Paradox Poems

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Things Hard to Understand
by Richard Randolph

A love letter no one reads,
a strange man no one needs,
a seed dropped upon the sand,
a starving child in a barren land--

Why trees reach toward the sky,
and grown men forget how to cry,
why a bird sings to its mate,
though she's gone and it's too late--


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Paradox
by Yoko Fushigina

Everything has implication.
Our intuition radius is grand.
There is always X in the equation
Which at first we cannot comprehend.
Definitional domain of brain
Is relative as Theory approves:
There is nothing it cannot obtain,
No fact there is left without proofs.

Axioms claim norms for which they stand:

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Solitude
by B DEWITT

For some,
a terrible nightmare
that sits waiting to pounce
from despairs’ reigning depths.

A hole with no escape
but through twisting tunnels
traversing the minds’ eye.

For others ...

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A Paradise Turns Hell (Haiku) - 05
by Subhas Chandra Chakra

She is about to die-

Her son, dwelling abroad sends dollars only

The mother dies of thirst.

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A Paradise Turns Hell (Haiku)- 06
by Subhas Chandra Chakra

The young wife visits temples,

To pray for her husband's well being.

He attends a massage parlour.

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Recent Paradox Poems
the Optimizer
by Jason Allen

The Paradox of Optimization—
Spotting gaps,
forging paths,
Relentless in refinement.
What fuels this fire?
A hunger that's never fed.

Perpetually dissecting—
Self, world, system.
"Must improve,"

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A Paradise Turns Hell (Haiku)- 06
by Subhas Chandra Chakra

The young wife visits temples,

To pray for her husband's well being.

He attends a massage parlour.

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A Paradise Turns Hell (Haiku) - 05
by Subhas Chandra Chakra

She is about to die-

Her son, dwelling abroad sends dollars only

The mother dies of thirst.

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Things Hard to Understand
by Richard Randolph

A love letter no one reads,
a strange man no one needs,
a seed dropped upon the sand,
a starving child in a barren land--

Why trees reach toward the sky,
and grown men forget how to cry,
why a bird sings to its mate,
though she's gone and it's too late--


......

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Juxtaposition
by Bhaskaranand Jha Bhaskar

Sinners are always mentally stronger
While the strong turn mostly sinners.

Secular forces are the communal pawns
Violence and conflicts are social sores.

Women boldly flaunt their macho look
While men show their feme demeanors.

Most of the rich are poor by their heart

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  • Jason Allen
    Jason Allen (1 poems about Paradox)
    November 20, 1982 - Comancheria