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Josh Alfred- poems -
Publication Date: 2012
Publisher:Poemhunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive
Josh Alfred(02/27/89) Writer, poet, musician. I started writing poems in 2007 and am planning to go tocollege to study poetry in 2016. I am currently mentally disabled. I wasdiagnosed with schizophrenia in 2011.
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A Killer Spouse 'Welcome to my houseKiller spouse'I would have said,But then she wouldn'tHave caught meAnd stabbed me dead.Sneaking up behind,Slasher with a knifeHorror in her dreamsTaking them out in life.Red across a bladeA dream come trueI begin to fade.'Oh what love can do.' Josh Alfred
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A Mess My hair is falling outBecause I am pulling it. My teeth are falling outBecause I eat sweets. My fingers are falling offBecause I type to much. I am losing my mindBecause I'm too open-minded. My ears are falling offCan't take any more complaints. My knees are breaking downBecause I am tired of standing up for myself. My heart refuses to beatBecause you are gone. Josh Alfred
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A Moment Is A moment is an ounce of time,A slice of soul,A piece of the puzzle. A moment is the seed of tomorrow,A snapshot in my album,A glimpse of infinity. A moment is a meaning,A coming feeling,A passing friend. A moment is a spark of bliss,A down of sorrow,An eternal leaving. A moment is a wink,The creation of itselfThe always fleeting time. Josh Alfred
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A Poem In His Eye Blank page,Tine linesFrom a sage,All eyes on a stageAn act of its ageWords that he playsPoems that he gaveRemember the daysOf black lines on his gaze. Josh Alfred
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Actuality Render an intentionactualize a dream,World from mind,A mind from worldBegin the dreamFind the meansAct for the endsBehold and createThe thought, then actionObserve life with actuality. Josh Alfred
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Admiration 1 With love I do regard theeAnd with honor and respect,I admire what you sweetly decreeAnd I agree easily with what you reject.You know beauty in light of flaw.Thy heart is ever aboundingFrom your example I do not withdraw.For your compassion is confounding.I admire your greatest desires,And pursue your tract of design.My ambition never tires.In sight, my hope doesn't resign.In admiration of your superior statusI abandon all my wasteful tactics. Josh Alfred
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Advice Advice Look back through times portals into your own domain.Immerse yourself in the richness of memories.Embark inward to the faint forgotten shadows.Spark a light of past desire met by actuality.See the truth that is defined by your own relativity.Search out, like a pilgrim, the new lands never discovered.Try as you must to survive another day in this world.Don't measure others, when you haven't measured yourself.Touch the unseen dreams of passions yet fulfilled.Grasp at the pleasures that sink away like a mud-slide.Adventure into the abyss of yourself with stillness as your guide.Treasure each moment of happiness, like a moon rock.Risk nothing and be completely safe inside your bubble.Take nothing without dis-concern, and you'll never stop worrying.Breath with speculation when claims of great magnitude are made.Define yourself within the boundaries of your beliefs.Experience the scenes of multiple colors, hues, shapes, figures, events.Dot each 'I' with a face that comes out when you look at yourself in the mirror.Laugh till your bored of laughter, till your numb with impartiality.Train your mind to be resilient, through all the tough times that come to pass.Remember where the tree goes when no one is looking at it.Expose yourself to the roses of your lusts, and sniff each one with delicacy.Feel the emotions rush through your body like new wine.Struggle to emerge a new person when you know your miseries by name.Give into spontaneity, and move frictionless like an ice-skater.Communicate your darkest secrets with someone that loves you more than life.Fill your time with rhythm and blues, with dance and deserved sleep.Generate a familiarity with passing strangers with a smile.Touch each cords of intimacy, and ravish each second of touch.Abbreviate all the complexity, and simplify all the twisted thoughts.Life is a wordiness, emerging through material desire.Surrender to the softest touch of the fainest winds.Understand the melting and dispersing forces of relationship.Surface your wildest fantasies with those who only think you are pleasant.Emanate a glowing look for the camera that will capture your image.Develop an attitude of care-freeness like a dog shaking off water.Spring up from your sleep like the dandelions at dawn.
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Mix your favorite drinks, till there is nothing left but filled taste-buds.Tour all the world you want, to fill your eyes with cities.Appear to know what you are doing, so you don't look like a fool.Rise above the ordinary to become exceptional, unique, dignified.Regret that you might learn a lesson in living, and by doing so learn to advise. Josh Alfred
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Affection 1 It warms my soul when you're aroundCan you feel the shared affection?Feet rooted in the groundMind enters satisfaction.This love that is in my eyesWe share, as we do the light.I let down my superior guise,Because with you life is alright.Your presence is comforting.Arms were made for giving hugs.You know the truth is nothingWhen watching lightening bugs.Times with you are like fantasiesThey're for living, making memories. Josh Alfred
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Affection 2 A bit of time has been imbuedWith our dear affinity.The great viewer has viewedUs dance through its infinity.If love was made depleteOur affection would have past.Since perfection means complete,Love is to always last.I take it as a signAs the sun shined valiantlyThat you and I were made to dineOn this piece of true reality.If it weren't for our amicable tone,No we there'd be, only 'I am alone.' Josh Alfred
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Affection 3 Friends with are affectionRevolve around each other,Made by soul's connection.On gravity we hover.In-fixed in conversationWe talk philosophicallyWords pick up creationAnd send them into poetry.Fading notions trail.Hours creep by unseen.The words began to pale.Tomorrow's another dream,With hellos, and goodbyes,Plans, and occasional surprise. Josh Alfred
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Affection 4 We are here to play,That's why we're so amused.I don't know what I'd do all dayIf our affection never fused.Loneliness is definite,It means I'm missing you.Affection is relevantSince I need something to do.I wouldn't know what to writeIf it weren't for your ears.Every day you give me lightEveryday someone who hears.Though we may be worlds apart.Affection keeps you in my heart. Josh Alfred
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Alert Deer Two young deer feed near,Coated in thick dirt color,Feeding on flourishing green grass,So green it hurts to look at.Alert eyes, never relaxing,Even I intended no harmBig legs will send them racing -Movement their alarm. Josh Alfred
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Angst 1 Farewell my tranquil mind,Since world cast forth delightThus my heart wishes to combineDamn this nerve of flight.Invoked by another state,That disgraced my concordAnd discarded it with a fateOf angst - allured forward.Composer made incompleteA wind toward future blows,But my will is prone to defeatAnd my legs are stuck in pose.Indecision, my real woeHow to navigate? Where to go? Josh Alfred
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Angst 2 Bolt of desire in my chest,And my mind is a ticking clock.My foresight won't rest,Confounded by utter shock.My ribs grasp my heart,And keep it from exploding.Where should I even start?Contemplation is corroding.Out of reach, almost acquired,Open hands to grasp,To catch what is desired,In hopes that it will last.Slowly time moves ahead.Loss of path my only dread. Josh Alfred
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Angst 3 Eager like a childArdently advancingHeart racing wildFuture end enhancingReaching destinationCave light frontsTime's hesitationBig swinger buntsOne wish, the allure,Pulling my strings.Not sure what will blur.Mind seeing other things?Future my utmost intention.Awaiting with frustration. Josh Alfred
