The Appex of Effervescence
A
Gleam
below,
a blade
of silent motion,
a ghost of shifting shadow,
a primal ancient, living spark,
we are the razor-sharp delight of the deep,
the silent power that moves the crystal flow,
a flash of cold, silver-plated effervescence,
a tremor in the soul of the fathoms' cold heart,
the apex of the abyss, a brilliant, living dart,
a rising, wordless song of all the ocean's grace.
Poem
Apex superior
Indeed the creator is perfect
Making men and women to be the heads
Making children to be the bodies
Generations, generations all know him
He speaks wonderfully of his images
And creatures
Created all without selfish pride
And made them to multiple
What a wonderful story
How did he do that?
Bees stinks all beautiful flowers
It still produces nice honey
Birds fly round the sky
But build their nest
No question can fetch
An answer to your deeds
For it is gloriously
A splendour.
Atop all things is the apex of life.
Perceive all impossible dreams are there
not to break us.
Enduring all aches and pains may cause us
along the way
Xylem of life will always be rewarding
at the end of each day.
Reaching for the stars
My enemies were tired of me winning
Now they can’t smile at me so
They try to keep me a mile away
They want to spin my life in another direction
But this is hilarious
Because I am victorious through all the deceit!
They counted me out of the equation
But with my mathematical skills
I multiplied and divided the real from the fake
I took the seal of precision and
Took the decision to stand against my enemies!
In secret, they were heartless with their words
But I have no time to mince my words
So I took the essence of poetry and rinsed myself off
Remembering that they counted me out but
With my black cap, I become the apex
Reaching for the stars going beyond the galaxy!
Mark Frank
Copyright 2022
To run from today
or hide from tomorrow,
the ultimate hunter,
time waiting downwind
Each day is a stalking,
your tracks to betray you,
escape out of season
—the wolf closing in
(Sacandaga Lake, New York: January, 2022)
Sun strike horizon white triangle
Erases deep turquoise in thin ice
Steady spiral turn winds triumph
Explores sea bed, drilled precise
Turned ground pleads for mercy
Surrenders dug out cry of agony
Tumble gems an ancient mason
Sought to swap for sovereignty
Miner compiles silica currency
Shells she's clenched fluoresce
Money funnelled subterranean
Spectrum rips open firey chests
Technique imagines same future
Strength set on bone, sure farrier
Temporary gold gallops to zenith
Sharp ocean glint disappears her
14th June
Foreshore soon!
Young and old, kindly recall
All humans are equal,
Only differentiated by gender
Let's all on this ponder.
Dream with all courage,
Think beyond the horizon of marriage.
No man rules with a pest
And freedom befriends not a parasite.
Marriage is not everything
See even the lioness preys with her king.
Success favors no sex
Through work, reach its apex.
C-limb
H-ighest
A-pex
I-f
I-t
K-eeps
I-tself
A-t
T-op
Topic: Birthday of Chaii Kiat (August 18)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
We
live on an
orb
in the
vastness
of the
void.
Here,
we
are the
apex
predator.
Humanity
has risen
to the
top
of the
heap.
We’ve
organized the
place as
we
see fit.
Our
intellect
is unmatched.
We
thought
we were
the center
of it all.
We,
are the
top dog
on a speck.
Perspective,
humility,
understanding
of our
true
insignificance
in existence.
An existence
we don’t
understand.
An existence
infinite in nature.
Humanity
is the
apex
of insignificance.
The
apex
of nothing!
S-un
A-scends
N-icely
I-nto
Y-our
A-pex
G-low
A-s
L-ight
E-ndorses
Y-our
E-xcellent
V-iew
A-gain
Topic: Poetess (Saniya Galeyeva)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Wet, calm, lush green stretch-
Is this some heart soaked in love?
Apex of beauty.
L-ight
I-s
Z-enith's
A-pex
C-learly
O-bliterating
D-ark
E-vening
S-hadows
Topic: Birthday of Liza Codes (May 3)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Silver dewdrops sparkle deeply under a footprint held
salted remains forever and always loving dearest
Through the living waters of life's rainbows kiss sweetly love
every colour shines uniquely precious under the mist
Golden beautiful your sunlight guides me home warmly beams
standing time adoring graciously your crown circles gems
A halo begins to turn waves around undercurrents
into the liquid oceans salt where you are born with wings
On the seventh crest drunken spirit of eternity
under the influence of your soul heartbeats jump over
And back moonshines softly breathless gently sighs out angel
whitewashed purity rolling a carpet before you
Kissing the soles of every step forward destiny calls
echoing within four chambers a song for you sings blue
being loved by you is THE epic moment of my life
everyday i hold a camera....without even taking a picture
the natural way you love me alone is photogenic all by itself
thoughts of you make everyday wonderful....even the bad ones
one look at your smile of reassurance and al colors return
you know, i never thought i would be this happy
i never thought that i would write the same old happy poem again and again and be satisfied
however you are the b vitamins for my brain
as a result, i find something new in each stanza....in each line
what is actually created is a connections of pathways to new worlds unrealized by my formerly limited vision
as a whole, every day in this current nowadays i find myself steadily brightened as well as enlightened
you saying 'YES!' is THE apex happening in my memory bank
i, as a man, admit the everyday i am glowing....and i have you to thank
that being expressed, take this 'i love you' from my lips and effortlessly catch it with yours in reciprocation
And then it dawned on the attendant crowds
That having climbed to the top of the spire
For he had seen the way to climb up
The challenge was to climb down
But the way to climb down
Had sadly eluded him
And the multitudes
Had not a clue
To offer.
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