Best Lange Poems
Wintereinbruch / Onset of Winter / Inicio del invierno
Tage verschwimmen im Nebel.
Eisblumen malen Gesichter
an die Fenster
und die Zeit steht still
wie eingefroren.
Lange schon verstummte
der sommerliche Vogelgesang.
Der kurze Herbst
hält noch die bunten Blätter
an den Bäumen,
doch jetzt sind sie
versunken schon
im frühen Frost
wie ausgefallene Kristalle.
Plötzlich dann
nach nächtlichem Schneefall
fällt die Natur
in allzu frühen Winterschlaf
Days become blurred in the fog.
Tracery of faces on a frosted window
and time stands still,
as being frozen too.
The summer birds' songs
fell silent long ago.
A brief autumn still holds
colorful leaves on trees,
but now they bogged
in early frost like fancy crystals.
Then suddenly
after an overnight snowfall
nature fell into a far
too early hibernation
Días se confunden en la niebla.
Tracería de las caras en una ventana escarchada
y el tiempo se detiene,
como también congelado.
Veraniegas canciones de pájaros
quedaron en silencio hace tiempo.
Un otoño breve aún mantiene
hojas de colores en los árboles,
pero ahora estancado
en temprana helada
como cristales especiales
De prontodespués de una nevada de noche
la naturaleza cayó en tan temprano
hibernación
Categories:
lange, seasonsautumn,
Form:
Free verse
Unknowingly unable again to ever feel
As I stand gazing at the gates of dawn
Arnold Lange in evening heels
Awkwardly walking across the lifeless lawn
The pipers playing softly in the rays of a new sunrise
Luring the horizon into interstellar overdrive
See the gnome, the scarecrow as they ride the bike
Are they Alone or living or are they just alive?
Syd stands smiling like the fool on the hill
Matilda Mother Lucifer Sam
Never knowing never will
Chapter 24 is Flaming
And unable to talk
Court Jester is raving
Take up thy stethoscope and walk
Shine on you crazy diamond
I wish you were here
Have a cigar dear boy
And Breathe in the air
You've missed the eclipse
So welcome to the machine
Share it fairly any colour you like
As long as it's green
Don't worry in Time you can have it all
As long as you remember
You're just another brick in the wall
Categories:
lange, confusion,
Form:
Rhyme
< raise your glass toast to thy new year
recant memories close and near
shed thy tears for beloved that died
ring out wild bells to the wild sky
new dawn is upon horizon
bless me "O" Lord for I have sinned
basking in beauty I did cry
ring out wild bells to the wild sky
winter spring summer and fall's theme
natures way of trickery schemes
weaving another day to try
ring out wild bells to the wild sky
ever try an moon and stars dance
believe me they put you in trance
so raise me once again Lord high
ring out wild bells to the wild sky
crown jewels and mirrored fixtures settings
illuminates hearts strings nettings
ask not pass singing auld lange sye
ring out wild bells to the wild sky
Entry For
Dr Ram Mehta's
Ring Out Wild Bells
To The Wild Sky
Kyeriell Contest
G.L. All
Categories:
lange, adventure, caregiving, dedication, education,
Form:
Kyrielle
Die Lewens gang
So dwaal ek rond in die lewens gang
vol van verlange en oral teen di mure
hang potrete van herineringe.
Die tyd het geloop sy eie loop
geloop. Hy het ons mee gesleep en
wys gemaak. Tyd het geleer ons
geleer dat ale wonde genees, maar
tyd was ook te kort om vergaane
geliefdes weer te groet.
Soms is ons spyt gewees, soms het
ons net n sug van verligting, tyd sal
ons weer verder vat, Die onbekende
in die lewens lange gang af en oral
sal daar weer nog potrete by kom
van vriende en geliefdes wat in die
niet verdwyn. Maar die herinepringe
sal weer trug kom waneer ons stil
raak en trug blik na tye wat verby is.
Daar loop weer 2rye spore deur my
lewe, soos in die lewens gang van
ons lewe, verskyn daar ook n potrret
van jou op my muur, en ek weet uit
eindelik is jy ook op geteken in my
lewe. My gemoed raak stil want soos
van soveel kere van tevore moet ek
woner sal die potret bly hang, want
hier in die gang van di lewe is daar
onbekende dinge, dinge wat kan
uitwis dit wat eens mooi was. Dinge
wat gedagtes kan sper en gevoelens
kan koud laat, en ek skuif die prent
weer reg want met vetroue en geloof
sal die potret ook bly hang en die
kloue van liefde sal hou en nie laat
gaan.
