Category: Terza Rima

Happy Holidays

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Holidays here 

Family arrives 

Feelings of cheer.

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More than survive

Happiness glows

Feelings alive.

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Generosity flows

gifts are shared

Everyone knows.

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How much you cared

Showing your love

All loves compared.

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A purse or glove

Sentiment shown 

We’re all above.

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In peaceful zone

Where differences are cast

and commonality known.

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Like holidays of the past 

We feast at a large table

Toasting raise a glass.

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While we’re still able

Food is delicious

We devour with gables.

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The young have wishes

Of what they’ll receive

Tantalizing dishes.

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Grant them reprieve 

For soon more dreams

They will conceive.

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Simple as it seems

We share in delight

Thoughtfulness beams

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On these magic nights

Candles ceremonies

Or reindeer taking flight…

-AAA 12/23/2024

The Hard Honest Truth 

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Facts as they are 

Nothing but the truth

Lessons leave a scar.

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I know it’s uncouth

But life is quite hard

You want some proof?

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Well in this regard 

Look in the mirror

And look real hard.

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Only then you’ll care

And make concessions

For life it will scare.

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When applying its lessons

Many with some pain

Save your confessions.

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For the criminally insane

You know yourself

Just use your brain.

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For knowledge is wealth

The memories are here

No need for stealth.

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Get your life in gear

Get off of your phone

Stop shedding your tears

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Sabbatical out of your comfort zone

Challenge your every skill

Remember that you and you alone.

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Can swallow the ‘red pill’

End all your strife

Using your sheer will.

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Finally get a life

While you can

Find a new wife.

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Lend a helping hand 

Share your mistakes

At will, your command.

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Show that even when life breaks

And things go off unplanned

Doing all that it takes 

Only then, you’ll understand…

-AAA 10/05/2024

Terza Rima Friday Night 

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It’s Friday Night

After a crazy week

All is in sight.

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As I try not to freak

It’s all under control

As long as I don’t speak.

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Digging myself out of this hole

Is never very easy

Trying my best to go with the flow.

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Sometimes my words are cheesy

Other times they have their charm

Be it tranquil or somewhat breezy.

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Never want to cause alarm

Or even a scare

I haven’t checked out of the farm

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I know you would care

Because you’ve shown it

And that you’re aware.

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That I’ve grown from it

And I’ve matured too

I can silently sit.

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Contemplate a memory or two

My life has been so long

I don’t always know what to do.

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So I put on a favorite song

As music soothes my troubled mind

And I play it all day and night long.

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Always gets me out of a bind

Or a writer’s block case 

Often words, I’ll suddenly find.

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Right in front of my face

Obvious and my choice 

It’s a shock I ever misplaced.

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I’ve definitely found my voice

Using words instead of screams

Now I truly can rejoice.

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Relaxing as it seems

Until the next challenges arise

Using all within my means.

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It’s no surprise

To live in an ideal

As I now surmise.

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Laying back after a meal

Dabbling in my poetry

Writing tercets by feel…

-AAA 09/27/2024

Sight Unseen 

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Sight unseen

Take it for what it is

Dirty or clean.

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You don’t want to miss

A deal to end deals

This is your bliss.

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A different set of wheels

A car that’s unchecked

This how excitement feels.

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Just hope it’s not a wreck

It’d be such a waste 

A real pain in the neck.

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Getting ripped off leaves a bad taste

It almost feels like theft

But, it’s how some used cars are based.

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Maybe turn right instead of left

Don’t go over to his house

If it’s a lemon you’ll be bereft. 

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You don’t deserve to own a louse

How many times have you been burned

You feel out of sorts like nearsighted mouse.

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Your stomach’s churned

You’ve changed your mind

You won’t get spurned.

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Sight unseen will leave you in a bind

You need a mechanic to take a look 

Our you’ll kick yourself in the behind…

-AAA 09/17/2024

I Deserved Better 

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I’m losing my cool 

It can’t be helped

Played for a fool.

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That’s how I felt

Irritated inside

Like a fresh welt.

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Damn my pride

Such a waste

Nowhere to hide.

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As I leave post haste

Trapped in the lies

I can’t just cut and paste.

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Yet, you gave me your thighs

I do not know why

To lows from such highs.

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Makes me cry

Foolish tears 

Why’d you lie?

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I guess it was fears

Of what may come

And where your heart steers.

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Now I feel dumb 

For buying it all

As well as numb.

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Like I’m 2 foot small

Reduced to nothing

Kneeling, I crawl.

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There was just huffing 

No love to be found

All the while your McGuffing

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When I wasn’t around

You found better

And left me on the ground.

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A Dear John Letter

Without a sound

I deserved much better…

-AAA 09/13/2024

Getting Through Thursday

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Can’t keep my eyes open

I’m in dire need of a nap

Up early, and I’m still coping.

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I feel slow and thick like tree’s sap

Only caffeine can get me through

Feeling dried out like a pen without cap.

