Flash Poetry by Greg Murat

Flight from Florida-Andrea Murat

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great. Mark Twain

Haiku

Sky waters
Wisteria drinks
Springs rain falls

Frost has formed
Frozen auto glass
Where is warm?

Loud thunder
Is spring rain coming?
Let it pour

March Flash Poetry 2005 Moving On Your journey here is done Some say it ended long ago When I saw your smiling face It did not appear to be so Your mother put a kiss in place And your face seemed to glow You appeared as if a child Yet you seemed quite aware Of those you loved around you Like you knew that they were there Now you are free of your body You paint with rainbows Just beyond the sun May the Grace of God Comfort everybody Left behind Now that you are gone Do me just one favor On your eternal day If he should chance to happen by Please say Hi to Marcus Ray March 31, 2005	Flight from Florida-Andrea Murat Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great. Mark Twain Haiku Sky waters Wisteria drinks Springs rain falls Frost has formed Frozen auto glass Where is warm? Loud thunder Is spring rain coming? Let it pour
Look In Search your heart for answers Be at peace with your past Move forward like dancers Graceful, swirling, gliding fast When you look at life And ask who can live this The past can cut worse than a knife Seek out, reach out for forgiveness Look inside and find your strength To face another dawn If some relationship has run its length Move out and then move on March 30, 2005 Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; Who looks inside, awakens. Carl Jung
Travel Travel That is what we like to do Plane, train, boat or car To see something new To go someplace far At the drop of a hat At the very first mention We will up and we'll scat With fun filled intention We'll return somewhat weary With more peace of mind Some what tired but still cheery We'll return to the grind You in your tights Me in my cape We'll fight for the right To plan our escape March 29, 2005
The Bridge We cross this bridge each morning Sometimes fast and sometimes slow A line is always forming Most times it is stop and go We will get across We all know we will Timing is the difference Between moving forward And standing till Life is like this bridge See we try not to collide From valleys and ridges We seek the other side Minimize our losses And try to stay alive Faith upon the cross is Our guide till we arrive March 28, 2005
Why not? He is risen they say On this or some other day All sorrow washed away Upon the cross He bore And now and ever more He settled the score A gift to receive For those who will believe And take up their reprieve And rejoice. Rejoice. Rejoice. Together with one voice It is after all a choice Death leaves no one exemption So why not choose redemption March 27, 2005
Healing Time Blessed be the wounded For they shall be healed Players take their places Upon the playing field They march upon the meadows Once quiet and serene Like lonely hearts in waiting Waiting to be seen Life is both kind and cruel And something of a riddle A wise man plays a fool We're all lonely in the middle Hoping, coping Seeking peace of mind Pondering wondering Who'll be left behind Tossed and torn By the way we feel Let's be blessed We've all progressed It is time to heal 3-26-04
Dream 324 We will all get along I stood frozen As if trapped in space Sealed in song The dreamscape wavered Looking down Eyes seeking ground Paths not chosen In time and place Sensations savored Face traced in frown I took pause Eyes open now To the pain I caused Frozen to this spot I should move somehow But I cannot I look you look away You look I look away My eyes open on a still dark day Thoughts streaming Just dreaming? Today is yesterday's tomorrow Seeking peace forgoing sorrow 3-25-04
Haiku II Sad Sarah Purple petals poised Please blossom 3-24-04
Haiku Spring has come And with it yearning For your smile 3-23-04
Where Where would I be if not for you My friends and family I face the world like we each do Come what may to me The richness inherent The creme de la creme Is all too apparent When I look at them If the mountains crumble In some catastrophe I will not fumble Whatever you ask of me I am among the richest men In ones to love and care In my heart are each of them I am content that they are there 3-22-05
