Glean what truth you can
From this haggard earthly soul
Worn by life’s torment
For mortal time is finite
By natures perfect design
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Tag Archives: poetry
Opportunity
Opportunity
Who are the fortunate ones
Who will be left out
No question more pertinent
In this most troubled of times
Was this the promise
Is this all we should expect
For all the effort
To be let down by country
When it’s help is needed most
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Optimism – A Haiku
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I bask in sunlight
Seeing hope where others fail
Timeless optimist
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~~ Dominic R DiFrancesco ~~
Foster Only Truth – A Tanka
Foster only truth
As you travel this lifetime
Like the gift of love
It is free for the giving
To those who venture the search
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Walking Away
Walking away,
Withdrawing into my conscience as my conscience dictates.
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This water-cooler talk, here say, utter nonsense,
Tearing down the fabric that binds us;
Serving agendas of personal gain or revenge
Humiliation or mistrust.
What purpose does this serve?
Certainly none to better our kind.
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I neither want nor take any part in these juvenile games,
As I have been victim myself on more than one occasion.
Few can pronounce they have not I propose.
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Harken back to the embarrassment, the anger, the trauma;
Was this pleasurable—most surely it wasn’t.
What pleasure can be derived by such caterwauling?
None I submit, but momentary satisfaction
followed by regret and sorrow if your heart yet beats.
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Would not your energies better serve kindness and generosity
than the degradation of our comrades?
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Would it not be better to think before we speak?
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Shadows Loom Larger
North Korean fence line
Image Credit: nytimes.com
Shadows loom larger
As an unsteady peace wanes.
One side posturing,
Flexing behind high fences,
Extorting the world with fear.
Brothers and sisters,
Born of the same lineage
Cry from the sidelines
Over a 60 year old feud,
Asking…Will it ever end?
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Question of Significance
You see me on the street, but you do not see me.
I am, but a speck of dust caught in the beam of a streetlight.
Insignificant in this grand and glorious scheme,
But not so insignificant to those who cherish me…as I cherish them.
Mother as I to my wife…wife as I to my daughter,
Father as I to my son…all cherish me, as I them.
Miniscule in this tidal pool of humanity as I may be
This robe I wear befits all that breathe this air,
Fed from the heartlands fertile soil,
Pleasure in grain-fed fowl or grass-fed cattle.
In you dear friends, I see a reflection of me in your life-worn faces;
Neither success nor poverty can separate us in our final hours.
You as I shall become equal to the grasses blade,
The acorn and maple leaf, meal worm and maggot
Shall all become our equals as we return to the earth whence we came.
There is no escape from this inescapable truth.
Though you persevere to nullify my worth, you can not;
For my worth lies not in your perceptions,
But in those of they who loved me.
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Simpler Life – A Tanka
A simpler life
Could any of us live it
Like that of Gandhi
Living in moderation
Among the less fortunate
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
A Mind In Torment – A Tanka
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A mind in torment
Severed from reality
Ignored as damaged
An illness to be treated
Not labeled as defective
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Solitary Road – A Haiku
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Solitary road
We are born and die alone
What is in between
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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