Best Enlightening Poems


Premium Member The Enlightening

The graveyard, shrouded in pale mist, so hauntingly eerie,
dampen spirits as the full moon loses her glow - dreary!
I float, like a vapour, amongst lifeless, inky shadows;
solitary yew tree, groaning with age, as the wind blows.

A ravens cold, chilling stare, shoots shivers within my soul
as I glance at fresh earthly mounds next to an empty hole.
Decaying flowers, leaves, disfigures forlorn, relic graves 
as melancholy whistling heralds me in mournful waves.

I wander past headstones sheathed in mould, epitaphs long gone,
This sacred place seems familiar to me as night draws on.
Movement beyond a mausoleum - am I all alone?
I feel I am being beckoned to something to be shown. 

                   Hypnotic, ethereal sounds now on this Halloween Eve - 
                   I am guided to a grave where I shall lay down and grieve.

                   For, as I kneel against sodden turf, horror upon face,
                  An inscription enlightens me -  I dwell - at this resting place!

Enlightening Message

Reaction to the poem "My Beautiful Letter Multiply with Others You Make Verse" by James Edward Lee Sr

You are a message
and up Uplifting, you are
You come neatly noted, honey coated
with freedom and truth
Seeding weaving
Alluring words
Inspiring power
Heightening and enlightening
Enveloping everlasting existence 
You're a message of love, you You are
The endless fire you capture here
Influencing
Warmth, heat, fire
Fire creators'
Physically floating
You're wondrous doting
Marvellous message you are
Happy Happy happiness brought
Tantalising thought
You're the mighty miraculous message everybody desires
You are the melodious Maestro 
Harmonising, Inviting Enlightening
Sweet solace
Ravishing reception
The message of peace and love
Ahh acceptance ahh
All for another message
For the better and better
An up Uplifting message you are.

Premium Member Enlightening Waters

taking a shower
she retreats to nature’s bliss...
     images of waterfalls


*Written August 11, 2014


Premium Member Enlightening Cavern

On a hot summer day in the hills
I went underground searching for thrills
Fifty Eight degrees year around
In the darkness, enlightenment was found
Down here is where it all began
Unearthed bones of earlier man
A small stream is what's left of the ocean
Hands of time, run in slow motion
Crystalline icicle looking stalactites
Meet and greet, ever growing stalagmites
Multicolored water drips like rain
To formations of colors with no name
The albino blind salamander commands
Sun starved creatures on diamond dust sands
And drip stones silently grow
Resident bats freely come and go
Ever changing pillars support a vaulted ceiling
Convenient and aesthetically appealing
Father Time spins his potter's wheel
His masterpiece is patiently revealed
Occasionally Mother Earth gets jealous
Becomes a tad bit overzealous
Withholding minerals he needs
He chisels sandstone as he slowly breathes
I think to myself, how ironic
This old cave drinks a mineral tonic
In human vanity, it's time we fear
Hence the beauty of millions of years



    an original poem by the "poemdog" Daniel Turner

Enlightening-Syllables of Wisdom Contest

Enlightening- Syllables of Wisdom Contest


insight to future
pure enlightening knowledge
to give intellect


Sponsor: Silent One
Date Written : January 10, 2016

Form: Modern Haiku
3 Lines:  Syllables 5,7,5
Used poem syllable counter

Enlightening Strides

lap upon lap
 wave upon wave
 calming waters 
 ripple round toes

 with each stride
 footmarks fade
 behind
 as I wade

 shoreline spreads endlessly
 birds babble perky chants
 breeze beckons peaceful trance

 oh the ocean's song's
 so serene...
 lap upon lap
 wave upon wave
 each step closer
 to inner sanctuary
 abiding light
 broadening soul's sight

 sovereign autonomy
 splashes on pages
 of my life

 enraptures me
 capturing holy harmony
 within...

 at last


Angels Forever

ANGELS ARE FOREVER
Curtain overhangs as barriers, or even for a shield,
what occurs before or after or even behind, untold,
it’s always a strange event to one another.
Forget all past to move on for better or even after.
Swimmers swim not in fear of waters but,
in speed to make another victory for history.
Angels are there and here now and then watching,
if you or me call on them, yah praises are true.
In them all reflections continues to reveal a story.
Blood shed never ever gone to waste but as a light,
it waits, with its shadow, knows all day and all nights,
leaving no stones unturned but shining with love.
All angels are forever ready wanting to be in service,
ask and you shall receive, never rejects our callings.
Like legs climbing on a hurdle, feeling great with joy.
Angels will climb any heights to seek our love,
securing a place in their hearts yet not known.
Only angels may carry our orders to execute, yet
they are never our servants to follow, but they,
oversee our eyes if in tears, bringing hope with joy.
All is true and they truly forever for peace in love,

                                                                                    P.SELVAM

The Enlightening Encomium of Grinning Garrick Beauregard, Or, a Sailor's Death

No towering, flowering landlocked tree
Will weep for the waning life of thee
Forgive them, friend, they never saw you smile
Forgive them, friend, they never saw you smile

To mistress maritime were you married
For her you lived, so to her be buried
Below the surface of sorrowful sin
Where above there breathe hateful, hollow men

Solar systems spin and endless seas flow
Though they are bereft your supernal glow
Forgive me, father, I can't seem to smile
Since you died, father, I can't seem to smile

Premium Member Enlightening

First intent for a Tail Rhyme poem

Light has appeared between the cloud 
Warding off shadows of becloud
Appearing hope as a symbol
Giving a sense of willpower 
Faith as strong as a high power
Speaking for yourself very loud









Nayda Ivette
11-18-2015

Enlightening Love

When the eclipse of Sun darkens entire universe,
The drought-infested soil waits for tender shower.
Love comes, delivers it from that dreadful curse,
Pouring its enlightening shower from holy bower.