Some Days Some days I'm faced with less than brilliance I grow weary of the living lacking resilience I contemplate the time when I will cease to be I hesitate where I stand before the road in front of me I wonder what I'll leave behind after I am gone The ones I love come to mind who will carry on Life is rich and full to the one who partakes Who earns and learns forgiveness for his or her mistakes Sees that forgiving others is an act that really pays Peace of mind is priceless not just sometimes but always 3-21-05
Silk Soft to gaze and touch of hand Blue as sky or sea on sand Joy to give to and to receive Fine fabric of a foreign weave Wear it short or wear it long Roll it round you like a sarong Unwrap slow and sensuously Treasure chest in front of me You are my land of honey'd milk Subtle sweetness wrapped in silk 3-20-05
Cat Watch Morning calls to chores again Sit or move, who will win I am faced with this sheepish grin Thinking I must arise again The cats are crazy Moving fast, no sit, no lazy Just attack, attack, attack I watch my back Against pouncing kitty Who find bare feet Oh so pretty Watch out when she's underneath Pretty kitty has wicked teeth. 3-19-05
Love Lost Did I say till death do us part I meant for as long as I love you Now we face both the end and start As we sift the rubble for what is true One thing has changed It is no more we Just me. Just you All at once estranged Wondering whatever shall I do? I have built my dreams around you You were my reason to be Changed forever since I'd found you Now you say you must be free To walk away, that's your will What is the future you foresee? Will I be okay, perhaps, but still I will always miss you and me 3-18-05
The Shepherd Feeling sheepish he walks these hills Alone with wind and rain and chills And ponders life and all its ills He wonders of the paths we trod He speaks in silence. Talks to God Hears the stillness and gives a nod He prays only what will be will be He is set upon his destiny At peace with all eternity Blessed be one who seems forsaken Who walks upon the road less taken The world awaits for God to waken One who brings a sign of hope Casts the dangling ones a rope Then walks alone upon the slope Forever more to tell the tale Of one who's seen beyond the veil 3-17-05
The Raft We will set sail upon this raft It is what we're building for We are responsible before and aft For how we make it to the shore Materials abound yet Unless we take the time to chose Some parts may not be sound That best not be forgotten If we pick at random Some pieces will be rotten We'll not sail in tandem So let's plan this from the start If we are to set to sea on this boat Let's bind it with one heart Make it a sound and solid float And believe we will get there We are all a part of this solution Set to sail with song and prayer And with one resolution If we do our best I think And we're each a chum We'll make shore and we won't sink Be a good lad and pass the rum 3-16-05
Circle Gather round this holy circle Holding hands hailing the day And the setting of the sun Love billows forth like a mist Meeting meadows we have sat upon Songs the Spirit will transcribe From family full freedom tribe Eternal wind lift us higher We stand before the midnight fire Hand to heart to mouth we pray Holy Holy help us carry carry on 3-15-05
The Wonder Years Sounds of laughter Sounds of song Another chapter As the tales goes on The stumbling blocks The road side paths Life's pains and shocks Life's love that lasts We cannot undo A single thing that we have done And though it's true Some things are clearer When we are very young Still I will clearly recall this day As age draws nearer And youth swiftly slips away In songs we live forever and I'll relive the way we played together And such songs as were sung That joy will wash away So very many tears Remembering these moments That are the wonder years. 3-14-05
Dream Shadow See the shadows Sifting through the shades Soft billowing fabric Filters out the sun Shade, sun, played, fused. We spoke of sad dreams Things that can't be undone Love's lost and Love's found We have walked on meadows Played in arcades This once thoughtless maverick Who lived only for fun And sailed on the streams Of his dreams as they'd run Now listens only for the sound Of your approaching footfall The click clack of your shoes Upon the love paved pavement In this city of my dreams You are my dream shadow You are the one. 3-12-05
Day's Daze Day's daze I am in a haze Somewhere it says It is just a phase Joy is circling over head Lost in thoughts of words unsaid Songs unsung to the masses In this glaze that passes I shake my head to clear the air And find a peace that's waiting there Where ever you are, there you are The mist clears as I play guitar And think of summer days, warm and slow Spent with friends in Florida and Mexico Days spent in the Sea of Cortez Or listening to waves on Lopez So many thoughts that tend to please As I sit lost in these memories 3-11-05
