Beyond the Breakers

Beyond the rugged linoleum sheen
of stamped moribund improprieties
where life is nothing but a deep-sixed scene
lost in the postmarked cliffs of postcard seas;

Beyond the frozen wake of guilty flight
taken by seagulls, judged by magistrates,
whose dispassionate paths, once brought to light,
shimmered as dull incomplete figure-eights;

Far from horizons of tidal-wave's shore,
seen beneath midnight’s refusal to glow,
alone, for one,  I pace forevermore,
as my insanity plays quite a show:

Visions return me where all’s well and fine -
Beyond the breakers, where, for me, the stars still shine.  

2/10/2017

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 2/13/2017 1:57:00 PM
Beautiful Phillip!! Congratulations!! Big Hugggs!! Deb
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Date: 2/13/2017 10:36:00 AM
A well composed sonnet with wonderful ideas. Congrats on your win! :)
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Date: 2/13/2017 3:16:00 AM
Coming back to you my friend, with congrats :)
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Darren White
Date: 2/13/2017 11:35:00 AM
2 days indeed! :)
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Phillip Garcia
Date: 2/13/2017 9:28:00 AM
Muchas gracias. 2 days til happy day
Date: 2/12/2017 9:39:00 PM
A deeply poignant sonnet, Phillip...I love the glimmer of hope at the end! Congrats!! Hugs, Rhonda
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Date: 2/12/2017 2:27:00 PM
What a beautiful sonnet, Phillip! Many of the contest entries were very sad and I like the ray of hope in your final two lines. Congratulations on your win
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Date: 2/12/2017 10:21:00 AM
Great write and win...Congrats
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Date: 2/11/2017 4:07:00 AM
I assume this is for the contest? I love your grasp/control over the language, something I can only dream of :) This imagery is great, the different ways of breaking through tidal waves and calmness beyond. Read it metaphorically ...
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