Best Embraced Poems
Living Truth
Ancient guides of venerated truth
Stumble through numb spiritual graveyards
Where truth casts its shadow in chiseled words,
A signature of affection,
On moss bathed alabaster stones that once
Gleamed in treasures of veracity,
Autographed insights of the ancient sages
Screams out the litany of wisdom
Then begs, like balm, the insomniac unconscious heart
To intone a resurrection,
A living trove of living verbs in action
Breaking from the bondage of a chrysalis redecorated
With raw promises to shake off stagnation,
Relight the lantern star of the eternal spring’s veracity
Springing into actions that rise from stone inertia
Insight’s revelation releases a new song of songs
Truth that lives anew –
That propels the quest of new a-ha’s
That plants new reasons for renewed actions
In the waiting heart embraced.
5-3-22
Contest: Our Truth
Sponsor: Unseeking Seeker
1st Place Our Truth
She That Embraced The Darkness In Her Veins
With her mind not sick of dark devious games
she opens dead doors, tossing in more painful blames
in newly acquired realm, no mercy was real
as darkness ate away, weeping heart to steal.
She planted her black roses, her favorite crop
Embracing hate masters, never going to stop.
As her heart transformed to stone, sky fell away
nights holding no moons and bright stars, only grey
listening for wolves to howl and night owls hoot
she pondered life and how deep her ancient roots.
Garden wide, its radiant color darkest black
She counted her evil chips, in multiple stacks.
With heartache's deadliest weapon, she spared none
as souls shattered, she would cry out, this is fun
in heralded glory, she lit bigger fires
lustily craving hotter funeral pyres.
When nights got boring, her satanic eyes would blaze
Out into waiting wild world, all hell she would raise.
Robert J. Lindley, 8-02-2018
Rhyme, (Dark Oft Invades Broken Hearts)
Note- The muse said, when darkness invades and the heart saddens and sinks
write words from malevolent parades and pour us both much stiffer drinks!
In summer, my love,
Butterflies dance around you
Heat captures our souls,
But when autumn rains its leaves,
Our love will embrace the wind.
I had my first glimpse of her from the sandy beach,
her silhouette painted on the sky's canvas of peach
The regal double-mast brigantine, sailing out to sea
Upon waves she rode, full glory not yet at apogee
But whence the wind, her sails would be unfurled,
she'd glide quickly over waters, crested and curled
Fully hoisted and billowing in flowing trade winds,
chased by dolphins, breaking surface with dorsal fins
I longed to be a mariner aboard her quarterdeck
visiting foreign ports along the journey I would trek
Hearing tall tales the sailors were bound to embellish
Her crew was setting sail on a voyage I would relish
I yearned to stand at the helm; salt spray on my face
Memories of such an adventure I'd cherish and embrace,
on a vessel sailing between the sea and the stars
But I sit in the shallows, enviously watching from afar
He said he needed to freely roam, so on a ship he set sail.
He embraced the sea, deserting me. My one love bid me farewell.
He said he needed to feel the wind caress his face till day was done.
Deserting me, he embraced the sea and was loved by moon and sun!
He said he needed to breathe the scent of ocean salt and fresh air.
He embraced the sea, deserting me. Too strong was their love affair.
He said he needed to stay with her and not with me on dry ground.
Deserting me, he embraced the sea - her blue beauty all around.
He said he needed to hear the crash of her waves. What was her lure?
Embraced by the sea, deserting me; he lived all his life for her.
He said he needed the space she gave. In the end, he was her slave!
Deserting me, embraced by the sea, he is hers, for she’s his grave
laugh
between
the sadness
unhappiness
will flee, embrace the rebirth on offer
08/04/2011
You were there in the night
Sensual rhapsody evolved
With a safe place in sight
Our love mystery was solved
I can still feel your hair
A fathomless love union found
With invincible care
Synchronicity to be crowned
We discovered our bliss
Beyond quietus it would be
No longer would we miss
The truth in visions that we see
It was our love story
Silently falling into place
A familiar glory
For eternity we embrace
Heidi Sands
3/21/18
*Placed 2nd for the 5 word contest.
Words required: Rhapsody, Fathomless, Quietus, Eternity, Story
Syllables 6,8,6,8
I was floating in darkness, searching for the truth
Not quite believing what I'd been told in my youth
Lotus bud, unable to open in full bloom
fearing without light, I would wither in my gloom
Then I read the righteousness of God's Holy Word
Sentiments within my heart were aroused and stirred
I was blossoming like a Lotus in moonlight
Saved by contrition, petals unfurled in pure white
A flower nurtured by His own merciful hands
no more searching; an enlightened one understands
the divine glory of God and His clement grace
I felt his touch upon my soul as an embrace
Spiritual elation rid me of my grief
Trusting in His Word nourished my faith and belief
December 29th, 2020
Lotus Of My Heart Contest
Sponsor: Mystic Rose Rose
Embraced
As we lay next to each other,
Not embraced
It breaks my heart.