Counting I was counting on you But some things can't be counted You were counting on me I had obstacles not surmounted Still it is truly true At least as far as I can see We are bound to let each other down Yet we suffer too much needlessly What goes round may not come round But if we do and be the best we can Suspect the same for our fellow woman or man Forgive and forget and we will not find sorrow mounting And perhaps they'll say On judgment day What of your sins, whose counting? 3-10-05
On Giving It has been said that people give what they need So many people are left wanting I believe If you bring forth fruit from thoughts that you conceive Happy you will be with thought that turns to deed As long as we are blessed with these lives we're living Let us stand the test of time and forever keep on giving 3-9-05
Mending Fences We are not speaking Each of us is holding fast What are we seeking To see which one can out last All the while time is slowly sneaking We disagree but it's not meant to last We could end of all this insanity And grant us each our humanity Compromise and make a choice that's wise Count to three and we'll both apologize 3-8-05
The Yard There's so much to do and there's so much yet undone The yard resembles a scene from Sanford & son Perhaps it's the fact that I feel so tired Perhaps it's the fact that the tabs are expired Excuses swell like swarms of gnats My seeming inertia is cheered by the rats who Though never seen are seemingly there They hide in the compost and gnaw at lawn chairs At least they did but now they have gone Affected adversely by ingesting Decon I arise with a sigh and large lazy yawn And set out with my mower to go mow the lawn 3-7-05
Ferns Ferns fronds fall forward When the rain is pounding down Their lush leaves lean toward The rich and fertile ground Paused, poised, lovely and profound They dance in subtle shifts of air They strike a pose, I sit and stare Lost in thought as one who yearns I sip my draught and watch these ferns 3-6-05
Tears of Laughter Tears of laughter are the best tears The come at times tested by trials They numb our pain and arrest our fears Humor in all sizes, shapes and styles Like rain is to parched landscape relief Tears of laughter help us through grief They spice up the times that are already good They are like Norwegian is to knowing she would They can drench a fire started by rumor Not much can withstand the power of humor Sadness will fall but my hope is soon after The tears that you shed will be tears of laughter 3-3-05
Grace If God is a god of grace Radiant sun shining from his face And Heaven is a heavenly place I would ask that He help fighting cease That silent wheels would get the grease That we would learn to live in peace I wonder was all this in His plan This darkness in the hearts of man I wish we would make a hatred ban Replace hate with hearts that care Where no hungry homeless remains out there There is so much if we would just share We are all interwoven in one fate There should not be one single empty plate No one left out side the gate Is that just a dreamer's dream to chase Do you think we could slow down our pace And make a better world through love and grace I do. Do you? 3-03-05
Love or Fear Every day is a choice between love and fear Love is the reason that we all came to be here A season to seek love, to feel it and to rejoice To know love, to know life and to lift up your voice That is what they mean when they say heaven is near 3-2-05
Make it Real Anything worth doing Is worth doing well What an inspiration What a story to tell If every boy and girl Everyone woman and man In every corner of the world Would do the best they can What would the outcome be Would we alter history Time will tell the stories Of our failures and our glories Whether we walk on grass or granite Our days are numbered here on this planet To live, to love, to feel We can only do the best we can So map it out and make a plan And then make it real 3-1-05
Make it Real Anything worth doing Is worth doing well What an inspiration What a story to tell If every boy and girl Everyone woman and man In every corner of the world would do the best they can What would the outcome be Would we alter history Time would tell the story Of our failure and our glory Whether we walk on grass or granite For numbered days we're on this planet To live, to love, to feel We can only do the best we can Map it out and make a plan Then make it real 3-1-05