Best Ablaze Poems

Henry VI and Napoleon were crowned Kings there
 A hunchback found his lady fair,
 But heartbreak comes to Notre Dame
 As she is now in flames

 Joan of Arc, whose reputation was maligned
 Was beatified there in 1909
 But heartbreak comes for Notre Dame
 As...

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Skies ablaze, day is done
  Dying rays, setting sun

 Embers sink in the sea
 One last wink let it be

 Light will fade, darkness shrouds
 Flight of birds above clouds

 8-10-2021...

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Chilled, I whispered his name on this frosty morning
dawning found me shivering on my side of the bed
I always dread waking to the absense of his touch
How much I miss comforting warmth of loving arms 

Icy cold were the sheets where he used to sleep
Weep...

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(Three Lives, Three Sonnets, Three Friends, Fate's Dark Hand)
POEM 1. Nights Were Our Time Setting Our World Ablaze
POEM 2. When Man Lusts For All, Seeking All The More
POEM 3. Yet A Cure Within Light's Truth, May Be Found )

Poem (1.)
Nights Were Our Time Setting Our...

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Flying alone
   over fury enthroned

 Its colors reign free 
  and clear

The enemy stained
  all freedom regained

Covered in blood 
  spent and dear

Stitched yellow and blue
  its messages true

That Svealand does 
  not run

To hang steadfast
  and...

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Mysterious forces gather into the mind
bleeding with excitement ,fragrancing the night.
This is the time of visions sought, dreams refreshed.
Many splendored is this night,the dark flows swiftly.
Find yourself in the arms of imagination and painted glory.
You are the captain of this splendid vessel,onward sail
to anywhere those...

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The spark ignited and threatened the paper
The corners curled and burned black
 ablaze in reds 
It left behind the black ashes 
Of regret
It closed into the center
The trail of uncontrollable
Disaster
The smoke obscured reality
And left the surroundings in a lightless poisonous cloud
Choking on the only air...

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Embedded deeply in trickles of rain;
I grasp love’s ending as my head lays down
On a field of blossoms, their tresses agleam,
Curtsying gaily unto April winds...
Dear sunflower, sunflower, lift  me high
Your lustrous twirls  beheld to these cold eyes;
In fresh revelry, a tearful heart whispers...

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Down where purple Wisteria blooms
Love's presence draws nature
Setting aflame breathless desire
Hearts soften thoughts alter

Birds pair, adoring sight fills love's cup
Beautiful in love's flight
Attentive you become charming
Affectionate delight

Spring's allure captivating my thoughts
So ablaze I love thee
Each absorbing thought is of you
Admirable yet brawny

Sponsor: Francine Roberts
Contest: Spring...

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A dry stone wall
of moss-grown granite
staggers,
lush undulating plains
swaggers,
fields ablaze with wildflowers 
bows
at a curvaceous hollow
where a copper stream gurgles below.
 
Sheep fluff velvet meadows
mirror cotton clouds above.
Stooped,
they graze
on buttercup fields
Blotched blurs,
they climb 
to higher ground
where 
Lilting melodies 
lace the trees
sweeping the air
with apple blossom
on a...

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Crepe Myrtle ablaze, set afire
By sunbeams peeking through
A heavy damp fog that settles
And kisses the fresh dew

Golden leaves contrast the Myrtles
Those leaves on the pecan
And amber needles hang weighted
Lovely in the new dawn
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Paint Me Ablaze


paint me ablaze 
like Rome 
start from the head eyeballs mouth nose 
castle 
hills via neck 

harnessed 
dusty roads 
long hands fingers of 
books 

waist stomach 
kingdom of sorrow 
all the king's seats 
streams of the fields 
and valleys of love 

my thighs...

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[Continued from Part Two]


The elder took no notice of risking life and limb.
Hither, thither ran the children, glancing up at him,
while indulging mindlessly in each impulsive whim,
with no apprehension of the future looking grim.
Their chances for salvation seemed increasingly slim…
That aged man’s deep compassion filled...

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A Greek mythological classical character chosen,
Medusa with her snake hair and stone stare, a frozen
Look turning people to stone, originally a vision of beauty,
A woman of erotic desire, who inflicted unimaginable cruelty,
Her destiny to become an unapproachable monster,
Many attempted to kill her, heroes and many...

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August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born.
The odd uneven time—Sylvia Plath




End Of August
             
The end of August is oh so near    ...

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