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  • I Listened

    February 9, 2015

    I listened, held my breath,

    In between the whir of passing cars

    I could here the sound of sparrows.

    How strange this seemed,

    As if I had never heard their song before.

    Perhaps my ear has become more finely tuned,

    Nay–very unlikely I suppose.

    No, it is more likely that I shut up my mind,

    Its incessant ramblings over things of little importance

    Worries of work, family, responsibilities,

    All imposed by me and this cursed ego.

    For a brief moment there was blessed silence.

    It leaves me thinking,

    Had I only stopped sooner

    The sparrows angelic song might have never left my ears.

     

    ~~Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Flower Filled Ravine (Haiku)

    February 7, 2015

    Flower filled ravine

    Planter for nature’s bounty

    Painted in pastels

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • The Wretched Gather

    February 7, 2015

    The wretched gather

    This place of drink and of smoke

    Bright lights and promise

    Weeks wages folded neatly

    Hidden in their Sunday best

    There is no preacher

    No pews, no heavenly choir

    To welcome the flock

    Yet hope for the future lives

    In each pull, in each hand dealt

    Praying for riches

    To resurrect their belief

    In this countries dream

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Utopian Dreams (Tanka)

    February 6, 2015

    Utopian dreams

    These are but an illusion

    In the minds of man

    Introspection is the way

    Your ideal life is waiting

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Rough Waters Recede (Haiku)

    February 5, 2015
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    Rough waters recede

    Leaving stillness in its wake

    Ebb and flow of life

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Perfection (Acrostic)

    February 5, 2015

    Predisposed to this ideal

    Ever seeking, ever clawing, ever failing

    Reaching the peak only to slide down

    Falling, falling, falling

    Etched with scars we are chided

    Corralled into striving for greater greatness

    Tortured and tormented into anxiety

    I am obligated, I cannot disappoint

    Only to find their utopia just beyond reach

    Never realizing you have been perfect all along

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco

     

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  • An Eye For An Eye (Senryu)

    February 5, 2015

    An eye for an eye

    The oldest form of justice

    Incubates revenge

     

    ~~Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Nighttime Horizon (Tanka)

    February 4, 2015

    Nighttime horizon

    Ever thick and unnerving

    So like our futures

    Riddled with anxiety

    Let us focus on the now

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    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • War Rages Onward

    February 4, 2015

    War rages onward

    Violence meets violence

    Meets more violence

    Do we not see the pattern

    Are we blind to the outcome

    It is infinite

    The result always the same

    With flag draped coffins

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Love Aflame By Pamela Beckford – Blog Tour

    February 4, 2015

    Pamela Beckford publishes her 3rd solo poetry collection. Using various poetic forms she illustrates how love can set the heart on fire but also shows how that same love can turn to ashes. Poetry is an expression from deep within the soul. It can be therapeutic and healing. It can bring out all the best or the worst in life. Her poetry comes from the heart, not the head. It is an outpouring of emotion and she exposes it to the reader in the pages. She leaves a piece of her soul in every poem
    Reviewers have said things like:
    “Pamela’s poems are refreshing since they are truly written from the heart. She has a gift of writing a poem that speaks to each person’s heart and emotions.”
    “Breathtaking. That singular word – breathtaking – is the best one-word description of “Dreams of Love” by Pamela Beckford that kept coming to mind as I lingered within the pages.”

    “These are not just words strung together in forms. Somehow she manages to share huge and deep emotions with two words – or one. ”
    “Pamela’s poetry is diverse and creative. Lyrical without self-conscious fluff. Quiet confidence in her abilities with the various forms.”

    Pamela Beckford has been writing poetry for about two years. She began writing with the encouragement of a couple of friends and has found that it has taken over her mind. She is a nonprofit CEO and enjoys reading with children on a regular basis, as well as her own reading. She lives in northern Indiana where she devotes her life to others through her job and her family.

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