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This Burning Cycle

Posted on April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 by Johannes T. W.

From water To ice To water And now vaporized Into gas That cannot be cubed again This cycle, my dear Burns me to pieces

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The Hope of Havilah

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by Johannes T. W.

The Hope of Havilah The six foot river of Havilah flowed through my valley With its hair wrapped courteously like a bundle of natural roses Standing tall – as the majestic palm tree   Every strike, perfectly seated in its place With dull resplendence   A well dug deep for three decades With water not…

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Mon Billet-Doux – I Love You. I Always Will

Posted on March 31, 2016February 4, 2017 by Johannes T. W.

I wish I had the most melodious voice, I would write and sing you my best of Katie’s choice. But all I have are my sickly thumbs, That type all my love talks and then go numb. Love is my weakest link. Always the pit I fall to its brink, But happy is this with…

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A HERO’S VERSE

Posted on December 24, 2015February 4, 2017 by Johannes T. W.

  When I am rested at six foot below, And in vacuous ambience Of frozen body, mind and soul, Spirit divined transcends. I cannot twitch to my assailer’s blow   When darkness in its weight and thickened moist, Is all my shut gaze can dote, And uncertainty of my spirit’s final host; Either to demon’s…

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Before The Flower Withered

Posted on August 3, 2015February 4, 2017 by Johannes T. W.

There was a time, That every time was our time. When our thoughts were golden And the worship of a lover’s shrine. Then I would dote on your every nuance, I will look into your eyes and tell the diameter of your iris. I will adore every detail of your body. There was an hour,…

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Kidati – A Poem

Posted on April 16, 2015February 4, 2017 by Johannes T. W.

The perfectly drawn of France’s curve, To light up the oval kingdom, Host to my adoration; Your smile. Your sharp and cat-ed eyes, Mild in sight, but stout in mind, My seer of all that is beautiful Good and worthy. Hair, as the sunrise flow of the Lake of Bagauda. Her, the apex of beauty…

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Welcome to my world – The Gallery

Posted on December 16, 2014February 4, 2017 by Johannes T. W.

“My world is an art gallery. Everything I see, to me, has this amazing aesthetic and ornamental presentation in its existence. As far as I am concerned, there is a most profound beauty in every creature. And even in our acts, our every smile, move, gesture, stillness and mood, there lies in each, a unique…

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