Want die gang van die lewe is nooit
reguit nie.
Nuwe uit dagings wag. Om elke
draai, maar as ons om ons heen kyk
is ons geliefde daar, om te help te
hou op dit wat reg en eg is.
Want die mense rondom ons sien n
masker n masker wat niemand
behalwe ons geliefdes weet wat
agter aan gaan nie
Categories:
lange, absence
Form:
ABC
Berge riesig und stark,
Gottes liebe und Kraft schutz einem,
Sonne strahlt lieblich und schoen,
Dann will ich wandern gehen mit einem lieben Mann,
Zusammen mit Gott und verewigt,
Ein Picnic auf dem Berg,
Ein Korb mit Brot, camenbert und schoenes Getrank,
Eine Decke wo man sich drauf setzen kann,
Er schaut in ihren huebschen Augen und sagt ich liebe dich,
Sie schaut verliebt zuruck in seine traumhaften Augen.
Dann sagte Er heirate mich,
Sie schaut zuruck mit Tranen in ihren Augen,
Lange hat sie fuer diese gottliche Worte gewartet,
Er nahm sie in seine kraftigen Arme und hilt sie fest,
Du darfst nie wieder von mir weg gehen,
Dann sagt er ich liebe Dich,
Sie haben in eine huebsche kleine Kirche geheiratet,
Alle ihre liebe Verwandten und Fruende waren da,
Der liebe Gott hat Ihnen sonniges Wetter geschenkt.
Author: Gwen von Erlach Schutz
Categories:
lange, appreciation, blessing, boyfriend, caregiving,
Form:
Free verse
Blueberries, bananas, and walnuts,
Five eggs, and a few cups of flour,
This dessert is easy to make,
It only takes about an hour.
A glob of butter and some sour cream,
Two cloves of garlic and mistletoe,
A handful of spinach and celery,
Four snails and a bucket of cookie dough.
The oven is heating up now,
It is up to six hundred and ten,
But I still need three spotted turtles,
And the toenails of a speckled wren.
Throw in some rice crispy treats,
And shiny blue fire crackers with a bang,
I am not sure this recipe is quite safe,
Even though it was written by Ms. Lange.
The oven is done, I shove the mess in,
Then I jumped, turned, and gave a great shout,
I had not put in the spicy Ketchup,
And all the tasty little skittles were out.
But I soon pulled my creation right out,
I smelled the air and my heart nearly sang,
But my family will not take a bite,
We'll just have to feed it to Ms. Lange!
Categories:
lange, funny,
Form:
Free verse
christmas tree on curb
spruce needles, dry, brown
here, there, ornament
broken, on branch
tinsel strands flitter
in cold New Years wind
soon, city truck
department of sanitation
come and carry, take away
Categories:
lange, holiday
Form:
Free verse
Your love is lost
Your word descended from the pits of starvation
Emotionally, for a month I resided in your arms like an orphan
Stayed by your side
Rested under your feet
Nana instead of using my spine as a stepping stool
You walked all over me.
Your footprints left a burning mark on my skin, the least of my worries were,
Will you ever catch a grenade in a war for us?
I was hit by an atomic bomb when I stretched my arms reaching,
For a piece of paper to write
A century for the new age
Our time as one flesh being a mechanism to count the years life was found upon,
Nana the forever part in the text was dry
I blew the ink off the surface with all my breath
Just a little longer…, I would have died,
I would have died for what to you was only a page that I found on top of your desk,
Died for what to me was a book found in the middle of incredible happenings.
The ink was dry …
The font was final, I should have landed your hand
Hold it tight and slowly write Ls and Os’ .., Vs and E’s till the last page
Just the way they do it in grade R
Lost lover
My tears are no longer in the scope of being dry,
They have out lived the agony and colonized a pond in Ficksburg,
The fluid is rich with what will sustain an ecosystem
An ever Lange of melting Ice cubes
Filling up oceans, refusing to reflect but rather give in to the rays of the over Seeing Eye God has called the sun,
A tragedy of humankind but a step closer to cleansing the planet
They say for a virus to parish, the host must be put down
In simple terms
You no longer qualify to be called a lost lover
Our planet died a long time ago
You no longer host this love
The missing part of the story no longer exist
I have found you to be perfectly fit to stand with other stones
Pave a way for a new
Lost lover
The title has left its purpose for thee
I wish you can see what happens inside of me when thee wakes up every morning
There’s this sudden rush to end this poem
And get back to bed.
