Allures Poems

Halos In the Mist

...Halos In The Mist 
Golden rings of dim lights. 
Soon to fade after dawn from night. 
Cobblestones staggered down a crooked path astray. 
Halos in the mist acknowledge a mystery. 
Haunted places ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: allures, analogy,
Form: Rhyme

The Cold embrace of Death

...
The Cold Embrace of Death

The hush transports him to another place,
where peace and joy are swallowed by regret.
The sea allures him to his own disgrace,
Akin to earworms feeble to forget

...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: allures, death, suicide,
Form: Sonnet


Within The Wind

...Stuck out on 
a highway
between reality
and truth

The status quo
of transience
allures as it
deludes

Looking for an
exit ramp
to slow
my troubles down

Each sign I see
in bold relie...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: allures, truth, wind,
Form: Rhyme

Lost To Lust

...?Lust knows it. Life and death.
?Living and reliving,
?Dieing and dieing yet again.
?Sinners souls in eternal glory of doom,
?Fuel the big burning sulphur of hell.
?
?Afraid and broken inside,
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: allures, bible, gospel, how i
Form: Free verse

It is strife that life is rife

...From scorching heat come if cool spells of rain, 
Lotus allures, let it from mud arise, 
If joy gets born from deepest pits of pain, 
Sorrows are sent to size us, make us wise. 
It’s strange if p...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: allures, life,
Form: Sonnet


Premium MemberLove In The Realm Of Fantasy

...

Sunflower blooms gold,
cradles fairy in fold.
Marvel allures dragonfly.
Charmed, it holds her hand.
In scene so grand,
bonds of fanciful love ramify. 
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: allures, fantasy, love,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberOn Devil's Night

...On Devil’s Night

There once was a devil queen  on Whispering Lane
Mean and cunning her crew driven insane
For millenniums hurling malice 
Content in her palace
Casting a malevolent...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: allures, angel, anger, anxiety, evil,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberJane-By-The-Sea

...Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA is 114 miles from my home in San Francisco. It's home to my friend Jane (a former fellow worker) she now finds California's central coastline to be the next best place t...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: allures, friendship, girl,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAllures of Autumn

...
When allures of autumn blow o’er the breeze
A sensation is bestowed o’er the leaves
Changing from green, turning red, rust and gold
An exquisite season for to behold.

Falling leaves l...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: allures, autumn, celebration,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberDancing with Delight

...
 Butterflies flutter with delight
 Cherry blossoms are on display
 Nature's beauty, a lovely sight
 As gentle breeze make flowers sway

 Dragonflies have come out to play
 Butterflies flutter...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: allures, butterfly, nature,
Form: Rhyme

FELICIA

...This architectural frame upon your mortal hue
Testifies God’s perfection and generosity in creation
These compartments of yours that dazzle the eye 
Are autographs that you are far above angelic b...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: allures, cinderella, emotions, feelings, first
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberI am crushing

...
   
      I am crushing on you ! Dear !
        Your pleasant personality allures me .
          I am almost sure, you won’t listen to
            throbbing beats of my wobbling heart,
       ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: allures, crush,
Form: Free verse

Chinese translations Li Bai

...Li Bai translations

These are my modern English translations of Chinese poems by Li Bai, also known as Li Po.



Zazen on Ching-t’ing Mountain
by Li Bai
translation/interpretation by Michael...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: allures, age, bird, farewell, goodbye,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberHakaris HaTov

...Hakaris HaTov
Recognizing the Good,
Be aware of what’s already there,
Mind that abundance is our spine,
Dire news presents a raincloud,
Blinding, warping focus of our blessing,
Making all seem ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: allures, appreciation, birthday, courage, god,
Form: Rhyme

Flicker of Love

...

I want to get lost with you
in a valley of singing sunflowers,
where I wish they bloom
as your luminous laughter in immortal hues.
My butterfly heart wants to flutter
chasing you across ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories: allures, butterfly, devotion, extended metaphor,
Form: Romanticism

Related Poems

Get a Premium Membership
Get more exposure for your poetry and more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Hide Ad