Author Archives: Dom DiFrancesco

Wisdom

Anger cultivates adversaries

And corrupts the heart and soul.

Intolerance grows like a clinging vine from this poison.

Are we so bold as to think ourselves above another,

The epitome of a self-righteous god?

Enemies will sprout from every dispute if this be true,

Of this I am confident.

Correct thinking and love are our allies,

Understanding  this, is a sign of wisdom.

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 * This quote is from Mahatma Gandhi.

We Drink Because We’re Poets – Thursday Poetry Prompt #17 – Messages

Inspired by Kurt Fraziers poem – Hidden Truth

Emotions Cast Out – A Tanka

Emotions cast out

Like a net upon the sea

Unexpectedly

Take on a life of their own

Spiraling out of control

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Simpler Time

To lay in the tall grass

Soaking up summer sun,

I recall a time so much simpler than today,

Carefree, up at dawn, out, exploring,

Seeking out new worlds, new adventures.

Calls for lunch went unheeded,

There just wasn’t the time.

Mother knew, mother always knew

This was part of the plan.

Friends and imagination consumed,

My world for the taking,

King, conqueror, soldier

How I long for those days.

Today kings become tyrants,

Conquerors commit genocide

And soldiers really die.

Games of youth were just silly fun,

There were no consequences,

There was no death, no tyranny.

At the end of the day we’d shake hands,

Smile and run home for dinner,

Dreaming of tomorrow,

Dreaming of our next conquest

From the safety of our beds.

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Sitting In Judgement – A Tanka

To sit in judgement

Of what lives in other’s minds

Is best left to God

For without omnipotence

Who am I to throw a stone

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Anger Taints – A Haiku

Anger taints the mind

Blocking mirrors reflection

Disguised perfection

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Every Face

I live life walking amongst the masses

Seeing stories in every face,

In every wrinkle, smile, frown,

In every scar and freckle,

Real or imagined they speak to me.

Their silence, writing volumes,

Horror, action, romance, fact, fiction,

Genre’–It is for me to decide,

Bending reality into a thing of make believe.

My entertainment is paramount,

Turning the commonplace to adventure,

Breathing life into the mundane.

This is the art, the medium unimportant,

Though mine is of the word.

Looking in the mirror

You could not possibly see what I see,

For it lives only in my mind

Until it boils over onto paper.

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Coat Of Kings

Jem Farmer the boi poet – Monday Masterpiece prompt – 19 August 2013

The Nightlife Bandit by Rob Wass

The Nightlife Bandit by Rob Wass

Unabashedly wearing the coat of kings

And the rags of paupers

Proud of each one equally

With breast puffed and head held high

You make no apologies for your patchwork

Granted by the gods, it is worn with honor

Defining and making you unique

A Phoenix with an unassuming plume

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Hard Times

We Drink Because We’re Poets Monday Poetry Prompt #17: The Words Within the Picture

heather

Heather 1902 by Sahm King

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Clapboard once vibrant

Fell on the hardest of times

Fragile heart revealed

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~~Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Caution Thrown Windward – A Tanka

Caution thrown windward

Broadens stagnant horizons

Sown by hesitance

Turning mediocrity

Into lifelong adventure

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Storm’s Stage – A Haiku

lightning

Thunder-clap booming 

As lightning illuminates

The storm’s stage is set

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~