Categories:
lange, art,
Form:
Blank verse
King Of The Range
Pinto beans and hot fry bread
are his means for survival out on the
open range.
Herding cattle all day with his quarter
horse Saint and his border collie
Paintbrush is his way to make loads
of silver change.
At night when he’s by himself under
the bright twinkling stars, he strokes himself
while thinking of a nude Jessica Lange.
He’s the man to call to kill a mean
coiled-up rattlesnake and to fish for
a tasty basket of hot catfish,
but computers and cell phones
to him seem strange.
When he goes home, his Mom whips up
a pie of fresh lemon meringue.
Women sigh as he goes by, unaware
that years ago in a gunfight at
high noon, his virile manhood
lost its twang.
But he still tips his ten gallon hat
and winks at them as he passes by
because he’s King of the range.
Categories:
lange, adventure, animals, cowboy-western, imagination,
Form:
Good friends are often rare
Lasting friendship should be our aim
In good and bad times
No matter what others would say
Trust is all what counts and lasts
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Gute Freunde sind selten
Lange Freundschaft sei unser Ziel
Im Guten und im Schlechten
Egal, was andere sagen würden
Nur Vertrauen zählt auf Dauer
Categories:
lange, friendship
Form:
Tanka
EINSAMKEIT von Satis Shroff
Die Dame mit den silbernen Haaren
sitzt vor ihrem Wohnungseingang
Und denkt über ihr Leben nach.
Ihre Tochter Androula ist wohlauf in Deutschland,
Ihr Sohn Janis lebt mit seiner Frau in Athen.
Und sie?
Sie lebt in Einsamkeit und Gebet,
Eine Witwe in Schwarz Tag ein und aus.
Ihre Beine sind schwach und ihr Gang instabil.
Ihr wird es häufig schwindelig.
Aber das schlimmste
Ist ihre fehlende Erinnerung:
Ich kann an meine ferne Vergangenheit erinnern,
Aber ich weiß nicht mehr,
Ob ich meine Kapseln eingenommen habe,
Oder nicht.
Wie lange kann ich noch auf mich aufpassen?
* * *
Categories:
lange, anxiety, loneliness, missing you,
Form:
Free verse
Klare Luft und frisch gefallenen Schnee
Die Sonne sitzen kalt in den Himmel
Fiel über das Land
Ewig
Schattenwurf lange auf der Straße
Tief in die Nacht
Berühren alle Tiere
Am Bronx Zoo
Categories:
lange, animal, weather,
Form:
Prose
They've Gone
Your children are dead.
Go now and lay down your head.
They've fled, it is said.
Second Time
You have for so long
Reached out for that second one -
But grab the first, first!
Sob
Oh, a tear or tear?
Crying because it was torn?
Ah, a tear or tear?
Again and Again
So good to repeat!
Again to repeat again.
To repeat! So good!
Folk
Do singers of folk
Please other folk with their folk?
Folk, of course, love folk.
Maybe Your Last, Old Friend
Pooch, oh be aware.
This is called a day? Oh, dear,
I suspect not so.
So, So, So
Lives are so like books.
So readily torn apart.
Books are so like lives.
Whether the Weather
I have a new coat.
I'd love to wear it, and so
I beg for rain. But . . .
Say Again
I can hear the voice
But cannot make out the speech.
Ah, so much for words.
Out
You did, of course, leave
That door unslammed. And it said
Much, oh so much, more.
Completion
Ah, so it is so:
There is nothing more to say.
This makes me happy.
And Here is the News
On top of the hour
Tens of thousands of people
Talk to microphones.
Sather Rilly
Do jumbs not wordle?
I so six up all my mounds.
Strife can be so lange!
Categories:
lange, poetry,
Form:
Senryu
Do jumbs not wordle?
I so six up all my mounds.
Strife can be so lange!
(January 2022)
Categories:
lange, spoken word, words,
Form:
Senryu