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Angst 4 Time is like a heavy weight,slipping slowly till its gone.How it with no heart hatesPassion when its strong.My only enemy is fear consuming.Angst, small terror in empty time.Where is that peace looming?Every time I look, it ducks behind.My whole soul is waiting to transform,But time just won't allow.Despite the inner stormI am stuck in a time called now.If I could find solace in future blurredOnly then my heart would rest assured. Josh Alfred
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Apathy And The Emotion The surface is silent/But the fishes are playful/Like thought beneath/The apathy I appear to keep. The sky is toned blue and is still/But the universe is making stars beyond/Like my thoughts bursting out of imagination/Which fiddle with folly beneath the gaze of my peering. Settled rocks on earth bound hills/Only move when the earth quakes/Like my many thoughts that rumble/When wonder shakes them alive. Josh Alfred
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As A Feather On a blissful kind of air,Merrily she skips,Cheerfully she laughsGiggling as she spinsTo her the world is rash.Not laden by miseryNot suffocated by her fearsOn a blissful kind of airShe frolics everywhereFloating as a feather withoutA single care. Josh Alfred
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At The Vales At Noon At noonI Plucked a fruitQuenched a thirstDipped my face inTenderness crunched At noonPut back at rootA return to firstWith an elated grinI ate, I munched. At noon,The tree was bentSo I could pick with roomThe fruits all grown wellGrasping arms air. At noon,Fruits filled with scentThe tree did bloomHolding onto smellVales of peaches and pears. Josh Alfred
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Autumn 1 Paint-brushed colors emergingOrnamented leaves illuminate skyTwisting winds convergingTrees let out a naked sigh. Josh Alfred
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Autumn 2 Trees with colors burnDying as if to ashesAround the loose leaves turnAs lightening in the distance flashes. Josh Alfred
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Autumn 3 Falling leaves, like falling stars,Moving across streets with carsNaked leafs with bark for skin,Like girl on the tip of sin. Josh Alfred
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Autumn 4 Brown leaves, lay on grassColors mount the open hills.Leaves fall into open hands.The autumn murders, the autumn kills. Josh Alfred
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Autumn 5 Leaves grace the afternoonSeasons change so soon.Autumn, in it I am agingSummer gone, warmth fading. Josh Alfred
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Autumn 6 Dried and dead,Like old friends.Cracked and bruised,Like beaten face.Empty, nakedLike spent lover. Josh Alfred
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Autumn 7 As the leaves fall in vainJoys seems to suffer painGrief seems to musterThe dead leaf cluster. Josh Alfred
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Autumn 8 Once upon an Autumn dayI emerged through the colorsThough the sky was terrible grayAnd the frost had nearly coveredI could still see paint-brushed horizonAnd knew that Autumn was not yet over. Josh Alfred
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Autumn 9 With wind they fall softlyLike dainty frills of a dressThe heavens are so loftyBrushed with colors, gods impress Josh Alfred
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Autumn Beautiful - Haiku Mother earth in autumnHas entered her dying phase,And goes out colorful. To barren reposeWith flaming arrayPainted wonderful. Fruits, children all gone.Arduous days near completeAutumn beautiful. Josh Alfred
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Beach Nap Somersaulting ocean plays a tune.I sprawl out on wet sand.I let the water know my toesOcean dances with the landMy focus laps in the clouds. Josh Alfred
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Beauty Still I looked and there sat heaven stillDespite my life, my place, my changeAnd graceless chaos of my willStars shone on, and beauty still bathedIn a flowing current of the windA beauty of order, cosmos saved,Without and within Josh Alfred
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Beauty's Sight If all the world were blind,And I were as well,I don't think I could find,My love, nor love foretellBeauty would not shineNor be a kindly presence.Dark would call the world mineAnd quench all vital essence.Form would be blank;and night would seem to endureMy heart would lose its strengthI'd write no poetic lorewith thee oh lightBe! that beauty might. Josh Alfred
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Before There was a kitten in that catThere was seed in that treeThere was a child in my shoesThere was a lover next to me There was a star in my eyeThere was a silence before songThere was a son in that fatherThere was a lost in that belong There was a white before the pageThere were no bars before that cageThere was a dream before this placeThere was a form before this face There was a chill before the warThere was a calm before the stormThere was a night before this dayThere was a script before this play/ Josh Alfred
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Beneath Blue Ocean Still The water vapor risesOver the blue ocean toneWhere surface still like silenceCovers all of the unknown. Beneath is mysteryMermaids and fish swim.A portal of fantasyWhere stories begin Darting dolphins, talking sharks,Sea-horses dance all around.Red glow fish zip and twirl by.U-boat awakes from ocean ground. Under-water cities bustle.A fish dares to leap to shore.Whirl-pools confuse schools of fish.Serpents rest on ocean floor. The illuminated watersThe rainbow speckled scalesJaws of hungry predatorsSquirmy blue electric eels. Above rippling surfaceNets catch all of the pretendBack to the blue ocean stillMystic vapors there ascend. Josh Alfred
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Bird Gone A sound I heard,From a brown-eyed birdIn a green willowA song so mellow,Song, so dim.Notes in hymn.A feather free,Lost a friend. Josh Alfred
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Birth Awaken me from the depths of silence,Great musician, let me feel you play.Open my creative spirit to your ambianceTo ever unfold in your special way.Riches of wisdom are as silver,Love, a true lover, my leaderLove's voice I must obey,She shall never seize to deliverMe from the shapeless grave. Josh Alfred
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Bleeding Tree Red tree withersNature seems to dieRed leaves gatherBloody groundBattle time. Josh Alfred
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Boom From sun to sun,And from moon to moon,The stars as art,In lofty room,Glow divineOr die with boom. Josh Alfred
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Boys Of Expedition As we climbed up to thepeak of the mountain roadThrough the thickets of pine,Maple, and cowering oak,My brother and I would laughJust telling each other jokes. The summers days would drag,And brother would brag,If I could not catch up to himwhen he ran off on his own. The heat would be heavy;Upon my brow,But me and my brotherWould have plentyEnergy to drown. We'd think ourselvesOut on discoveryChartering a landTraipsing through a forestLike a small Amazon clan. We'd hike for hoursOff on our ownNot knowing where'd we go.Back track, and makeOur way back home Dinner prepared by motherRacing headlong across the pathsIn time for evenings supper Josh Alfred
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Break Of Day Water lily of the garden mornIn sunlight her beauty is born.Sleeping birds in heaven's nestsSing their songs in the morning best.Parting eyes of fawns in dale,Wake with dawn and flick of tail.Quivering squirrels from tree homePeer to the north, where they will roam.Tree so limber stretches outIn the warmth of the mourningAs the sun does shout.Its voice the crisp lightSaying to the night,An eternal farewell. Josh Alfred
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Buoyant I'm bouncing on a ball of joy.I'm throwing my party hat up.I'm under a tree of amusement.I'm letting myself develop.I'm sailing on a calm pond.I'm stretching my angel wingsI'm playing my guitar at dawn,I can hear what the world sings.There's a rainbow over my home.There's a golden path to a rich town.When I think myself disownedI remember, with happiness I will be found. Josh Alfred
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Caught A Dream Arose one morningAnd caught a dreamIn the bucket of my mind;Like a raindrop fallingOn a sunny dayInto a spider's web.Glistening images,Falling pictures,Collapse into a collage,Cascading intoPerfect positions. Josh Alfred
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Close ~ With you close,You picked a petal from a roseAnd let it flutter to the ground. With you close,The silence of the starsSeemed for once to make a sound. With you close,Time seemed to freeze. With you close,All of me was at ease. Josh Alfred
