Best Heartfelt Poems
Heartfelt are my thanks for all the blessings
ever flowing in, out and through my life.
I feel fortunate for each go-round with strife
that arrived to design my soul’s truth dressings.
My humbled breath streams awe when I feel His touch
upon my grateful soul, heart, thoughts and actions.
With love, He guides my steps to divine traction
and lifts fear-based, stinking thinking from my clutch.
I am delighted when harmony fills my home
where family memories grow, glow and unfold.
My simple life prospers me more than bars of gold.
My soul greets days with heart-praise wherever I roam.
From A Sad Book, A Poet's Deep, Heartfelt Lament
Fear I, morn brings not glistening of dew
That in youth's vanished seeds of demise
Wisps of shadows in dark meadows grew
Midnight sent forth melancholy surprise.
Alas, soft wings of hope fled far away
As falling leaves of silence too soon roar
I cannot defeat intense coming grays
In dying dreams, I land not on new shores.
I sing song of a dear paradise lost
Radiant life with love and abundant
To see yet again glowing gems of frost
O' mercy Lord, a sweeter life please grant.
With falling leaves of silence's epic roar,
In dying dreams, I land not on new shores.
Robert J. Lindley, 10-18-2021
Sonnet, ( A bitter pill when Hope seems utterly lost )
Where dreams sit, in the moments just before a smile – in the hesitance just before a word – in the memory who holds so much light,… there are the hues of heartfelt. ~ quote by poet
Music fades beyond the stars, sky lit softly,
In wonders so inviting, nights alive,
With joy as I appreciate the melodies,
Forgiving murmurs of kindled laughter, gentling
Even the most hesitant breathes of doubtful,
Timid, shy like the leaves who waltz,
Quietly through October’s frosts, the song
Wise and warm, tumbling from the wise old sun.
Burning quietly at the edge of the forest,
Shadows clinging to the secrets of rays revealing,
All the grace that comes to those who feel…
Blessings of hearts, blessings who always influence,
Trembling on moments when prayers wane,
Erasing the summer, finishing the season of warmth,
Stirring the promises of a silence who believes,
Yes, the spirit can surely see the forest for the trees,
Even the darkness who calms the moon –
Knows of the beauty found in those who know,
The answer pours from the heart’s hues,
Hues of heartfelt in breathless tunes,
Generous as birdsong, with a splendid flair…
Music fades below the surface of the seas,
Waves caressing each moment, as the eternal
Mysteries – beckon to the soul who remembers,
Forever comes quietly, always honest,
Forever attractive – like the rainbow on the horizon,
After rain that lasted a while,
After the grateful soul, inspired by love,
Grows kindness in the form of music,
Kindness that rises, like a mist on the hills,
Raising the intensity of the heart’s kiss,
The soul can never resist…
These hues of heartfelt encouragement,
The muse in a heart who calls worthiness…
Listening, hearing, assuring – all the love
From souls who bring hope to the loneliest spirits,
Love that sings… lighting the wildest dreams.
Leave me now love, if you would not grow old.
Memory will keep your beauty on hold
For autumn afternoons when leaves turn gold
And on wintry eves when the days are cold.
Years will drift by like clouds upon the wind,
Painting the dappled landscape of my mind
With visions of impressionistic hue
Of love I left behind when I was new.
A view from afar is never so dear
As the heartfelt warmth of one who is near.
I’d rather share the seasons as they pass
Then scan them through memory’s looking glass.
Standing tall dressed in regalia
twenty-one gun salute detonates
a lump lodged deep in my throat
combination pride sorrow and so much more
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
If
I said
to your heart
what's on my mind
would you love me more
or would you run
away from
me and
love.
For "Ninette" contest sponsored by Joann Grisetti.
I will discover hope - despite chaos
I will find the joy - despite the pain
I will find faith - despite the silence
I will find mercy - despite the rain
I will find the love - In a humble heart
A heart who is flooded
With kindness and warmth
A heart who knows goodness
Flows from the veins of one
Who gives without limits
Who listens to the soul
And finds their vision
Within the dance of feeling
That lights the heart with
Meaning, dreaming, fulfillment
Hope for comforting
Inspiration for adoring
Music for enlightenment
Love that fills and overflows
Spilling out through the universe
With ideas, insights, imaginings
Gasps of mesmerizing solace
Given to those who know well
The feeling of affection and worship
For the One who gave us all our
Purpose, our thoughts, feelings
Everything that reminds our heart
To feel, to give, to shine a light
From the very breath of life…
Illuminating the brilliance of a fire
Captured by God’s gentle tug
On heartstrings who listen to
God’s tender impressions of
Love that is forever alive, nourishing
Guiding and creating second chances
For our hearts to grow worthy of this
Feeling, this love that is alive, giving
Assurance, hope, inspiration that colors
Our entire world with breathtaking
Laughter, exhilaration, imagination
Joy that overflows the heart’s veins
Bursting with rapture that will last!
Take off your pharaoh’s mask, stay awhile.
Be not uppity for it does not suit you.
I like honesty,
For who does not?
Throw off your walls – the little ones and the bigs.