All pains, struggles, sufferings seem non-existent
When there is love, when there is love’s presence.
After eclipse, sun appears brighter, clear, content.
After stings of Dark, Love brings a luminescence.

The lamp of love enlightens interiors of the heart
Where vermin try to eat up the veins of morality.
Love renews the heart by clearing the fallen dirt,
Awakens drowsy world with trumpet of equality.
© Osman Gani  Create an image from this poem.

Enlightening

Lightening all you have betrayed
Enlighten the darkness in your brain
Illuminate all you can perceive
From contamination to disease

The voices of hunger will remain
Seeking the power to obtain
A grip on the things that scare you most
To weaken your spirit; to be host

In times of wanting, and in greed
Your first reaction was to feed
Hammering fear in to your heart
Causing your senses to depart

Strength over others comes from fear
Igniting the wars that keep it near
A shadow that sneaks in to your soul
From birth until death you are its goal

Exercise consciousness and thought
Look beyond everything you’re taught
Analyse selfhood and reveal
The bravest ambition is to feel

Forgiving the people that betrayed
Knowing their darkness and their pain
Become the light you need to see
Feel it in all those you set free
© Ian Petch  Create an image from this poem.

An Enlightening Trauma

Having a traumatic history isn't always bad
While you're living it, yes, your agony blinds all the optimism
It closes every gate to keep the buoyancy at bay

The worst feeling is to find yourself being the helpless character of your story
The one you read about in those overwhelming novels and watched on tv
The one you sympathized with and never wanted to reenact in real life

But when everything you dreaded; everything over which you gave your sanguinity benefit of the doubt happens
And it looks certain to prevail over your high spirits
It's time you bid adieu to the naivety and greet a much-needed revelation 

You have to welcome the enlightenment with open arms
You have to acknowledge it, accept it, and make it the cornerstone of your future ways

Indeed, once this learning shapes a brand new mindset, you'll be invincible
And, this transformation from feeble to fierce will be an example for many!

Premium Member Enlightening Religions

Religiosity is the culture-bound pretension
of religious function.

Religious is to spiritually healthy function
as religion
creed
faith system, idolatrous or divine,
is to spiritual form,
structure,
ecosystemic or pathologically other-unwise.

Spirit is to natural health functions,
mental and physical and sacred,
as nature
ecology
active positive hope systems
are to natural form,
polypathic structures,
polyphonic themes of Wisdom Literature,
EcoLogos Paradigms of Health,
Sacred Ecology 
for Earth's ReStorative Ego/EcoJustice.

Bilateral Win v Lose religiosity dysfunctions
within each bicameral WinWin religion
represent evil absence of sacred ecological Form,
ExeGenesis
ReGenesis,
Alpha through Beta-Omega.

YangUniverse
with YinSquared bilateral speed
of FatherTime's polypathic enlightenment.

ReligiousLeft with Integrity of SacredRight
co-arising nondual healthy spirit-nature PolyCultural YangFunction
Optimization,
meeting Continuous Quality Improvement
WinWin EcoPolitical Performance Standards,
weighed on MotherEarth's Scales
of ReStorative EcoJustice grace paid forward
for Ego/Eco Peace through globally cooperative gratitude
in regenerative return.

PolyCultural Religion,
YinYin (0)-BiLateral Souls,
Absence of DualDark Bright
Double-Binding NotNot = WinWin BiCamerality,
Positive Psychology
of EgoLeft Secular Patriarchal Dominance
restoring
EcoElder SacredRight Matriarchal
Memories of NotJustYang-NotJustYin EquiValent
(0)Sum EarthMothers,
swimming through oceanic salt-rivers
of sacred baptismal SpaceTime.

WinLose (0)-Sum Reiterative Justice Religiosity 
of suboptimizing EgoSystems
are merely more secularizing Business As Usual
for WinWin ReStorative Justice and Peace
Spirits with Natures,
Metaphysical Nurturers with Physical Naturers,
Yin-Fractal DoubleBound Matriarchal Circle-Octaves
with YangUniversalSpace = YinSquared BiLateral Time's Spiraling
ReVolutionary-ReStorative Spiritual Grace Intent.

Enlightening

Children of God
Being
Perfected
In time
From dirt
Inside the womb 
Of the Mother
Earth
Reflecting light
Protecting life

Death
Just
Birth
Out of time
Inside the mind
Of the Father
The dark
Projecting light
Expressing life
Children Enlightened

Enlightening

She always says its dark in here; 
we need a little light, my dear
She does not know her smile's 
what brings me day, from darkest night
I die inside to feel that glow;
it's why, I keep the lights down low
I only wish that she could know
how dark it was, before
she brought the light

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