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Color Brown is the soilWhen you feel itIn your hands. Silver is a shining color,That is silk and sensitive - Cold as all metal. Blue is the sky,When you feel its warmthOn your face. Black is space,Which bubbles with starsImmersed in greater darkness. Red is the flame of love,Which ignites in a lover's kissesAnd shines in days walking together. Josh Alfred
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Cosmic Play Behold without the sunBreath without the treesKnow that all is one;Even as the present leaves.Heavens o're far outAtoms down beneathBarely know what its aboutEyes may only see a piece.Actor in a cosmic play,Like stars with gravity move.How true is it to say,What all the world can do?Language, a sounded harmony,With which nature sings her melody. Josh Alfred
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Create For Me A Dream Take me away, on winds of dreams.Take me where I have never been.Mountain tops, island shores,Forests lost, rivers, floating boats. Take me away, on winds of dreams,To hilltops, clouds dancing as I touch.To bottoms of the seas where urchins dwell. Take me away, on winds of dreamsTo the skies, above city streets, and skyscrapers.To fictional art in romance, or sci-fiction Take me away. on winds of dreamsTo an open sea, sailing fishing flounder.To two of us oaring on a rivulet. Take me to where your dreams will lead.Create for me, from your imagination.Let your mind tell a story,Or your hand lead the way. Josh Alfred
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Dear Beauty Rise from the ocean;Dear beauty, you are there.Not merely a reflection,But deep in there somewhere.Come alive, in a shape.Make the world your own.Dance among the flowers,Sing among the stars.Live among the glory,Of everything you are. Josh Alfred
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Deep Dark Depression I sleep upon a bitter bed -Beneath death's blankets.A bleak being beggingFor concentration.Thoughts black,Breached bytoying iridescence.Empty with a soul,Like an infantWith a hunger forBrilliant wisdom. Josh Alfred
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Deep Dark Space Deep dark space,The earth's other sideI open my eyesAnd all seems to hideDeep dark spaceFrom a dream awokeDarkness all aboutSunrise has yet brokeDeep dark spaceWrapped in its cocoonNo bright starsNo white moon. Josh Alfred
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Depression 1 - All I sense is sadnessIts not a subtlyIts as clear as any madnessAnd its overtaken meThe night won't leaveShadows of past hauntIts even hard to breathWhat more do they want?All that once was sparklingHas proven to be dim.Life in futility is darkeningLike a droplet, I'm on the brim.Here I am. Why don't I dare to fall?No relief, even if, I choose to end it all. Josh Alfred
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Depression 2 - My joy once a traitNow won't emergeI just have hateBitterness and hurtFlowers once blossomingHave been crushed by shoeFriend won't stop gossipingBut then again they never do.Energy is hard to come byMy will has had enoughI feel as though I may dieThis life is just too roughAll in the world is vanityThere is no lasting remedy. Josh Alfred
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Depression 3 - Depression is an obsessionWith all things dark and drearyDepression is a possessionOf ghosts, called weak and weary.The loneliness is half the battleThe loss, and no gain in sightIt what keeps in this saddleOn the dark horse I call 'might'.Depression is not a feelingIts the devil's fatal drugEveryone walks on the ceilingAs I am sinking into the rug.My yesterdays are but sorrowsMy coming pain waits in tomorrows. Josh Alfred
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Depression 4 Heart doesn't ache, it whimpersEyes only see tearsNothing lively ever glimmersI haven't known hope in yearsMind doesn't wonder, its vacantLegs bend more to curl then walkI lie here beneath this blanketNo one can get me to talkI don't a word to speakLife is too seriousMy legs are too weak.Your words make me deliriousEverything is done in vainThat's why all efforts cause me pain Josh Alfred
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Disappointment 1 - This happy end of mineHas been lost to other resultsWhat I thought would be finehas become another one of my faultsDisappointed with these endsNot happy with these thingsHow all things tend to bendWith these negative feelingsThese things, more enemy than friendHave become a sign of chaotic furyMissing my happiness, and what I intendHas caused me nothing but worry.Act with wisdom to be wiseEither happiness or your own demise. Josh Alfred
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Drift I put on a straw hat,Near the calm ocean blue.Pushed my canoe out and satTill I drifted out of view. Josh Alfred
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Eagle Eagle soarsThrough heaven's doorsThe rain begins to pourFlies to cover Wet wingsEagle screamsShrieks its dreamsWants to hover Crazy eyesEvery day it strivesThoughts on eating timeFlesh to devour Feast to fetchBrave wings stretchOld bald wretch,Nesting in clock tower Josh Alfred
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Existential Fluff I'll make love to the smokeAs it lingers in the airI'll make a wish and a hopeAs if it will appear.I'll take a fluffy cloudAnd turn it to a ship.My thoughts are aboundAnd I am beating them with whip.I'll send out lightWith an SOSI'll take my standAs a guest on the list.I am here so proudWith a mind that is amissSometimes I can't find myselfAnd believe I don't exist. Josh Alfred
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Faces Royal faces, looking out from castle.Dirty features, looking into the land.Clean faces, looking into child's eyes.Red faces, looking into each other's souls. Josh Alfred
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Finding The One She is like a flower to the sun,Her mind on edge like a star at dawnHer love so pure like a ray of the OneHer speech so soft it melts like snowHer heart so large it makes her glowHer eyes so deep she will steal your soul. Josh Alfred
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First Shine The ambiance was silentYet a hundred thoughts aboundIn her white dress, and pink bow,She stepped on stage, nervous,To sing for the waiting crowd.After saying her greetingAnd hearing a laughing applaudShe waited for the musicAnd her teacher's head to nod.Breathing in a deep breathShe let the melody flowAnd sang with all her heartAt her first talent show.When words no longer flew,From her first performing act,She looked to the crowd,And saw people stand and clapWith whispers of hopeShe bowed with great worth,Then slowly turned to walk off stage,Not knowing that this nightHer fame had given birth. Josh Alfred
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Flying Thoughts Speeding like wild birds,Bolting about in the airThoughts taper onto paperA tree for them to shareCaptured in their cagesThey're prisoners to the pages. Josh Alfred
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Freed Sheep Outside the fence,A sheep with a wool coatThat hasn't been shearedIn more than a yearCapers the valleys. It hasn't been seenBy sheep-dog or shepherdFor it knows its boundaries.It stays a distance away,Never visiting its sisters,For it's free and will notRisk being captured. Its wool grows thickerWith each passing seasonIts eyes soon cover with fluffSo it can't even see things.Finally it gives, as it feelsItself toddle and tip.Running back to the farBy only hearing the snipOf scissors in the distance. Though it was freeThe sheep forgot the feeOf being a sheepWith ever-growing fleece. Josh Alfred
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Genuise Two rocks strikeBright starsShaded moonBent glassElectric kiteFalling appleChasing light Josh Alfred
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Golden Specks Golden dust, like frivolous lustSlip through the net.Golden star, out so farWhich one will grant a wish?Golden sun, why have you begunA game of chance and risk? Josh Alfred
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Halloween - Halloween,A single dream,From which we scream. Halloween,Roaming ghostsOn the coastsOn the eve. HalloweenThe kiddies askWith many masksFor trick or treats. Halloween,Skeletons and blood.Monsters from mud.Shadows go unseen. Halloween,The evil songsAs white moon prolongsThe ghouls and feigns. Halloween,The raven crowsAnd the old man knowsThe frightful scene. Halloween,The chimes tire,Orange with fireUnder moonlight beams. Halloween,A single dreamFrom which we scream.
