Best Lanier Poems
“S”
by Lanier Thomas
So,
Seeing
Successful
Salubrious
Senators sitting
Supposedly serving
Silently subordinate
Society, so sickening
Stomachs, several sundry sullen
Students spurned supporting such senators.
Categories:
lanier, corruption, political, word play,
Form:
Tautogram
By the Water's Edge
Georgia, with gilded glow imprinted in my mind.
Lake Lanier an island paradise divinely dwells
By the water's edge in haunting hue of cerulean blue
Where today we pledge vehement vows of love
In nature's pure pulchritude in transcendent twilight
Reflecting rich sunrays in your effervescent eyes.
My voice grows still in awe, amour awakened as time
Stands still, embracing embers of a sentient sunset.
4-11-19
~Poet of the Day April 13, 2019~
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4. By The Water's Edge
Categories:
lanier, beauty, devotion, love, romantic
Form:
Alliteration
HEARTS
Somewhere back in time it started,
The beating of two lonely hearted,
Synchronized by times now charted,
And there they stood together.
*
On a grassy, sunlit hill
Those two hearts made their appeal
For one another's love so real,
While not a sound was uttered.
*
One heart looked in the others eyes
And saw love there to no surprise.
Then at once, both realized
Their love for one another.
*
Innocent, and not really knowing,
Those two hearts their love bestowing
Their love to one another showing
As the world and time went by.
*
It isn’t really fair they say,
For hearts to be in love this way,
Keeping their secrets locked away,
But there they stood together.
*
For what did those two sad hearts seek
When together they did meet?
Was it for love to be complete,
Which they could find in no other?
*
Was it truly in the stars
That those two hearts with all their scars
Would find love where morality bars
Their loving one another?
*
Now this grassy sunlit hill
Where two hearts made their appeal,
Is standing desolate, parched, and still
And not a sound is uttered.
Ron Lanier
2/21/1985
Categories:
lanier, love, peoplesound, love, sound,
Form:
Rhyme
It’s cotton for snow in a village I know
with each house in its place on a shelf.
And an angel is there, high in the air
In the top of our tree, by its self.
It’s a manger scene of ceramic and sheen,
And the Christ child watched over by Snoopy.
Though his character don’t fit, doesn’t matter a bit,
The child wanted him there; not Goofy.
It’s carolers singing, and tiny bells ringing,
And the Salvation Army kettle.
It’s cooking and baking, and young hearts waiting
For Santa Clause after they settle.
It’s candles that light our windows at night
And a wreath hanging on our front door.
A child’s surprise, and the glow in his eyes
Among paper and bows on the floor.
It’s church bells that ring to remind of a scene
When into the world there came
A child who was King, who came to redeem
Those who were lost and lame.
The excitement is there, and sounds fill the air
And I celebrate for a reason.
Remembering Christ came to accept all my blame
Is why I celebrate the season.
Ron Lanier
Christmas, 2006
Categories:
lanier, family, holiday, seasonschild, child,
Form:
Rhyme
“I Am”, said God to Moses
You tell the Israelites:
“I AM has sent me to you”.
I Am the truth and light.
I am the very air you breath
I am your best friend
I am with you alway
I am, and will not end.
I am the gentle breeze you feel
On a beautiful summer morn
I am the mighty wind that blows
And the quiet after the storm.
I am the snow that gently falls
And rises to your knees.
I am the light that glistens
Through naked winter trees.
I am the son that rises
I am the light that shines.
I am the one you call on
When things go wrong at times.
I am the God who knew you
Before you were even born.
I am the God of Abraham
I am with you when you mourn.
I am the stranger that you see
Who lends you a helping hand.
I am peace and love and truth
In a dark and weary land.
I am the living water
That makes you thirst no more
I am the bread of life
I am standing at your door.
I am omnipresent
Yet...I am in your heart
I am with you alway,
And never will depart.
I am your shield and comfort
When you're weary and dismayed.
I am peace within your heart
In the silence as you prayed.
I am God Almighty
I am El Shaddai
I am your Holy Father
The Holy Lord Most High
I am Him who is able
To keep you from your fall
I am He who provides for you
I am Lord of all.
I am God of the Universe
And the vastness that appears.
I am God Jehovah
The still small voice you hear.
I am now in you presence,
I am also in your past,
I am there in your future,
I am first and last.
