Best Mantra Poems

Drawn to her chants
we run to her
rhythmic is her mood

in all her glory
we walk with her
fluid is her grace 

her steely blues
are dreamy today 
sharing spheres of giving light ~

meditative is our spirit and haunting is her song.


Susan Ashley  
August 16, 2018


~Second Place ~
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Do you still love me? 
You asked as we spooned in the night.
I will always love you, I replied.
Again you asked, 
Do you still love me?
And again my reply,
I will always love you, 
...comforted by the feelings aroused by the chant.

More than a cry for...

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Have you ever seen 
a Praying Mantis green?
Or heard the tunes 
he enticingly croons,
searching each day 
for innocent prey?

Mantra of a Mantis:
"Eat or be eaten!"

In prayerful stance
he awaits the chance
to grab a bunch
of beetles for lunch.
Wearing camouflage,
enemies he'll dodge.

Mantra of a Mantis:
"Eat or be eaten!"

When...

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Ah, ‘Love’! a lover’s repeated mantra!
I see me mutter it, just now, very now.
Sigh I high, a busy, burning furnace,
scrolling lines with aching, grieving woes;
she, a charmed worm, wriggles, snorts,
while floating on a fluffy, velvety cloud.

Is this repeated mantra pricier like a jewel: 
a sapphire,...

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I am the reed

Beak to the sky
Swaying in the breeze

I am the reed

I don't want to die
Don't see me please

I am the reed

There's nothing here
But swaying grass

I am the reed

My greatest fear
Please just pass

I am the reed

I am the reed

I am the reed




August 30th 2018


Composed...

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Life is about suffering
—acceptance brings peace

(The New Room: October, 2022)...

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The bullet is on the tip of my tongue
Your heart is underneath the barrel of the gun

I’ll blow your HEART to pieces
With this:
A lethal word; a deathly weapon
I’ll watch you bleed to nothing
Shrivel, shiver with this:
An assassinating label; DEHUMANIZATION...

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They don’t walk to them
To beseech their shows of hands
They as a rule stay
On a raised dais and talk down
At their feet on crusade grounds...

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Salutations to The Divine Mother
Who envelopes us in a bliss shower
God’s divine essence aglow in our heart
Innate aliveness enabling each breath to start
Effulgence of a thousand suns dispelling darkness 
Entwining our mind-body to the That oneness
Moment to moment in a joy continuum 
There remaining no...

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Preeminent is the birth of Christ.
We worship his life and seek his devise…

His dominant presence arises.
Aroused is our spirit.
Our soul is incandescent.
We are obligatory to the glory of God.
Luminescent is the essence of The Holy Scripture.

We sing gloriously.
We pulsate victoriously.
The Gospel is our voice harmonically.
Christ...

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Nobody said life was going to be fair,
is the mantra of many a Dad;
But that’s no excuse to bully your child
just because your day was bad.

Divorce yourself from the outside world
when you walk into your home;
Your children deserve your attentiveness
untethered from the mobile phone.

Show your...

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stroke, roll,
stroke, roll,
breath

climbing along the water's surface,
body turning on a skewer,
breathing bubbles,
exhaling fully,
metronomic to a viewer

stroke, roll,
stroke, roll,
breath

fingertips, wrist and elbow angled
each below the other in turn
break the surface
then pushing forward
spinning the torso in return

stroke, roll,
stroke, roll,
breath

catch before the full arm extension
pulling along the "railway...

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Careful, careful what you say
If you’re not, he’ll go away

Careful, careful what you write
If you’re not, he’ll get a fright

Careful, careful how you walk
If you’re not, he’ll start to stalk

Careful, careful how you dress
If you’re not, he’ll be a mess

Careful, careful how you spin
If you’re...

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Spell sanguine sell
Wonder words well


Meet myriad maze
Dance dreamy daze


Vibrant verse voice
Play pretty poise


Bright blossoms bloom
Gripes gather gloom


Mantra moves moods
Grandeur grooms good


Signs signal swift
Draw doubtful drift


Art anchors aim
Be beyond blame


Play puzzles plot
Joy juggles jot


Craft clever charm
Apply apt arm


Opt only one
Dazzling dream done


Pick primal pun
Fancy feeds fun


Query...

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