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Halycon Reasons Bound by reasonsSo speaks my heart.Through seasonsInfinite but a part.Tranquil mindWhen chaos restsAnd reasons findComposed nests;In trees of occasionsInviting quietus guests,Wind lent to abdicationsAnd stillness but protestsUpon a branch of paradiseAll my woes suddenly apologize. Josh Alfred
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Hate 1 Callous tongues/With insidious lipsSpeak cruelty/Barbed-wire wordsSeeking to corrupt/Sickening the heartCausing noxious sobbing/To anxious soulsStress inducing/A malicious pessimistOn the verge of atrocity/UpsettingRotten, mean, menacing/Inflated egosGrating on imperfections/Dreadful dispositionsBullied, combative, conceited/Demeaning attacksDisgusted, discontent/A disbelieving axAngry, hard-hearted/To the extreme masochistsComparative identities, superiority/Egotists Josh Alfred
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Heaven Blue Transported to Euphoria blue.Azure skies, angels singing,Orbs of light traveling,TO and fro, to islands, beaches,The things the saint all knewBells of synagogues ringingConscious and marvelingWhere blue light reaches. Josh Alfred
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Heaven's Lights Man on the moon living,He's giving me a smile.Eyes from mountain wishingStars, in darkness wild.A truth for every notionLike a star for every shineTwo drops of a greeting motionEye's touched by heaven's light Josh Alfred
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Human, Curious A sea of wonderIn the child's eyesLike dots that sparkleAs the infinite whysBorn a curious beingAwakening to self-creationExperience and paths,Ideals and fears,A mind in wonder,Of little secrets,And truths known to man Josh Alfred
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I Remember You (2007) These things,make me remember you.Sometimes,at the end of November,when the wind catches the leaves,and the dusk runs away at five,I remember you. When the air stirs with an aroma.And the wind hits my lungsbrisk,I remember you. On occasion,Looking at the stoneson the beach,beneath my feet,so far away from life,I remember you. I can't remember how you were,but only how you are.So subtle that thought.Like an unexpected breeze.Or the darkness of a roomwhose light has vanished.When I write my poetry.I quiver with that one impression,I remember you. Josh Alfred
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If Only In and out of colorsNature does her danceIf only to live a season moreTo only get the chance.If only in the seasonI could find a reason moreIf I only I could glanceAt the vastnessLike waves upon the shore.If only I could be inspiredLike doves in heaven soreIf only there was meaningThere waiting to be exploredSomething more to be desiredAmong the great decor.If only there was thoughtsTo write out all of the grandeur. Josh Alfred
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In Winter's Core Cold chills surpass feelings of well-being/A frosty morning, under snowflake heaven/Frozen waters, hanging off maples/ Polar zone of coldness, toned with white/A chilled cup of heavy black joe/A pocket of steam from the machine/Fingers knitted up in cotton/Toes booted up in leather/ A pile of snow made by shovel/An ache in the back made by huff/Layers of whiteness, up to the top step/Snowflakes forming with a raw winter wind/ Josh Alfred
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It Is Not Chance It is not chance,That when you look at the starsThey are shining there;For without those great ballsOf burning light and heatLife would not exist. It is not chance,That beauty is;For if the allure did not existLife would not be willing. It is not chanceThat even the smallest thingsAre infinitely complex;For if they weren'tIntelligence would be lacking. It is not chanceThat we struggle in life;For problems are the generatorsOf solutions. It is not chanceThat as you read thisSomething inside of youRemembers. It is not chance,It is a part of you,Your experience. Josh Alfred
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Leap Frog Bull frog ribbits, stops leaping seeing feetBold black eyes glisten, resting in wet slimy seat.It thinks that its invisible, hiding in the green.Ambivalent to movement, trying to become unseen.I hold my pace and star at its faceAnd wait for it to leap. Josh Alfred
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Lewd Blooming Let bloom the flowersLike a ladies becoming titsLet bloom the flowersWatered by a boy who spitsLet bloom the flowersA vision of death so deniedLet bloom the flowersLike gay men standing in prideLet bloom the flowersBloom they do, so awfully lewdLet bloom the flowersLike chest of hairy dude Josh Alfred
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Lips Pink and softWith words have scoffedWith tilt have kissedWith spoon have ate Shady glossHas made a printUpon a cheekOf an innocent Crimson caughtWith tender words have boughtThe heart of many whom once soughtFor more then was not given. Dry and thickLick your lipsTake a sipSing for a bit In this sweet life, liven. Josh Alfred
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Lost And Found Give strange looksCarrying strange booksThick with wordsAbstruse meaningsWebbed in mindComplicated designRecondite musingsCompressed enigmaPoetic delightsLyrical agendaVague personalityFinding and losingInner meaningsSituated comfortablyConsumed by depthDeplete of simplicity Josh Alfred
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Love Lighting a flame of passionAbove our cosmic connection.Skin interwoven, kiss by kiss.Touch so tender, inch by inch.Oceans of lust, waves of ecstasy.Breaking boundaries, mixing chemistry.My love so still in quiet nights,Comes alive in shared delight. Josh Alfred
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Love 1 Aware of this fountain rushingWhen eyes fixate on eyesThe skin is made for touchingDare do what lust adviseI knew thee once a strangerNow I know you as a soulHow love doth boil with a dangerAnd set I in some roleLove brings us closer stillAnd makes us a oneLove out flowing as it willPulls onward never donePresent in mind should love beThat our passion may be free Josh Alfred
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Love 2 Love is in thine bodyYou are a slave to its interestWhat would your sweet lover beIf it did not beat in your chestLove, if you were to departThe world would fritter awayThe sleeping would not startAll beauty would thus decayBut love carries us alongIn one's heart it has unrestIn one's life it sings its songAnd with words it protestsLove finds its aim in the endAnd brings together what will begin. Josh Alfred
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Love 3 I was formed for youYou were formed for meIf this were not trueMan I would not beStarring at stars I'm goneAlone I'm incompleteNo true thing can be doneUnless two beings meetFrom love issues nationsAnd nations issue loveLove, more than sensationPulls man's dreams from aboveWith love there on planet earthHuman purpose is given birth. Josh Alfred
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Love 4 Love! A ceaseless patternMay within two persistAnd union if wove togetherMay birth another to existLove is endless like lightHung in the souls and eyesMakes all being brightAnd the lonely wiseNo better truth is thereBut that of loveIt is truly somewhereNot down belove or up above,But in those geometric charmsIn shapes, actions, and arms. Josh Alfred
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Lovers Eternal We met in the garden of sinAnd bit down on the fruit of lustThe red aura we once loved inRose up from the passions of dustAgeless beings of the carnalNaked, as nature's autumn treesCut off from the sweet eternalFor we were tempted and deceivedA serpent's words were elusiveThe pluck of curiosityAnd our impassive attitudeToward a diviner honesty;Made us sinners set in the mythAdam, Eve, male, female,Lovers eternal, live. Josh Alfred
