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Just Breathe: C.Fay Shlanda

04/18/2025 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

BreatheTo gasp for airA ragged inhalationBreathing is not always so easy to do Fast is how it goes when panic sets inSlow is how it feels when I try to recoverThe rasp in my chest speaks volumesMy oxygen intake is short and shallowDeep is how I wish I could draw air inLong is how I … Continue reading Just Breathe: C.Fay Shlanda

Peace: Cassandra Kulay

04/18/2025 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

Drifting snow brings peace, looking out at the landscapeit’s hard to believe there are wars raging, at Christmasthe wish for peace is a common wish and, for a while,we had it, but mankind is warlike and it’s only a matterof time before a nation decides to seize politicalpower and to hell with the innocents who … Continue reading Peace: Cassandra Kulay

Sir. Snow beard: Joyce Lancaster

04/18/2025 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

I'm your urban cowboy with a southern drawl. I sleepwalk and drink a lot. Furthermore, I'm riding down to Clark's Dale ranch. How I don't get a branch stuck in my old beater of a truck. Haven't you painted it, Mr.? Are there any jobs wishing to hire someone like me? Try the local Employment … Continue reading Sir. Snow beard: Joyce Lancaster

The Cascade of Colours: Joyce Lancaster

04/18/2025 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

Green, blue, yellow, red,Are the colours of the colour wheel.Blue, is supposed to be a calming effect for people.I used to resent my depression, but, if I could turn it into a positive cascade of colour, then I would know I’m ok.

The Gentle Breeze: Richard Edwards

04/18/2025 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

The gentle breeze,Plays across the water.It carries with it, the hopes and dreams.Of, the lovers, here, with their children.It is beautiful.The dream is carried, by the young at heart.And what we bring, to the young is a blessing.Love is what I offer, for the belief we are loved.Our hearts are pure.The dream we believe, when … Continue reading The Gentle Breeze: Richard Edwards

The Karma Gods: Robert St. Germain

04/18/2025 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

The Karma Gods will crush you.If you screw around too much.What goes around comes around.You can only push your luck so much.Until it bites you in the ass.Fate cannot be avoided for one day it will catch up to you.What’s done is done and can never be reversed.Watch what you do for everything you do … Continue reading The Karma Gods: Robert St. Germain

Special Dreams: Richard Edwards

01/25/2025 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

When you go to sleep.So quiet the stars are resting,the sun is in full view.Winter is in full rest.The birds are in their nests.Children sleep.you can’t hear a peep.Softly it rises into the sky,we wonder why?Gently the words fall from our lips. To thy ear,it is a yearning of the heart,that the words say. It … Continue reading Special Dreams: Richard Edwards

A Plane Across the Sky

01/25/2025 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

To Gwyneth with LoveTo the Glory of God Love poetry is the effort to divide out love and beauty.You are that beauty.Clouds scattering for the love of bluesharing in a sunrise.Laughter has its source in beauty.Irony is a sense of comparisonas if your statue is all the art there is.Joy is one king of laughterhumour … Continue reading A Plane Across the Sky

Crush: Cassandra Kulay

01/25/2025 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

A crush can be embarrassing, if the feeling is unreturned.Eventually we get passed it and file it under lessons learned.To save your affection for the one who loves you;to not be crushed by your crush.And, to change your point of view;to let your feelings evaporate, like morning dew.It may be that dreams are empty and … Continue reading Crush: Cassandra Kulay

Untitled III: Brittney Fox

01/25/2025 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

Burying me is my remorse; my anguish and my depletion.Grounding me are my built-in perceptions of the gravitational forces that bind my ability to attract and subtract my emotions.Ravishing me is the hunger for justice and the sacredness of thy reflection.Punishing me are the magnificent waves of periodic affection and the whiplash from the dreaded … Continue reading Untitled III: Brittney Fox

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