Best Dazzlingly Poems
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S un sits dazzlingly on its golden throne
U psurging plumes on the horizon in various tints of rose
N uminous gleam foretells tomorrow’s blissful dawn
S piritual grace sufficiently suffices my soul
E ffusion of a fiery love, hope and promises ripple
T owards me, its whole magnified reflection on water tickles
©2012Leonora Galinta
All Rights Reserved
Aug. 6, 2015 12.20pm
First Place
Contest: The Answer
Judged: 8/17/2015
Sponsor: My loving poetess, sis and friend, Skat
Categories:
dazzlingly, beauty, sun, sunset,
Form:
Acrostic
September morn flutters its bright wings
Radiant colors of love and joy it all brings
Never just a dream
Drizzles fuse with summer air in delight
Rainbow looms are strewn in vast site
They perfectly prim
September smiles brandish vibrantly on air
Virgon-Libran Stars pace dazzlingly in flair
Trees arc overhead
Gilded crackers carpet densely around
Others in streaky flames stud…abound
Let’s frolic and tread
September aroma wafts, whirls… swirls
Bracing breeze bounces, dances, twirls
A lavish confetti-bearer
Overture of year’s most awaiting parts
Enchanting hues rain from the start
Ber Months’ fun greeter
Sept. 23, 2016 (Fri) 9.59pm
©2016Leonora Galinta
I wrote this poem to greet you all lovingly a Very Happy and Blessed September!
Also, a very Happy Birthday to the September Celebrants especially to our very dear poet and friend, Andrea D. Her very special day was last Sept 5. Once again, Happy, Happy Birthday! This poem is for You and for all my/our dear Septemberian poetic friends. Wishing you the BEST in life especially Good Health, Happiness and Success. Biggest and sweetest hugs from me.
I Love and miss you all!
Categories:
dazzlingly, dedication, seasons, september,
Form:
Tail-rhyme
cumulus there dazzlingly bright
floats above in motionless flight
teases, slow-dances furtively
deep skies of lapis lazuli!
Categories:
dazzlingly, happiness
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Awed by the hypnotic sound and melody
of your gold-toned harmony
requested a single flower
as a memento of
your lyrical mysticism
yet, you brought on a tide of bliss
melodious birdsong, peaceful psalms
in an exquisite tangerine blush shade
speckled beauty adorns the stems
dazzlingly, in a blaze of golden splendor
blossom delightfully
lulled by the soothing tunes of hazel tales
shades play gracefully in motion
chase dreams of a faraway rainbow
gold bright throbs pulsating heart of a king
emitting flaming thrums of ariose spring moods.
Written: May 1st, 2023
A Brian Strand Premiere No 1213 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
Categories:
dazzlingly, analogy, appreciation, spring,
Form:
Free verse
Devotional devotees dazzlingly delight
At an amazing aurora’s star of abiding light;
You’re yawl-like year-round of Yahweh’s areole-sight,
Starlight of sunshine, starlight in splendid night,
Twinkling tirelessly ‘til the thickest tip of twilight;
Ardent acclamations in our hearts arise…alight,
Reuniting us in rejoicing with reverence in thy rite!
Categories:
dazzlingly, star,
Form:
Acrostic
Bulbous, flat, keel-like ridge, and in other shapes I see you,
Curved or carved; you shine painted in red, green, purple, or blue;
As the rainbow is placed splendidly on bone china clay,
With many musing and mourning moments, you swing and sway...!
Roses, lilies, tulips, jasmines... dancing in the cool breeze,
You can contain floral species of the skies and the seas;
Never even a moment, you seem to discriminate,
Flower from flowers, based on differences, small or great...!
A fountain of water for the flowers, trimmed and adorned,
You stand by coal-black coffins of rich or poor who are mourned;
A gorgeous and glamorous demonstration of marriage,
You decorate dazzlingly valiant soldier's carriage...!
Symbolizing plentiful wealth and lavish luxury,
Indian goddess, Vasudhara's endless treasury;
An icon of self-exploration and self-expression,
You are a portion of any art-lovers possession...!
Even when you're broken, blooms you hold with satiation,
Enhancing existential elegance and elation;
Owing your acts, optimism flows in me like flawless streams,
Not nightmares, heavens, and angels, nowadays, fill my dreams...!
