Living Life

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We know we’re alive when we…

Feel the heartbeat, the throb and pulse of life,

The joy and pain, the sunshine and rain of life,

Squeeze the last drops to savour the flavour.

Living life, loving life…

The good and the bad, the happy and sad,

En-Courage others to do the same,

Inspire them to honour His name

And raise our spirit to a higher plane…

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©Denise G Allen, 01 May 2013 05:39

Second Hand Life

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We are lucky to live in the here and now

More than one life it is possible to lead

Always supposing we have learned how to read

Books galore – whatever your fancy

Other worlds, other words

Romance, adventure, true life and fiction

In all the tongues of the world

Recordings will suffice with clear diction

Or projection of pictures, both moving and still

One can also discover (uncover) a skill

Life imitating art mimicking life…

But remember life is for living

We are starring in it -

So don’t waste a minute…

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©Denise G Allen, 24 April 2013 05:51

Time and Space

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Intractable, invincible,

Relentless, unstoppable,

Inexorable, inescapable, unavoidable,

Time…

Youth fades as the dew falls,

Seasons come and go,

Life can last for a minute, an hour, a day,

A week, a month, a year, a decade,

But never… forever…

As things are now.

Time takes its toll:

We can run the race,

Keep up the pace,

But when our time is up,

Our place in space complete,

Our life on earth replete,

There is no escape.

Our golden years are all too short

And autumn leaves must fall

Until spring’s new shoots take bud

For a spectacular new birth.

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©Denise G Allen, Monday, 22 April 2013 06:48

Our Journey

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A gruelling journey

Over mountain crags,

Steep cliffs, wide clefts,

Waters-falling, echoes calling,

In sun and rain, arduous terrain,

Boulders, rocks, and stones,

A TAXing, TIRing test

Demanding our very best

To culminate in sucCESS.

If it were easy, stress-free,

Our victory would be worth-less.

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©Denise G Allen, 24 March 2013 07:11

Ups and Downs

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I believe

We’re here to learn

To take our turn,

But do we choose

Or are we chosen

For the ups and downs,

Sink or swim,

Survive or drown

In the troubled waters

Of life.

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©Denise G Allen, 18 February 2013 06:06

The Soft Kiss

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The soft kiss of rain

On cracked, arid earth

Awakens hormones

Releases pheromones

Igniting life

Inciting breath

And ultimately death

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©DGA 06 May 2012 10:53

Spring

Spring

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Spring

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Life stirs after winter’s death,

Its long, cold sleep thru the snow and sleet,

Bare twigs and dead sticks

Tingle with awakening

And new life shows its nose

Gingerly testing before resurrecting;

A time of marvels and miracles

Where life lives and death dies

Under lightening skies.

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Image: Author

©DGA 25 April 2012 07:39

This was posted in LinkedIn Groups, Poets, Spring, on 25.04.2012.

 

Circles and Rings

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Circles of life

And of seasons

Circles of time

And of reasons

Rings within rings

We go round and round

In our existence

Subsistence

Spinning fast

Spinning slow

Dizzy, giddy

Quite unsteady

If we pause to think

We are on the brink

A balancing act

As a matter of fact

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©DGA 15 March 2012 07:56

River of Life

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It rises in the mountains;

Continually in motion

It flows towards the sea

Obeying the call of the ocean.

Steep cliffs are no constraint;

It flings itself over chasms

In scenic cascades and falls

Plunging into rainbows

To lie deep in pools below.

It snakes across the valleys,

Carves its path in stone

And races ‘cross rocky outcrops,

The water white with foam.

It bubbles over pebbles,

And gushes through the rushes,

It laps on sandy shores,

Its course, its flood, its flow

Sprays the land adjoining

To allow the crops to grow.

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©DGA 13 February 2012 11:44

Multi Sided

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My heart is on the inside

But I sometimes wear it

On the outside of my sleeve

And then there’s the wrong side

Or the left side

And the right side

Looking on the dark side

Or the bright side

Being on the winning side

Not the losing side

Is the upside

Not the downside of life

Not to mention the blindside

When you fall in love

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©DGA 10 February 2012 07:17