Best Atoned Poems

POTD 30th August 2018 

The gently swaying branches of the old oak should elicit calmness
And yet a sense of foreboding permeates the midnight air
Wild imaginings?...

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Do not vainly look in those remote
Places,
That, once, were acquainted with a 
Small part of me;         ...

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The summer moon was swollen, blue
          A flaw that girl knew thru-and-thru
    ...

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The east began blushing behind the trees
While the moon hung over the lea
And the velvet of night turned to sapphire hue
Like the blue of a...

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"Dream 1: 4 Weeks in Positano"



Kisses long linger warm lips tasted intense
so sweet like cured Valencia Oranges
lips liquored triple sec not dry drunk on love
softly...

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On an unsinkable ship’s maiden voyage, it sinks.
A pastor who preaches against alcohol, drinks.
One’s surrounded by people, yet remains all alone.
Confessing sins to a priest,...

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After the Second of Epona Plains
Part Seven

Gundar Nills..the Victor.
Your witch I'll burn 
At the full moon
So precious to you
As my son was to me.
And Damn...

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I wriggle toes, down deep into the sand,
          Thus taking five short minutes in repose
 ...

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Standing in a foreign nation, fragrance from a fresh cremation
Lost and long forgotten by the beasts that roamed my home
Nights are dark and gloomy but...

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The Sedulous Knight

Prostrate souls taxes, lain of blood-stained field,
still, toils an ingrained meaning they had sworn,
past distinct dead plus dying, still, naught yield,
amidst dense hearts...

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Proverbs is full of great wisdom
having complete trust in its word
leads you in the way of righteousness
any other route is totally absurd

Don't trust in your...

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In the middle—the center,
  a bullseye did hide

Its heart bleeding red,
  to target the lies

It cried out for justice,
  it cried out...

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If I was asked to write something to reflect upon myself, 
I’d remember all the hardships and struggles with my health-
When I was younger I...

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Best be on my way 
I need to take care of me 
I must prune my garden vines 
and let the flowers breathe 
NOTHING PERSONAL...

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"Jesus walked this lonesome valley
He had to walk it by Himself"
Even though surrounded by disciples
He walked it by Himself  

Jesus stood up to fiery...

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