19 April 2023
Writing Challenge - 'V' Words Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Constance La France
Rhymes Checked At: Rhyme Zone
Syllables Checked At: How Many Syllables
Categories:
dazzlingly, flower, inspirational, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Written: September 16, 2023
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In arrant essence, without a fight,
Herald of vamps, in the dead of night
Ushers a raw wave that captivates,
The heights of the cosmos resonate.
Wax in our ears, the truth we long to hear,
Despite fear or quaint hopes, with zeal, we steer.
In bravery, the sun's light subdues the sight.
Rolling through the despair of a lonesome night.
Slightly too reckless, we dare to dream,
Framing a foist under the whiskey moon gleam.
Reminiscing about the warmth once shared,
Now mislaid in the miles left behind, scared.
Yet in the depths of our soul, a blaze remains.
A flicker of optimism that cannot be tamed.
Whiskey moon and a reckless wish
Guiding us through this journey, a celestial dish.
We dance with the cosmos, our spirits alight,
Embracing the unsung, chasing the light
With every endeavor, we withstand the odds,
Leaving behind the solace of familiar nods.
In the cosmic realm, we decry our place.
Unveiling the secrets with zeal and grace
Whiskey moon, shining dazzlingly above
Reminding us of castaway love.
But in the gloominess, we explore our way,
Through the shadows, we will not stray.
In the depths of our soul, we hold,
The memories of compassion were once bold.
Though miles may separate and time may pass,
The alliance we formed will always last.
Whiskey moon and ambivalent bliss
Swaying us through life's unpredictable abyss
Categories:
dazzlingly, analogy, appreciation, dance, dream,
Form:
Rhyme
Oh, it floats, like hope!
Tasting the flower's nectar
Small thing of wonder
Hovers carefree like a cloud
Wings flickering dazzlingly
Date written and posted: 07/13/2017
Categories:
dazzlingly, animal, bird, flower, image,
Form:
Tanka
The genie in the bottle beside Alladin's lamp
awaiting the cue to perform her dance
Aromatic spices fill the air..authentic meals to be my fare.
Tagines of fowl and lamb....fish and yams
Bastille chicken flavored with cinamon, raisins and date palm.
Finely ground walnuts,pecans and such
give flavors ..a mysterious touch.
Walls alive in mosaic designs.....brocaded covered chairs,
vivid colors dazzlingly bright ...... send my mind on a fantasy flight
to Biblical times.
Tamborines and drums...castanets and strings ,
tease the soloist as she sings.......in language strange,
croons an angelic voice...is it
that of Solomon the king?
The desert draws near .... and there
behold, Moses leading the Israelites...
Noah building his ark.......pairs of animals to be seen
the furious Pharao beside his Egyptian queen.
king solomon himself upon his throne
a solitatry figure as though made of stone.
The Genie dances only as such a one can
with sharp sword balanced atop her head.
Among flying scarves , a dizzying path.....
through tables and chairs she weaves.
Her body a nudge....a tremor...... a blur
leaves a mysterious afterglow.
Then the music stops.... the scenery fades
Now I'm back to a place that fails to compare
to the distant one I've seen
with Alladin's lamp as my guide ..... a mysterious genie by my side..
Just to let my friends know that this was my experience last night during my
Birthday dinner. We dined at a Morroccan restaurant. a delightful experience it
was.
Categories:
dazzlingly, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
3.
Or down yet another city street,
This Way down that grand Hiway,
That Third Eye opened:
Random patches of dandelion manifest,
Climbing the overgrown commons by the road;
Disappearing out of sight -
By the cracked, sun-blanched sidewalk;
Golden and deep emerald green dandelion
Over the smog-choked horizon.
Humanity on the brink,
Sliding down that proverbial 'slippery slope" -
To the proverbial abyss of our insouciance, to
Our bourgeois folly, infernal cruelty fed by witless greed,
The more mundane, mere surface of all things, as they may be.
But again, surely, this can't be all that is: So mean, so toxic.
Refreshed, one looks again, looks with eyes wide open with
New Saving Knowledge.
