The autumn wind of fourteen-
ninety- nine
Blew over Basel in a crisp, sharp
line,
Where Swabian battles found their
silent close,
And from the ash, a sovereign
peace arose.
On twenty-second days of that
September chill,
The ink was dried, the clashing
swords were still.
The Holy Empire loosed its ancient
hold,
As Swiss resolve was etched in lines
of gold.
The treaties signed, the mountain
cantons free,
To chart their course of armed
neutrality.
While far away, across the shifting
deep,
Old empires woke from centuries of
sleep.
The month drew closed, the
modern world awake,
With every bond the Swiss had
dared to break.
A second half of autumn, fierce and
grand,
That drew the borders of a fearless
land.
Slowly you came ,
Captured the frame,
Always looking the same,
Like tulip in the garden.
I feel like a celebrated freed one,
As an untidy flying swan,
The wings play wavy lie,
Connecting faster than wifi.
I feel clinically shy,
As a friendly butterfly.
Looking into the sky,
But the moon hesitate to deny.
In my deepest conscious,
There lies something very precious,
Love is incredibly delicious,
For which I am watchful
and gracious.
NIGHT'S GENTLE ACCORD
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The night possesses a kind of peaceful blackness, the kind that holds the stars, helping them to shine all the brighter. During this peaceful blackness, I fall asleep feeling the cradle of a loving universe. During these hours of dreaming, I’m returned to heaven’s arms.
world is full of peace
a time for dreams to unfold
night’s gentle accord
TO BEING OF ONE ACCORD
Let us not sow discord,
rather, let’s sow onederful,
oneness, onement:
Reaping divine wisdom, and
guidance, from the Holy One.
Sapphire ocean
Waves in motion
Scent of brine
Sun’s ray shine
Deepness occupied
Mysteries hide
Beating soul
Alluring roll
Womb attraction
Bustle action
Oceans breast wonder
Seagulls squawking hunger
1/27/2025
He is eager to break a record
But a lot plays with loafers’ record:
The Leanest Time to wonders accord …
He is The Gasping for a record
But in his left ear an oft fixed cord;
Not with scholarship in accord …
The Anxious-to-Create-a-Record
Still in his heard speeches Hacked Concord
And one could glimpse in them his thrust word …
Then, do not worshipful notice take
Of the Desirous-to-Record break:
Some of the times, a user of dictions
That are fraught with rash contractions;
The chap’s last speech-filled publications
By him tagged Divine Supplications …
But I knew and could prove pinned papers
About some much touted life shapers,
In sizes a peace-preaching memo,
In quality, A Hurried Demo;
At last to be granted ‘No Author’;
Who does to be checked by A Doctor.
Strong, brave and beautiful - the queen.
Godsend - cousins in one accord.
Prayer and fasting on scene.
Strong, brave and beautiful - the queen
uninvited… must intervene.
For such a time as this, dear Lord.
Strong, brave and beautiful - the queen.
Godsend - cousins in one accord.
1/10/2022
Survived
the thunder claps
that test our lives each day
as stillness falls across the seas
of love
Steadfast stars aloft,
Unignored, swell sails
Billow pass across
Pure celestial floor
Lord's world beneath seize
Most addicting
Flavor season
Nature's whiff scent
While buds unfurl
Grace upon
Artistry
Spent sun's ray
Shower
Brief psalm
Lilt
5/15/2020
Diminished Hexaverse Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Emile Pinet
I shall embrace my salvation,
Be grateful for my creation!
Find peace from the love of the Lord-
LIVE A LIFE OF LOVE AND ACCORD.
Fear not the wicked sinner’s greed,
for I shall follow, never lead.
Holding riches I can afford-
LIVE A LIFE OF LOVE AND ACCORD.
Abrasive wounds shall bleed no more,
the Father chose me to adore.
The love He gives, my great reward,
LIVE A LIFE OF LOVE AND ACCORD.
Trust and faith in what shall arrive,
I shall embrace why I’m alive.
My poor heart the Father restored!
LIVE A LIFE OF LOVE AND ACCORD.
Peace and harmony I must wear
like fleece in Winter’s chilly air-
For I’ve never felt so adored…
I SHALL LIVE IN LOVE AND ACCORD.
12.17.19
IN PRAISE OF GOD Poetry Contest
Kim Rodrigues
Flowing through views of wonder I seek
all that nature fears when seasons change.
Winter needs snow on top the mount’s peak,
Summer starves for the Autumn exchange.
For I am astounded by the sight
of this compelling nature delight.
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All that God has bestowed I admire,
connected to each other like kin.
Intoxicating like ember’s fire,
igniting provocation within.
Wonder is held in fascination,
as mother nature wears creation.
A relationship, we share a bond,
attracted like magnetic forces.
Of our true alliance I am fond,
as what keeps us safe reinforces.
For we embrace beauty and accord,
watching the stars…and thanking the Lord.
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for contest FINETUNE THIS COLLABORATION sponsored by Line Gauthier
July 28, 2019
The fish came
To this accord
All by himself
He had been
Running
Like lake relaxing
Takes some doing
But he traveled on
To find his wife
And I can’t say
I blame him
I’d be the same way
If I had somebody to love
“I soared a journey with him near me,
fear released in tears of ecstasy.
I knew a tale of a boy who adored
a girl who always longed to be free.
Now we live in harmonious accord.”
So I await his caress and know it shall surmount
all things I never knew I dreamed could come true.
And with every cell in my body,
with all the marrow in my bones,
I shall be his until forever becomes the fate of all.
No ceasing of my heart could tamper with lust,
for it is genuine passion that rescues my soul.
And with the blood through my veins,
with all the countless DNA I carry,
I shall be his until lifetimes of joy fly away.
“I carried a dream with him by my side,
it knew my heart could always confide.
I knew a tale of a girl who was true
to a boy who lived a life of blue.
Now we live a life where love is supplied."
March 9, 2019
There was a president whose name was Trump
That in the White House he had set up camp
For the climate didn't care
Cause for U S wasn't fair
In the end Zeus' thunderbolt struck the tramp!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
06 January 2018
10, 10, 7, 7, 10.
*President Trump withdrew USA from the Paris accord last year and since then USA
witness a series of the severest weather phenomena in their history.
** Zeus, strikes all those who commit Hubris i.e. those who place themselves above
natural order which means above God!
Come Forward On Own Accord
Women and men must both come forward,
And then be doing this on their own accord;
When in doubt,
Still talk about;
Sexual misconduct should never be ignored.
Jim Horn
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