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Memory Bank What will I deposit?What will I withdraw?A thought, what was it?Something blue eyes saw?An idea that appealedTo my pleasant sensationOr a pain, now concealed,Inside my banking systemWith eyes I am informedImagination, like a stormMemory my life adornedOutside those flaunted norms.What shall I withdraw or take?From or in my memory bank? Josh Alfred
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Mimesis A great art has been sedatedBeneath the passions, awaitedBeauty in its positions stayIn ocean and skies it does layThe image toward perfectionComes to mind through selectionFinds its place on empty blockMaybe to copy, but not to mockBound in the glory of representationsCurves, and weaves, the old imitations. Josh Alfred
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Moon For Murder Teeth woundsThe beastly moonBleeding nightHunger goneReturning soonFur, pale whiteRavaged fleshFeasting on deathNo man leftCrunching boneWolf with hungerCrescent commanderMoon for murder _Last year (2014) poem's for Halloween. Josh Alfred
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Mountain Ear The shining light among the rocksBounces through the crystal cavernsThe mystery of the path of light mocksAs it permeates in changing patternsThe trickle of water is drippingInto pound of bellows ? sitting to captureThe slime on fetid rocks is slippingThe earth releases stones in raptureAn echo of a hello reverberates the denThe bats are all asleep hanging till the nightDarkness with shadows loom deep withinWhile rodents churn the floor in sudden frightCavern is a hiding place for the spirits damnedWho whisper there from inner sinking sand Josh Alfred
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My Indignation I roll around in dirty clothesLike a pig in its own sh*tI cough, choke, addictedPoverty stricken, ragged clothesMind unholy with trashy daydreamsI drink from dirty cupsAnd eat with filthy spoonsMy friends drink and take hitsWhile I am too mentally ill to do eitherI walk around insane with demons in my headBut they just call them voices, not possessorsI bark like a dog with mad lyricsThey get through like toes through my holey socksI'm lazy, and my bell is plump with pop.I am buzzed like bubbles in the soda can.My bank account reads zeroAnd I am a soulless as my sneakers. Josh Alfred
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Nature Gave Us Beauty Nature gave me beautyA beauty o'so rawMy mind is tuned by nature's rhythmStrummed with nature's chorusBeauty, o, thy beautyTis gaudy to this touristEven though I knowThat beauty shall fleetI smile during the onsetAnd give no notice to time's deceitFor what is beauty without change?A present needs a pastWould blue skies be breath-takingIf they always did last?Know this wellThat all that doth fadeIs just a set marchin nature's beautiful parade Josh Alfred
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New River Under gray blue twilightStreams of blue water rushOver the mountain sideIn-fixed with black bouldersStreams of free river flowTimber rotted downSmall trees in the wayCatch currents like fingers Josh Alfred
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No One Home No drapery, no lampsDusty windows, crampsBroken China scatteredOn blank wooden floors.Box remains in dry attic.No beds, but webs,No tables, no chairs,Home left, no servantsVacant rooms, no visitorsEmpty patio,Garden dead, grass grown high,Silent stairs, and no hearing ears.As all those years passedWithout any cares amassed.No children voicing joys.No flowers, no toys.Gone, all gone, vanished.Even the ghosts have been banished. Josh Alfred
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None Sense 1 I release the inner energy,surrounding every atom,vanquish every dark thingwith a quick intake of gatum. The cold air streams in,low to my feet.I feel the meaning of the wordsbeneath the bottom of my seat.I hear the endings approaching,making me believe,the future is uncertain,but never going to leave.The vibrations taken upby all that I am,could burn me to the ground,and I still not give a damn. Josh Alfred
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On Coast A ghost on the coastWalked along the sands'I did die didn't I? 'Eyes on translucent hands.A bellow from the fellowIn the barge off after'I did die didn't I'Eyes on the starsA ding, floating thingA light from a buoy'I did die didn't I? 'Eyes on the body. _Last Halloween's Poetry (2014) Josh Alfred
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Once Upon A Summer's Day Once upon a summer's dayThe fire of the sun raised flowersOnce upon a summer's dayHe tossed and turned, in heat for hoursOnce upon a summer's dayThe people where all aboundOnce upon a summer's dayI couldn't find peace around.Once upon a summer's dayWalking on the beaches open landsOnce upon a summer's dayThe child learned what the adult understands.Once upon a summer's dayHow lovely she shines onOnce upon a summer's dayThe heat would go on till dawn. Josh Alfred
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Out Of The Box Four walls, compact kitchenLooking outsideThrough the televisionJump in car, closed inCrime on streetsMaybe safe within?Work all day in a squareType on boxesEyes don't move, just stareHave we planned thisOr have we just forgottenIS there more to life thanWhat it's all boxed in? Josh Alfred
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Paradisaical Symposium Nature's request, her primal dutyTo form a world of timeless allure.Love wants and has not beauty.Love is good ? immortal, pure.Procreation is everlasting;Love doth fasten its infinity.The heart, but nature's askingIs pulled to eternity.Excellence is her one construction.Eternity, the earth's hypnosis.Flawless form ? her seduction.Heavenly apotheosis.Conceive that love be more than reactionThe one true lasting satisfaction. Josh Alfred
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Peaceful Bones The shade from summer skies,Whilst waters cross the stonesBring me a peace of mindA deep sense through all my bones. The shine in her eyesWhilst not being on my ownBring me a peace of mindA deep sense through all my bones. The beauties, her heavenly guiseWhilst sitting out aloneBring me a peace of mindA deep sense through all my bones. The release from worry fliesWhilst music there intonesBring me a peace of mindA deep sense in all my bones. The silence as it does ariseWhilst concentrating in the zoneBring me a peace of mindA deep sense through all my bones. Josh Alfred
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Poet's Life I gadabout under the blue hazeTurning life into memoriesI let my inner passion blazeThe fire of my inner entityMy eyes are sharpened quickBy words falling from all aroundNatures pages are so deeply thickWith words silent in soundThe earth delights in earthAnd I delight assuredly in itFrom the beauty of birthTo the horrors of the cliffBeauty bounteous as can beTis my life, my love to read thee. Josh Alfred
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Restlessness A part of meRests in the dark.And those gone free,Whom have embarked,Are much like me,Gone, set apart. Stupendously dangerousEndlessly adventurousI float like a starWithout synthesis,Crashing hard, blown apartIt seems instantaneous. I succumbed to a numb sumOf dumb delights.The frost of thoughtAttacks and it bites. I'm packed too intensityOr sunken down in depravityTrying to maintain balanceBetween sound and silence,Like lights and shades of darkness. Reality is originality and samenessBut I am not singled out,I am mingled aboutLosing my individualitySeeing it someone else. Refraction or resistanceDon't give me mediocre assistanceAnd think I'll sufficeOn that kind of existenceI rather rot quick than rot slow,Holding on or letting goOf something I don't or do know.
