time for choosing that insurance company. I found out that the other companies did not require so many [...]
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By pendraggin' on January 13, 2009
Musicians and tumblers filled the court Weaving through our dances in the aisles of reclining nobles Roasted cinnamon and wine stained aristocratic linens Lazy and pampered ambassadors Reached out to stroke our legs I longed to return to the ceremony of the bull dance (Frankincense burning our throats Swallow hard, don’t let the tears gather [...]
Posted in Poems & Stories | Tagged child, dancing, Ears, Feet, Gold, Lost, Mom, Music, Musician, Sad, sin, Spinning, Tea, tears, war
By b on July 12, 2008
Earlier chapters: The Rodeo Girl…the dance floor The Apartment Problem Glass Question Token The Little Girl Live Theatre with Etta Etta Has Flown the Coop Face to Face Choosing In Retrospect… Yes Etta and the Card The last three chapters: Part I Etta and the Lie Etta had just moved in with Jeffery when the [...]
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By tom on July 1, 2008
Autumn Autumn has arrived. Trees decked out in Joseph’s coat Reds, yellows, orange, rust, green And every hue in between. Leaves dancing and fluttering in the wind Drop to earth In a dizzy spin. This wonderful display Is short lived. Winters winds will soon move in, Earth takes on a Different glow With the [...]
Posted in Poems & Stories | Tagged Autumn, Blow, Bun, class, cold, Cold Hands, dancing, dream, Earth, Fire, For you, Frozen Toes, Glows, Green Leaves, Hot Toddy, Hue, Hurry Home, Images, joy, night, Orange Rust, Prayer, Prayers, Reds, scream, Shoes, sleep, Snooze, snow, Stairs, Toast, Toes, Tree, Trees, war, White Snow, Yellows
By tom on June 16, 2008
As you fell into my arms A perfect fit The feeling, felt so right We gazed into each others eyes We knew it As we grasped each other And held so tight. The pounding of our hearts Beating to the melody Of Sinatra crooning “I’ll never smile again.” The smile was there For fifty six [...]
Posted in Death Poems, Funeral Poems, In Loving Memory Poems, Love Poems, Poems of Bereavement, Romantic Poems, Short Love Poems, Short Poems | Tagged alone, dancing, Dancing With A Dream, Death Poems, dream, Dream Dancing, Ears, eyes, feeling, Funeral Poems, heart, Hearts, In Loving Memory Poems, melody, Music, Perfect Fit, sin, Sinatra, Six Years, smile
By kunjubi on May 22, 2008
While the life force in me, was juddering
I heard your music of love calling me
From afar; why did you call me?
Posted in Love Poems, Romantic Poems | Tagged dancing, dark, Darkness, dream, dreams, Glee, Languid knock-out, Life, Lost, love, Lute, melody, Music, Rain, Sea, sleep, slumber, soul, Spirit, spring
By David Pekrul on May 11, 2008
Our time passes by and we hardly have time for the chorus, While singing the verses and doing the things here before us, A symphony, jingle, or maybe a song sung by Doris, By end of the day, there is not enough time for the chorus We hear all the words, but we don’t comprehend [...]
Posted in Poems & Stories | Tagged dancing, Earth, Friend, Friends, heart, Life, love, Music, people, Play Music, sin, Sun, Tree, Trees
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