Tag: My Poems
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Listening to Mozart
I fancy hands that love the keysDo fly across the board with joyAs Spirit prompts him to rejoiceIn bounty showered from above. All is gift and undeserved:What makes you happy is sheer grace.The soul’s delight in music tooIs proof that God does smile on you! ©2022. Dennis M. Cortes
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Why Write a Poem
Why write a poem? Because there is a desire to do so. Although I fear I know not what I’m doing and am completely ignorant of the rules, the desire is there – to simply give it a try. I do not even know if what comes out qualifies as poetry. But does it matter? […]
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Is The Worst Over?
(A poem for the New Year – 2022) The clock struck twelve and people cheered:A New Year’s now upon us!Car horns blowing, cycles vrooming,Fireworks fill the sky. Amid the noise, the people ask,“Will things go better now this time?”Their hopes are up, but not too much.It won’t be easy to forget A once-in-a-lifetime tragedyThat brought […]
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Life is about books
Guess life’s about books:Better than an iPhone;though still “unreal”,at least they’re not virtual. Some say it’s escape;I strongly disagree.If the book is any good,it’s an undiscovered country full of wonders and ideasand new people and strange places.And when I finally close the coverI then understand life better. And that is the whole purposeof all reading […]
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God (3)
Almighty Money,We worship and adore you. We will kill for you! Copyright Dennis Cortes 2021.
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Selfishness
The evidence doesn’t stand a chance. We only see the facts we want. If it suits me, it must be just;All else is false. In Self I trust. And if somehow my Will can’t win,I blame the universe for the sinOf thwarting my unmet desires. The satisfaction Self requires. Copyright Dennis Cortes 2021.
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God (2)
Who is the true God?The one we really worship. And it isn’t God! Copyright Dennis Cortes 2021.
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Greed
Greed is the pool whereTurds are floating everywhere. Hypocrites swim here. Copyright Dennis Cortes 2021.
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