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Déjà Vu | Osatogbe Shola - Read Poetry Online by Talented Contemporary Poets

Déjà Vu | Osatogbe Shola

A tortuous circle.
Frolicking in a rigmarolic situation.
Tested and bested, the tape never breasted.
Impaired by the conquistadors and conquerors, hapless is the helpless.
Tactless is the detested.
Wasted is the fertile land by the disdainfully wasteful.

Emotions running high, just going through the motions, a noxious notion endear nothing but commotion given a potion;
a supposed elixir turned poison, a seasoning that confused our good sense of reasoning.
This queer system is beyond reasoning.
Maddening and bembalming is this contraption, swayed away from earlier traditions, so many contradictions.
In every prayer house is said a benediction, chicken-heartedly said, without much conviction.

By hook by crook the end justifies the means, brute force being used to the fullest, the gullible being lead by the enfant terrible to the gallows.
A tot’s thoughts that is so shallow, minds so narrow will definitely get hurt to the marrow, standing in line like goods being rolled out from the factory line, under the scorching sun or the drenching rain.
Acting bullish and at the same time foolishly, wishfully wishing on a fallen star.

Doesn't Sound So Bad | JD DeHart - Read Poetry Online by Talented Contemporary Poets

Doesn't Sound So Bad | JD DeHart

Doomsday doesn’t sound so bad
after all
If the neighborhood is no longer
overrun by what seems to be a league
of feral cats, if they all perish
If the radio gains some silence
and we have more than a crackle
of signal lost to keep us enamored
If there are still rivers where we can
sit, even with two heads instead of one,
basking in an atomic afterglow.

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I Wait at the Door | Andromeda - Read Poetry Online by Talented Contemporary Poets

I Wait at the Door | Andromeda

I kept my door open and waited
at the threshold, garland in hand
soft light from within lit my doorway
calling, inviting, seducing rays
He rode by on his white steed
to fulfill a thousand errands:
My eyes followed as far as sight would go
His eyes scanned the world more and more.
My garland dried, the lamp went out
and I stood waiting at the door.
When he came back I was still there
and right behind was my room
with its closed door.
He still comes riding on his steed
And he still goes
While I wait outside my room
I wait outside my closed door.

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