Strength Poems
Crazy
by Laxmi Prasad Devkota
1.
Oh yes, friend! I'm crazy-
that's just the way I am.
2.
I see sounds,
I hear sights,
I taste smells,
I touch not heaven but things from the underworld,
things people do not believe exist,
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Tired
by Augusta Davies Webster
No not to-night, dear child; I cannot go;
I'm busy, tired; they knew I should not come;
you do not need me there. Dear, be content,
and take your pleasure; you shall tell me of it.
There, go to don your miracles of gauze,
and come and show yourself a great pink cloud.
So, she has gone with half a discontent;
but it will die before her curls are shaped,
and she'll go forth intent on being pleased,
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The Country Of Marriage
by Wendell Berry
I.
I dream of you walking at night along the streams
of the country of my birth, warm blooms and the nightsongs
of birds opening around you as you walk.
You are holding in your body the dark seed of my sleep.
II.
This comes after silence. Was it something I said
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Core
by S. Taylor Chew
I’d be so much better off
If I could just let you find me
Take off this mask
And just let it be
I remember when we
Were all laughing and brighter
A glimpse of the sun
The warmth of the cider
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Saul
by Robert Browning
I.
Said Abner, ''At last thou art come! Ere I tell, ere thou speak,
''Kiss my cheek, wish me well!'' Then I wished it, and did kiss his cheek.
And he, ''Since the King, O my friend, for thy countenance sent,
''Neither drunken nor eaten have we; nor until from his tent
''Thou return with the joyful assurance the King liveth yet,
''Shall our lip with the honey be bright, with the water be wet.
''For out of the black mid-tent's silence, a space of three days,
''Not a sound hath escaped to thy servants, of prayer nor of praise,
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I Wish.....
by Lee-Ann Azzopardi
I wish I had the strength of this nail
To tell you off
But all I can say is the truth nervously
I don't why I do
When you shout my nervous rattle
And the tears just flow
Listen is what I am trying to do
However, my ears are full with wax
A Strong Force
by Evelyn Judy Buehler
I was an illustrious, nuclear physicist, and I was studying the strong force,
Holding together building blocks of all atoms, as stars hold to their course.
That force joins roaming quarks, which neutrons and photons are made of;
And it also holds together photons and neutrons, like subatomic true love.
This produces the atomic nucleus, allowing for all element producing ability.
I loved studying these dynamics, which create matter's underlying stability.
Fashionable friends and I were like birds of a feather, on fancy Friday eves,
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There Was A Boy
by Pijush Biswas
There was a boy, Bilu
I knew him since 1998
Who did never fight
And learned to swim too.
One day he asked me to tell
'How the stars fly in skies? '
For, in great enthusiasm he fell.
I said, 'Just like the pies'.
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Core
by S. Taylor Chew
I’d be so much better off
If I could just let you find me
Take off this mask
And just let it be
I remember when we
Were all laughing and brighter
A glimpse of the sun
The warmth of the cider
......
Second Wind
by Lee-Ann Azzopardi
I have my head above water
In this sea of sorrow
I am trying to keep it above
But I cannot hold any longer
For I am weak
And the waves are getting stronger
As the tide is high
I might not make it
However, I keep on struggling
I have more to be glad for
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