Best Firmament Poems
Between heaven and earth is so much more
You and I are for instance, but before
We were, there was and forever will be
The imprint of who will be you and me
Through closed eyelids rosy light glows warm
Swaying left and right in golden sundust swarm
My wheels so insignificantly leave prints in timeless
Everlasting sand, tossed in tides, boundless
In faraway blue green, a scaled-down ship
Moves motionless, on a never ending trip
And we, beneath a humbling firmament
See immense constellations with no end
We sit here silent, hand in hand meditating
How balance in this world, weighing
On us, harmonizes love and awe in us both
Reconciliation of life, we speak our silent oath
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January 29, 2017
Categories:
firmament, appreciation, love, sea, stars,
Form:
Couplet
The work, the words
The worries, the wits
They are lazy today
They have been sleeping too long
In my body
In the broad way of my heart.
I think about you in the heavy traffic
I lay bare my desire
I search the bodies of
A vowel, a consonant, a simile
An oxymoron, a metaphor
To find a two-syllable title
I breathe in their mouths
With the thoughts I have in mind
I whisper into their ears
To hear the echoes of the words
To compose and feel the sound effect
With overflowing ideas in head
I touch the curved lips
To get you mold
Deep in the vault of your mouth
I feel you and hear you.
They’re awake, but lethargic
Spreading the page incoherently
They mean to frustrate me
As they are feeling mean
Dancing in different shapes
Splattered on my page.
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Dr. Ram Mehta
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Based on Surrealism
Eighth place win in :
Contest: Real, UNreal and Surreal sponsored by Debbie Guzzi
Categories:
firmament,
Form:
Free verse
The Firmament of my Heaven
The work, the words
The worries, the wits
They are lazy today
They have been sleeping too long
In my body
In the broad way of my heart.
I think about you in the heavy traffic
I lay bare my desire
I search the bodies of
A vowel, a consonant, a simile
An oxymoron, a metaphor
To find a two-syllable title
I breathe in their mouths
With the thoughts I have in mind
I whisper into their ears
To hear the echoes of the words
To compose and feel the sound effect
With overflowing ideas in head
I touch the curved lips
To get you mold
Deep in the vault of your mouth
I feel you and hear you.
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March 10, 2014
Form: Free Verse
Based on Surrealism
Tenth Place Win
Contest: Anything Goes by Chris
View the contents of the poem on the following site:
http://writers-voice.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=1540 (I was interviewed by the site admin)
Categories:
firmament, inspirational, poetry, poets,
Form:
Free verse
In the dismal and dreary dusk,
I experience horrific hallucinations,
Of cracks in the sublime skies.
Celestial conflicts commence
Without a hint or reason.
Comets collide, stars flare
In nasty noxious Novas.
Quakes seem to shatter the peace
Of the vast stretch of space.
Whilst we on Earth envision
The fall of a multitude of meteors.
Catastrophic clouds form overhead,
Effectively hiding the brutal battles galore.
Then the rain begins to fall and I awake.
Soon the cumulonimbus clouds disperse
And the silvery stars appear in full formation.
Thank God, ‘tis only a nasty nightmare.
Categories:
firmament, dream,
Form:
Free verse
earth
abundant, palpable
stirring, settling, providing
ripples, vegetation, heliocentric, clouds
shifting, shining, outpouring
providential, mysterious
firmament
4-29-2021
Categories:
firmament, blessing, creation, earth, giving,
Form:
Diamante
rain pitch black clouds loom
merging with orange and blue
in the sunday dusk
3-6-2016
Categories:
firmament, sky,
Form:
Haiku
The blue sky is not heaven
It's not the same thing at all
Dear friends.
We often speak of the firmament of yesteryear
By day, the sky is dazzling like an etiolated flower
Dear friends.
Defying gravity is to soar into the heavens
Where at night, stars and asteroids are numerous
It's the dream, it's imaginary impulses
Where we are stunned, amazed and silent.
We are fascinated by extraordinary tricks
The sky isn't really blue, it's an illusion
Man has a way of making inventions
To satisfy his tellurian and planetary curiosities.
P.S. Translation of” Le Ciel Bleu” by Hébert Logerie.
Copyright © September 2022, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poetry.
Categories:
firmament, blue, dark, fantasy, flower,
Form:
Free verse
firmament* so vast
showcasing celestial lights---
God reigns… sees us all
*Genesis 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.
April 1, 2022
Categories:
firmament, appreciation, blessing, christian, creation,
Form:
Haiku
Firmament radiates with celebration glow
midst sparkling kaleidoscope whisking vibrant cheer
lights leaping, lilting, skipping in whirling flow
like flowers blooming above unfold fireworks clear.
Midst sparkling kaleidoscope whisking vibrant cheer
bursting brilliantly as tints and hues of gems’ flare
like flowers blooming above unfold fireworks clear
praising God for His goodness*, wafting festive air.
Bursting brilliantly as tints and hues of gems’ flare
lights leaping, lilting, skipping in whirling flow
praising God for His goodness, wafting festive air
firmament radiates with celebration glow.
*Psalm 107:31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
January 12, 2021
8th place, "2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 7" Poetry Writing Premiere Contest
Sponsored by Mark Toney; judged on 7/15/2022.
