Potions of Love

Joint Poetry by Venkataraman L.N. and Joseph Kurian

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Youth rekindled

Something I have longed for 
since nineteen seventy-seven
arrived on Christmas morning
with a little slice of heaven

My own Millennium Falcon
and an AT-AT for good measure
which after careful building
I can keep and always treasure

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Kittens

kernels kind, karmic kitsch
karyogamic keys, kind kittens
keyboard kneaded, knurled knees
kittens’ knowhow, knight’s kaizen

MY HOLIDAY WISH FOR YOU – 2020

To You, My Dear Friends and Followers,

I’m sending Happy Holiday Wishes to you wherever you are in the world and however you celebrate this
time of Year!

May Love, Peace, Joy, Health and Happiness fill your heart and make you want to share it with family, Loved ones and everyone else!!

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!!
Chuck Lindholm

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WISHING YOU PEACE, LOVE AND HOPE

Please Do Your Part To Help Keep The Spirit Of This Holiday Season In Your Heart All Year Long
And Share It With Others You Know And Meet!!!

Chuck Lindholm
The Reluctant Poet

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HAIKU:THE ESSENCE OF THE SEASON

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Holiday Haiku

Open

Open your footpaths, for are we not all travelers of the road?
I say to death with your walled gardens, to death with your gates,
to death with all the looming towers of 900 rooms for a dozen men;
I say, let’s put back the prairie grass, let’s call home the deer
and have them roam, shoveling the forests with trodding hooves
so we may stroll behind their journeys, hearing trees purr.   

Creative synchrony

It’s not the frame

No Truer Friend

To condescend
Is not unkind,

Random acts of kindness

A random act of kindness
in a word or by a deed
can bring a ray of sunshine
to someone who has the need

I Remember

I Remember

Life is full of so many blessings

that it is small of me to complain

about its challenges,

but I sometimes still do,

forgetting that challenges

are often the greatest opportunities

for growth and learning.

And then there are those

thankfully rare

other times

Phantoms No More

You took the phantoms
from my life
locked ’em up and out of site
with gentle hands, a simple kiss

Eyes and ears, m’dear

Hear the things,

they speak with their eyes

Words are a lair’s arsenal,

look just how lightly they step

around promises, and juggle emotions

Look within you for your truths,

see what injustice strikes you like a fist,

understand what you stand for.

The outside, of many things, is a facade

the innards, soul and belief belie this

Flesh and bone, masks and smiles

housing within a starlight light,

or void blackness

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Even in the depths
Of human atrocities

A Teacher’s Heart of Gold- Poetry challenge

 

A Teacher’s Heart of Gold

by 50djohnson Debbie

 

A Teacher’s Heart of Gold

The first day of school is special each year as I look up and down each row.

Looking at  new supplies, new shoes, new clothes, what is most important doesn’t show.

Within minutes, they show you who is the brightest star…

It’s also very evident who carries the deepest scars.

Track To Kindness

The poem pierces the night
a whistle that rounds the track
awakening the memory of
what not yet has happened

Take Care of Each Other

Take care of each other.
Whether there be Father or Mother,
Take care.

You will collide with each other.
You will inflict wounds and be wounded.

Deliberations at my Window

Little things
Hold together, dear atoms cling to form matter,
To form

This hair of mine,
These hands,
This breast,
This heart,
This mind.

Several mountains I have climbed and have never fallen,
Yet stumbled I have on a lone, poorly placed pebble.

Love In Action

Love In Action

 My life changed forever

Became so much better

When I learned kindness and passion

Satisfaction

Satisfaction

I’m often asked in what I believe

And the goals I’m trying to achieve.

So Much Better

Ego and pettiness

Add to life’s travails.

Solace

Writing brings solace

When my heart aches

What Warms My Heart

Whatever wakes up

My brain cells

Is a good thing.

From fantasy,

Laughter,

And hearing children sing.

Highs and Lows

Highs and Lows

I never

Feel raised up

When I

Put down

Anyone

Joy

To hear the beating of the smallest heart

and pause in respect and reverence,

know and honor unspoken dreams,

welcome those with open arms

Goodness

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A patience a day
Kinds words to say
Compassion to feel
Faith to heal
Honesty to do
Strength to stay true

Home Maintenance

Our lawns need mowing
A cobweb’s growing
A gate is sagging
Repairs are lagging
Shelves are dusty
A latch is rusty
A faucet leaks
Our hall floor creaks
Laundry’s piled on the floor
A broken knob is on a door
Our housekeeping is far from kept
But our home’s well maintained in some respects

Myth

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I choose
Mercy over madness.
Kindness over pride.
Love over lust.
Me over what is not growing me.