Best Ising Poems
My umbrella helps keep me totally dry
As torrential May showers fall from up high
Yet soon I see a rainbow and azure blue sky
Showers provide moisture to water our plants
How the seedlings grow, in the warm winds they dance
Our gardens are bursting with colours so bright
With pretty pansies smiling, oh what a delight
Earth needs precious rain and I love the petrichor
Rising from the soil it’s a scent I adore
So I really appreciate May showers (but hope they don’t last for many hours!)
May Showers Contest
Sponsored by Nayda Ivette Negron
05~07~17
Categories:
ising, may, nature, rain, seasons,
Form:
Acrostic
Quote By Poet: "Beautiful little Butterfly trapezing your way through the air and the sky." Butterfly you are
Utterly pretty Trapezing your way through the air and the sky Turning and twisting around Every colorful flower
Rising up high then
Flying down very Low for all to see You take my breath away
Categories:
ising, flower, flying, fun, humor,
Form:
Acrostic
Poems with very little words
Only serve to minutise my imagination
Every word has the power to build
My sweet imagination
So serve them to me on a blank white sheet
WITH
Verbalization flare and you got my thanks forever
Engage me in your story let me feel the
Rising passion of your soul and
You will have me hooked forever
LITTLE
Words restrict my possibility of expansive thought
Open your mind and spill out the story my fellow poet
Rewind your life and tell me all the stories of your journey
Dance on my soul like a dervish circling my aura
Sing to me with words of assonance and repetance
STUNT
Me with your poet's steel quill and dip me in your well
You need not scimp on words just show me your story of
GROWTH .
October 13, 2018
Categories:
ising, writing,
Form:
Acrostic
Get
Original!
Feel
Optimism
Rising. . .
Inspire
Triumph!
Oct. 2, 2019
for Bobby May's 'Three Word Acrostics ' Poetry Contest
(small change in last part to avoid some readers' confusion)
Categories:
ising, inspirational,
Form:
Acrostic
A llegiance to no other VICE except a NEW YORK CITY ATTITUDE
B oroughs Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten island, take your pick
C ity that never sleeps
D isown your chewing gum on the sidewalk
E mpire state of mind is what you develop when living in NYC
F REAKS and freedom come out at night
G et the gusto and GO!
H arlem is where you need to be when converging in NEW YORK CITY
I n New York City manners are not usually common placed
J ust watch the closing DOORS, you'll be OK
K nowing an URBAN LEGEND is a prerequisite to NYC living
L eft FOOT losers lurk around EVERY other corner
M ost New Yorkers are always rushing off to work at rush hour then rushing back home
N ightlife, NEON lights and honking horns
O nly alliances are with other NYC loving metropolitans
P olice are there to assist (unless you need assistance)
Q uietness is not an option
R ising repeatedly to early morning blaring fire engines and loud radio playing
S taten Island ferry or would you rather the Statue of Liberty?
T imes Square New year eve testimonial, NYC for real!!
U nder no circumstances are you to ever AGITATE (piss off) a NYC police officer
V ery energized New Yorkers (metropolitans) visiting Broadway
W hy does NYC have a subway system? For tourists of course!
X marks the spot, you are HERE.
Y ou a New Yorker?
Z estfully going along for the ride. TAXI!!
This hype is NYC stereotype. ONLY IN NEW YORK. NYC IS a great place to visit and maybe you'd wanna live there. You GETTIN' in that TAXI?! New York City Baabee!!
THAT'S real. YOU GOTTA PROBLEM?!
Categories:
ising, abuse, adventure, anxiety, basketball,
Form:
Abecedarian
SOMEWHAT MORE THAN A PHENOMENON - FAITH
FAITH IS A POWERFUL THING…
F alling to my knees in prayer,
A sking not but worshiping the Lord.
I am only a crusader for the cause of creation.
T herefore, I bow unto The!
H e will hoist my spirit and embrace my soul into contentment.
I mage forms via an informed acumen.
S trength augments my strife in life.
A mazing is the lucidity of the mind.
P lease, may I have this honor of speaking to you?
O rnate you with lavishing words.
W isdom and knowledge you award.
E verlasting faith bequeathed through imploration.
R ising above my trials and trepidation,
F or you are the keeper of my soul.
U shering relevance in the most significant way,
L ife guidance provided each day.
T empered to the intensity of my faithfulness,
H ow time is only the hourglass of eternity.
I nvenerate in the privacy of my home.
N othing is more invigorating than adulation of the Lord God.
G ist is faith being that it is the most powerful entity universal.
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Penned on January 07, 2015!
