Submissions by NewBeginnings
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
A nature enthusiast, and a connoisseur of art, science, and music. Poetry, as well as music, help me to organize my thoughts, and enable me to express myself in a more constructive and creative fashion.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Mar 2019 1:03am
10th Mar 2019 1:03am
The Recipe For Life
Water, wind, fire, rain
Pleasure, fear, hunger, pain
Trees, flowers, mountains, grass
Daisies, lilies, sassafras
Thunder, lightning, magma, ice
Chicken, corn, beans, rice
Bananas, apples, oranges, cherries
Watermelon, mangoes, grapes, berries
Earthquakes, avalaches, sinkholes, blizzards
Frogs, turtles, snakes, lizards
Wildfires, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes
Cucumbers, onions, lettuce, tomatoes
Electrons, atoms, protons, neutrons
Organs, cells, nerves, neurons
Monkeys, lions, tigers, bears
Doctors,...
Pleasure, fear, hunger, pain
Trees, flowers, mountains, grass
Daisies, lilies, sassafras
Thunder, lightning, magma, ice
Chicken, corn, beans, rice
Bananas, apples, oranges, cherries
Watermelon, mangoes, grapes, berries
Earthquakes, avalaches, sinkholes, blizzards
Frogs, turtles, snakes, lizards
Wildfires, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes
Cucumbers, onions, lettuce, tomatoes
Electrons, atoms, protons, neutrons
Organs, cells, nerves, neurons
Monkeys, lions, tigers, bears
Doctors,...
#food
#TruthOfLife
#LifeCycle
#art
#dance
657 reads
15 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Mar 2019 1:34am
9th Mar 2019 1:34am
The Power Within You
The power is within you
To build up or break down
To love or to hate
The ones you’re around
The power is within you
To decide what is right
To keep holding on
Or to give up the fight
The power is within you
To survive or to thrive
To take or to give
To be dead or alive
It’s all up to you
If you leave or you stay
If you keep coming back
Or start walking away
We all have a choice
So which will it be?
Will you look to the light
Or the dark in thee?
To build up or break down
To love or to hate
The ones you’re around
The power is within you
To decide what is right
To keep holding on
Or to give up the fight
The power is within you
To survive or to thrive
To take or to give
To be dead or alive
It’s all up to you
If you leave or you stay
If you keep coming back
Or start walking away
We all have a choice
So which will it be?
Will you look to the light
Or the dark in thee?
#power
#motivational
#uplifting #choices
#uplifting #choices
1101 reads
21 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Feb 2019 8:15pm
27th Feb 2019 8:15pm
Empty Pleasures
such empty pleasures
are merely a distraction
from the awful truth
are merely a distraction
from the awful truth
#dark
#corruption
#consumerism
#ignorance
#emptiness
809 reads
19 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
24th Feb 2019 4:25am
24th Feb 2019 4:25am
Ocean Eyes
Her eyes are like the bluest skies, reflecting off the open ocean.
Her lips are like a blissful breeze, arousing all of my emotions.
Her touch, to me, so tantalizing, raises hairs upon my back.
Her taste is like no other; Of words I have a lack…
Her lips are like a blissful breeze, arousing all of my emotions.
Her touch, to me, so tantalizing, raises hairs upon my back.
Her taste is like no other; Of words I have a lack…
#love
#sea
#sky
#sensual
#passion
1286 reads
28 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
22nd Feb 2019 6:03am
22nd Feb 2019 6:03am
The Lonely Loon
A loon sits lonely on the lake,
Singing her somber songs.
Her cries ring out into the night,
For the perfect drake, she longs.
Her haunting melodies echo clear,
Far across the frozen land,
As her cries reach out to the listening ear
Of another lonely loon at hand.
Singing her somber songs.
Her cries ring out into the night,
For the perfect drake, she longs.
Her haunting melodies echo clear,
Far across the frozen land,
As her cries reach out to the listening ear
Of another lonely loon at hand.
#loneliness
#birds
#night
#nature
#music
1635 reads
26 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Feb 2019 3:40am
20th Feb 2019 3:40am
Her
the fire in her eyes
sparks up a conversation
yet, I am speechless
sparks up a conversation
yet, I am speechless
#love
#romantic
#beauty
#fire
#passion
988 reads
25 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Feb 2019 11:33pm
17th Feb 2019 11:33pm
Birdbrain
Tsip!
Ooh, what was that?!
That sounded a bit different...
Tsip!
Okay, that's definitely something different!
Tsip!
I wonder if it could be a fox sparrow!
Nah, probably just a..."
Tsip!
I don't know, maybe it IS a fox
sparrow!
Tsip!
Yeah! That's gotta' be a fox sparrow!
Now I just have to find the little guy...
Tsip!
Is that you hiding in the brush?