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Life, well its discovering certaintiesOh, what to do with these? !I guess I'll go with whims of philosophies. They might disturb the vibeWith an absurd jiveAgain, light or dark, dead or alive.Destined to a doom,Or destined to thrive.All this but a viewIn a matter of time. Josh Alfred
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Seasons Of Love I recall a springWhen I picked you flowersSat talking for hours,Slept with windows open for breeze. I recall a summer,When we went to the beach,Skipped rocks on the waves,Made sandwiches to eat. I recall a fallKicking a ball of leavesWe went sneezing with a coldLaying beneath undressing trees. I recall a winterMaking angels in the snowMaking our whole home glow.Eating the families Christmas treats. I recall the seasonsIn the seasons as they pass.I recall our love.Through all seasons I pray it lasts. Josh Alfred
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So White The moonIn its repugnStars blanklyWhite with wrathAt all the jewels of earthThat it shall never get to have. Josh Alfred
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Spinning Nature Nature bubbles with lifeThat she so designedThe earth spinsLike twirling wifeIn her spring dressLooking fine Josh Alfred
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Spring 1 Popping buds appearing greenComes to life those withered treesThe spring seems a delightful sceneFruits in colors that branches free. Josh Alfred
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Spring 10 Rain wash, rain rinseSun is bright, eyes winceLine between life and death splintersRelease the snares of jagged winters Josh Alfred
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Spring 11 Flowers flirt in arriving season/Man decides to wander, for mindful reasons/Rise their heads to sun up high/It's easier for living things to get by/Seduce the bugs with all kinds of hueNuts grow proud, nibble and chew. Josh Alfred
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Spring 12 Flowers are collected by loversMerrily do they sing and danceUnder trees taking their stanceTrees arms shade and cover Josh Alfred
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Spring 13 I am stuck to the ground,Looking up at starry heavens.There's softness all around,In the season of spring.All seems to make no sound,Even as I am reasoning. Josh Alfred
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Spring 2 Buds forming on the treesHoney combs for the bumble beesScents of honey, scents of pollenSquirrels gather nuts, fallen. Josh Alfred
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Spring 3 Early morning, comes the springBirds to sky, birds to nest.Those winged feathery thingsWith colorful breastsThose musical feathered creaturesRise once more to open skiesOne of springs finest featuresFlying by her open eyes. Josh Alfred
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Spring 4 Spring, playful and friskFree amusement I will captureThe joyful wind is briskAnd filled with new rapture Josh Alfred
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Spring 5 The swooping singersCross the sky like piano fingersDucks quack, gliding eagerWinter's curses made so meager Josh Alfred
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Spring 6 Scents of spring are made repleteFlowing to nose like lady to seatIce lingers, like nails on fingersBewaring bugs with nasty stingers. Josh Alfred
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Spring 7 A lively green softness rolls in the airThe springs delight returns inflamedAll the seeds with flowers blareWith a cry, life is regained. Josh Alfred
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Spring 8 Flowers blaze brightlyA fire in the midstPeddles glide lightlyAbundance will persist. Josh Alfred
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Spring 9 The timber becomes ripeLike clear starry nightBirds sing songs of all typesLike wind through many pipes Josh Alfred
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Stars - Alliteration Set against shadowed skiesSilver stars shined and shimmered.I savored them silently standing as in shacklesAnd surely their shine was seen in slight salience.As I was sinking into the season set before me in sceneryMy shock shed. Soon, I sighed and walked insideAnd left the stars to signal another soul to befriend. Josh Alfred
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Still Becoming Like a snail which slithersOn its slimy stomachI snuggle with the sand. Shedding skin like a snake,Slipping into my shape. Saying silly sayings,Stuck up in the skies. Staring from another star.While sitting on my sofa. Sentiments sailing on a ship,Sensation struck suddenly.Sent somewhere, no sanity, Sighs and silence.Whispers and sounds.Shadows of poetrySeeing signs of symmetry. Josh Alfred
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Storm Here comes the lugubrious one,Earth's misery, grounds thirst.Gray clouds morphing into torrential rainsRain pouring/wisps in the wind.Puddle filling/street walk all wet.Pattering cacophony/hungry trees.Earth's soft voice of changing water,Of rain trickling, of gorging holes.Rooftop defends from mordacious water bullets.Shielding, black and white umbrellasAnd water falling, in a chaotic song and dance.People running inside from outdoors.Children dance in cloud's decay.Storm clouds bounce with thunder,As lightening branches out with bolts.Storm on the move, across the state.Sun hidden, and blue skies all gone,With hours of passing, winds, rain, and thunder. Josh Alfred
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Summer 1 Summer breezeSummer treesSummer sunSummer fun. Josh Alfred
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Summer 10 The black mare runs freeThe brown moose rattlesThe green vines grow up treesThe blue duck paddles Josh Alfred
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Summer 2 Summer conceals seasons fatedTo become cold, winters fadedMoonlight and chills at dawnOn the hills the prairie dogs yawn. Josh Alfred
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Summer 3 Sleeping children wake freeWe turn on the air conditioningHow hot can this earth be?Skin red hot, skin cringing. Josh Alfred
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Summer 4 Soft and bare, the moon shines onThe lady sings her sweetest songThe boy merrily strides alongThe church bells ring with weighted gong. Josh Alfred
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Summer 5 It is summer timeRuns all the gals and ladsThe smile I think I findUpon the face of what once was sad. Josh Alfred
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Summer 6 The ladies of the church use paperTo fan themselves as heat grows greaterThe boys stand in the shadeTo hide themselves from summer's day. Josh Alfred