Categories:
ising, appreciation, devotion, faith, how
Form:
Acrostic
B asking in the sunshine
U pon a lovely flower
T reating on its nectar
T hen moving to another
E njoying nectar anew
R ising with the breeze
F loating in the air
L ovely to view in the
Y ellow glowing sunshine
Categories:
ising, beautiful, butterfly, flower, insect,
Form:
Acrostic
Long is the jeourney to death,
dragging feet that the ising dust
engulf, a naive soul may ask
looking left," what's behind that? "
Categories:
ising, death,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Whitecaps, buoyant pearled sea snow;
Overhead crimson-coral clouds bend low
Nourishing earthbound beauty starving souls
Desperate to fill the inner hole.
Eloquently, nature's hymns to God abound,
Rising in waves of color, light and sound,
Filling the gaping wound in my breast,
Uplifting me in God's perfect rest:
Love's evidence brings healing profound.
Copyright, January 10, 2016
Faye Lanham Gibson
Categories:
ising, beauty, god, nature,
Form:
Acrostic
S uch dainty little bowing heads
N ow dare to open up and blossom.
O ver now is winters hold
W hite flowers dance for joy.
D ear little flower so brave and daring,
R ising early in the year
O bedient you are to natures call,
P rompting thoughts of spring.
April 12th 2011 'Flowers of Spring Contest' 2nd place
June 10th 2011 'Best blossom' Contest H/M
Categories:
ising, nature, seasons
Form:
Acrostic
Spectacular Acrostic Contest
Sponsor: John Hamilton
Striking centerpiece placed on the table
Paper napkins with pure lined silverware
Exactly the way the ham is cooked in basil
Calia is content and wouldn't go anywhere
Tommy stole her heart back in high school
Admits, always dreamed to be her husband
Couldn't wait to kneel with a diamond jewel
Under the roses a velvet box he summoned
Loving times they shared on their honeymoon
After, they danced under the starlit moon
Rising sun comes as they began to swoon
Date Written: January 12, 2016
Categories:
ising, love, passion,
Form:
Acrostic
At last! Autumn leaves fall, scatter and rest
Under a crystal sky close enough to
Touch; adorned like a jewelled crown, my bequest,
Undenied beauty from mantle of blue.
Morning's golden showers charm and ensue.
Naked trees weep for vitality lost.
Meandering leaves are boldly embossed
Over hills and vales in brilliant designs.
Rising with the dawn, leaves fall 'til first frost.
Nature's display of rich colors entwine.
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, August 29, 2012
*an acrostic written in the dizain form
Categories:
ising, fantasy, autumn,
Form:
Acrostic
I live in bliss, Ising with thee
In faith and hope I sing and pray
When day comes with dew on the lea
In faith and hope I sing and pray
Oft in prayers I lift my palms
In winter`s cold or summer`s heat
Under shades I lift my voice in psalms
At home and on the open street
To the graveside dirge voices lend
O the cadence itself is life
On which my hollow heart must mend
Dreary notes like cuts of a knife
The soft wind blow a cottage hymn
A thicket bird for twilight tweet
Where once all was quiet and grim
They seem to me a splendid treat
My prime is done and gone with age
December`s end quickens no sigh
Nor baneful tears to quench her rage
My path is bliss `tis not a lie
The husking darkness clouds my sight
A blanket doom waits not for me
I sleep but shall wake to find light
Break the mountain waves of the sea
Categories:
ising, song-faith, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
Life’s a river; reading riddles it flows.
In morn, he crawls, tiptoeing like a leech,
Falling - kneeling, crawling in fours, he goes,
Enters he second stage, all love to reach,
Swiftly rising, in twos he walks, cooing
Mysteries of life and gaily, dancing;
Yet seeing only scenes that do wooing,
Steadily he runs, glancing and prancing;
Thereby, not seeing the tragic down fall,
Enters he his third stage and walks on threes,
Rising sky high but beginning to crawl
In vast pool of sea, being lulled by breeze.
Every step he keeps, mysteries he meets,
Sounding, silent; merrily all he greets.
ALL YOURS (Jan 29) Poetry Contest
Contest sponsor: Brian Strand
*A 4th Place* in the following contest (judged on Dec. 31, 2020)
Syllable count: 10 syllables in each line (Ref: https://www.howmanysyllables.com/syllable_counter
Rhyming scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Dec. 5, 2020
Lifes mysteries Poetry Contest
Contest sponsor: John Hamilton
Inspiration from Sophocles' King Oedipus and my own poem “Life is a River” (published in 2016)
Categories:
ising, life, mystery, river,
Form:
Acrostic
S unlight caresses,
P erennials bloom,
R ising new buds,
I ssue fragrant perfume,
N ectars' aromas,
G reet breezes that sway,
I nsects delight,
S ipping sweetness each day,
C ocoons are dangling,
O n many leafs - green,
M etamorphic change,
I s a wondrous scene,
N ew life awakens,
G rowing with rush,
S eason's Persephone,
O rders winter to hush,
O pen your eyes to see spring's show,
N ature puts on with colorful glow!
written 3/28/2017
written for SPRING IS COMING SOON Acrostic contest..
Categories:
ising, beauty, birth, flower, nature,
Form:
Acrostic