RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Wondering about things in life that are dying down,
will they eventually disappear altogether?

Looking around, discovering details that are being
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Adversity doesn't worry or shake intellect, because it always
seems to find a way to combat it with a tacit gentle tactful-
ness.
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Breaking into situations and experiences every day,
some being great and others not so much.

Keeping it quiet, walking by windows looking for
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Roaming into and out of tantalizing atmospheres throughout
this life, reaching out to capture rhythms of living that
this being can intuitively sense.
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Looking around while sitting here at Fry's Food Store,
lights shining, being reflected upon the floor, plastic
packaging, glass over menus in little areas.
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Waiting to move forward, at times being hindered by others
or places like the library being closed on a Sunday when
people actually have time on their hands.
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Watching candles burning in the darkness, their flames
enticing imagination, wavering in this mind, mesmerized
by its insistent movement of a lightened beauty.
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Loving puzzles, always doing crosswords, sudoku, crypto-
grams, codes of all types and kinds fascinate this poet.

Challenging mind and intellect throughout the years, al-
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Satisfied with living a poetical life, enjoying experiences
that arrive to share with other poets and people who love
poetry also.
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Meeting strangers along the way, talking, listening, learning
from them, reaching out in serenity, feeling emotions of others
as they come close to this poet.
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