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Dec 2016 William A Poppen

Zz Desert Song

Dec 2016 William A Poppen

Seán Mac Falls

Zz Desert Song

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*Wind whispered to sands
All lines of the palm shall touch
And the child was born

Merry Crimble! Happy Christmas!
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#haiku #hope #spirit #christ #fable

Dec 2016 William A Poppen

the garden of Eden

Dec 2016 William A Poppen

nivek

the garden of Eden

i met with a bird singing to its lover
and its lover listened with love
they came together on a branch of a sycamore
kissed beaks with the innocence of the garden of Eden
but Man came along carrying a heavy burden
the death of his brother infecting his blood
with ****** in his heart he shot dead the two love birds
bleeding they fell to the earth and Man fell even further from love.

Dec 2016 William A Poppen

A poem called demons

Dec 2016 William A Poppen

Liz And Lilacs

A poem called demons

Everyone's demons are different.
There can be a thousand poems,
all entitled Demons
and not a single one would be the same.

We all must face our demons
Stand tall, eyes wide.
Take a deep breath.
We'll hold hands
while we face our own demons.
You may be alone in your fight,
but you are not alone for good.

Even I have a poem called demons

Dec 2016 William A Poppen

Christless Present

Dec 2016 William A Poppen

ConnectHook

Christless Present

you don't dare
unwrap the real gift
hidden under layers of hype
too hard to discover it
beneath mounds of plastic
under the glare of neon
falsities projected
aimlessly scrolling away your soul
Godless Yuletide
Christless Noel
sterile feigned joy
useless worthless feelgood frenzy
sentimental superficiality
televised consumer fables
cute trendy on the screen
market-driven fakeries of fake snow
Mammon's medicated stress-fest
passive-aggressive goodwill
American commercialism
angelic Antichrist malls of lost souls
waiting for the next explosion
trying hard to feel the warmth
in the winter chill
of hearts hardened
against the Christ
of Christmas
unwrap the past
to find the present
in your sold-out future
Christ is Lord

Here we go again.
Where the hell is the Messiah ?
Could that be Him at the top of that tree?

#christmas #christ #noel #yuletide

Dec 2016 William A Poppen

Synthesis

Dec 2016 William A Poppen

Sanjukta Nag

Synthesis

Into the whispering dreams
Of your faithful eyes
I walked for days of mist
Looking for the hope
That speaks to eternal images.
Sweet smell ran neck to neck
Inside the starry depth
Of your overwhelming mouth
And I bathed with your light
Kissing our smiles over darkness.
There I am a hidden path
Under quiet wind
Awaiting for snowflakes
Which drop from the wooden basket
Of your bicycle-myth.
Little by little
Paint me green with
Those frosty memories of incarnation,
To mould me in a tree
That only gives birth to
The sweet fruitfulness of us.

#love #dream #hope

Dec 2016 William A Poppen

Holy Poets

Dec 2016 William A Poppen

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Holy Poets

To all of you poets
down South and up North
West and to the East
whoever you are
whatever your beliefs
I wish you much joy
happiness and peace
for on this one night
at least think no more
of spite, anger and war
sickness, sorrow or grief
for wherever you are
may kindness be the star
that lights all of our ways.

Peace to you, holy poets.