Best Glean Poems
A sword of the heavens did glean
From railings and arbors
of dead thorn and bramble,
where ghostly reminders remain
Fall droplets of blood ‘pon
a crimson embroider
left carelessly out in the rain
Our story begins
in a deep mountain valley,
a village so peaceful and free
When one day the darkness
did unsheathe its horror
with metal and death you will see
The army of Satan,
a wicked battalion,
Hell’s fire their sabers were forged
Dark Skeletal visions
in leather and armor
the depths of the earth had been gorged
With razor sharp weapons,
they slashed and delivered
such pain which had never been found
Through echoes of pleading
and lives quickly ending
in puddles, thick red on the ground
While women and children
were herded like cattle
in mass to the edge of the square
With onyx eyes leering,
midst snickers and cackles,
their captors insanely did stare
When on the horizon
a light brightly shining,
engulfing this nightmarish scene
A porcelain stallion,
its rider a shadow,
a sword of the heavens did glean
From steel hard as granite,
angelic depictions,
a handle of pure solid gold
Once heard in a fable,
when wizards were roaming
such power, the stories foretold
As swift as an arrow
he entered the village,
his steed all at one with the game
With blade silver glistened,
like lightning bolts flashing,
igniting a righteous born flame
Spinning and thrusting
as if a tornado,
a blur now incensed of the glow
With whirlwind fury
and dust clouded thunder,
he dealt them a terrible blow
The evil fueled army,
beheaded and fallen,
the villagers shouted and cheered
When to their amazement,
this heroic savior
as quick as he’d come, disappeared
So there is the story,
a sword made in heaven
is now part of history’s reign
Along with the rider
who wielded its honor,
and hopes he will come back again
9/13/18
Written for the UNSHEATH YOUR SWORD Poetry Contest
Sponsored by John Lawless
Bathing in your gentle light
Is like splashing in the sea
Your smile dispels the dark of night
And brings the dawn to me
Our love is young and fragile too
And yet is evergreen
I find each day I am with you
There sprout new joys to glean
And though we are so oft apart
And hand in hand can’t be
Know you’re always in my heart
My sweet and dear baby
*Inspired by Fires of Imagination #157 By, Brian Strand
- Silence in a white space -
Wisdom I Glean
Silence takes over white snow covered ground
As the blazing sun rises in the distant sky
The super snow full moon, says its goodbye
Nothing echoes in this peace, where light is found
Silence reaches my soul, a gentle touch with all seen
The purity of white I see, starts the day
There is comfort in a moment, with nothing to say
In my surroundings with the wisdom I glean
Heidi Sands
2/20/19
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~~ the fields, for- ~~
~ Your benignity is my ~
only-refuge; cull-what is
left, loose-tamped-down-
broken, exposed ... raw-and
~~~ stripped; willing; I ~~~
~ lay-here-open; find in me all ~
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The dry-Summer sun; has beaten-
upon-me, Fall-winds have raged, left
their burden upon me and heavier-rains-
~ still, have-washed-a-way-at-my-soul; so-
~ much-so, that-now nothing-can-grow, and ~
now I long for a time, days-when I-was bountiful;
~ this-season-has-brought-me, to-want-for nothing ~
more but-the-pleasure, of-your-favor, because-patient,
~~ humble and reverent, honest, resting quietly I know ~~
~ that genuine innocence remains willing lying open full and ~
~~~~~~~~~~ aware thriving in its infancy. ~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~ Restore-my-faith in-such things-these miracles; secure ~~~~
~~ me ... allow for me this gentle repose, cover me-in-Winters- ~~
~~ cloak; provide for me a full recovery; cultivate-me-with-love ~~
~~ yes let Your peace-embrace-me in-the-Spring; sew in me, a ~~
~~~~~~~~~~ fertile-field. Sun warm me, rains, ~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~ return nurture me, so-honest- ~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~ winds may scatter forth new ~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~ seed; and others, may come ~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~ again ... reap a crop of- ~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~ blessings pure-and- ~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~ sweet and-blossom- ~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~ for all the world- ~~~~~~~~~
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