With pen in hand I sat, clearly I could visualize
the graphic scene I intended my readers to see.
Each detail was so vivid when I closed my eyes;
a child, happily singing beneath a dogwood tree.
Trying to write the words, my breath was shallow.
How could I describe the curled edges of a leaf.
or the color of soil in the field beyond, left fallow?
How was I to aptly convey Spring in poetic motif?
My pulse quickened as I filled my pen with ink
Images were copied from my mind to stationery.
Blue skies came alive; leaves were fringed in pink
Verses flowed freely; I dared not dawdle or tarry.
There was nothing ambiguous in what I had penned
Expressed realistically, the child's voice could be heard.
Through imagery, a poet has the ability to transcend
readers into each verse when the imagination is spurred.
Princess was a cat aptly and appropriately named.
She had gorgeous blue eyes not in the least tamed.
Her mother dressed her in silk gowns of royal azure blue.
She was treated like a princess, or a queen, also or too.
slowly erupting
beautiful woodland specters
beware Death Angels
Prize your own pace where light moves show,
Art in clear trace helps you to know;
Craft sacred space that helps you grow,
Etch a fond place as joy meets flow.
Leon Enriquez
12 November 2018
Singapore
Feel
What now wills
In sure reveal
Touch
Just as much
Warm writes as such
Fate
Is not late
Here at love's gate
Grace
Floods this place
Grand lavish space
Now
Peace endows
All whys and how's
Chance
Fits the dance
In mystic trance
Heart
Frames true art
In bold brave start
Mind
Can be blind
To simple finds
Soul
In one whole
Waits to unfold
Leon Enriquez
23 October 2018
Singapore
Urge
Warm surge
Feel touch merge
Feel
Deep thrill
Move fond will
Touch
Moves much
Here as such
Here
Greet spheres
Watch fine cheer
See
Just be
Air wise spree
Look
Just hook
Glimpse grand book
Way
You say
Now prompts play
Light
Blooms sight
That feels bright
Be
Aptly
Just lovely
Leon Enriquez
22 September 2018
Singapore
Feel free
To be
To see
Fine spree
Feel fest
To quest
To test
Fond zest
Feel flow
To know
To show
Warm glow
Feel light
To sight
To right
Wise flight
Feel game
To name
To tame
Weak blame
Feel kind
To mind
To sign
Greet find
Feel pace
To trace
To space
Keep face
Leon Enriquez
17 June 2018
Hamlet Place, ACT
Mad mushy make
Treat troubling take
Mean minding more
Set silly score
Mind milking moves
Gain gaudy grooves
Spread something sweet
Mingle mad meet
Trite telling taut
Niche nothing naught
Silly self shows
Broken brief blows
Mushy mind moans
Glimpse grumpy groans
Nil never not
Piece puzzle plot
Dust decays drop
Set simple stop
Insane ink inch
Tell touchy tinge
Apt anxious ask
Trials tumble task
Leon Enriquez
10 May 2018
Hamlet Place, ACT
Square peg in a round hole:
Do you spy a good soul?
Short take on a re-make:
Do you have a good take?
Truth or dare or a bluff:
Do you know your own stuff?
Easy, breezy fancy:
Do you feel odd frenzy?
Aptly now can you feel:
Do you fake that odd spill?
Leon Enriquez
25 November 2017
Singapore
Heed heart happy
Frame fine fancy
Dance dear deeply
Sink sleepy sea
Watch welcome wise
Pique profound price
Nice naughty nook
Buy brilliant book
Love lifts laughter
Mind moves matter
Juice jumpy joy
Treat tasty toy
Wise words work way
Prize pretty play
Day dreams dance dear
Face fickle fear
Thoughts twirl thinking
Sleep soon sinking
Apt art ample
Sweet surge sample
Leon Enriquez
03 September 2017
Singapore
Wise wonder works
Jumpy joy jerks
Seek sublime stay
Ply profound play
Sweet secrets speak
Thrilling times tweak
Live lovely list
Glimpse grandeur's gist
Form funny face
Seek sublime space
Wit welcomes worth
Bridge bubbly birth
Create clear craft
Dream dazzling draft
Aptly art asks
Bright blossoms bask
Calm charms clearly
Sure success see
Leon Enriquez
05 July 2017
Singapore
Sit here dear
Feel more clear
Mind moves more
Sense deep core
Love now dwells
You can tell
Wit trips time
Stop gap rhyme
Rain wets all
Love thrills call
Wet and wild
Feel love child
Say no more
Feel warm shores
Dance and dream
Love funds theme
Apt blooms bask
Dare to ask
In a way
Prize prompt play
Round the bend
All things end
Leon Enriquez
12 April 2017
Singapore
Bright blossoms bloom
Rich rapture rooms
Clear charm crafts cheer
Niche nature near
Warm welcome wills
Taste touchy thrills
Wit wanders where
Thought trembles there
Bright bounty big
Wears whimsy wig
Trust then the truth
Ply playful proof
Treasure tells time
Rude rowdy rhymes
Aptly arm art
Seek sacred start
Leon Enriquez
21 March 2017
Singapore
Mind thinks
Heart links
Feel shows
Thought grows
Charm cheers
Poise steers
Calm say
Wise way
Glimpse grand
Faith scans
Live light
Set sights
Match wit
Frame fit
Good cause
Set course
Browse book
Wise hook
Set sail
Mask veil
Words sum
Jest comes
Day dream
Floods theme
Start well
Joy dwells
Fond trace
Thrills space
Tact acts
Pacts fact
Style smiles
Prize piles
Leon Enriquez
20 March 2017
Singapore
(Dedication: For my wife Ann)
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Feel fertile fill
Watch waking will
Seek silence still
Prize profound peace
Live lovely lease
Thrill tensile tease
Apt asking aims
Forge fleeting flame
Now niche nude name
Dance deep dream dwell
Wise way wills well
Time truly tells
Vet vicious voice
Purge poignant poise
Caress calm choice
Leon Enriquez
05 February 2017
Singapore
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