Toss them aside, for they will do you no good here.
Conversation is real.
I am your listener.
What chains of madness has wrapped your tongue?
How long has it been since you felt your bliss or
Understood what your heart wants?
Sarcasm and off putting behavior will do you no good.
I am an expert at helping your inner child
Find her way out, moving toward the light
Of her own soul’s opportunities.
And who does not want that?
Truthfully?
The gift that I give you is straight from heart,
it will not come with a wrapper or a box.
However, it is big, so huge that it can't fit
into a box. What is it? You may ask?
Why it's the best gift in the whole wide world!
It is all the LOVE that my mere heart possess,
from now until eternity my darling, I love you.
Alexis Y.
12-12-2020
The last decaying reniments
of summers glorious bounty
that adorned and dressed
the sprawling towering trees
fall like confetti
and are swept away
precariously biting breeze.
The winter sun peeps from behind
the ominous clouds of grey
As icicle fingers hang from moss covered
cold boulders
as the cursing cutting air gets colder.
Following the winding well trodden path
over bridge spanning gushing brook
I catch my own reflection
and my whole world is shook.
It took me years to travel these steps
we used to love our special place
Where the winter wind would blow your hair
and redden the cheeks upon your wonderful face.
How we would love to walk arm in arm
laughing talking and acting like a child
then suddenly both stop without signal
and I'd push you against a tree
and kiss you passionately for a while,
How we laughed tears when I mistaking
a cow for a bull
and you got your hair caught on a low branch
and it got tangled boy had we to pull.
In my mind I see you so clearly
and hear the words you used to say
and my heart is so full of pain
as I recall that terrible day
we rested you beneath the lovers oak tree
where you declared your death defying love for me
and we both carved our names for eternity.
No words can express just how much I miss you
My life a lonely desert where nothing blooms
a sea of grey
until we meet once again by the oak tree
wait for me
one glorious heavenly summers day.
Peter Dome.copyright.2014. Jan.
long, pale, soft white necks
tantalizing blue blue eyes
giggling joy smiles
sent of the green sea
revives the lonely grey souls
cuddles endlessly
we lying next to us
kindness, tenderness, warmness
embracing lovers
an entwined union
two bodies converted one
heartfelt memories
Ivo, I certainly do not find this poem to my liking;
Notwithstanding, I encourage you to keep on writing
Just because I don't like this one you don't have to be sad.
I do enjoy most of your writings, kid. Aren't you glad?
(Glossa Rubaiyat written in Sestet)
The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of night,
As a feather is wafted downward
From an eagle in his flight.
(From "The Day Is Done" by Henry W. Longfellow)
The day is done, and the darkness
In your heart brings you around total sadness,
And bad feelings inside you,makes you feel worse or less,
Days find you burdened, confused,and then depress;
But learning from failures, may bring you sometimes success!
The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of night,
And you notice things that were not right,
Things kept too long, from you,and out of sight,
And the Night with tenderness kisses gentle the Light.
And again dewdrops from the leaves, with a thunderous might,
Falls from the wings of night,
As a feather is wafted downward
Discarded aside from your unwanted card,
Pain and sadness shall push you deep,downward,
But you fight your way back in the lard;
And brighter the light on you presses hard,
As a feather is wafted downward
From an eagle in his flight.
Heart and soul mortally wounded by blinded blight,
Hard to separate darkness sometimes from the light;
Yearning to feel only the warmness of sunlight,
And in this heartfelt darkness hardly living day and night
From an eagle in his flight.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
Copyright@2006
December,13,2014
I have waited for you forever, it seems
But I always knew you would come.
I have seen your face in a million sweet dreams
My husband, my Lover, my Chum.
I have chosen to walk your path with you;
To always stay right by your side.
I promised God that, when I said, "I do"
As your loving and loyal Bride.
I am not afraid to tackle this life
As long as we walk here, as one.
I am so very proud to be your Wife
My husband, my Lover, my Chum.
Getting it out with a good shout
Now don't go and pout
Deep down inside so riddled with doubt
Need to find a safer route
Tired of fighting these heartfelt bouts
Our freedom has a way of holding the past
Before you know it you have crossed the bridge to fast
Having something special that would've of last
Oh the regrets of today
Such a heavy price we have to pay
When we just want to stay out and play
When respect goes a long ways
You can't back up with what you say
Instead, you take a different pathway
I have always prayed
That our friendship wouldn't decay
Things get broken when we don't meet halfway
Which puts us on a different highway
Alone feeling like we have just run away
Wanting to replay
All those wonderful memories of our yesterday
If you just would've understood all the love I conveyed
Then I wouldn't be walking away feeling betrayed
Instead of watching the sunset across the bay
Bad choices that ruin a perfect ballet
You just let the good times slip away
Making it feel like you have overstayed
Time to find a stronger airway
That leads to the right kind foreplay
A woman who lives up to what she portrays
Rather then stowaway on the wings of a friends heart
Knowing this would only break us apart
You knew I wanted love from the very start
Now I'm letting go as it's time to depart
I walk away with a dagger through my heart
Because the fire has gone all dark