The rich man of taste
Will keep a low profile
They never show up
The brand goods.
The real rich man dress
In simple and proper form
Not showy not bravabado
Taste with elegance.
The rich and famous
Are classy and chic
Yet posture stand firm
Wealth with wisdom.
Nice job, high wages
Nice car, nice house, ref full pack
Living a good life.
Travel is to live
What a sign of healthy life
To love is to give.
I check what I can handle,
Try to be intense candle:
Why? To burn brightly for light:
All the time a welcome sight...
I should men carry along,
Now with common sense,soon song.
Strive I to be The Humble,
In found gloom letters mumble:
Words that can't make one stumble
Nor a held China tumble...
Yet have I foes who grumble
And when my speech starts crumble.
It's like I had clinched sweet chance
To make it past closed entrance...
They have glimpsed my cistern
Not any thing The Western:
All of them Men of Affluence
Who could cost Lucky Influence.
Kelogb (6-7-6)
Let my words heal you all
For no sword defends better
Poem has healing power
DILAPIDATED GLOBE
A weary pneuma bleeds
Tears of the miserable
The poverty-stricken tumbledown
The opulence shows gusto.
At the sight of the indigent
But very penurious in helping...
They live in safety isle
But parade in the dilapidated globe.
Masses weep
Agony of the wretched man
Mercy he pleads
To mother earth and nature.
Under a thatched leaking roof
Muds fall at bewitching hours
Petite ice drops like contingent snow
If wishes were horses...
If the night could give way to day...
Friendly enemies of the night parading
What a tragic horror for the cynical
In a dilapidated globe.
An Ijeoma Ikonne's poem © 2021
Serenely blissful while vanquishing apathy
a loving heart, divinely regenerated by faith
keeps abounding* in altruistic opulence
gratefully triumphant in worshiping the Lord.
*Colossians 2:7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
July 27, 2020
4th place, "Four Lines" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France; judged on 7/27/2020.
Relatives hanging out of every orifice, window, ledge, and lawn chair
Hands out, the two starving children beg as people walk by, ignoring them.
In Great-grandma McCormick’s teeny tiny farm house, during family reunion.
No more bowls of rice, no more bread, there is nothing left. Hunger sets.
Laughter wafts from the barn, behind the shed, and especially the kitchen.
Their mother hung on as long as she could, but she died of flu yesterday.
Too many women are in there, some wearing aprons, all of them in the way.
Those who took their mother’s body away left her two small children, knowing.
The men are hiding out in the pasture, barn, beside tractors, sharing stories.
They had their own unfed waifs, they could not worry about these two.
Sixteen kinds of pies and two cakes are trying to find a place on a shelf.
It is expected they will die soon. They probably will be gone by morning.
Beef, pork, chicken and fish that prances in would feed three or four armies.
Two urchins are resilient and refuse to die easily; they are alive the next day.
By and by
A touch now cheers;
Sigh by sigh
A pulse feels clear.
Touch knows touch
In precious trade;
Much seeds much
In affluence made.
Voice calm voice
Where truth greets more;
Choice meets choice
Despite harsh gore.
Truth knows truth
As finesse shows;
Proof sums proof
Just what you know.
Charm crafts charm
In vibrant feel;
Calm seeds calm
In lasting will.
Soul to soul
Keeps lovely spell;
Whole in whole
Keeps silent tell.
Leon Enriquez
26 December 2019
Singapore
Good works’ done through grace-influence
God’s enrichment for soul’s affluence.
*Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
September 1, 2019
Love has a way to bring new light,
A lavish flair spurs ample play;
Voice moves bold say that syncs with sight,
Indulge fine air with profound sway;
Spice joy's pure mix with sensuous style,
Happy the man who knows sheer fun.
Affluence spreads fix of thoughts worthwhile,
Finesse frames plan with wit and pun;
Feel the pure touch of wonder here,
Live with fond ease that vital space;
Urge charm as such to cluster cheer,
Etch a deep peace in easy trace;
Notice the face of happy moods,
Clever stuff trace with ample food,
Endow kind place such lovely good.
Leon Enriquez
28 April 2018
Canberra, Australia
Glimpse in the breeze the touch of joy,
Ripe words unveil deep affluence here;
Ask grace to squeeze a sparkling ploy,
Now love prevails as warm thought cheers;
Dance in swift swirl that fond insight.
Apt that sweet taste of ample spice,
Feel happy twirls in deep delight;
Frame in swift haste wise touch so nice,
Lift up your soul in mystic scope;
Unleash the trace of mindful poise,
Etch a wise whole in mellow hope;
Note lovely face where style sparks voice,
Charm mingles fast deep rapture sweet,
End first not last as affluence greets.
Leon Enriquez
22 March 2018
Singapore
Purge greed
Trim need
Just feel
Wise will
Plant seed
Less feed
More zest
Moves quest
More oomph
Less room
Joy knows
Grand glow
Less pain
Less gain
Fond moods
Wise good
Grand jest
Mind fest
More funds
More fun
Swift road
Less load
Leon Enriquez
24 July 2017
Singapore
Apt as wise surge that truth inspires,
Frame happy thoughts as feelings dance;
Feel joy now urge a precious fire,
Love echoes lot in poignant trance;
Use ample hope to sculpt bold acts,
Embrace faith bold that knows the way;
Note how cheer scopes such lovely tact,
Choice frees true hold to flood rich say;
Etch with posh style a hundred smiles.
Glimpse in sure heart that art of zest,
Reap thoughts worthwhile that stream fine piles;
Opt thus to start your timeless quest,
Wealth is a touch beyond mere things,
Sense health as such that ever brings.
Leon Enriquez
13 July 2017
Singapore
Look to health
To fund wealth
Know that more
Will just spore
What you see
Comes to be
Learn to live
Joy you give
Peace of mind
Now brings find
Wealth is here
Let health cheer
Do your best
Live fond zest
In your core
Love fills more
Be a star
Live on par
All you see
Love sets free
Start and end
Grace fills blend
Leon Enriquez
27 June 2017
Singapore
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