Big mistake comes from
Small mistakes all combine
That befalls a man.
Categories:
befalls, character, judgement, truth,
Form: Senryu
Although it's been several years since we drifted apart
I still dream of you for you hold a place in my heart.
In the zenith of the full moon's glow late last night,
I dreamt of you, my lost loved one as you took flight
on a journey, but this warning to you I must impart...
What dire fate befalls you is not completely clear,
but I know you'll be in danger, and for your life I fear
that somewhere within a city borough you'll fall ill.
The thought of you sick or injured gives me a chill.
Someone follows you on a street, dark and drear!
If you could read my thoughts, you'd be forewarned.
Some would say my premonition should be scorned,
but in this reverie of you the vision seems so real.
I hear you calling me, and I sense the pain you feel.
I've Deja vous of losing you again, for I have mourned.
I'm filled with dread after having this mystical dream,
and woke in a sweat, trying desperately not to scream.
Raced to the window and gazed at the gold gilded moon,
praying that you are well, and I'll hear from you soon.
I wish it with all my heart on the light of a moonbeam.
October 7, 2022
The Mystical Dream Contest
Sponsored by Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Categories:
befalls, angst, fate,
Form: Rhyme
What Befalls At A Brook
Delight I, midst a babbling brook,
Touching its banks, hugging its rocks,
The child in me that I mistook,
Stills on, hearing to water talks.
Ere am awash toward concord,
Delight I, midst a babbling brook,
Be at its whim a righteous chord,
Smoothly drifting a dream unhook.
Sail on my words versed in a book,
Venturous soul towards each turn,
Delight I, midst a babbling brook,
Parts anew my memory yearn.
Dabble against the wayward flow,
Pictured on banks and rocks a look,
A lake arise brook mouths must go,
Delight I, midst a babbling brook.
2020 March 18
*3rd Place*
STRAND CHOICE K,any form,any theme
~~Brian Strand
Categories:
befalls, muse, river, sound, word
Form: Quatern
A squad of cavalries turns up at first
their flag flutters at every angle
proud and their poor fate stubbornly reversed
the youngest one of them blows the bugle
Next, day strips itself of night, boisterous
the survivors step over the fallen
to the summit, wounded but victorious
the bravest one sags all of a sudden
That happens and will do, when justice is sliced
it was worth it and it will since God pleads
It's a cause for which our lives are sacrificed
as blooded swords are put back into sheaths
Honor befalls me, who made it public
in a lonely sonnet, epic and lyric
Categories:
befalls, faith, social, tribute,
Form: Sonnet
scared, alone
broke down on dark highway
creepy willows, hover over me
waiting for a sign of headlights
but to no avail-none
i debate to walk
slowly creeping through woods
fog thicker than lard
water gushing in open-toed shoes
till i see a dim light
wooded cabin tucked away
shadowed by redwoods
i knock-no answer
i enter cautiously
sit by fireplace as i
remove my wet shoes
there's a towel hung over rocking chair
as if waiting for methen it hits me
i've been here before
locked in a closet
by some crazed maniac
i slowly step to the closet door
turn the knob
crouched in corner
scared, alone
looking into my eyes
another young soul
taken before her time
i retrace my steps
and remember when i was 16
driving down this dark highway
when my car broke down
thinking someone would help
waking to being tied and tortured
till i no longer breathed
scared and alone
karen croft
Categories:
befalls, life, loss, sad, dark,
Form: Free verse
Tapping fingers, pulse ~
The awaiting, ones sweating
Anticipating ~
Message received, codes now read
Slowly keys turn, silo's open ~
http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/war-8.php
Categories:
befalls, angst, war
Form: Tanka
Dusk
Creeps in
Dark and sleek
Day is once more
Night
Categories:
befalls, nature, peace
Form: Lanterne