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Acceptance

Acidic Breeze

another wave washed over me fully I feel foam and blue and wonder Time can't see itself, else it might stop a moment and consider what lies behind and what lies ahead.
Thomas Poe
December 26, 2021
AcceptanceEmotionsJoyPeace

Tranquility

a breeze,
that barely causes candle flame to flutter,
nor fireside flame to quiver,
a breeze that has dawdled its way
across a warm salty ocean,
absorbing and wrapping itself in a perfume of life living,

a breeze that enfolds around like a blanket,
touching and sultry but, hardly [...]

Thomas Poe
December 7, 2021
AcceptanceEmotions

Balance

teeter-totter,
see-saw,
scales of justice,
eyes of the guiltless look on,
and implore,

the liberal conservative republican,
full of moral certitude,
calls for more freedom of choice,
with the arrogance of a have,
speaking for the have-nots,
left-right-out,

run run far away from the [...]

Thomas Poe
December 1, 2021
AcceptanceEmotionsJoy

Calm – what colour is calm?

before tranquility, wait,
before silence, soon,
after the heavy rain has fallen,
as the wind walks away,
then the darkness parts her curtains,
the conductors baton raised as we
hold our breath, before we hear,
the hesitant birdsong speaking of life,
with [...]

Thomas Poe
July 29, 2021
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Some of the Poetry of Etches Penmen and Thomas Poe. Good Mates.