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A latte or Monster Energy will do

Wake up juice is needed now

After consuming this magic brew.

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I feel light and airy in my brow 

Really getting my second wind

Moving with determination and how

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My tiredness earlier doth rescind

Meetings and projects, so much to get done

As I finished them all, I happily grinned.

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Knocking out task lists is always fun

Satisfaction, at the end of my day 

Now once and for all, my work is done

I’m not a Jack, dull, boy, it’s time for play…

-AAA 09/12/2024

Peace With The Past 

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The days roll by 

One after the other

Take pause and sigh.

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Uncertainty like no other

Haunts us inside 

Like a firmer friend or lover.

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Give up your pride

Eat some humble pie

And go for a ride.

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Each nanosecond rolls by

An eternity in each 

Wishing and be could fly.

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Placing hardships out of reach

Landing upon happier times

One some warm sandy beach.

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We never stop paying for past crimes

Punishing ourselves for those mistakes

Get what we deserve on karmic lines.

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So take all those breaks 

Parlay them into happiness 

And avoid all the flakes.

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Finally you can impress 

Upon yourself 

Gentle peacefulness…

-AAA 08/28/2024

Drummers Feel The Beat 

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Playing the skins is never quite easy

Much dexterity is required

That’s why drummers are never cheesy.

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They’re far more respected and admired

Despite the difficulty under which they play

At the end of the set they are often tired.

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Each time they play, it’s a different way 

That’s how we create our licks 

Practicing both night and day. 

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Crafting ad libs and other tricks

In the arsenal of skills

Using two fine wooden sticks.

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The kits aren’t cheap and fetch high bills

Why many a drummer doesn’t have a set 

Always keeping the beat with thrills.

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Leaving their best at each gig without regret

Pouring it all into every song

Strong forearms are the safest bet.

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Ask any percussionist if I’m wrong

Giving their all to preserve the beat

Sitting in back as the guitarists throng.

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Learning anew from all we meet

Ever expanding the repertoire

Until our skillsets are complete

Hauling our gear in a van or car…

-AAA 08/27/2024

United in Humble Compassion

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Happy are the humble 

The entire earth is theirs

The vain always fumble.

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For their lack of cares

As life’s a roughened tumble 

When you’re caught unawares.

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The walls we build up will crumble 

When we share and trust 

If not then it’s all our bumble.

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Isolated and alone, we wither and rust

Be a community of colleagues and friends

Or our entire society will be a bust.

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Mutual happiness that never ends 

A world of love we all are part

As long as we make amends.

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So at the end we talk of start 

Mending bridges reaching out 

Weaker we are when we’re apart.

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That’s what life is all about 

So we must be happy together 

And make this lifetime count…

-AAA 08/16/2024

An Earthquake!

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Heavy shaking, items fall

Another SoCal earthquake

Somewhat normal for us all.

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Many things can drop and break 

Total chaos all around

Nerves are frazzled, alive, and ache.

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Kneel and cover near the ground

Hang in there and just hold on

Amidst a low rumbling sound.

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Occurring anytime of day or dawn

Centered all over the place 

Hopefully it ends before all is gone.

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Nerves are written all over my face

As all the shaking stirs 

Safe by God’s grace.

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The shaking stopped, and the news concurs 

Now I just hope 

That more shaking doesn’t occur…

-AAA 08/12/2024

The Eagle Flies 

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Razor sharp talons grab prey

As an eagle hunts for a meal

Doing so many times each day.

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I wonder how it feels

To soar so high

So much it reveals.

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High up in the sky

The view must amaze

Don’t know until you try.

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Flying towards the sun rays 

Rising on warm thermal air 

Clear skies above the haze.

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Taking off with great care

She soars upward fast 

Such beauty beyond compare.

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As the sun sets at last 

She lands gently in her nest

Dreaming of flights of the past…

-AAA 08/12/2024

Ex

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I have nothing to say 

With little to do 

So kindly go away.

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I needn’t see you 

Goodbye

So leave my view.

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I know you didn’t cry 

You never had tears 

Never water in your eyes.

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You had fears 

That I’d leave soon

I did after seven years.

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Time is my boon 

I’m glad I left 

In February not June.

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Of feelings you were bereft 

You never had an ounce of guilt

As you took everything, in theft.

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I guess that’s how you were built 

Not capable of love or care 

Instead, you’d rather jilt. 

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I doubt you were aware 

When I was about to leave 

You probably thought it unfair.

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It was my turn, for once, to deceive 

And I did what you earned and deserved 

I swiftly left, and got my reprieve…

-AAA 08/101/2024

Time Catches Us All

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Tereza ran down the street

Clutching a bag in her hands

Without any shoes on her feet.

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Her plight is her own, no one understands

She’s carrying a lot more than her bag

Weighed down by time, like hour glass sands.

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As she’d run her head would sag 

Lowered by many a burden

She can’t slow down or even lag.

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It will catch her, that is for certain 

As time catches us all 

Right up to the final curtain…

-AAA 08/09/2024