Categories:
firmament, appreciation, blessing, celebration, cheer
Form:
Pantoum
Before sunrise the firmament,
silent and luminous
kept all its stars under guard,
and none would go astray,
because the voice of God they obey;
and their names, unknown to us,
are spoken by Him with kindness
and carried on the currents
of a mighty wind,
which are moved by a command!
I express my enthusiasm,
to elevate my lyrics to the heights
of the shimmering luminaries;
this praise emerges from a deep gratefulness...
and unlikely any other emotion it conveys,
mine is never repressed by feeling,
it goes beyond my understanding
to why it was created with such a magnificence...
for that specific purpose humans aren't aware of,
but doesn't it attest to a Supreme Intelligence?
After sunset the perfect firmament
glows with light to overwhelm me
with more awe and less controversy,
and why should there be doubts
to obliterate every evidence from my thought;
when faith is evanescent, all thoughts
become empty and improvident...
so that the Creator is shredded of glory!
My excitement is induced by contemplation,
dissenting the theory of evolution;
how can distortion render conviction...
if all it does is cause more division?
This assumption doesn't tolerate belief,
it is utterly senseless and full of hypocrisy,
conceiving the Creation as a myth;
are we subdued by its plausibility?
Categories:
firmament, inspirational, love, nature, peace,
Form:
Ode
Here comes my beautiful Ada!
The flower of my youth
Elegant and sure footed
Poised to conquer the world
A gazelle of inestimable beauty
Resilient and full of
Joie de vivre and open heartedness
Ada no one is like you
And no one can ever be like you
You are beautifully and wonderfully made
Rise and lighten up global
Entertainment firmament
For the world is your oyster
Categories:
firmament, appreciation, birth, confidence, destiny,
Form:
Free verse
the dark firmament
demarcated with curved lights....
announcing a storm
© All Rights Reserved
Categories:
firmament, nature
Form:
Haiku
I can see you in the corner of my eye
I will keep you here as long as you like
will you respond to my calling?
How will I know you are the one?
what are my intentions?
another path that leads to the house?
another house that is the same house
where the floor is torn away
where I can see the cars and other worlds go by
O
To hold you in this place
stars streaming in real time
I am longing for the dawn
of a sun I have never seen
we lived before the moon
remember the time spent in the sea?
under the crashing waves
I can tell it is you
when can we talk together
like I talk to this page?
will you find me,
will I find you finding me?
in the basement, the attic ,
or on the wings of a great bird
I fly to you in my delirium
when my spirit hits my matter
when the folds of my cloth collide with the firmament
we will know
Categories:
firmament, sea, son, space, time,
Form:
Free verse
VERDICT OF FIRMAMENT
Firmament addressed clouds asking
not to assemble in platoon
and alarmed aggressive adamant arrogant tempest
not to be tempted to attack,
but allowing welcoming gentle zephyr to blow.
Ablaze Sun got astonished but felt ashamed.
Ample heat with hot air was arrested.
Azure sky in amazing awesome auburn Autumn
to allure outdoor romance in assured angelic ambient
and to assuage any agony if annoying.
Amour awaking, awaiting, appealing for auspicious moment.
avoiding apprehension of anything awry or awkward.
Appalling atrocious happenstance not to hit aspirant pair.
Let the couple be abloom aglow in amorous flow adoring one another.
Not to put in anxiety or anguish but to be accomplished on admiration.
No question of absolution you should arise,
asserting affirmative answer of love to accept astounding unison.
06/19/22
Your Favourite Poem from the first half of 2022
Contest by Julia Ward
Categories:
firmament, appreciation, longing, nature,
Form:
Alliteration
No rocket surgeon,
nor brain scientist called upon
but only Rudolf the red nose reindeer
solicited as psychological mentor
yes...undoubtedly countless
decades removed since *****
(not very gay at all!)
bodily changing phenomena
from thine angst riddled
biological metamorphosis allows me to peer
with greater theft of mine precious youth stolen,
via piercing overbear
ring mailer daemons,
when mine tender age did near
cusp whence onset of puberty
clapped development tight as if by
a doppelganger mutineer
warp and weft of mine lifetime tapestry
mine acute perception doth lear
as threads got tightly woven
into mine casual knitwear
though pubescent phase
wrought with oppressive foresight
interwoven with jeer
ring bullying hmm...maybe thine ability
to distill self actualization
extant among interlinear
teenage stage viewable
during my youthful days, but clouded over asper
mine more vivid perspective here
from this present moment
ha...amusing insight from present perch
devoid of adolescent glare
sire re: brill grade
do lobes gleam freer,
now with insight aye ear
rate at such pitch 'ere
perfect hindsight aye declare,
yet as a much younger self
when I hapt to be a boy, acuity seemed oblivious
to perceive via sight and sound
what social cues visceral, (visual,
and audiological) seems crystal clear
revisiting non verbal
awkward teenage mutant
ninja turtle memories, that now deafeningly blare
at the threshold of ear
splitting decibels, how hard of hearing human
(nada so) subtle in retrospect, I am aware
interpersonal nuances clear as the tune
Doris Day Que será, será
did voice, a catchy air.
Categories:
firmament, 10th grade, 12th grade,
Form:
Free verse