Best Illuminating Poems

Darkness descends,
And the destination lies far behind
God! Let the fire that burns in you eternal ,
Which is the only true fire, 
Light up my eyes to perceive the right from the wrong, 
The genuine from the sham.

I ask Thee, blaze my spirit with your fire
So...

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Touch
Turn page
Golden words
Inviting you
Read

Penned 25 March 2015...

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revelation
meaningful, momentous
drifting, creeping, rambling
insight, wisdom
unmasking, exposing, imparting
worthy, notable
knowledge


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March 30, 2015


Poetry/Diamante/illuminating my mind
Copyright Protected, ID 03-658-338-30
All Rights Reserved, 2015, Constance La France


For the Standard contest, Illumination, 
sponsor, Steven Henderson , Judged 04/2015

First Place...

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Illuminating Soul    (COLLABORATION )


by~ George Stal

I had felt this age had won;     
as my sword was rotted as spring appeared.
The earth burst out as a blossom. 
And now saileth in the boat of sunrise, 
come forth, 
O, quiet...

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Out on  porch to glimpse a sunrise
Orange sun cast gray 'on clouds
Whispy light airy sparse white clouds 
On horizon not like shroud

Then as the sun inched up orange 
Disappeared replaced by
Illuminating brilliance clear
Against blue blue sky

Dramatic change for human eyes
I longed to stay awhile
How...

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I’m stronger than I realize,
I’m not alone
And I’m not a failure

I am focused on the prize -
God’s Kingdom today, though I’m on my own
Feeling like a Jailure

I was brave enough
Life can be quite rough
I was courageous to the touch
Nothing much is happening and such
I was...

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Sometimes, I feel like a running brook and in midstream there is a boulder, that I am forced to flow around, yet I know the true force of the current that keeps me flowing and it is inevitable of serenity.

Even now while in my wintry...

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I encircle myself with friends, who bemuse but still amuse me,
Who stimulate and stir my imagination,
Whose very existence adds to my life’s essence;
Choosing to eliminate those who disturb my aura.

I prefer to avail myself of only those
Who barge into my life, full of vim and...

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I don't need someone there to make me feel right,
because even in darkness, I emit my own light....

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Angels observe our unfolding galaxy
Seemingly eternal to the human mind
Misperceptions they are superior in nature
For them like a temporary blink of a firefly
Their understanding of the prison we have created
And our ‘reality’ submerged in the limits of linear time
They whisper sweet reminders that we will...

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illuminating
summer's golden sunset....
black dot 'pon silk web    ...

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In shadows deep, where darkness resides,
A flicker of light, a grateful guide.
When life's tempests rage, and trials befall,
Gratitude flame, it conquers them all.

In hardest moments, when hope seems lost,
The whispers of gratitude bear no cost.
For even amidst life's darkest plight,
Grateful hearts find solace, shining bright.

When...

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She holds within her grasp
Such a wicked little power
She'll draw you into her soul
And turn your heart stone sour

She'll lure you in with her pretty eyes
Like sapphires picked from Heaven
Than turn around with the same stare
Stab you in the back with secret daggers

She'll tantalize you...

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Our Love That Once Rivaled Illuminating Sun

Was your light dead, its glow destroyed by dark
Your eyes blinded, and our romance cast aside:
Twas this, dark thought of loss, that I have died,
That you dared to treat our great love as a lark,
In your longing heart that...

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A beacon of light...from a lighthouse in the ocean...
                      An unfortunate group of sailors paddled towards 
       ...

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