Best Desiderata Poems

CLOUDED SUNRISE


clouded sunrise
shielded red eyes
endless tears cried
cannot erase

a sunbeams glee
at being free
to warm for me
life's frozen face.


John G. Lawless
DESIDERATA – Poetry Contest
12/5/2014

Theme number three –

*“With...

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” You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars.” -Desiderata

We put down roots and bear our fruits.
With dear...

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Beside the sea
While roaming free
He spoke to me
And laid His claim.

Away from noise
I heard His voice
I made my choice
And called His name.


1)”Remember what peace there...

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With silence weighed,
the moonlight fades
to play charade,
before it's found.

The moon on track,
folds into black,
then staggers back,
without a sound.



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12//8/14   ” Remember what peace there...

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Cosmic Tune


We are alive
on Earth to thrive
produce, survive
within life’s span,

With stars, Sun, Moon,
nature commune
in cosmic tune
and endless plan.


Sandra M. Haight

~3rd Place~
Contest: Desiderata (Rhupunt Form)
Theme: "You...

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(on the basis of Max Ehrmann’s Desiderata)


Be calm, because it's vanity of vanities,
reach harmony taking a truce.
Be generous, despite “in vino veritas” 
all in the...

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Stepped from ashes
healed are gashes
from sin's lashes
with God's glory.

Blessed in rivers
drunk by givers
love delivers
Gifted story.

By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
for Nettle's Desiderata Contest, 12/5/14
Theme #3...

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They marched to field
Their fate was sealed
A life to yield
As deaths increase

I closed my eyes
To realize
With deepest sighs
I came in peace


contest Desiderata
Frederic Parker 12/5/14

number 3....

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Birds gone astray
on whirlwind’s spray,
forlorn  my way
down avenue

Then  moonlight’s  trace
sparks newborn  grace--
as couples race
to feel bright dew.



Desiderata of Nette Onclaud
from Jajosh...

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A galaxy 
lives within me
through sky’s marquee
my heart beholds

one earth’s design—
as  moon, lake twine
in peace, I shine
from heaven's mold.



Desiderata Contest--nette onclaud
Franco Gonza  7...

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My mind traveled in Casablanca 
to witness a tale of love. 
Heart that yearns, desiderata,  
pleads to heaven up above. 

Give me one more...

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Like sparks trailing
from a million, billion fireflies,
a single thought limns a trillion suns.

From the first small bonfire
flickering across four million years,
whose light imprints itself
upon the...

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Beyond all walls
Midnight sky calls
Wishing star falls
Where dreams come true

Rain on rooftop
Morning dewdrop
Cloudy days stop
Bring skies of blue

Donna Jones
12-7-2014
Contest:Desiderata
Theme: Remember what peace there may be...

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Empty is nest
birds have flown west
for money's quest
we are lonesome.

No other sounds
Now peace around
Hear our own pounds
Peace is irksome

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In vacuums
You don't assume
a sonic boom
You stay quiet.

My cranium
echoes a hum
that leaves me numb
to your edit.  

4~12~2014
Maurice Yvonne
Sponsor: nette onclaud
Contest Name: DESIDERATA (Number 1)
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