Best Nuances Poems

Blue washes over me sometimes and will not let me go.
Melancholy soon becomes the ROAR  of frothing ocean waves,  
 toppling me   into       navy blue.
Frustration too arrives, sometimes in the form of gulls screaming in...

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Above my head, a ray
where I sit on a mossy ledge, 
stylus in my hand drips words 
like acid upon thin papyrus sheets--
of myths and cultures perishing,
never to be repeated in splendour 
and tragedy-- their brilliance borne 
through swollen rivers' lore.


A Brian Strand Contest NO...

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November breezes in with style 
Autumn zephyr carries a smile 
Multihued leaves, they float around 
Before dancing down to the ground 
Hope flames high on smoky bonfire
Melting out hatred's dark desire

November dreams make it worthwhile 
Autumn rakes up the leaves that pile
Gold and bronze and...

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I avoid the light that invades the space of the windows
because it perturbs the nuances of my thoughts:those
frigid sepulchral memories of yesteryears' love lying
uniformly beyond a damp partition of consciousness,trying
to escape as a means of a venerable excuse for me to 
decimate this flesh and...

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" Nuances of Romances  ... "

( Prov. 30: 19 / Eccl. 11: 9 / Ca. 1: 1, 2 )


The Nuances of Love's Romances
As Physical Attraction Advances:
' The Come Hither-Look; The Coyish Smile
That Moment When Together - Both Realize ... '

The Thrill of Mutual Satisfaction
In...

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Used to think love was just for the young
Nay nay love never really ends
It's a built in response to the opposite sex
To great heights you still can ascend

We must be aware how easy love dies
Needs nurturing every single day
It can be as simple as a...

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I miss the nuances of daily life
while weeks are frozen in this quarantine.
I miss the lost normalcy of my days
in all aspects, obvious and unseen.
I miss turning my head to read the spines
of the novels on the library shelves,
I miss the crackle of books’ cellophane
and...

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Undaunted by space and time
Mysterious as the clouds
A miracle-worker is He
All knowing, but everlasting
The Alpha and the Omega
His rod and His staff
They comfort me
The star-maker is He 
Moves in and out of worlds
Resolute is He
From His image made man
Breathed life into Adam
Possesses the tree of...

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Hello, I’m glad we know each other, 
Let me tell you what I think of you,
About those little things you say, 
About all those things you do.

I love your hidden smile when 
You see something others didn’t see,
To how you love to exaggerate and 
Use...

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Quilled Nuances



    
                   W           When the quills dip into dark inks,
   ...

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I avoid the light that invades the space of the windows
Because it perturbs the nuances of my thoughts:those
Frigid sepulchral memories of yesteryear's love lying
Uniformly beyond a damp partition of consciousness,trying               ...

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The Master of Nuances
 
Supreme literary intensity
Rainer Maria Rilke—
Inspired as Orpheus sings
Predilection for Die Dinge
A mastery of true nuances
A thirst for poetic symbols
He sings now with Orpheus
And the angels in Heaven.

Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved
December 5, 2016 (Verse)...

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Water lily lake
in hot pink epoch of sun
Coral lilies bob
Fuchsia flight, dusk melodies
Salmon rose sends scents

Moonlight lake gleams, as
skies darken to amaranth
Pink daisy twilight
Gathering sweet raspberries
at red-violet day's end...

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Quizzical play
Musical sway
Comical day


Humour greets joy
Drama now toys
Greet crazy ploy


Lines in new finds
Blur drowsy mind
Word cryptic signs


Noise floods my ears
What's that I hear
As daytime steers


Odd movement slides
Awkward I glide
Slow wobbly strides


Focus and see
Bright eyes sleepy
Abrupt dream flees


Gather my wits
Yes bit by bit
Rise, stand and sit


When...

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(Dedication: This is for my Dearest Ann.)
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Nurture nice nimble nuances near
Freeze-frame fiery fashion from fear
 Seize sweet scented soulful stance
     Defy decadent dream dance
   Grace grooms grandeur's gifts
           ...

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