We wake each morning day,
Holding one another
But still never embraced.
It tears at my being,
That I long to be with you.
As my heart yearns and longs,
To touch your heart
To caress your mind
And to embrace your soul.
It's endless, as to the touch of a flower.
I have searched the highs and lows,
The mountains to the sea
And the sea to the heavens above.
And now, the embraceable has been found,
In the yearning heart like mine.
For the beauty that she shows,
And the love that she shares
It's far beyond anything
I have dreamed of.
To this, I thank you,
For the embrace that you've given to me
That I have only dreamed it to be.
He was embraced by depressing loneliness
While dancing with the shadows of despair
But hoping was he, her smile to shine again
For the path to happiness, him to prepare!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
26 October 2015
I dedicate this poem to my friend, Tommy Boy, who reminded me
"there remains hope - John 5:28,29. always hope!"
I, from my part, reminded him of Pandora's box and the story
told by Hesiod the 7th century BC. where hope is our only friend!
Gracious folds as satin, silky dunes waft
Undulating curves; frothy waves tossed
Seamless grooves filter subconscious dreams
Pallid contours emit hypnotizing streams
From her chiseled, sculpted mold congruent beams stretch
In well-rounded center, a sharp, cerebral image doth sketch
From smooth surface glides an effervescent glow
In the glistening radiance a sultry wind doth bellow
From high cheek bones swaggers a dignified tone
Beneath, ingratiating shadows mystique doth chaperon
Cheeks blushed with rosy hue bedewed garlands strew
Cupped in ivory fount from which bubbling streams flow
compartir tu corazón;
Deseo ver el alma de tu espíritu en la luz;
Deseo ser solo tuyo, tuyo;
Abrazos abundantes por ti y por el Señor;
El cielo es un lugar justo;
Donde Dios controla con Su luz de gracia;
Ven conmigo;
Por siempre lo estaremos;
Liberado
Abrazado en brazos de Jesús;
I wish to share your heart;
I wish to see your spirit's soul in the light;
I wish to be just yours, yours;
Abundantly embraces by you and the Lord;
Heaven is just our place;
Where God controls with His light of grace;
Come with me;
Forever we'll be;
Freed
Caught up-embraced in Jesus arms;
6/23/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©
From the anthology" For the Love of the Father”
If We Only Embraced The Could Be's
There in a single splash of ocean swell
could be great joy instead of blackest doom.
If only dry desert hotter than hell
could be a wet and spaciously cool room.
The could be's that stirs a man's longing mind
could be ripped from his eternal soul.
What we once were, we shall one day soon find
is a dead ball that no longer will roll.
Lurking in magic thoughts lies such tales
of bright stardust, golden castles and hope.
Could be if we follow magical trails
we'd lasso the moon if given the rope.
If life were jumbo buckets of could be's
man could preserve earth, trees and hopeful seas!
Syllables Per Line:
10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10
Total # Syllables: 140
Total # Lines: 17 (Including empty lines)
Words with (syllables) counted programmatically:
Total # Words: 111
Robert J. Lindley, 1-15-2016
Copyright © 2009 #233
01/20/2009 // edited: 11/11/2012
(a new way)
"The American Way"
On a 2008 cold brisk Winter's Day
Americans voted and joined to pray
Changing its history
with songs of glory
Freedom´s regal souls
stood tall and bold
Renewing Dr. King's dream
one America, one Team
A day etched in infamy
if never again to be
Brave Americans
took a stand
on the promised land
by: LP
The shy Moon dims her silver to sleep
Bored of wishes from chattering Stars
She nods off into the dawn glimpsing
The handsomeness of the morning Sun
As twilight breaks the Moon's dreams
She awakes from the warmth of the Sun
The mighty yellow sphere bows into the sea
The Moon glows pining for the glorious Sun
Twinkle blinking and mean-full winking
Those pestering Stars laugh out loud
And mock the Moon to break
Into her crescent shape and blue shade
The Moon closes her eyes waning away
Wishing for dawn just to glance
At her beautiful prince of light
Shining with rays of brightness
Whispering Stars secrets dim into day
Their rhythm of rhyme reaches the Sun
Curious he becomes of the Moon
Does she really love me?
A wave of warmth covers the Moon
She peers into the light to see
The smiling face of the mighty Sun
She awakes new and full
The busy Earth looks up
Two celestial bodies embrace
The Moon eclipses the Sun
And blocks his light from sight
The full Moon shines her silver
Bouncing off waves she smiles
Stars blink and twinkle quietly
The Earth hushes round and round
As dawn breaks the Sun waves
And the Moon bows way for day
They have their moments to be
Those silly stars blush silently.