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Tag: Poetry Wednesday

My Sunshine, My Sunset, My Wishes

December 2, 2020December 8, 2020 by Benie Langat, posted in Poetry

"I want to smile, so easily like you do, So genuinely—full of life, full of love; I want to laugh, so heartily like you do, With no thoughts, no sense, more laughter. How I desire..."

Tagged love, poems, Poetry Dec. W1, Poetry Wednesday5 Comments

My Love V.2

December 2, 2020December 8, 2020 by Benie Langat, posted in Poetry

"His infectious laughter! He wriggles in my hold— He looks for a way out; He finds my arms locked, He looks up, surprised, Or pretending to be..."

Tagged love, poems, Poetry Dec. W1, Poetry Wednesday5 Comments

Once With Love

December 2, 2020December 8, 2020 by Benie Langat, posted in Poetry

"In a different time, an old life, Existed a man, unlike what is— I understood many hows, whys, Remained irrelevant; better simple. In a..."

Tagged love, poems, Poetry Dec. W1, Poetry Wednesday2 Comments

Life In Love

December 2, 2020December 8, 2020 by Benie Langat, posted in Poetry

"Such simple a word, yet how great a feeling! Love, entwined in life, cultivated in two; So kind, its kind, so gentle and beautiful— One can never feel two as right as in love. O', what a..."

Tagged love, poems, Poetry Dec. W1, Poetry Wednesday3 Comments

The Mirror In The Dark

December 2, 2020December 8, 2020 by Benie Langat, posted in Poetry

"The night, as dark, was like a man's mirror. A man would, in odd hours, roam the earth— Such a man was no angel, rule out no devil; Likely, a man alone and loving the odd night. A man would, in the depths of dreams, snore— Such a man was a tour of..."

Tagged poems, Poetry Dec. W1, Poetry Wednesday3 Comments

Are We Human Underneath? V.2

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 by Benie Langat, posted in Poetry

"No creature smiles as much as a human, Equipped with all the muscles for it; We don't waste them, few humans do— Humans smile at anything, anything... You could feel dark as night within, But a human walks up to you..."

Tagged poems, Poetry Wednesday14 Comments

A Man’s Ways V.2

November 25, 2020 by Benie Langat, posted in Poetry

"From nature, sprouts life And yet, with her, we war— We take this from her, She retaliates with that. Air, once rich with freshness, Now stinks of death—it looms; So pungent, it chokes as it takes. O', mother..."

Tagged poems, Poetry Wednesday7 Comments

Where Life Lived

November 25, 2020 by Benie Langat, posted in Poetry

"It had always filled my heart with love— The freedom in nature, the beauty in it: The rising sun, setting, the chirping birds, The hissing trees, chatter, the cool breeze..."

Tagged poems, Poetry Wednesday11 Comments

Man’s War With Self

November 25, 2020 by Benie Langat, posted in Poetry

"The worst in humanity comes out When of humanity, little is left, When on humanity's door, pounds a threat— Humanity will destroy itself to be, to exist..."

Tagged poems, Poetry Wednesday2 Comments

December Became December Overnight

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 by Benie Langat, posted in Poetry

"I blink, And the rain starts To fall— It is the tenth time In November; It has been a while Since it rained In November. November... November..."

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