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Two Poems by Joseph Roque<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

<\/strong>Without Poetry<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Some mistakenly believe
that poetry is dead; cannot survive
in these budding dystopian times\u2014
Not true.
Poetry is needed now more than ever
to slow and soften the selfish swirl
of disregard for our world\u2019s natural beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without poetry, what would be
left to remind us of the simple beauty
of a perfectly stunning sunrise
or the sullen stillness just before
a savage storm?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without poetry, we would forget the joy
of children\u2019s innocent, unrehearsed
laughter or the unblemished
beauty of flowers in bloom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nature has a million things to show us
from the fabulous to the ordinary
and seldom noticed, but all are
small miracles, and the words
of the poet who carefully and lovingly
unveils them \u2014 simply spectacular<\/p>\n\n\n

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Simplest and Smallest<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dawn wakes, totally uninspired,
tumbles out of bed, trips over
the cat and a mangled slipper\u2015
ends up in a closet,
cursing the lack of coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know this routine and the feelings
that accompany its lessons
not been lost on me nor forgotten\u2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The simplest and smallest
unassuming nothings around us
turn out to be the absolute best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He planned it that way, but sometimes
in our boredom and hunger for things
shiny and exciting, we gravitate
toward the meaningless\u2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

only to find that the empty feeling
inside us still remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No worries.
Look around, eliminate
the human-made;
focus on the natural\u2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beautiful as always in its simplicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joseph Roque<\/strong> is a poet who frequently writes about life, love, loneliness, growing older, alienation, and the joys of youth. His poems have appeared in Psychopoetica<\/em>, Mad Swirl<\/em>, Aphelion<\/em>, Death Head Grin<\/em>, The Poet\u2019s Haven<\/em>, RagMag<\/em>, and Cerebration<\/em>. His latest book is Ashes And Excuses<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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