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Rachelle Credo Poem
Restless winds blow tree leaves
Strewing them on the ground with wisps
The sweltering heat crawls all over
Like a plague of locusts in September
In the splash of wave and warmth of breeze
Squirrels scamper across from tree to tree
Climbing up and down like chimpanzees
For nuts to scrounge and corn cob kernels
Mockingbirds and sparrows flit about
While buttercups exude their wildest hues
The wind caresses in undulating grace
The hushing leaves of piñon pine trees
The cry of chirping thrushes
Resonate the song of nature's bliss
As gleaming spires of lemongrass
Proclaim it's genealogic class
Tide of memories sweep the heart
Of love and lovers fallen apart
As summer memories held so dear
Overhelm a soul inured to tears
Copyright © Rachelle Credo | Year Posted 2005
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Everything flashes like a slideshow,
your faculties refuse to comprehend.
Aborted chances, lost opportunities--
a stretched truth of an endless nightmare.
Justice-hungry innards hammer inside,
a perpetual defiance mounting.
seething emotion turning to stark emptiness,
misery gnawing from trumped-up promises.
Hope-starved and shackled by iniquity,
tears flood deep into your soul.
Fears and regrets grip your heart,
your stifled screams remain unheard.
Gouged, grated,
stripped down to nakedness...
you take one last breath of freedom;
before the shadows of greed
usurp the lifeblood from your veins.
Copyright © Rachelle Credo | Year Posted 2006
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Rachelle Credo Poem
She lays the white cloth
on the ground of grass
and opens the cans of coke
with gentle flicks
On a little narra table
she sets the plates
each with three hanging rice,
and a quarter of lechon
While he broils ten sticks
of barbecue on the grill
wiping his sweat as they
trickle down to his cheeks
Smiles paint the little faces
of their children running against
the count of hide and seek
with the other kids in the plaza
as the embers dry to the cooling sun
she calls them all to gather round
hands washed, faces flashing
they say a little prayer
before partaking
from the small banquet of love
Copyright © Rachelle Credo | Year Posted 2005
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Rachelle Credo Poem
peering on the window, water apple leaves
sway with the breeze, dancers of the night
in green veined fingers cast quirky shadows
against the cream-colored concrete walls
beneath them, i turn to the porcelain cup
in my hands, whirling the tinted water of
fresh picked tea leaves now invisible under steam
before lushing up to quench my thirst
i gaze up again and marvel
as succulent water apples
bounce forth and back
from their wellspring
like little children
playing tug-of-war
it's an ingenuous spectacle
of swollen receptacles and
callyces on chlorophyll clothes
woven with corky axillary branches
on a night like this
nature's cellulose creatures
are my gentle reminder
on living alive--
undaunted, free and happy
despite the tribulations of time
Copyright © Rachelle Credo | Year Posted 2005
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Rachelle Credo Poem
After swaying on the wings of dreams
In satisfaction of vaulting whims
I was finally headed back to our abode
Into the forgotten zone beside the road.
As I trotted the all-familiar path
I remembered my li'l bro - oh, that brat!
Yet my heart was wrenching down to my soul
I guess I did miss that brat after all.
Countless trees lined up the aisle
One after another, they ran for a mile
Reminding me of Little Miky, Fran and Camy
Queuing in line to wait for Daddy's candies.
The morning breeze blew against my face
Sending shivers through my spine to base
Oh, how I missed Mommy's delectable cuisine
Of chicken soup, meatballs and mmm, ch'ao mien!
Counting past five houses and one old bridge,
My anticipation grew and all excitement merged
A few more steps and a turn to the right
I'd finally be facing them all sound and bright.
I finally arrived and walked through the door
Then the lights went on and everyone roared
"We all miss'd you!" they bawled with cheer
I simply cried, I just couldn't be happier.
Copyright © Rachelle Credo | Year Posted 2005
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Rachelle Credo Poem
another wink of day creases
from the lofty dappled spaces
glowing in twilight's splendor
through the slightly opened door
the soft melancholy matures slowly
that once emblazed the black immensity
when the dainty streaks of light
herald the beaming yonder's knight
the cold hazy light dissolves the stars
seeping in through the earth's reservoir
into the ocean of green shrubs and trees
and a horde of butterflies and bees
the hills are drenched with crystal dew
then softly glow with flaming hue
when the first beams of dawn
repaint the earth's cocoon
the sleepy mountains' crest
serenely swim out of blue mist
greeting the royal sunbeams
with jolly bird's cheers
the morning beauty liquifies
before my thirsty eyes
catching me half a dream
as the splendid spectacle
embrace my captivated soul
Copyright © Rachelle Credo | Year Posted 2005
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