Joe Ricotta Poems

K - Kindness is shown by what we say and do.
I - It says to the other person, 'I care about you.'
N - Never neglect to show kindness to everyone you see.
D - Day or night, young or old, whoever it may be.
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The weeping of the guitar
begins.
The goblets of dawn
are smashed.
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on a night like this when vigil stars gather
brilliantly in glint lustrous sky—thoughts
of you explode in many marigolds—
my heart is like a parchment paper that i
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The dawning hour takes her first breath
rising high bringing warmth to the earth
flowering blossoms stand tall greeting her
as the sun begins to fire up the hearth.
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dying grass caressing a child's neck,
laying down under the bristling trees
a crooked rainbow pinwheel spinning gently
the child grips the bark of the tree
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He strutted ‘cross the barnyard tall and proud,
away from all the bustle of the crowd;
the other roosters in the yard felt cowed,
to him they meekly stepped aside and bowed.
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