Best Dimmest Poems
On the border of the obscure wastelands,
In the depths of shadows and torments,
Far beyond the land of Never Was, Never Will
Is a place where I hold you, strong and silent…
As the shards of your sensitive sadness prevail,
Sifting the awaiting coals below,
I shall reflect slivers of your light upon the darkest woe!
I fight with the broken alliance within the dimmest coves,
I mean to pull you into Death’s demise
Where the pained poets prevail and the suns of justice arise
So that e’en the coldest of coals reach warmth!
Generating power so strong, that the gods step aside
As these diamonds-to-be burst into the light of day
Revealing your words of Always Was… and Always Will
The Black Diamond, once captive…finally free…though coal black still!
For Shadow Hamilton's Contest: Fighting Depression(poems for PD)
12/7/14
Categories:
dimmest, art, beauty, dark, dedication,
Form:
Ode
There's a lady I know as pretty as primrose,
With innocence of soul,
how I know ----
None whom has walked this wide world 'ere
more lovely than her dimmest delicacy;
The sweet of lavender envious in her passing....
the King-Rose longs her deeper crimson lush,
and divorce he the earth, to marry her but a day;
And death dare not take her
lest he die in her love,
For holy her heart,
where the angels take leave
to but watch mere glimpses of her beauteous art;
with eternal pledges the very ground 'neath her feet
hallowed with heals,
Her wind as cherubin lungs to fill the sails of saints,
a messiah for Epicurus ----
for no ail shall last long in her soothing shadow;
Nay,
the sun shall not shine
with same vibrance in her leaving,
But the stars align with her remembrance,
and God in all His glory more joyful for her making;
For He made her from His finest silks
and honeys from heaven.....
a mentor for Venus,
(ma belle femme)
Categories:
dimmest, love, romance, soulmate, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
After I write something,
to the best of my ability,
not ever putting my name
on a work I am not proud
of – yet, I pause to say,
Thank you...pleased to have
been blessed with a tiny role
in the production. Come
now! You don't actually think
that you stand apart, alone,
unguarded, unprotected,
entirely self-driven and
self-directed? Not a star
could keep its place in the
sky without the support of
its surrounding dark. What
light we have, what light
we show, is a soulful theme
burning in the heart of its
Universe. Miraculous Passion
is where we all began – the
spark of even our dimmest
perspectives.
Categories:
dimmest, literature, meaningful, perspective, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
In their dark and sunless
caverns,
in their rooms
so all alone,
Help them light
the dimmest lanterns
let them know
a friend is home.
You were young
and you remember
how it was
when all was lost,
they don't know that
by December
many rivers
will be crossed
They don't have a map
to guide them
there's no compass
for their track
we must hold them
and confide them
till they find
a pathway
back..
Categories:
dimmest, angst, teen,
Form:
Couplet
A long list of names with not a friend among them
Is it just of book of hidden faces
Forgotten faces?
Not a single word I've ever said was
written with truth
And here's the proof
When there's tears streaming down my face
Stuck in place
Is a smile that is a lie
When every time I look around
I want to die
No friendly faces, in the brightest of places
And I can't make a sound
Is this life or is it just a dark hell
How is one to live without living
Feeling lonely
Lost in a sea of sound
The darkness inside me
Is seeping through my heart
and making me lose my self control
Turn the shower up higher so they don't hear me cry
It's all I can do, just living a lie
The friends I thought I had
left when I was reaching my lowest
Now as I sink below the surface
The sun is the dimmest of lights
Scratching at my sides
Not ready to go back to the blade
So long gone, I've reached the breaking point
but I'm afraid to let go
Categories:
dimmest, betrayal, cry, dark, death,
Form:
Elegy
On fringes of shadow, charred black of burnt night,
she limps through the dimmest and cruelest of streets.
Huddled with her loss, body bruised and beat,
Mama’s caked makeup tries hiding her fright.
Little girl of twelve pretends to be grown;
with tomorrow gone, she paints on red smile.
Bright lights flash cold eyes, wicked hearts defile;
all star-struck fresh thoughts are buried in moans.
An evil descends from man’s greed and scorn;
In dark suit and tie, an average, white face,
money for Mama, from far, west world place.
Screams pierce soiled mattress on hot, red-smeared morn.
From under tight ropes her stripped body bleeds;
recoiled in dried tears, she silently pleads.
Categories:
dimmest, abuse, child, evil, night,
Form:
Sonnet
While watching Bill Reid’s wooden sculpture
“The Raven and the First Men”(1)
One day,
after the long and countless searches of bottom of the abysmal waters
with cycles of formation and extinction of renewed waves and ripples,
a Raven with jet-black feathers that is darker than the darkest night
brought a shellfish to Haida Gwaii(2)
the other side of the vast Continent
the west cost of the endless expanse,
where the surfs come and break upon a reef
and return to the heart of the ocean restlessly.
The Raven folded his soaking wet heavy wings
by the water’s edge that is lying in the pitch-black time and space,
and pecked on the shell with the cry:
“Let there be a light! Let it be a morn!”
Is it because the Raven’s clamorous cry woke the shellfish up
from the countless ages of deep sleep?
Or because the Raven’s blood vomiting heartrending cry
touched the shellfish? The shellfish opened its shell.
The men’s faces in the dimmest light
between the gap of the open shell
peep into the dark world though distorted
from fear of seeing unknown surroundings.
Although the light was dim
it was the light stained with a mother’s blood
the agony of childbirth, and because it was the first light
that ever shone, may it be tedious process, but little by little,
it will chisel the darkness
that was just lying there from the beginning of the time away
to bring the dawning daybreak light into the fog
and drizzle filled dismal air of Haida Gwaii.
