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The Cliff: A Tall Tale

Don't look down
They say
Starve yourself
Of the unknown

For nobody knows
What's below

I shield my eyes from the cliff
Proclaiming my distrust of the ledge

I sway as the wind
Whispers
Horrifying nothings in my ear

I dare not peak
Lest the bottom I seek

Tensing, I coerce the rock
To become one
With my feet

If earth hears my plea
Safety is guaranteed

I find
To my dism...

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fear   couplets   free verse

: Living :

Some fragments of time.

Some moments sublime.

 

          Some lingering thoughts.

          Some yeses and noughts.

 

Some presence so dear.

Some laughter to share.

 

           Some instants of grief.

           Some feelings too deep.

 

Some tasks to be done,

Till there are none.

 

Suvendra C Dasgupta

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Poetry   life   couplets

Ode to the Butterfly Window

I always hoped I’d get a seat next to them—

 

After so many hours in that chair, you look for anything to make you smile.

Most days I came prepared with things to occupy my mind.

 

I carried a book of Kate Bush’s song lyrics, called How to Be Invisible, which had been nearly ruined once when I spilled an entire canteen of water in the bag I packed to take to the hospital.

 

Bu...

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Sixteen Wishes

  I wished I wasn’t so sensitive.


I wished the raised hands of my dad 
couldn’t smack tears into my eyes

I wished to vanish behind the black 
curtains of my shut eyes

I wished I didn’t mind that my white mum 
visited my school wearing African robes

I wished I didn’t believe in ghosts
so I could keep my stain in those shadows

I wished my home wasn’t broken
my...

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Wishes   sixteen   youngster   list poem   couplets   Raymond Antrobus

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