RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Satisfying an inner desire, taking time to express it through
flowers and statements of love.

Knowing thoughts, purposeful glances, hints at romance in the
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Seeing a billboard bragging about gaming in Arizona,
contributing thirty-eight million dollars to
education here in our state.
Why then all the over-rides trying to get money
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Remembering times when younger, playing on seventy-
five acres on Tullo Road.
Willow trees all around, my favorite hiding places
when I wanted to get away from my five younger
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Swirling into another realm of recorded music,
feeling the inspiration filling my soul with
genuine possibilities in aspects of composition.
Allowing for the utmost scientific formulas
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Needing direction at times, because I'm wandering
randomly in a hazy fog, left me from the loss of
a loved one.
Hurting beyond the curtains of death, not knowing
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Window images walking in and out of visual acuity
as I sit and gaze at nature from inside.
A gentle breeze puffing at tree leaves and branches,
allowing them a sensuous freedom of movement for a
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Saturating memories with poignant emotions,
picturing them over and over in many videos.
Overtures of imagination crashing onto shores
of intellectual desire and effrontery in life.
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Strumming stormy skies, rain drizzling down,
listening to the blues, fitting right in with
the mood I'm in today.
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Silence filling hearts during the Christmas season,
when loved ones have passed away.
Empty stares, looking back at past times now gone,
barely alive during this normally cheerful time of
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Walking across the floor, our friend, wanting to
move to the beat and tempo of the music being
played, attempting it half-heartedly and then
giving up.
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