RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Clarity of reality touches imagination, turning it into
a fantasy of surrealism, artfully demonstrating creative
ingenuity of heavenly gifts.
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Clarity of reality touches imagination, turning it into
a fantasy of surrealism, artfully demonstrating creative
ingenuity of heavenly gifts.
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Hiding facets of eternity, death waits in hallways of
non-existence for our appearance in his realms of
evening darkness and final sunsets.
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Striding along bridal paths of nature, feeling exuberant
joy, fulfilling itself in increments of serenity.

Raising and lowering standards in haphazard ways, totaling
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Carefully treading down avenues of mystery, searching for
clues to an impossible existence, void of caring and
tenderness.
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Risking life and limb in imagination's abysses,
scaling canyons and ravines of granite-hard rock,
escaping the mundane, striving for another moment
of expectation to arrive.
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Languishing in effects of musical environments, portraying
a myriad of thoughts in experiential ideas and formulas,
mathematical in nature.
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Singing praises of humanity, feeling sadness of the world
hiding within, hoping in some small way to ease it with
prayer and faith.
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Saddened recollections penetrating consciousness,
trying to grasp memories and their lasting impressions.

Forwarding emotions into deep-set labyrinths, carrying
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Reaching out for companionship, dancing in one another's
arms, hoping to stay together through passing years.

Traveling, creating new traditions to pass on when they
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