Tag Archives: poem

Could This Be Hades (Haiku)

Could this be Hades

With all the evil on earth

~ Believe in the good ~

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Elegant Lady (Tanka)

Elegant lady

Adorned with a crown of gold

Caped in morning fog

Oh the sights you must have seen

Monarch of the Golden Gate

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

 

I Ask For Nothing (Sonnet)

I ask for nothing yet you give me all I need

Could this be what the sages meant when they spoke of love

Perhaps like the roses thorny prick doth bleed

Nary tainting the snow white of the purest dove

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Were I ever to beg my darling, of you my pardon

I doubt you not that forgiveness would be mine

Assured that your heart would not surely harden

This–I take to my heart as a sign

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The gift you offer out of nothing but passion

I hold close, clutching it tightly to my still heaving breast

Through these long centuries it has never left fashion

On my knees before God to you my love I confessed

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All this–I pray that I have not taken for granted

For your love I cherish that may ne’er be supplanted

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Is Life a Vision

Is life a vision–

A dream of our creation

Like a childs game

Lived in a homemade costume

Pulled from our minds own toy box

I really don’t know

Would it be so terrible

Living a charade

So long as it makes us happy

During this finite voyage

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~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

In Utter Sadness (Tanka)

In utter sadness

I drown among presumed friends

Only to be shocked

When their masks have been cast off

And their true colors revealed

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Venture Into This World (Sonnet)

Venture into this world with a free and open mind

Let not negativity toward spirit corrupt

As the old saying goes “Seek and ye shall find”

Push onward and never give up

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This world–an oyster–is yours to discover

The wonders and mysteries await

Secrets yet unknown are yours to uncover

As curiosity and passion conflate

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Do not ever doubt your pureness of heart

Or your ability to achieve in this world

There is so much ahead before time to depart

Let this tapestry of life be unfurled

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If ever you feel that you’re mired and afraid

Know I’m here, through your successes I’m repaid

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Love Comes With Wrath of Thorn (Sonnet)

Love comes with wrath of thorn

When hearts betrayed the beautiful rose

Comfort breeds the birth of scorn

Passion cools, its numbness shows

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O’ fair, my fairest bloom

Fear not that my love has waned

All is not lost nor cloaked in gloom

Seeing you troubled has caused me pain

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I promise dear love to right my way

Intent not given with thought of malice

Blind to signs of that which holds sway

To raise you back up to throne and palace

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Time hath made loves flames grow tepid

I vow to weave our hearts beat threaded

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Sweet Revenge Corrupts (Tanka)

Sweet revenge corrupts

Polluting body and soul

Leaving you hollow

Inconsolable regret

Will become your lifelong friend

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Will Work For Food (Sonnet)

Will work for food, the sign they show

Please help a vet down on his luck

Diverting their eyes the passersby go

Life on the street a vicious cycle they’re stuck

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Hey there mister can you spare a dime

Or maybe a buck to try to get home

Would it be possible to give me some time

We’re so tired of being in the cold all alone

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We could be your sisters and your brothers

We used to have jobs, families and homes

We could be your fathers and your mothers

Hungry and weary, nothing but skin and bones

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Obligated as humans should we be one to another

Practicing what we preach by seeing to the needs of the other

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Time Doth Heal All Wounds (Haiku)

Time doth heal all wounds

So the unenlightened claim

Scars are permanent

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~