Best Nocturne Poems

Cats on moonlit roofs,
Stilled, watching the city sleep,
Fireflies in their eyes....

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A secret whispered on the wind,
The forest wise would keep,
As gentle moonshy babes were rocked,
Into a silent sleep.

Discarded clothes from naked trees,
Lay scattered on the floor,
And laid the path of true romance,
Towards a welcome door.

For in this lowly Woodman's rest,
True Magic played her hand,
And well...

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Over the pond’s lilies’ leaves,
morning dew settles glistening sleeves —
a covering to compliment the green,

a translucent, hint-of-blue ~ from a quivering 
mist hanging, hushing everything, so all the doing
of sunrise dances must in-stasis remain…

~ or transfer by essence to the understanding
intuiting within — to find...

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Placid night
Surrounding me
Let me feel
The warm wind blow
Caressing me;
I want to feel
To remember
Like in a dream
The sweet breathing
Of Ornella
While kisses me.
...

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I oiled the card of daily being
splashing the paint from glass; I pointed
slanting cheekbones of ocean streaming
on plate of jelly, I was joyed
to read the calls of some new lips
on tin fish scales; oh, it is cute,
But could you play Nocturne on ribs
of very noisy...

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No one stirs the night, but the wind

Old wind chimes play to the moon

Caught in the breeze they swoon

to soothe the dark night...

Used to lure sleep

Reap  dreams from

night with

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10/10/15
For Contest Infinite Infinitians 
Sponsored by Charlotte Jade Puddifoot...

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Clouds of my mind
Chashing away the rainbow of you.
Monster realities casting shadows
Again and again and I am afraid
Of losing you.
I turn to run
But love blocks the passage to my escape
And I stay
And wait
For your return
Because I know you love me too! 
Soon the clouds disappear
And...

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Strauss waltz in the air
Tales from Vienna Woods
A swirling leafs Impromptu...

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In silent night's shade
all tidal carry vanish
lost in black oceans...

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An impressionist’s pastel painting of the foe,

Releasing unheard sighs of a sinner’s woe,

Mere wisps of his charred and tainted soul,

His empty eyes resemble burning holes of eternal coal,

Seeing only deathly pale faces lined and worn,

While following an eerie voice full of spiteful scorn,

Leading him towards...

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A NOCTURNE FOR OUR MEDICAL HEROES
Literature is filled
With narratives of
Individual and collective
Acts of heroism.
The shining armor
Of righteous knights,
The Robin Hoods’
Of world history,
Bandolier draped chests,
Fighting a heartless
World that preys
Upon the powerless
Trapped in poverty.

We search the horizon
For visions of soldiers
Bravely raising a flag
On an embattled hill.
We seek...

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An altering life
a differing hell
Where the dancefloor is burning
Where the guests are unwell

Where the dancer's eyes burn
seared to the core
But not a single sound echoes
From on the dancefloor

Far from our world
another does burn
The slow scorching dance
The ballroom nocturne...

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On this winter's night
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in stillness of dusk
tawny owl is heard hooting ~
a forest nocturne



Owl Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Robert James Liguori
Date written: 10/15/2021...

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Nocturne

All through the night the moon
shines its silver beacon.
I sit below in my room playing piano
It is dark in the room.
no lights but the moons candle.
I play the beautiful soulful
moonlight sonata.
It was her favorite piece.
My fingertips touch the keys
as softly as the moonlight
caressed her skin
The...

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