Skip to content

Dom DiFrancesco

Musings of an Aspiring Author and Poet

  • Home
  • Poetry
  • Fiction
  • Short Story
  • Opinion

Recent Posts

  • My Absence, It’s Been A Very Long Time
  • Winter Tragedy – 100 Word Story
  • Stagnant Waters Their Diseases Yield
  • Thunderous Storms Roil (Tanka)
  • App Addiction That Lead To Procrastination
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • TikTok
  • Blustery Emotions (Sonnet)

    January 5, 2014

    Blustery emotions we never quite reveal,.

    Held closely to the breast, we keep hollow charade

    In clutching to desire, allowing us to feel

    Passion for our lives behind handsome painted facade.

    What pray tell do these falsehoods promise portend,

    But misery and suffering at their wretched feeble hand.

    Lies behind a masquerade, this be all that it sends

    As it passes through the narrow, the hourglass sand.

    To whom doth this harm, dishonesty deceive,

    None other than ourselves with a lifetime of regret.

    Whilst in our final hour, its our soul that we grieve,

    Taken to the grave, eternity ne’er forgets.

    Would truth not have been wiser, to others and ourselves,

    For in the end lies get washed away like watercolors–not pastels.

    .

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

    Share this:

    • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
    • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
    • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
    • Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
    • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
    • Print (Opens in new window) Print
    Like Loading…
  • The Blink of an Eye

    January 4, 2014

    The blink of an eye

    Ones life in the scheme of things

    Its here and then gone

    Wasted due to our own fears

    Until we end in regret

    This should never be

    We were all born to create

    Everything we dream

    The only shame–not living

    Just because we are afraid

    .

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

     

    Share this:

    • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
    • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
    • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
    • Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
    • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
    • Print (Opens in new window) Print
    Like Loading…
  • Torrents of Rain

    January 3, 2014

    Torrents of rain,

    Devastating floods,

    Blinding snows,

    Frigid cold,

    Sweltering heat,

    Drought,

    Wildfires,

    Hurricanes smashing lives,

    El Ninõ,

    El Ninã,

    The perfect storm,

    Take responsibility for ourselves,

    Take responsibility for our actions,

    Unless it interferes with capitalism,

    Then responsibility goes out the window.

    Global warming…

    Nonsense!

    Liberal scientists–a gauntlet to progress

    Or could we really be destroying the planet.

    Recklessly laying waste to mother earth,

    All for the almighty dollar.

    What will we leave as our legacy?

    A world spiraling out of control,

    Cold, hot, bleak, devastated,

    Because of our denial,

    Because of our arrogance,

    Chaos for the next generation,

    And the ones that follow them.

    Our responsibility is not arbitrary,

    It is our duty,

    We owe it to the future,

    To do what is right,

    Before its too late.

    ~

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

    Share this:

    • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
    • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
    • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
    • Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
    • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
    • Print (Opens in new window) Print
    Like Loading…
  • Blast of Arctic Cold (Tanka)

    January 2, 2014

    Blast of arctic cold

    Chilling me ‘til blood runs thick

    Rattling my bones

    Like the loss of love’s passion

    Breaking the innocent heart

    ~

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

    Share this:

    • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
    • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
    • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
    • Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
    • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
    • Print (Opens in new window) Print
    Like Loading…
  • Who Was I Before I Was Me

    January 2, 2014

    Who was I before I was me?

    I see myself out-of-body,

    Living events not of my time.

    I am watching myself from behind

    A small boy staring at a black and white TV, all alone.

    President Kennedy has been pronounced dead,

    I have seen this vision for as long as I can remember,

    Seven months before my birth.

    Deja-vu…maybe,

    It seems so real–it seems like yesterday.

    Perhaps a figment of my imagination

    Or perhaps a fragment of a past life;

    A crossover from another time..

    There is so much I don’t understand,

    So much that can’t be disproven with science

    I sense that I am far older than my calendar years

    Though how much I do not know.

    Hence my neverending question persists…

    Who I was before I was me?

    .

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

    Share this:

    • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
    • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
    • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
    • Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
    • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
    • Print (Opens in new window) Print
    Like Loading…
  • Our Resolutions (Tanka)

    January 2, 2014

    Our resolutions

    Considered annually

    But why once a year

    Isn’t each day a new day

    A new chance for improvement

    ~

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

     

    Share this:

    • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
    • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
    • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
    • Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
    • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
    • Print (Opens in new window) Print
    Like Loading…
  • At Midnight’s Stroke (Sonnet)

    December 31, 2013

    At midnight’s stroke amongst confetti and champagne

    Give thought to those so far from home.

