Poems submitted to the EWC

1Nature's bounty

Breakfast today

Was fruit

Just looking at the hues

Greens, yellows, and orange

Made me grateful

 

Its spring here everyday

Opening buds greet you

Saplings peep

From where they shouldn’t be

Not weeds but seeds

Dropped by the seven babblers

That visit

 

Barefooted I walk on the rocky terrain,

Little purple and white flowers adorn

Those weeds beneath my feet

Untended, they live free

Away from a gardener’s shears

Facing the morning sun with happiness

Sourcing their needs

 

Life becomes vibrant

But you must have eyes to see

Beauty that your heart and soul only can capture

And revel in.

 

Today will you set your mind on the small things?

Let go of the voices in your head

Then you'd be pleased to see

Things that you never knew exists

 

If only you'd take the time

To linger over the simple and the mundane

Floral tributes clothed in pinks

A tweet of a brown bird, a tuxedo cat's mew

Take time to listen, dwell...

Gaze into the beauty of nature

As yellow butterflies glide with grace!

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2. Life -he brings

A new perspective

Vision

Breath

Tender

Loving

And fresh!

 

Then age defying

Work trying

Sometimes agonizing

Mostly crying

About the world's pain

 

A brilliant mind

Humble he is

Thoughts a-flowing

To find solutions

 

Sprouting wisdom

Giving guidance

Where there's loss

Reverting the misery

 

Dispelling gloom

Bringing hope

Where there was once a tapestry of pain

There’s love!

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3. Prancing

Her heart’s dancing

There's inexplicable joy

A smile adorns

There's laughter too

 

She thinks about him

And skips a step

Her hips sway, she prances

Heart beats faster

Her bosom swells

Looking up, she twirls

Face shining like the sun

Eyes twinkling

Quickly glances towards him

 

Come, meet the one

From whose lips honey drips

With doe-like eyes

And a melancholic gaze

Silently observing the reason for his amore

She’s the one he now treasures

And chooses to prance with in life forever.

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3rd April 2025    Angela Gnaniah       Copyright 

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