Best Alchemy Poems
Love’s Alchemy is Eternal
Your look, touch, and scent now so perfect pure,
Enchants my true emotions and soaring passion.
I knoweth now our love shall always endure,
As God unites our souls as one by divine action!
Our sensual passion defines love’s spirit entire,
As we caress and kiss for this moment’s bliss.
Love’s alchemy maketh our spirits soar afire,
As we embrace our lips find that deepest kiss!
Our hearts beat now in a sacred tempo of love,
That reflects our real destiny, two souls as one.
This is God’s gift to us from Heaven high above,
As we wish these magic moments of eternal fun!
By Heaven, I pray our love’s alchemy forever,
And declareth my love shan’t leave you ever!
Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved,
June 27, 2016 (Shakespearean Sonnet)
How do you change a lie into the truth?
Alchemy, dear children ...
this is how it's done, using unverifiable proof
First, you take a sick, dirty lie,
and doctor it up as truth
Whitewash and scrub it clean,
then jet power it with unsubstantiated verbal steam
That should make the lie thoroughly sanitized
Then play a continuous sound byte loop,
uncorroborated and fact-free
Present the fake news with a five-star salute,
then say secrecy is the true path to liberty
This rings eerily like New Age alchemy,
bell-tolling Faustian chemistry
If that ain't a manufactured alternate reality,
then somebody is lying to us obviously
How do you do this, change a lie into the truth?
Alchemy, dear children ...
this is how it's done, using fabricated proof
Next, you take a package,
and deliver it to the people,
with a Trojan horse message inside
But the people don't know it's harmful,
because they labeled it with a lie
See, that's the beauty of deception,
they don't call a lie a lie
Instead they choose another word,
as they place the pirate patch over their eye
Misleading, false claims
Plausible deniability
mis-remembering
Choose whichever words you will,
a lie is a lie is a lie still
Changing a word won't make a falsehood real
Taste the propaganda spoiled sauerkraut;
as alternative facts are trotted out,
and disinformation is bandied about
Know that immoral alchemy is being performed
by high wizards of the dark arts
Frankenstein experiments in need of more body parts
Don't be bewitched by lying craft,
don't get (con)fused by this manipulative graft
into a cancerous body politic
Changing a lie into the truth
is the ultimate alchemist trick
Graced by festive home-made trimmings
On an eve which hails life aglow--
Merry tears drift in wonderment
As spark of hope blazes, to flow :
That each dwelling exalts JOY JOY
Bright the praise through heaven above ,
For the magical glee this year—
A wintertime brimming with white of frost
Of beningn dusks. a swerve imperial
Kindling what nourishes all… LOVE!
12/4/2016
Shadow Hamilton's A Winter Poem
"Alchemy"
Begin: Take a Chance on Love
So you’re hurt.
You hurt, you hide
in your big words
clever camouflage
You say you're ok
in blythe denial
of all that’s past
that’s ok, write it all away
Take all the time
you need to make
sense of past bad ryhmes
don't bury your dreams, turning of a dime
"Simple"... beats sophistication every time
Bleeds your heart in time with mine
Try being glib and sublime
with all the other jumping frogs in the mire
Hey, you’re ok, your heart's beating time
Hey, you’re tomorrow may meet mine
(Lovejoy-Burton/Jan 2018)
As the men of the great sea carry me
Assuring them of safe travel on water
Courage and serenity are given free
Am restless anxiety adjuster
Feel so soft smooth as nestled in pocket
Look deeply into my pale blue colors
Ye men of wide sea who wear bluejacket
Those who my purpose are sure acceptors
How my healing powers strength your heart
Throat, spleen, immune system, mouth, ears, breating
Offering protection for journey chart
Constantly in your pocket safely abiding
Mental, emotional, physical
Aquamarine polished smooth possible alchemy
Written for Stoned Contest
Sponsor: Catie Lindsey
Contest had closed when posted
Reso-
nance
comes,
I feel
it
now
as
a
hum
in
my
be-
ing
and
then through
my fingers. And soon
you will feel it deep in your
chest, your heart, your
blood and your soul.
We feel it, this time is
nothing but shaking.
But know you are not
alone. Everything is shaking
together. Dropped stones send
ripples dancing through little ponds
a thousand lives deep. You feel what I
felt, and all I needed was a few strings
and some wood. Expression is much
like the old alchemy. All I needed
for you to hear my story was
a few strings and some
wood.
Sparkling chemistry between artist and ballerina
Under the apricot sky, they exude verve and zeal
Ballerina twirls, poses, and blows kisses; like magic
Law of Attraction catches them unaware. How feverish!
