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Two poems for World Poetry Day 5th October

Shard is a new and aspiring poet, who has been part of the Newham Poetry Group since February 2023

STORM IN THE TEA

Cold and stinging, a stampede on the panes

Like the tears on my face, this torrential rain

The heat caressing my fragile hands

As I cup your body and observe the barren lands

I sip slow, entranced by your earthly aromats

Erasing the cold in my body, rising like a thermostat

Gazing away into the storm feeling lost and hopeless

Drinking you in feverishly to provide some comfort

Until all that remains are the dregs at the bottom

Along with my heart you left shattered and broken

Enticed by another, I pour a mug and sit

As the storm starts to fade, my thoughts of you with it

EXPRESSION

Every new word that comes to me forms a story

eXcept when I feel emotionless and words escape me

Perhaps with time it will get easier to show you

Regardless of how I feel in that moment, I need to validate myself

Each time I start letting the words flow

Something inside me comes alive, like an exploding volcano

So I write and let it come naturally, free flowing

It’s strange how cathartic writing poetry can be

Only time will tell how it will turn my life around

Never did I think poetry would be my form of expression

Shardine Blackman
Shardine Blackman

– Shardine Blackman


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