Now the patches of dandelion seem even more startlingly
Alive and vibrant.
They seem, somehow, almost "more real than real".
Illumined, they appear hyper-real, dazzlingly brilliant,
Appear preternatural, mesmerisingly coronal, and
Opulent, yet as though man-made, like ethereal origami,
Like the sun itself, another Saving "Point of Navigation" to
the Hidden Infinite Divine Source behind all things mundane.
*****
"Jesus said [to Judas Iscariot], 'Come and I will teach you ...
about a great realm and a boundlessness whose measure no angelic
race has comprehended. In it is the great Invisible Spirit ...'"
--- The Gospel of Judas 10: 1 - 5
"God is one's very 'own'. It is the eternal relationship. One realizes Him in
direct proportion to the intensity of one's feelings for Him. Don't be afraid.
Always remember that somebody is protecting you."
"He who is really anxious to cross the ocean of the material world will somehow break his bonds. No one can entangle him."
--- The Holy Mother, Sri Saradamani Devi, the divine consort of
Sri Ramakrishna
"Mary [Magdalene] said [to Jesus Christ], 'Lord, is there a place which [lacks truth]? The Lord said, "The place where I am not!'"
--- From the Dialogue of the Savior
"God is a dyer. As the good dyes, which are called 'true', dissolve with
the things dyed in them, so it is with those whom God has dyed. Since his dyes are immortal, they are immortal by means of his colors."
--- From the Gospel of Philip
Categories:
dazzlingly, philosophy,
Form:
Prose Poetry
I'm alone with the moon tonight!
Truly a divine heavenly body!
A shape-shifting marvel to behold.
As a waxing crescent, dazzlingly radiant
And at her happiest;
So inviting, her beaming smile.
She steals the twilight sky
Generously gemmed with bright stars.
I came out to gaze at the stars
Instead, I fell under the moon's spell
Like a lone wolf seduced.
Oh, how she owns the night!
Her silver globe floats like hope
Overhead, shining ever so brightly.
A sad lonely moon now smiling;
Grateful for my company.
The charcoal sky is littered
With millions of stars,
But she shines the brightest.
Her captivating beauty
Ensorcelling me.
So shy, she never shows humanity
The other side of her face. Oftentimes,
Hiding behind a dark bank of clouds;
Sinking herself towards the horizon,
Yet her charm remains undiminished.
A most sublime rendezvous! She tugs at
My sleeve to stay with her the whole night,
Lest her smile turns to a frown.
Goodnight, beauteous moon.
I won't be a stranger, poor lonely thing.
I'm alone with the moon tonight!
Date written: 08/04/2021
Categories:
dazzlingly, beauty, loneliness, me, moon,
Form:
Personification
Food issues bring odd stealth
(not obsessed with broccoli
inexplicable phobia of brussel sprouts)
It's potato chip indulgence
pandemic binge eating
supersedes duty to diet
Label my needs selfish
(after all, self control isn't freedom!)
Existential angst
Potholes of dire health
Craving: Sea salt potato chips
- a tide leaving stretch mark traces
My shadow now Alfred Hitchcock bloated
(abandoning hope of waist line laudable)
Companionship ceded to bulging bags of potato chips
finger tips that weep salt
(I try to brush it off, but succumb:
'JUST LICK IT')
till crumpled bags curl in sighs
Facebook support groups sought ('who else shares my
salted existence?') More sublime than on-line
naughtiness
Conspiracy Theory: junk food sellers wilfully target my email!
You Tube influencers influence, NO - inflame
cravings that boast an 'R' rating
Self Discovery: I can jog and eat salted chips at the same time
Sweat pants absolve my sins, perfect deception
and are dazzlingly stylish
Post pandemic goal: re-locate to the garden
grab an apple
juicy bites
eat indecently
and ignore the snake.