By: Ron Lanier
Categories:
lanier, faith, inspirational, religiongod, light,
Form:
Rhyme
I'd love to spend a day with you
And make it last a lifetime.
We'd fin through waters deep and blue,
And walk bare-foot through morning dew.
I'd hold your hand, and say to you,
"I love you", in the morning.
And then the day would be half spent
The morn would turn to mid-day.
We'd thank Him for the time He lent,
And wonder where the morning went.
Into your eyes I'd look intent
And say, "My Dear, I love you".
When evening sun shall hide it's face
And lengthy shadows fall,
Together we would take our place
In peaceful quiet, face to face,
And feel each others warm embrace,
I'd whispering say, "I love you."
Ron Lanier © Apr. 1984
Categories:
lanier, love, romanceday, love, morning,
Form:
Rhyme
Myth of the peculiar pelican
Whose bill bloodies its feathery breast
Feeding blood to the chicks in its nest
Ancient acts ever evangelic
Sole sacrifice for the pelican
Whose beak speaks more than a relic can
36 Words 6 Lines Light Verse
Pelicans appear in Christian iconography
as symbols to verify Christ's self-sacrifice.
Attributions to Dixon Lanier Merritt
(often mistakenly credited to Ogden Nash)
for authorship of the popular Pelican Limerick.
Bite Size Poem No. 16
Sponsor: Line Gauthier
Categories:
lanier, bird, christian, religious, symbolism,
Form:
Light Verse
Fair are my dream souvenirs of flowery fields.
Fairer still are my thoughts of you when I awake.
The magic of your memory over me wields
A secret sorcery that only you can make.
I am completely yours, my heart is held captive.
I have no will of my own and am wholly yours.
Somehow, you are a mighty force that is tractive
And my happy heart under your fair pull endures.
I do not want to be free from your enchantment.
In your soft arms I find my greatest contentment.
Give me all of your love and your sweet kisses, too.
And like the flowers in beauty live, just we two.
by Lanier Thomas
Categories:
lanier, feelings, love, metaphor,
Form:
Sonnet
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
Categories:
lanier, drink, emotions, joy,
Form:
Free verse
Sea Waves
by Lanier Thomas
Breathe the salty air
Hear the waves caress the shore
Find peace in one’s soul
Categories:
lanier, beach, nature, ocean, peace,
Form:
Haiku
She weeps
carelessly spilling more and more tears
I have caused this tsunamis
there is no word to comfort her
Instinctively, we warm each tear in the palms of our hands
carefully listening to what they each said
Just in case we forget how to speak
By, Michael Lanier
Categories:
lanier, conflict, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Understanding
by Lanier Thomas
Sitting by the campfire
Under the burning stars
I think of what my life
Has brought to me in scars.
I suddenly realize
In the flickering glow
These have brought true delight
And it was only thus
My soul was made aright
And I am what I am.
Categories:
lanier, meaningful, moving on, psychological,
Form:
Rhyme
Eagle
by Lanier Thomas
Safely soaring above the sky
The eagle continues to fly,
On stately wings that glide on air
Like drifting dreams without despair.
Onward over the horizon it goes
And calls us to follow its repose.
Categories:
lanier, animal, beauty, freedom, happiness,
Form:
Rhyme
There’s a Monster Watching TV With Me!
by Lanier Thomas
I know there is a monster watching over my shoulder.
I wouldn’t think that if I were only a bit older.
I feel it whenever I watch cartoons on my TV.
I think it enjoys each and every one as much as me.
I’ve never seen the monster, at least I do not think so.
When I do look I see my old black striped tabby cat, though.
As I get older I won’t have this weird situation.
Mom tells me I will outgrow my wild imagination.
Categories:
lanier, children, imagination,
Form:
Couplet
Rest From My Labors
by Lanier Thomas
I’ve been acquainted with war and violence
And escaped, me thought, to a land of silence.
But war followed me and gave me no rest, hence
I must meet, face to face, war’s dread countenance.
I will have no peace till my foes lie in death;
No rest, till mine enemy spends his last breath.
I bid my love goodbye and shoulder my pack;
Pick up my gun, knowing not if I’ll be back.
I’ll love you beyond the valley of my death;
I will wait for you where love ever liveth.
But God will judge the right of what I have done,
And I’ll dwell in the eternal land I’ve won.
Categories:
lanier, fantasy, love, patriotic, war,
Form:
Couplet