Best Illuminated Poems

Illusion illuminated instantly
Reality realized… rationally
Nature noticed normally
Vision vitalized vibrantly
Life lived… laudably...

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I've crawled to the edge of my own darkness,
and I only wanted a small taste I swear;
And I heard the prophets of the ages screaming,
There's just no coming back from there;
But they were my own unexplained poor choices,
to gaze into the chasm far beyond;
For I...

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Illuminated city
Tarek Hassan

No one in the darkness of night
That strange bird wings
The town was illuminated,
I was fascinated to see continue make-
For a moment was lost in a dream.

I could see the light of how the skyscraper palace
I thought it would be a strong friendship with...

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Through the thicket lies
A very long beaten path;
Lit by midday sun...

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Peeking through stone door
Sunlit path on water floats
Guiding heart to soul...

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The Illuminated Muse
by
Ingrid Showalter Swift


You light up the circuits of my psyche with lexis
vibrate within me 
daze me 
sway me without weight or measure
I breath in the misted air of salt and gesture
and in it you lie in wait

You fill my cells 
with oxygen and...

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There was once a spark in Heaven's sky 
generating an electric storm painted an angel 
it coloured a rainbow within the sky mystery of the east 
a bridge where the eyes walked on filled with warmth 
The breath of a thousand winds held silent surrender...

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Farm in view with a field full of cows
Golden mist of grass on the ground
Afternoon light.Colors change +glow
Just for a few minutes then darkness
The night was silent.Courtiers enjoin
Banquet hall lit bright with candlelight
Soft glow shines through the  fretwork
Rich golden liquid  Midsummer revelry
Ruby ripe...

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I feel a cold wind when I'm awake
But can't sleep because of all the heartache
And pain I've caused knowing it's not right
But still I continue and continue to fight 
Searching for someone who will turn on the light

Screaming for help knowing no one is there
Cherishing...

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All anxieties are gone
We dream on like daydreamers, awaiting another great, 
delight-illuminated dawn 
I’ll love you until my life is no more
I’ll love you, even if you have strayed into the darkness
I love you from the bottom of the ocean to the heavens 
above
I’ll love...

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The facets of this glimmering rock
all catch the light equally true
yet some absorb it with gravities pull
while others reflect, like a mirror would do

some are dark, and have no glitter
next to others that shine near to perfection
what is this stone that is precious, and litter
is...

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Evening about you reminds me of the Sun
You are light and diaphenous warm and sultry
Like a thousand summer solstice or alchemists spells
You are as bright as Venus the morning star
I would like to bathe in your sunny afternoon's

By, Michael Lanier...

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I’m writing this illuminated night – 
Now, I am intrigued!
Dismiss wrath’s wicked winds, 
For our love will never meet its end – 
Let’s run some errands! ~
It’s time to face it like a boss – 
Life with whatever condition we’re in – don’t fuss!
Well, it...

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Blanketed in darkness 
Hatred is your shield 
Hurting one another losing all free will 
Listening to the voices that lead you all astray 
Your eyes are shut in darkness no brightness in the day 
Money is the prize for selling out your soul 
Fame is...

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This evening 
I was humbled
by Welsh born artist,
Donald Jackson--
His profound dedication
and personal sacrifice
are truly beyond
my poetic
expression--

new insight and beauty
(such vision absent for
many generations)--
spiritual beauty
procured deep within
our cloistered archives,
written on
the sacred vellum
of human consciousness 
and soul--

I was reminded so
of William Blake--
of course Donald is
his own man:

with...

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