Poem composed: March 6, 2021 (revised May24/21)
Contest entry: Salt
Sponsor: Anthony Biaanco
Categories:
dazzlingly, addiction, angst, food, fruit,
Form:
Free verse
IF YOU PULL A LONG FACE : Part XXI
IF you pull a long Moon face
Watching our Earth clad in sparse swirling white sarée
Her aqua-marine waters cuddling her reddish brown body-surface
The dazzlingly rare Pearl now throttled by deadly débris
If you then pull a long Other-Moon face
Rolling weightless in a space-ship bathed in thermo-dynamic ray
You turn your thoughts on the marvels of the man-made science race
And then give the credit to Our-Nation GOD Is this really okay
Then if you pull a long bright Sunny face
And forget the reasons why this World of ours has gone astray
Man's inhumanity to Man how warring nations destroy Nature's grace
Pollute the depths of oceans cancer in the bowels flora and fauna sans say
If you continue to pull a long self-satisfied face
In the name of the Lord for every national achievement His blessings pray
Then repeat non-sensical myths and rituals in His Honour according to race
Reduce the United Nations to hypocritical inner politicking yeah-say
Thus if you must pull a long-travestied face
All through the Ages on the dictates of your incontrovertible DNA
Seek by every economic ruse power of class and caste on skins of race
Sing not of the beauty of this rare Pearl decorating space Put the blame squarely on Divine Lila play
© T. Wignesan - Paris, January 20, 2019
Categories:
dazzlingly, dance, earth, god, moon,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Once the Sinis floppers' nerves acted up in bunches,
Scandinavians had no way to head off sucker punches.
Sacks of scamming slapstick, slap bass,
and farcefest, thick and fast, came to pass.
Not a clod of sunstruck dung by a donkey's ass
shines half as dazzlingly as these necks brass.
Fingers burnt, floppers' brash necks scrounged no warm and fuzzy;
Heart burnt, the propagandist's poor mouth popped up buzzy.
Not a hot knife cutting through butter
goes half as quickly as he springs to sputter.
Except for words of clutter, foams spattering shutter,
what else can be extracted from that mouth of the gutter?
Low legs pretend to mount high horse;
Prayers of prey preempt provegan pulpit,
howling: How can you hunker without remorse,
each slumgullion-swamped Swedish culprit?
Street of serenity in for boars to roar ,
hall of harmony in for a flea to take the floor.
new moon in for all ground rock-and-roll, full in for truculent troll.
Hence spins Sinis trumpet: to sweep away the stick in our craw,
to swerve Sweden's stance suffices only one last straw.
Actually how does Sweden react to the drill of dross droll?
Simply cutting them dead and going on with leisure stroll.
Categories:
dazzlingly, international,
Form:
Rhyme
Twoday is terrific Tuesday at TROUBLES DOUBLES DINER.
EVERY TUESDAY guests can have a $2 bargain price if they
Order before 2p.m.
2 times Totally terrific.
Definitely DELICIOUS
DAZZLINGLY DELECTABLE
IS that suspicious?
I said to the waitress TWINIQUE
I'd like to order a meal.
A CHEESE OMELETTE AND 2 CRAB CAKES.
MAKE IT A DOUBLE if it's not to much trouble.
On second thought let me have an eggnog
SHAKE TWO.
I'D LIKE one meal two eat here and the
Second meal to take out.
That's Two orders of the same dish.
Did I FAULTER?
I'M TWO TIRED. I Heard the food here
Is twice as good as all the other joints.
Twinique turned to leave and I told her
"Make it quick and quiet, please.
I observed the place and realized I was one
Of two customers in the establishment.
She turned to leave and I stopped her a
Second time two ask her for 2 pints of water
While I waited.
The winds were whipping at the door.
Is that a twister? Are they sisters? I wondered
As two women entered. Then 2 minutes later
There were 2 men entering hmmm identical twins? I
Mused.
Oh, yes. And I two have a brother we are
Fraternal twins. Of course!!
The two women left, if you're guessing, you may be
Guessing right.
They were TWINS. 2 sets of twins.
My LUNCH ARRIVED 22 minutes later.
I rapidly fed my face, with a ravenous appetite.
She wrapped the second order to go.
I told her I wanted two double surprise ice creams both
Laced with 2 bananas apiece.
I'm much much two impatient.
Wrap those to go, Thank you.
The two bags were set on the counter
2 minutes later I took a cab back two
My 2nd floor apartment at
22 twin state on second avenue, apartment 2B
Categories:
dazzlingly, brother, day, food,
Form:
Alliteration