Tsip!
Yeah, I hear you in there somewhere
Tsip!
Aha! There he is!
Come on... Just a little to the right so I can see your face!
Tsip! ...
Ooh, what was that?!
That sounded a bit different...
Tsip!
Okay, that's definitely something different!
Tsip!
I wonder if it could be a fox sparrow!
Nah, probably just a..."
Tsip!
I don't know, maybe it IS a fox
sparrow!
Tsip!
Yeah! That's gotta' be a fox sparrow!
Now I just have to find the little guy...
Tsip!
Is that you hiding in the brush?
Tsip!
Yeah, I hear you in there somewhere
Tsip!
Aha! There he is!
Come on... Just a little to the right so I can see your face!
Tsip! ...
#birds
#nature
#MyInspiration
#learning
#passion
708 reads
24 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
11th Feb 2019 11:03pm
11th Feb 2019 11:03pm
Walking in the Wilderness
Walking in the wilderness, I find solace amongst the cypress trees;
In the arms of nature’s sweet embrace, where birds sing cheerful melodies.
Far beyond the numbing drone of traffic, the mechanical whirr of human noise;
The screaming sirens of the city, and the cries of little girls and boys.
On a wooden bench beside the water, in a place that only we know,
Magic memories were softly planted; in the gardens of our minds, they grow.
Where the seed of love once sprouted under the shade of our favorite mulberry tree,
Our love did bloom and grow, and a...
In the arms of nature’s sweet embrace, where birds sing cheerful melodies.
Far beyond the numbing drone of traffic, the mechanical whirr of human noise;
The screaming sirens of the city, and the cries of little girls and boys.
On a wooden bench beside the water, in a place that only we know,
Magic memories were softly planted; in the gardens of our minds, they grow.
Where the seed of love once sprouted under the shade of our favorite mulberry tree,
Our love did bloom and grow, and a...
#love
#trees
#flowers
#birds
#nature
1068 reads
28 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
8th Feb 2019 11:06pm
8th Feb 2019 11:06pm
Sipping On Her Soul
from her luscious lips...
like a hummingbird, I drink
the sweetest nectar
like a hummingbird, I drink
the sweetest nectar
#romantic
#erotic
#lover
#sensual
#passion
889 reads
42 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
4th Feb 2019 7:44am
4th Feb 2019 7:44am
Reflections of You
reflections of you
mirrored softly in my mind
by the water's edge
mirrored softly in my mind
by the water's edge
#love
#romantic
#ILoveYou
#beauty
#mirror
1111 reads
42 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
3rd Feb 2019 5:44am
3rd Feb 2019 5:44am
Smoke and Mirrors
The masked crusader rides again,
Hidden beneath a brilliant guise;
A fictitious smile upon his face,
Conceals the pain behind his troubled eyes.
He rides along so silently,
With a cool demeanor as a blind;
From the war which rages violently,
Deep inside his weary mind.
But you could see it, couldn’t you?
The pain behind his hazel eyes;
Just beyond the smoke and mirrors,
To the underlying truth that lies.
As he rides his horse into the night,
The man behind the mask revealed;
The smoke...
Hidden beneath a brilliant guise;
A fictitious smile upon his face,
Conceals the pain behind his troubled eyes.
He rides along so silently,
With a cool demeanor as a blind;
From the war which rages violently,
Deep inside his weary mind.
But you could see it, couldn’t you?
The pain behind his hazel eyes;
Just beyond the smoke and mirrors,
To the underlying truth that lies.
As he rides his horse into the night,
The man behind the mask revealed;
The smoke...
#sadness
#depression
#mirror
#confusion
#SelfReflection
823 reads
14 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Feb 2019 2:52pm
1st Feb 2019 2:52pm
The Woodpecker's Way
knock, knock, knock, knock*...*knock, knock, knock*
Somewhere in Cambridge, deep within the forest...
a downy woodpecker is hammering at the base of an old cypress tree,
chiseling away at the wood, carefully carving out its nesting cavity.
Bit by bit, the old, petrified bark cracks and splinters away from its core,
Revealing the soft, light-colored cambium beneath.
As the crowning cambium peeks out from the darkened wood of the decaying bark,
Contrasting shades of color coalesce, painted against a cerulean sky
Where...
Somewhere in Cambridge, deep within the forest...
a downy woodpecker is hammering at the base of an old cypress tree,
chiseling away at the wood, carefully carving out its nesting cavity.
Bit by bit, the old, petrified bark cracks and splinters away from its core,
Revealing the soft, light-colored cambium beneath.
As the crowning cambium peeks out from the darkened wood of the decaying bark,
Contrasting shades of color coalesce, painted against a cerulean sky
Where...
#forest
#trees
#birds
#nature
#bees
808 reads
19 Comments
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