RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Reasoning falling down, looking around, knowing
what's happening as it logically thinks out loud.
Calmly getting up and not letting anything get in
the way as it stands and fights for the freedom
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Wispy white clouds floating above, guiding earth
to it's destiny in skies of bluest peace.
Touching heaven with a gentle feeling, absorbing
peace as I watch it carefully cover my mind in
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Pressing rhythm as it touches my brain, relating words
and definitions to meanings of life, as it rotates in
unendingly beautiful accord.
Surrendering self into a gentle musical melody,
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Sitting in a restaurant, eating, looking around,
seeing a diverse clientele representing many
nationalities.
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When life is half over we fold unto ourselves,
partly alive, part death already.
We transpire into a past dream-like state,
living automatically from habit.
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Felicity of feelings touching my soul's mind,
brings exquisite beauty to unfold.

Life penetrates reality with imaginative
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Looking through mirrors of yesterday, seeing images
of your face hauntingly reminding me of our lives
together in harmony and love.
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Dancing, swinging, swaying, smiling all the while,
my little Granddaughters, enjoying music of Peggy
and Neil.
Spinning, turning, holding onto each other as they
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Many moods of rhythm play in tune with my mind as I
write rhythmically with every sound I hear.
Playing by ear, writing through my soul as it is
stirred beyond imagination's abyss.
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Socrates-smart, articulating words and phrases of
intelligent life on scores of ambivalent rhetoric
and samplings of tomorrow's pages in history books.
All endeavors, including good and evil battling
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