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  • Is There A Cause

    February 3, 2015

    Is there a cause in the name of God worthy of cruelty.

    Man seeks ever more horrific ways to slaughter

    Proclaiming, “This is the will of God.”

    Show me where it is written that this is His command.

    It is nothing more than a grab for power,

    A subjugation of the populace through a reign of terror…

    Your mortal motives impure.

    Defend your beheading of the innocent,

    Defend your burning of the living for the world to see.

    How does this bolster your cause?

    All you serve to do is alienate through your merciless violence.

    You are looked down upon as animals,

    A scourge on the face of this planet to be eradicated.

    Lay down your sabres, holster your guns,

    Draw down and retreat into the background,

    Live in peace.

    No further murders need be committed,

    If you become silent

    And listen to the gentle words of your God.

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

     

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  • Life’s Dramas Unfold (Senryu)

    February 3, 2015

    Life’s dramas unfold

    Don’t get caught in their dragnet

    Or you may just drown

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Between Joy And Sadness Is Life

    February 2, 2015

    Between joy and sadness is life

    Mundane and mindless

    Shopping at the market

    Shuttling kids from event to event

    Paying the bills

    Cleaning the gutters

    Washing the laundry

    Not to be taken for granted

    Even the banal can make memories

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

     

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  • Somewhere In My Brain (Senryu)

    February 2, 2015

    Somewhere in my brain

    A novel waits to be born

    Playing hide and seek

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Regretting The Past (Tanka)

    February 2, 2015

    Regretting the past

    It cannot be changed once gone

    It must be let go

    Otherwise it destroys

    Leaving sorrow in its wake

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Mysteries Abound (Haiku)

    February 1, 2015

    Mysteries abound

    So much unknown to mankind

    Written in the stars

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

     

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  • Traipsing Through The Mud (Haiku)

    January 31, 2015

    Traipsing through the mud

    So nice to feel like a kid

    Hope no one sees me

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Tin Cup In His Hand (Tanka)

    January 30, 2015

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    Tin cup in his hand

    Begging for change in the rain

    Hoping to survive

     

    Tens of thousands of dollars

    Spent to sit on the fifty

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

     

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  • The Heavens Opened

    January 30, 2015


     

    The heavens opened

    And tears fell in a deluge

    Drowning out the sun.

     

    Show me we deserve its warmth,

    The joy we get from its light.

     

    There is so much wrong

    And none of it is our fault,

    Or so we believe.

     

    Climate change, its natural;

    Pollution, blame the Chinese.

     

    Procrastination,

    Our answer for everything,

    How terribly sad.

     

    “It can wait ‘til tomorrow”;

    Is our national motto.

     

    Yes, heaven opened,

    Its tears fell as acid rain,

    But it’s not our fault.

     

    Leave it all for the children,

    We’ll be gone soon anyway.

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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  • Songs of the Morning (Haiku)

    January 30, 2015

    Songs of the morning

    Coming from the trees and fields

    The innocent rise

     

    ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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