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Summer 7 Watch the bright sun ariseIn the summer, winter's demiseThe heat beats each node of skinLike scolding guilt of crafty sin. Josh Alfred
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Summer 8 Open chest, beating sunOpen nest, chirping robinOpen sky, open doorsOpen windows, mindless chores. Josh Alfred
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Summer 9 Wearing her summer skirtShe looks so divineShe looks so radiant it hurtsI am so glad to call her mine. Josh Alfred
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Summer Sun The sun shines with full lusterAnd pierces the skies with raysSparkles through trees, flustersThe bright becoming of summer days Josh Alfred
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Swimming Within Eyes seem to focusOn something withinFloating inwardPlaces I've never beenImaginary riversOf thoughts racing pastThe fisher castsHis line, the mind asks.Coming to answersSeen in habitsMaking a wishSwim alongMischievous fish Josh Alfred
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Tame The natural wonders of the wild west,Sound off thunders, as they heave their chests.All are of different shades of hideOne to tame, one to ride,One to ride and make civilTame the beast with patient whittle.Friends all free, new one's in stable.Mastered the wild and made it able.Take the spirit and break its lawFastened to its passion with a click andYee-Haw! Josh Alfred
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The Blue Mountains I am walking up the blue mountains:to reach God's heavenly sight,to see the glory in the landscape,to be rushed with emotions,to expand my focus on the horizonto gaze at the colors in the clouds. Josh Alfred
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The Cave Man The ancients say its so,So we to the right goRoaming in a dark caveShadows on the wallsChained but well-behavedThe truth outside ignitesThe light outside is brightBut in there its been so dull.Idols of lords and themselvesScattered in the cornersTruth if worth an art to theeWould not divide with bordersBut expand with all its wealth and beA sum of transcendtal ideasNot brought down to dusts.It would exceed all thingsAnd take away all their vital lusts.A turn you might fail to makeSo, if all could reap and carryThey'd come out of cave with merryDropping all their useless know-howTo succeed with what was endowedUpon seeing the fervent lightAnd straying not so, to imperfect sight.If all the forms rested in reach of theeI'd find a man, a man, to teach of me.Could crocked idols pass awayAnd all absolute truth come my wayI'd hide it for awhile moreAnd not make it bane, but great splendorIn the end of trial, truth got him killed.Outside he walks, spirit willed. Josh Alfred
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The Love Of Earth And Sun Sun and earth share a loveSeen in their seasonsI know their marriage well. The wind sighs at itWith a chill, plucks leaves,From tired trees, giving up.In the brisk first days of autumnThe ground is a blanketOf laying vagrantsWhile the high horizons blushWith color, the earth movesAway from her lover.I whisper more in autumn,Blood stirs with a mystery. I lit a campfire one nightAnd the next day, see green needlesCoated with a white fluffy glaze.A puddle, from a late autumn rainCreeps back forth, ice to water.The Earth is distant from her love,With flakes floating, as a drizzleOF innocent good-byes.My perception of time slowsI frown more in the winter. Time speeds when I seeWhite mountains ablating downSidewalks, and parking lots.Its as if the sun, wrote the earthAn Apology, and in answerAll her life leaps with warm forgivenessFrom a silent sleepingOf her icy resentment.I smile more in spring. Finally, the sun makes loveTo the earth, steaming.
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Waters, causing storms,Of passion moving about in pure gleeWith love rekindled, world delights.I love more in the summer. Josh Alfred
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The Midnight Dead The clock struck midnight.And time beget the haunting hour.Rain was accompanied by flash of light.And the children awoke with terror. Wind whistled into the atticWaking the sleeping spiritsHowls sent the children in panicGhosts sang their ancient lyrics.The clock swayed with a tockChild spirit absconded the stairsA parent ghost let out a mock'You're not going anywhere.' Heavy foot-falls made wood moan,The child's room door slammed closeA ghost girl walked to window alongAnd asked the two kids to follow. Little Andrew looked at WillThe lever on the door severedThe father was coming to killHis step-daughter, as her mother Father ghost couldn't see the twoAs he walked over to windowThey watched what the ghost man would do.He turned and looked at the two quiet evil. He raised his shot-gun to kill.The two children were already dead.His sons, Andre and little Will.Blown off their tiny heads. The father wasn't finished.He climbed onto the roof.Rain caused balance to diminishFell on his head, and gone with a poof.
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The clock struck midnight.And the ghost emerged in air.The father called out his plight,'You're not going anywhere.' __Halloween 2014 Josh Alfred
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The Moon And The Wolf The moon is whiteLike wolf's teeth.The moon is crescentLike wolf's smile.The moon's reflection is sharpLike wolf's razor claws.The moon's halo is blurryLike white warm fur. Josh Alfred
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The Warriors Of Spring Little buds, like warriors in the earthRise again, again, like the resurrectedTaking each weapons of colorA posture of a delicate valorThe rains call them to an upriseAnd spring sends them battling bugs to befriend Josh Alfred
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There Blue sky settles.The mountains cry rivers.Clouds speak rage.Old vines wither.Trees wrinkle with age.Oceans sink deeper.Mountains stay tall.World spins quicker.Might trees fall.Rise to set.Wake to rest. Josh Alfred
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Through The Night The night had fallen,Down, down, down. A stirring in the woodsA fog from runner's breathA faint echo from an owlColder, darker, chills Dangers all concealedOh how the silence growsDeeper into the woodColder, darker, chills A white back light.A glowing devious smile,Like evil in the sky.Colder, darker, chills Secrets in the treesTheir branches sway slowlyThe fallen colors crunchColder, darker, chills Claw marks in the groundSerpents in the bushWebs between treesColder, darker, chills Lights in windowsChimney smoke dancesThe night is softColder, darker, chills. Sleeping, sleeping, dreamsDeeper, deeper, thingsHollow, hollow, breathColder, darker, chills.