    Too many are they in lands we cannot name,

    Worn and lonely; resolved to wallow alone.

    .

    With joy–a smile and alcohols bright cheer

    Our horns like trumpets wail.

    Forgetting those who could not be here

    Our memories so short they do fail.

    .

    Without intention this ailment takes hold

    As time our sensitivities does dull.

    Our patience and prayers grow tired and old

    Succumbing to complacencies lull.

    .

    Remember those who sacrifice without batting an eye,

    Ensuring the freedoms the rest of us have, as our fireworks light up the sky.

    .

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

    .

    AUTHOR’S NOTE: I like to post reminders from time-to-time to give thought to our brave service men and women serving around the world.  These are as much a reminder for me as I hope they are for others who may read this.  Next time you see a member of the armed forces, thank them for their service, this really does mean a great deal to them.

    Share this:

    • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
    • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
    • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
    • Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
    • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
    • Print (Opens in new window) Print
    Like Loading…
  • Another Year

    December 31, 2013

    Another year, add one more to the count.

    Another tick mark on the chalkboard.

    Another chance to get it right.

    Another promise to myself to change.

    Another negative thing I will give up.

    Another positive thing I will nurture.

    Another countdown to another list.

    Another resolution that I didn’t complete.

    Another year of self-flagellation for failures.

    Another…Another…Another;

    And for what,

    So we can feel bad about ourselves,

    So we can blame ourselves for our misgivings,

    So we can complain of being wronged,

    So we can blame others for our failures,

    So we can make another list,

    So we can fill it with resolutions,

    So we can obsess about the negative,

    So we can minimize the positive,

    So we can set ourselves up to achieve more of the same.

    Why do we not love who we are,

    Work on changing the things we can change

    Take responsibility for ourselves without pressure or demand

    Strive to realize our dreams every day

    Instead of tormenting ourselves

    –Every first of January.

    .

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

     

    Share this:

    • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
    • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
    • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
    • Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
    • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
    • Print (Opens in new window) Print
    Like Loading…
  • Does She Dream–She Dreams No More (Sonnet)

    December 30, 2013

    Does she dream–she dreams no more,

    Though mother grieves, her spirits flown.

    Tears are shed in torrents, stain upon the floor,

    In her heart of hearts she has most surely known.

    .

    Knowledge diminishes not a mother’s sorrow,

    Science cold, offers no sympathetic relief.

    Knowing there will be no more tomorrows,

    Does little to quench her wrenching grief.

    .

    Its time she needs to weep and mourn,

    A daughter lost to procedure routine.

    To unite and mend a family torn,

    By results unexpected, gross and obscene.

    .

    Her passing a reminder of the commonplace, still serious,

    And the pain no less painful turns a family delirious.

    .

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

     

    Share this:

    • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
    • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
    • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
    • Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
    • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
    • Print (Opens in new window) Print
    Like Loading…
  • A New Day, A New Light Dawns

    December 30, 2013

    A new day, a new light dawns,

    No more do the darkest clouds mask my life,

    Shrouding me in gloom so marshland thick.

    Crying out to be saved ushered no hand,

    Leaving me to crawl, bloodied and battered from my despicable pit.

    No hope nor blame was there outside of self–

    Though not for lack of trying.

    How easy it was to shine blame on another,

    Justifying this rancid condition through mirrored fault.

    Oh how misplaced and misguided were my intentions!

    I need look no further than my reflection to find the culprit,

    The thief that steals away at the slightest hint of uplifted spirit.

    For now he has been banished back to his cell,

    ‘Til next his jailer be tricked into releasing him.

    .

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

     

    Share this:

    • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
    • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
    • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
    • Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
    • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
    • Print (Opens in new window) Print
    Like Loading…
«Previous Page
1 … 115 116 117 118 119 … 205
Next Page»

Dom DiFrancesco

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    Dom DiFrancesco
    Join 2,844 other subscribers

    Have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.

  • Dom DiFrancesco
    View site in Reader
    Manage subscriptionsSign upLog in
    Report this content
    Collapse this bar
%d