Best May 25 Poems

Like delicate white swans were they,
the white swans of a grand ballet -
ballerinas waiting in a row
underneath the candlelight’s soft glow.

But what are ballerinas with...

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Beloved Blooms

I awoke to a garden of flowers, 
A bouquet of words that blooms from within.
Expressions conceived, grown by spring showers,
A dream or a quest...

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Since I've resolved to laugh at life-
   find humor in its flaws,
      and realize that stress and strife
are...

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Welcome to the world of Worldly 
where we feast all night.
All those things you once thought wrong -
here they all are right!

Worldly’s citizens are many.
Membership...

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Meet me there~ when halo of the eventide
Scripts clandestine hints of twilight dreams
Invoking passions pink of romantic musings
Upon horizon’s smile glistening lapis lazuli
Where you are...

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The death of winter carries varied sights.
In April, when dandelions roar, “It’s Spring!”
green yards transform by magic overnight.
Gramps had sprayed his lawn, but in ours...

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He walks into the room each day at six
As around their Dad all five children mix
     He smiles at them with...

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cobalt blue ocean
wave against orange sunset....
midnight's darkness waits 


Inspired by Skat A's contest Glass Art
Written May 25, 2016
Date of first poem: May 8, 2009...

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Soul Consciousness
Sponsor: Catie Lindsey


I have a soul.
I share a spirit.
I am now whole.
May my heart hear it.

There is a constant inner connection between the spirit...

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Do not lose hope;  I’m coming home to you.
although you’re far away, I swear I hear
the desperation in your song so blue.
And in the...

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I lie here waiting for your gaze -
    The hurt in your eyes is cold fire,
Why don't you come near nowadays?
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perfumed aromatics of roses and magnolia 
drift along midsummer evening breezes

enchanted moonlight behind the garden gate
when together there you and I sit complicit



AP: Honorable Mention...

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"Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need."
  By Mother Teresa
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My muse opens my eyes to starlight, when in darkness I would cower.  
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There is the wondrous nature of it all
Spring flowers, summer rain, winter snowfall
Ants and bees and anything seeming small
Or sunrises... across the world enthrall

Inate talent...

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