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To Make A Wish If I could pluck a starLike yellow appleI'd hold it in my palmAnd make a wish. If I could find a golden jar,I'd wax it to wakeA purple genieAnd make a wish. If I could blow out the fire,Upon a candle's head.I'd puff with all my might,And make a wish. Josh Alfred
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To Repose The Earth,Floats him through the heavens,As he is sent down naked pathsSeeing beauty of the shaded globe,After the tiresome walk of workHe delights with nature in handOutside of his place of livingHe is converted by beauties placeAnd shares harmony with repose _Inspired by Emerson. Josh Alfred
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Two Beings Two beings/Chasing dreams/Spinning around the sun/On an everlasting mission/To save the species/From the blackness/Of their utter extinction/Love or oblivion. Josh Alfred
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Under The Stars Under the starsAre little mindsUnder the starsAre thoughts of all kinds.Under the starsAre the beautiful things.Under the starsThe woman sings.Under the starsGoes on the night.Under the starsTwo held tight.Under the starsI see with my eyesUnder the starsSweet dreams, survive! Josh Alfred
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Voice Of The Wild I am the voice of the wildI am the speaker for beastsI do communicate the nature,Growth, decay, lasting, fading.I am the voice of the wild.Representing the patterns.Conceiving possible order.Aware of all that may be.I am the voice of the wild.What I see I may sound.I am the voice of the wild.Uttering all that is around.I am the voice of the wild.A command of a roar known.The squawk of bird in action.The darkness when left alone.I am the voice of the wildKing of kingdom for awarenessPoet of a sonnet for experience,Artist, speaker, nature's own. Josh Alfred
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Walking Dead There is nothing left to think,My mind has become a cageEssence happens to shrinkAs I dither down the page. Still I hear the silence;An awaiting empty sound.No more inner guidance,Buried, center ground. Distance from the usual.Emotions seem bizarre.An existence of the casualNever knowing what you are. People walking dead,Reflection but a skeleton.Are my lines are said,My rhymes simply irrelevant. Josh Alfred
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War And The Waterfall Pounding waterLike violent menAligned in battle.White foamy waterLike dying menLost to battle.Rocks all roundLike brown helmetsWrapped around heads.Rushing watersLike bloodFrom dying soldiersSpringing watersLike tears of griefFrom the breathed. Josh Alfred
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When A Poet Fades - I struggle everyday with my pen in hand,I take a little break, but I'm still writingEverywhere I go, the more I understand. All that I know, I put onto paper.I express my soul, and that of the earth's.Changing my own perspective dailyI take note of the beauty in the dull.I am blinded from inspiration rarely,For I see the world in full. But to see such a world can be a burdenFor the world goes beyond words sometimes.What am I to do when complexity is heightened,When no words reprimand the beauty I find? With what words then will I write with,What echoes of my spirit will do nature justice?I see now the world isn't meant for saving,In petty words, of wisdom.Beauty must be found with out craving,Eternally, for a new expression. Lust must be exchanged for love,And love must be relationship,So when I see things around and above,I must know them as I know myself. When I know the world like a friendMy writing will end,For then I will never be lostWith company of complete content. Josh Alfred
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Where Is The Rose Here is the rose,That I picked from the gardenHere is the rose,I placed in her hand,Here is the rose,The scent of delightHere is the roseA memory of right.Here is the rose,A symbol of bold beauty.Here is the rose,I placed by her grave.Here is the rose,Her beauty saved.Here is the rose,Penitence of her errs.Here is the rose,Folded beauty inward,Outward beauty there. Josh Alfred
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White Castle On a high cliff jutting outwardTo reach ocean breezeA pale medieval castleProclaims its ownership of land/The mounts that surroundMake it quaint and profoundIt once was a look-out,With brave men stood with glassNow old boats sailing slowly below on seaGive the castle an eerie vibrancy -A haunting echo of silenceThat streams to the ends of eternity. Josh Alfred
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White Wolves Pale drawn creatures,Haunting habitats,In packs;Worshipers of LunaHowling at herPerfection;Ghosts of lush terrains.Burrowing for sleep,In grass dens;Spirits, of earth's repose;The white wolves span. Josh Alfred
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Winter 1 Fallen all the leaves.Snow blankets pine trees.Covered with a white bliss.Tender flakes like lover's kiss. Josh Alfred
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Winter 10 From heaven flows a winter gustBlows through crystal flakesWind carries a frothy dustWhite fills the winter lakes Josh Alfred
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Winter 11 Time for slumberYawns the bearMid DecemberLet's get out of here! Josh Alfred
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Winter 12 Comes the cold arctic airNot that I could ever spareBut a simple warm flare,Among the white despair. Josh Alfred
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Winter 2 Cold hands, red cheeksSnow beds, white skiesEach snowflake a frosty freakChaos designed, minute size. Josh Alfred
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Winter 3 Flakes jump and danceLumps of frozen groundA winters weatherly tranceStill and quiet, no sound Josh Alfred
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Winter 4 Cold chill through the spineRolled up in many coversBlizzard calls the night mineHeated, are the two lovers. Josh Alfred
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Winter 5 Night glows white, how lovelyEach flake, so fluffyA gram of ice and airAn intoxicating pair Josh Alfred
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Winter 6 I begin to shakeI begin to shiverSnow on trees quakeBranches seem to quiver. Josh Alfred
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Winter 7 Cold wind of frostIce slippery pathRushing in at any costFootprints the aftermath Josh Alfred
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Winter 8 God of winter sits at throneFrom chimneys come the smokeSnow covers all of the homesThe icicles seem to poke Josh Alfred
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Winter 9 Ice pounds of glassSkaters moving fastSnow, fluffy as the birdsFlakes like random words. Josh Alfred
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Wistful Symphony Of Love A heavenly concoction of chemicals.A romance as frivolous as the wind.Behind the letters, there's love.But behind the questions there's doubt.THe middle of this symphonyIs running out. No vibrations left.An ending slipping away,As fast your hands from mine.As quick as your lips from my mouth.As swift as our bodies parting in space.This song has run its chorus.There is no repeating, no cycling,Because the note of our love, play no more. Josh Alfred
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With Human Hands Homes of all people/Machines producing/Clothes on all backs/Food on all tables/Books, apart of life's stories/Photos in all albums/Gardens of all kinds/Humans of all dispositions/Facts of all sciences/Faiths of all religions/Songs of all graces/Lights of all brilliance/Designed with human hands. Josh Alfred
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Won't Comply I'll slice my neck with your anger,I'll peel back my skin and bleed.I hate it when you make peace a stranger.A little bit of good release is what I need. Bones in my body are cracking.My heart keeps skipping beat.Good emotion is what I am lacking,As I die here slowly in this seat. A failure without some success.You hate me for being great.I always try to do my best,But sometimes I get torn by fate. Words drill holes through my heart.My ears won't stop burning.Where should I even start,To tell you how much I am hurting. Burdens are mounting,Scars I have won't close.In myself I am doubting.My raw emotion shows. My demons won't behave.The worst is yet to come.Choose suffering or the grave.Sometimes darkness looks like fun. Words won't reveal enough.Your ears can't hear me clearly.I said all the stuffI can say to you about me. Josh Alfred
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Wrong Direction Sight far-reachingMy mind is teachingMe a lesson in being.Wisdom streachingEyes are catchingFigments of truth,I am seeing.I now despiseThe many told liesThat in my youthI believed.Beneath the disguiseI see with open eyesHow lost one can beWhen decieved.I've been stultifiedDirected by a foolish guideNow I know that I must lead.Ahead I must go,To a place I knowWhere confusionNo longer blares.Onto the futureI must holdWith a visionOf self-repsectAnd undying care. Josh Alfred
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You Are Love Sent To Me You are love sent to meIt exists even to the heavensYou are love sent to meTo ease my aching heart.You are love sent to meLike a magicians magic.You are love to sent to meThat stars me back in the eyes.You are love sent to meWith arms made for hugging.You are love sent to meKissing as we are lovers.You are love sent to meWelcoming me home again.You are love sent to meEach moment made sweet.You are love sent to meBetween the distance of our hands.You are love sent to meGaining joy from one another.You are love sent to meAs we age in many passing days.You are love sent to me.A feeling I can hardly describe.You are love sent to meRemaining in my heart.You are love sent to me.The source till the end of time. Josh Alfred
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