In the gloaming, the artist sketches his comely muse
Mesmerised by her lithe grace and magnetism
Eureka! They find love before long. A sublime alchemy
BRIAN'S SELECT A,any form,any theme
Contest Judged: 6/10/2020 (Winner: Honorable Mention)
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
Double Double Words To Bubble Poetry Contest (Winner: 1st Place)
Sponsored by Joseph May
Date written: 05/25/2020
Poetry is a drug, mixed in the alchemy of the night,
An elixir of never-ending dreams, the bitter drink of wandering souls,
Poured into the empty goblets of thirsty minds,
And it flows, softly, through the veins carrying the sap of unspoken desires,
A sweet poison that opens gates to hidden worlds.
With every swallowed word, I lose myself in the endless labyrinth,
Where words are torches burning in the hand of time,
Illuminating dark paths where my steps hesitate,
And discovering in the depths, forgotten treasures of love and yearning,
The remnants of battles between dream and reality, between sky and cloud.
In smokey dreams, I let myself be carried by the turbulent rhymes,
That float on murky waters, ink butterflies in their evening flight,
They carry me toward horizons where stars write poems on the celestial vault,
And the moon, the great poetess, pours her silver over seas of unclear thoughts,
Embracing lost souls in eternal poetry, where everything begins and ends.
But, oh, how bitter is the withdrawal when the ink dries up,
And the letters melt into the night, leaving behind only the shadows of silence,
In those moments, my soul breaks, searching for a way back
To that endless ocean of words, where poetry is the drug that keeps me alive,
And in each verse, I find salvation, a lighthouse in the night, guiding me to dawn's light.
Thus, I let myself be caught again in her enchantment, this sacred dependency,
Poetry - my panacea and my curse, the magic that weaves me into a web of dreams,
Where every word is a falling star, and every verse, a new world,
A refuge from reality, where I can fly, fall, be reborn,
In an infinite journey, where poetry is the drug that fuels my soul.
Discerning Insanity
By David J Walker
It is in the collective thought
The safety of a plausible
Fantasy
The alchemy of
Turning lies into truths
That makes us the irrational
Passionate beings
That rule the earth
In the end
We are who we
Believe we are
With no proof
That we are not
We are
For lack of substance
Aloof
To the discernment of
insanity
stagnant, arid air
now wafts a sublime fragrance ~
as two hearts entwine
19-October-2022
Written: May 20, 2026, for a contest sponsored by Brian Strand
9th place contest winner
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This poem is about the great painting by Eva Schumy, titled The Alchemy of Love: the painting maps out internal human energies as physical fluids flow through hidden circuits, pipes, and channels carved into mountains. It illustrates the transformative power of love, which physically and psychologically transforms our raw, invisible bodily energies into something spiritual and harmonious.
Alchemy of Love (Extended Incantation)
Star-shards shatter,
fire-forged, fervent—
from cosmic crucibles
to coal-black stone.
Love liquefies lead,
turns ash to amber,
breath to burning,
bone to bloom.
I inhale her flame,
a pearl pulsing,
a power pressing
past the veil.
Golden gush,
silver stair,
spiral spun
through shadow air.
Red streams curl,
making circles,
singing change
in secret rooms.
Vellum vacuum shudders,
vessels of watching
venture into merging,
vows unsaid kindle.
No fates, no graves—
only the alchemy,
only the ache,
only the ascent.
I am an equinox of repentance
glinting base metal
upon arrival
already disappearing into time
reacting at my core
when exposed
to your mere existence
what am I?
surely changed
most definitely longing
distilled upon entanglement
willing to destabilise
whenever you wish
foremost ~
addicted to your alchemy
orbiting
until * *
I'm too fragile to reform *
s c a t t e r i n g into stardust *
to gaze upon you * *
from a billion vantage points *
for a trillion years *
until I once again settle
in your domain
willing for completion
I carry generational tears I didn’t even cry
Carry the weight of the curses, I don’t even know why
The traumas, the struggles, the lessons to be learned
The biggest one of all: Don’t leave any stone unturned
For every drop of blood that’s been drawn and bled
And for every single tear that’s been emotionally shed
It’s a reminder of the things that’s been left unsaid
And of all the things that we’ve tried to leave for dead
It’s time to wake up and it’s time to act fast
It’s time to unbury the skeletons of our pasts
It’s time to break the chains and throw away the key
It’s time to unburden those that live on after me
Written August 27, 2026, For Poetry Wheel Weekly Challenge
Verified by HMS.COM / 8 - 8 - 5 - 5 - 8
Theme: Memory
Emotion: Wonder
Color: Gold
Season: Summer
Form: Limerick
Object: Lego
Verb: Whisper
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The sun in its annual glow,
Turns plastic to citrine below;
A whispered refrain
Of joy and of pain,
Brings childhood wonders to bestow.
Ancient science launches research towards new technology
Learning new disciplines to increase the power of their patron
Creating new magics; generating spendable gold from lead
Hinting at greater knowledge hidden in the realms of men
Evolving sciences increase the expertise of kingdom soldiers
Machines, potions and tactics to defeat enemies of the king
Yesterday's mysteries leading the world toward today's reality