On a dark street

On a dark, dark street
Rushing by, by the window
So many cars, cars rushing by
Sitting at a table, a table just for me
Watching so closely,
So closely as the world goes by
By the time, time has moved on
My meal is gone,
Gone and empty the plate remains
Time to go, go the long way home

On a dark, dark street
I rush by, by the window
So many cars, cars rushing by
Sitting at a table, a table just for you
Watching so closely,
So closely as the world goes by
By the time, time has moved on
Your meal is gone,
Gone and empty the plate remains
Time to go, go the long way home

On a dark street by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

Connecting

Perfect blooms shine -
When coupled in a blend
Of unique form and shape.

Connecting by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

Reconnecting

Lives alter and grow
Yet moments
Make you know
There are connections
That will always
Sustain you
Over great distances
Through times
Of wonder and sorrow
Everything changes
Yet we remain

Reconnecting by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

A bottle of happiness

Happiness hovers and catches your breath

Thoughts gush and rush forth

Preserve this feeling:

Bottle it!

And then

Bring it out again

To help face the darker days

That have been before and will come again!

A bottle of happiness by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

Moves

Close me eyes
Let the moment
Capture me

Hear the tune
Flow through
My skin

Upon the music
I move
I sway
I become alive

Taste the heat
Of our rhythm
Pulsing through

I exhale, pause
Then it begins
Again and again

Feel everything
When the world
Finds its moves

Moves by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

Twittery: volume 2

more Poetry amongst the tweets

many moments glimpsed / thoughts, seemingly random - yet together they tell the story of a life: experiences and impressions expressed #poem 4 minute ago

#poem

• Gloom sets in / Strain my eyes looking for brightness / Beyond clouds that have settled upon my day. A glimmer of light smiles through #poem 11:00 AM Jun 19th

• -- Life -- Celebrate this day. Your birth was a gift to others: Birthdays are for you! #poem 5:08 PM Jun 18th

• Snow rests, hovering upon the trees / a gust of wind blows through / Then white floats upon the chill / Sweeping to the frozen ground! #poem 9:02 AM Jun 16th

• I now know the directions I will follow / And I have gone beyond the haze that has been hovering / Will you walk with me a while? #poem 4:15 PM Jun 10th

• Altering colours fade into the sky: Embers become grey-blue ash. The world's darkening, bruised skin / Sparkles with crystal flecks! #poem 8:38 PM Jun 4th

• Part 2: Those who tell you what to dream: Leave behind. Yet from them you will learn / Who will hold you & still help you take flight #Poem 8:24 PM Jun 4th

• Part 1 - Dreams are more than what you think you should have! Are beyond the reflection you see: Gifts that you can reach for! #poem 8:20 PM Jun 4th

• Cold night / bashful moon / white noise / falling through the frosted air / close my eyes, letting the rain send me to sleep #poem 11:42 PM May 21st

• A moment / life pauses / thoughts still - breath deep / Reflect, watch, take in / Sun's light, dancing leaves - take a moment / Smile! #poem 11:56 AM May 19th

• Guide to where? My inspiration's stuck / thoughts clogged by an uncertain, distant end / so many rambling processes & plans to map out #poem 4:55 PM Apr 22nd

• Prod my brain / where u at? Sleeping the day away; hiding within a haze; trying 2 grapple with intelligent thinking: yet finding none #poem 9:50 AM Apr 21st

• Day drags / Head in another space / Thoughts on another time / Make a list that'll make this day pass by: 1x1 I'll achieve something #poem 10:53 AM Apr 20th
  

#sixwords

• Morning frost wakes me from sleep #sixwords 9:07 AM May 21st
  

twitter magnets

• yesterday is over / always embrace every day / dance to, laugh with & kiss life. http://is.gd/8Vy2 12:39 AM May 26th [twitter magnets]

• the rhythm rides free / on a cloud of light - / open, wild & dark / yet like magic / it is at peace. http://is.gd/8Vy2 11:45 PM Apr 24th [twitter magnets]

Possible beginnings via a tweet...

• Veins of fire streak & stretch across the blue / Shades of blue alter & intermingle... #poem - Wonder if I can make this a sonnet? Will c :) 10:15 PM Apr 24th

Twittery: volume 2 by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.5 Australia License. Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.

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Winters Sonnet 2.0

Why enter the chill of a winter morn
When homes warm cocoon ensnares me inside?
The light, drawing my eyes towards the dawn
Reminds me the cold will not long abide.

As I exhale my breath enters the morning cold
And as a cloud appears before my sight,
Yet my breath, while seeming ever so bold,
Before a gentle breeze swiftly takes flight.

Gently rays of light expand and appear,
Touching the frozen night upon the ground.
Rising up, the sun warms all that is near,
Frees the world from the frost holding it bound.

As the night recedes from the warmth of day,
Memories of night-time's cold drifts away.

Thank you Carol Ward for publishing this poem. The poem was first published at Teesside Writer's Network on the page Latest news - Teesside Poems - it is the third poem down the page. There is also the Teesside Writer's Network Blog. Also
check out Carol's writing on her MySpace page and blog Different Planet and Shadows of Time.


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Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://www.teessidewritersnetwork.com/.

The Octagon

Attention!
See me,
Hear me -
Peacock!

What remains?
Nothing much to see or hear
Fleeting and forgettable
Unremarkable; unimpressive;
Nothing new -
This preening parade
Has passed before...

The Octagon by Allison Brown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.5 Australia License.
Based on a work at allisonbrown.blogspot.com.