Roann Mendriq Poems

"Cheer-up! Cheer-up! " chirps my sparrow,
hopping on my window sill;
She takes the path, straight and narrow,
peering at me through iron grill.
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How strange, curious and very true
that when one's heart is overjoyed,
words are vacant, trite and few,
in lines clichéd, lost in a void.
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Tonight the skies will burst and blaze
in gilted colours edged with gold;
in myriad hues and flashing rays,
a dazzling showcase uncontrolled.
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How nice to wake to sounds of song
that lilt upon the sleepy sea;
That make you feel like you belong
to earth and ocean... naturally!
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Deep in the shadows of the night,
a candle sheds its gentle glow;
Sharing softly, its halo's light,
Soothing, healing to restore.
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A neon sun, in furnace sky,
Fiercely brilliant, harshly stark;
Blazing whitehot, burning high,
Sweltering sultry, stubbon spark.
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Rockets streaming in the night sky,
bursting from a single spark;
Laughing fountains reaching high,
fleeing from the dusty dark.
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On evenings when the breeze is chill,
trees cower 'neath the gloomy skies;
that seem to darken up at will,
Anger in their glowering eyes.
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Night's silent whispers, sweet and low,
In quiet hushed tones softly sigh;
Beneath the moonlamp's gentle glow,
Breathless breeze, a lullabye.
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Father God was in His kitchen, cooking up a storm,
Trying a tested recipe...called "Where people come from? "

God took a bowl of chocolate, He added a hint of morning dew,
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