Best Liberum Poems
One of the keys to happiness is mental quietness
The splendor of a full moon hung in the darkness
Orchards of lovely colors and textures, readiness.
Delightful rapt echoes of a vivacious life sweetness
Juin 1st, 2021
(Lines from my free verse poem, ‘Peacefulness’)
Liberum Divisa 6 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Gregory Richard Barden
Now, each day poses limitless opportunities for stress and strain -
New directions, new pains, new worries, brand-new doors open
Before older squeaky ones have closed, yesterday's problems
Had been mulled over, firmly grasped, solved, and cast aside.
Stanza from "Perspective on Time Passing"
for "Liberum Divisa" poetry contest
sponsored by Gregory Richard Barden
Poetry Soup Poem of the Day
May 28, 2021
#70 on Poetry Soup Best New Poems
June 1, 2021
Reprisals are sharp thorns from stabbing tongues
causing deep wounds that may never heal.
Regrets are sown in the seams of a guilty mind
where no salve can reach, and scars remain.
November 16, 2021 ~ Liberum Divisa 8 Contest
Taken from the poem: Reprisal or Regret ~ 2016
Contest Sponsored by Gregory Richard Barden
And with the forged visage of thunder's sword
Her sentry slays monsters of gray
Freeing astral blooms to spark and blaze
Across the brief November sky.
9/01/21
Liberum Divisa 7
Sponsor: Gregory Richard Barden
Taken from 'Brief November'
By blue degrees, she drowns slowly
Waiting on skies which never clear
While she cuts holes in paper souls
Calling pain by prettier names
11/16/21
taken from 'Price of Paradise'
Liberum Divisa 8 contest
Sponsor: Gregory Richard Barden
Memories of Summer
As the gilded leaves of Autumn sigh,
I’m haunted by the shadow of a long lost love.
I’ll always remember the soft song of a summer breeze…
from golden days when we were carefree butterflies.
Date: 05-02-2019
Contest: Liberum Divisa Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Gregory R Barden
Placement: 3rd
Name of Original Poem: The Gilded Leaves of Autumn Sigh
Date: 09-01-2018
Contest Name: One In Five II Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Joseph May
Placement: 3rd
My parcel of quietude becomes yours
while we listen to the same monastic silence,
gazing at clouds alone and together
until we rest lovingly inside our gentle, holy world.
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Gregory R. Barden's Liberum Divisa Contest
Posted 05/04/2019
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Excerpt from ' Anything Goes On A Sunday '
Originally written 12/29/2016
You shall look and seek at the empty bench
Run to the forest path enter in running__fast
But I shall be gone, raptured by__ the poem
The poem that I was not allowed to write in the past
Taken from my poem: A Kiss Instead 6/9/2010
Date: 12-02-2020 __ Raptured
Contest: Liberum Divisa 3
Sponsor: Gregory R. Barden
A bridge was crossed, and when I count
the things I've lost,
you come to mind,
a ship at sea, searching for its ghost.
4/24/2021
Originally in Bridges Of The Past
Liberum Divisa 5 contest
Sponsor: Gregory R Barden
Images of broken dreams~
scattered along the pavement;
Shall I pick them one by one,
or simply walk barefooted over them?
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December 12, 2020
1st stanza of my poem, Images
Liberum Divisa 3 Poetry Contest(Premiere)
Sponsored by Gregory R. Barden
3rd place
Entered for “All Yours( April 7) Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand
In wonder, count the petals of a flower
Be amazed, probe a chambered nautilus.
Walk backwards out of Fibonacci's Spiral
Into eternal embrace with enlightenment.
From Walking Into Enlightenment
Gregory R Barden's Contest 10/25/20
Liberum Divisa 2
As the golden ball ascends
At the crack of dawn
The magical sky radiates
Hues of yellow, orange and red
Original Poem: Waiting for Light
Date: 05/31/2021
Liberum Divisa 6 Poetry Contest
You are responsible for the light in my eyes
You are the reason for the hope in my heart
You are the one I blame for smiles and laughter
You’re the kindness I know caused my enchantment
From my poem, You Are God, posted on 5/25/21
For the Liberum Divisa 6 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Gregory Richard Barden
May 26, 2021
Let is flow like runny honey your sweet creativity,
Let is shine all sublime your original artistry.
For you have your place with such grace and respectability,
Do your thing so it may bring you peace and sheer stability.
~ For 'Liberum Divisa 5 Poetry Contest', Sponsor: Gregory R Barden~
Taken from 'Inspiration for writers'
With stiff balmy sea breeze tousling our hair,
We used to walk barefoot along the shore,
Feeling the water over our feet and the sand
And admire and wonder at the crabs
Date: 04/20/2021
Submitted for: Liberum Divisa 5 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Gregory R Barden
Original Poem: A Drizzle of Memories dated 04/04/2021