Since the birth of first men the sun began to rise systematically
from the water of eastern horizon and downs
in the edge of western water of Haida Gwaii the beautiful islands.
And one day, in this beautiful water’s edge
where the mountains stand aloof,
the trees tall and green, and tidal waves wash the shore,
the Raven came with the wind and sat on top of a totem pole
to watch the peaceful Haida village
in the reddened setting sun.
1Bill Reid’s wooden sculpture is placed in the Museum of Anthropology of the University of Columbia.
2Haida call the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia as Haida Gwaii.
Categories:
dimmest, allegory, birth, imagery, men,
Form:
Narrative
I've seen smiles on faces,
in the dimmest of spaces,
where the bleakest of lights shine,
then in hope filled amazement,
I get rejuvenated,
by an overwelming energy that only you((the audience)) can provide.
As time ticks away,
The evening's host handidly displays,
raised arms,
asking for your applause, and praise,
after each and every orator recites,
their very own flavor of their very own open mic delight!!!!
I am grateful again TRUE FAMILY & FRIENDS, to have YOU in my life.
Categories:
dimmest, slam,
Form:
Light Verse
We'll stay in sacred dreams our kiss unfolds
To love until death's night falls on our heart
And presses hard last breath our body holds
Only then will we ever be apart
To wrap love's arms tightly in tender dance
Allow wounds to vanish beyond our realm
Light and melt candles with flaming romance
And enjoy love's power to overwhelm
To know peace when our hands wrap and hold firm
As we walk along in life's dimmest light
Unafraid on a path of no return
To love without fear knowing what is right
A love to promise that captures each tear
A secret told and whispered to each ear
3/4/17
Categories:
dimmest, love,
Form:
Sonnet
If I must die, let it be before the break of dawn
When peace and stillness sway in people, homes, and places
When earsplitting music in alcohol selling places, cease
When even the foul and abusive drunks have returned home
And even the roughneck of husbands are all calm in sleep
And naughty children are even obedient ones in sleep
And husbands and wives are cuddled in beds, adoration in reign
If I must die, let it be before the break of dawn
When the Morning Star, in the West, is sparkling bright
That warns the witches and robbers of the coming light
When day is about to break and, at the peak of calm
When zephyr wafts so coolly even in months of tortured snooze
When guards, the bereaved, even the sick are knocked by snooze
When even the warring dogs have ceased fire and are serene
If I must die, let it be before the break of dawn
When the time is at its darkest mark, its dimmest part
When vigor is to be revived in people’s mind set
When the time is at the peak of dark; when witches hunt and roam
When incest, buttering, rape, defilement is without
When husbands are loving ones and wives are submissive ones, flat-out
Not times like night or evening, morning, noon when chaos is in reign
Categories:
dimmest, death, desire,
Form:
Rhyme
I woke under heavy grey skies of morning,
foreshadowing of a tropical storm warning
Gently, the rain was falling in a drizzling mist,
nurturing botannicals as though being kissed
Just a little wind but torrential rain I will get
It's hurricane season so everything gets wet
This one's not expected to be brazen like Katrina
No hurricane could have ever been much meaner
I've plenty of food and water in case I lose power
and if I do I've candles plenty to last hour after hour
Pen and paper to write poetry even in dimmest light
I'll hunker down, wait it out through tomorrow night
Two days on hold from this storm to be called Cindy
She'll bluster and I'll cuss her if she becomes too windy
And when the angry storm has finally passed me by
I'll wake to bright sunshine and a beautiful blue sky
Categories:
dimmest, storm,
Form:
Rhyme
Wake me up when it all ends
Please wake me up when my heart mends.
I don't want to see the dimmest light
I don't want up til it's alright.
Don't shake me up, or say my name
Please wait til things are back the same.
If not the same; atleast anew
And don't wake me until its through.
I'll be hiding in the dark
My brain shut down, my heart in park.
My eyes are closed cause I'm afraid
To see all the mistakes I've made.
Don't aggravate my humble rest
Before all things are at their best.
Putting all this stuff on you
Even seems like too much to do.
It seems I have lost all control
I've lost all courage, and lost my soul.
Too weak, to even think of strong
Please let me sleep, I don't care how long.
Remember to wake me, I told you when
And I will get up, but only then.
If you never awaken me, and walk away
I'm sorry you had to leave me this way.
Categories:
dimmest, confusion, life, sad, me,
Form:
I was really down on my luck,
looked in the mirror - about to chuck,
things seemed at their dimmest,
good luck - at its slimmest...
Sometimes, just gotta say "What the _____!"
Categories:
dimmest, humor, life,
Form:
Limerick
As I wander along the dimmest of dimensions
I understand every thing is not created to to be understood
But stood in within distance
Emerge, then purge
All things wicked
Vicious attempts
Meant to condemn us
Deliver the pent up
Frustration circulating
Damnation
Revolving all the causing agents
All the while searching in desperation
For restoration
Caused by evolution
I Conduced this
Proven
Theory
Eerie and elusive
Categories:
dimmest, journey, life,
Form:
Free verse
At night I can not sleep for light shines brightest in the dark.
Even the dimmest flame can melt the ice in a stone cold heart.
Finding it hard to quiet my thoughts with an opened mind's eye.
Like a lighthouse on a cliff I am a beacon to those who have died.
Some want their loved ones to know they are still here.
Others are like moths to a flame. Only coming to stare.
There are those few who are lost not knowing they need to move on.
They become violent as they feel ignored. Causing trouble to remind us they are not gone.
Categories:
dimmest, cry, death, death of
Form: