Tag Archives: poetry

The Sun Bids Goodnight

The sun bids goodnight

Never sorry for leaving

To call its lover

Dancing this eternal dance

Until its life fire dies

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Pondering The Path Of My Oft Written Word (Sonnet)

Pondering the path of my oft written word,

So much of my ink reeks of despair.

Wallowing in pity and the ills of this world,

Finding negativity to be very unfair.

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Feeding and nurturing causes nothing but harm,

Perpetuating sadness to a greater degree.

Raising awareness and causing alarm,

Missing the good in all that I see.

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Regret fills my heart for its adverse contribution,

Changing its path is my journey of life.

Believing in love instead of divine retribution,

Destined for virtue not sorrow and strife.

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Sustaining the horrors of this world denies change,

Perpetual harm and devastation does it arrange.

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Incredible Is This Gift (Acrostic)

Incredible is this gift given to the homosapien

Man’s God-given ability to dream

Allowing the subconscious to come to the forefront

Giving the illusion of reality

Ingrained so deeply yet out of our control

Natural as breathing or the beat of our hearts

And yet it is overlooked and treated as fancy

Tilled into the earth, buried for eternity

Isn’t it strange how the mind plays its games

Omnipotent in its ability to set lifes stage

Ne’er leaving a trace when exposed to the light of day

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Another Cold War (Tanka)

Another cold war

A game of chess that we lost

To an old rival

Who pays for incompetence

The citizens of Ukraine

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Two Simple Words

Two simple words,

Three little letters,

Commanded by God eons ago.

Spoken with respect or not spoken at all.

Blasphemous if taken personally.

Held sacred in the Torah as in the Old Testament.

Otherworldly–

Holy–

Instilling fear in the faithful–

But why?

Are we not made of God,

In the image of God,

Each a Creator in our own right?

As written in first John,

“He who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”

So why are we so afraid?

If I am filled with love… am I not love?

And therefore,

If I am love am I not…

I Am?

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Sedentarianism O’ Vile Beast

Sedentarianism O’ vile beast

Claiming many for gluttonous feast

Aches and pains we blame on age

Are nothing more than inactivities stage

Still we deny this is of our doing

Instead we choose to settle stewing

Looking to man and brew of witches

Falling for promises of curing pitches

With blinders on we grow ever fatter

Thinking the pills will solve what matters

When simply moving would do a world of good

Just as we always knew we should

Until it’s too late the damage is done

The beast–Sedentary, his battle won

Leads to the inevitable early grave

When so easily our death we could have stave

Were it not for this lazy and slippery foe

Run–or walk while you can its time to go

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

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Prompt: Rest breeds rust – German Proverb – It’s Friday Prompt by Jeremy Farmer  at  Jeremy’s Daily Challenge

Winter’s Reaper Stuck (Haiku)

Winter’s reaper struck

Cutting a swath through great lands

~~ Glazed in frozen death

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Another Birthday – Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. (Tanka)

Another birthday

You would have been eighty five

It wasn’t to be

Your dream viewed as dangerous

They took you away too soon

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

My Predicament (Tanka)

My predicament

Funny unless you live it

Then it is just sad

Be cautious with ridicule

As it just might bite you back

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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Toil of the Day (Haiku)

Toil of the day
Drains every ounce of my strength
Cover me with dirt
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~~Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~