Best Gentling Poems

Vanished

the wild magic of this place;

this wilderness I now roam alone
as its lifeblood seeps 
into 
Afterlife

..my mournful howls
across time and distance
go unanswered -
Oh, how I...

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Blindfolded, he takes me from the car through the humid air of August. He holds my hand, and then surrounds me with his arms, when...

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WHAT IF?

What if you were  the brightest star on the solstice night
Would you feel antagonism from the sparkling maze?
Or would Love dismiss uncertainty to...

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In the moment,
When a glistening
Snowflake falls to the earth
Washing the ground
In joy and wonder,
Peaceful silencing the
Darkness, the heartless

In the moment,
When a starry eyed thought
Lifts its...

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You are like the kiss of wind,
Lightly caressing – gentle, expressive,
Kissing away my fears, each tear…
With a gentling that breathes love into
Everything…

You are like the...

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“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so...

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When echoes of nocturnal ricochet over the nights,
Ebony and stardust fill my heart,
Erasing the sun’s gaze, inspiring the moon to blaze
With its tempting song, singing...

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The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things. ~ Hans Christian Anderson

In the aching...

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Where dreams sit, in the moments just before a smile – in the hesitance just before a word – in the memory who holds so...

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Before I knew the day, the time
He’d die, 
I came home to him,
My little smile, knowing he’d
Be there, he was always there
Always aware I was...

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Laurel and fern whisper to the silent night
Blended with the heady scent of thickets
Moss shelters rocky slopes beneath moonlight

Dreams unfold while listening to the crickets
Songs...

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Don't worry if you're making waves simply by being yourself. The moon does it all the time. ~ Scott Stabile



Silence sings
	To the hungry soul
Baptizing night
	In...

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Light falls across the mountains, soothing my memories, my dreams, reminding me that hope is always embracing my thoughts. With grace, He erased all the...

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Breathless as a summer sun, glowing
Intimate, like the kiss or touch
Light, whispering joy over the spirit, flowing
With tenderness – gentling even 
The darkness, the doubt,...

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God has so made our heart that nothing can ever fill it but God Himself ~ Charles Spurgeon

I searched for happiness on shores of romance
There...

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