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My Spirituality In 10 Lines

Spiritual and instinctive are words that describe my feelings when
I first meet homosapiens who I have never met before.
Sometimes inner warmth I feel, my psyche is serenely calm.
Instinctively I know our souls have met in previous lives.

Spiritually I feel unnerved in the presence of a person
whom I know does not present a threat, but somehow
feel them mar my soul and slither inside my head
These humans my soul repels or they will wreak havoc 

Our spirits delineate lessons we’ve learnt living through each life 
Developing our souls we are striving towards our final pinnacle 

Written 21st January 2019

Contest:   10 Lines - 10 Words - Free Verse 1
Sponsor:  Lu Loo

Contest: FEBRUARY 2019
Sponsor: Brian Strand

Premium Member Ancestral Trails-10 Words 10 Lines Challenge

Soft scents of frangipani invade my nostrils in the twilight air,
pellucid thoughts from deep within made me aware of my senses.
I look over yonder and notice lovely ripples in the lake.
Luscious blueberries catch my attention and my mouth waters,
next I hear the beautiful sound of mockingbirds singing .

I felt like my feet were standing in a place of history and strength,
as I embarked on ancestral trails of my people's past.
At once pride and appreciation began to infuse my entire being.
I look up and notice a hint of vermilion in the beautiful sky,
And a menagerie of birds from the distant past soared above me.


Contest: 10 words 10 lines challenge 
Sponsor: Silent One
Words used are:

1.Menagerie
2.Vermilion
3.Infuse
4.Mockingbirds
5.Twilight
6.Frangipani
7.Luscious
8.Pellucid
9.Ancestral
10.Ripples

10 Lines 5 Words

I lost my job today
Because my boss couldn't pay
He thought it was okay
And I'd work another day
Without being paid no way
Was all I could say
Pick up keys he may
Tuesday I'll fix your pay
What more could he say
The waiting game I play!

26/12/2017


Premium Member 10 Lines, 5 Words

Unending was our life’s revelry
That  lifted  voyages, so merry
And  charmed whispers ever said 
Still chime so gently overhead:
Yet   midnight called your name ;
To  embrace time’s  holy flame.

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Until  that one last remembrance
My being started to dance…
Love resides through heavenly  sky
Without need to  echo  goodbye.



Contest: 10 Lines, 5 Words: Rhyme
Sponsored by Laura Loo 12/30/2017
Couplet Rhyme Form

10 Lines 5 Words

The smell of dead flowers,
Life dances at "zero hour"-s,
No wonder man is doomed,
when you sit there, deplumed.

Move away, you peasant mongrel,
I'm not to be held,
accountable or to any sense.

Lime-a-way,my sins, oh darling,
even after I washed hands,
they still feel so damning.

12.29.2017

10 Lines of Rhyme








10 lines of rhyme
zen mines love mine
take my kisses in time
drop your fears behind
show me the signs

obviously we align
perfectly seen as devine
stars planted in your eyes
planets around our love align
we dance on every line
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Premium Member 10 Lines 5 Words

Promises I haven’t kept yet
Float in day’s dusty dusk,
I tell old sun wait
Don’t set until I ask.

Memories enter year’s last night
Lie somewhere in domain unknown
My dawn new sun lights
Dreams dazzle in uplifted horizon.

Music of life I’ll hear
I promise the New Year.

December 29, 2017.

Premium Member 10 Lines 5 Words

when the moon is hot
and the sun a cooling
the stars lose their shine
when the clouds a fooling.

when one is in love
the whole world’s a grooving
her frame fits the glove
when her body’s a moving.

in a moment of muse
she sure lit my fuse.

© Harry J Horsman 2017

10 Lines 5 Words

Birds flutter in autumn breeze 
Kids playing in the sun 
The dog scratch its fleas
As the orange sky shun

Bonfires blaze at the beachside
And the party heats up
Surfers catch a high tide 
Couples in the corner makeup

Settling in for the night 
Dreaming of autumn’s bright light

December 28, 2017.

Premium Member 10 Lines 5 Words-Bringing In the New Year

10 LINES 5 WORDS

Bringing in the New Year

Sweet kisses of days ember
Into sparks warming the airs
Of waning days of December
As the New Year stares

Foreplay never felt so good
For those last days countdown
Anticipating the release of corkwood
My feet went to town

Dancing the New Year in
Two steps smiling her grin

connie pachecho

12/27/2017

No contest entry.

10 Lines 5 Words

I would write for you
   a poem simple and true,
where the words fall short
   due to another's ill report
of this love for you.

Here is my open heart
  waiting for you to chart
ins and outs of deepest love
  unspoken lines and rhymes thereof
the gift I freely impart.




12/27/17 for Laura Loo's 10 and 5

10 Lines, 5 Words

She has deepest blue eyes
With golden hair to match
Tight fittin' jeans her size
With a little knee patch

I'm in love no doubt
There's nothing else to say
She's all I think about -
On my mind all day

I am a simple man
Doin' the best I can

12/26/2017
For contest 10 Lines, 5 Words Rhyme for Laura Loo

Premium Member 10 Lines 5 Words

I’m with my friend Mable
seated at her dining table; 
her roast turkey’s bone dry
and I can’t understand why!

She cooks for the navy
but she cannot make gravy;
it ends up in lumps
and pours in gloopy clumps!

I’ve made it quite clear
I’ll make gravy next year!

n/a IN 10 LINES 5 WORDS Contest
Sponsored by Laura Loo

Submitted to A Stunner January 2018 Contest
Sponsored by Line Gauthier 



12/26/17

Premium Member 10 Lines Five Words

I walk the path where
    leaves are strewn, and there
    beneath the trees, I hear
    the sound of footsteps near

    As you come into view
    your smile brightens the day
    And though skies are gray
    You bring sunshine my way

    As rain begins to fall
   We hear distant thunder call
                    --
 12-26-17
 Contest: 10 lines 5 words
 Sponsor: Laura Loo

Premium Member 10 Lines, 5 Words

They came with pink flowers-
     (PAGES of the Bible fluttered)
tears-   were  f a l l i n g  like feathers,
                 and I, heard their  W H I S P E R S -
Snow fell . . .  a blizzard blurred.

The sound of prayer murmurs-
     (FLOWERS wilt and decay tattered)
oh-  the terrible  l a m e n t i n g  lingers,
                  and death, never ever  S T I R S -
The headstone . . . beloved daughter remembered.

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December 26, 2017


Poetry/Rhyme/10 Words, 5 Lines
Copyright Protected, ID 17-9768-67-0
All Rights Reserved.  Written Under Pseudonym.

Written for the contest, 10 Lines, 5 Words, Rhyme
sponsor, Laura Loo

Second Place

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Poem of the Day - December 2, 2017

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