Best Partners Poems
A gallant moon extends gold fingers to me on the dance floor
as I slip my legs into the chorus line of tall, green grass with ease.
Like a spiraling leaf, I’m free until eyes freeze upon his tracks.
Trees
look down,
breath catching,
at reflections
mirrored in mountain
river's deep, quiet pools;
those shy wallflower maidens
leaved in sizzle tinted dance gowns
blush scarlet beneath the sun's bold gaze,
accept his hand, swirling to a wind waltz.
Copyright, September 20,2015
Faye Lanham Gibson
In the midst of twinkling stars in dark starry nights,
you arrived in my life as a breakaway star,
the bright trail you left in sky,
sparkled my heart with heavenly joy.
Like two strangers we met on that life's road,
Forsaking everyone we had in this world,
Like two loving hearts strolling as one,
we made our journey together in the path’s unknown,
Like the twinkling stars in the sky,
we were eternally there for each other.
The fun and excitements of life,
we enjoyed together as delicate wine,
The pain and sorrows of life,
we shared together as bad dreams,
The joy and worries of raising family,
we cherished with sublime sweet emotions.
The unhappiness and discord in life,
we overcame with our trust and love divine.
No matter what lies at our unknown destination,
rest be assured that I will be yours,
and you will be mine.
Basking under moonlight glow
midst meteor rainfall wish
hearts struck with Cupid's arrow
soar high by love's blissful swish...
Enthralled around each other's warm embrace
their endearing gaze reflects partner's face
expressing care along joyous terrain
to conquer pain by compassion's gain...
As music wades, echoing grievous tone
they bend toward horrific end
turning like frozen bone
light* should amend...
now!
1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
February 16, 2026
9th place, "The Vester Step" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Jami Patterson ; judged on 2/18/2026
Oh how I long for the menopause and end this monthly curse
I was hoping things would improve, but now it’s getting worse
I turn into a chocolate craving fiend at all hours of day or night
If someone raided my emergency supply it could end in a fight
My skin can take a bashing and I end up with a spotty chin
Stomach inflates like a huge balloon, but in reality I am thin
Can’t wait for those hot flushes; it could reduce our heating bill
I could ditch my trusty thermal vest for I won’t feel the chill!!!
Tongue in cheek write
Jan Allison
26th October 2016
Confusion was passing..
Illusions "displayed"
Narrative was re-sounding)) his
thoughts for the day.
Well-willed was desire..
"Best intentions to you
Affinity conspired.. Could potential
get through??
Old doubt was in trouble..hardline
despair, all aghast..!!
At possibility's beckoning.. I nailed
my colours to your mast!!
Copyright Joe Maverick.co.uk
19th April 2012.
Spring flowers
dancing
with the wind
Blazing and dancing eyes as you made me look foolish.
And my tongue betrayed me as my voice went in its own direction.
In the choir I was told when wrong keep singing.
My thoughts linger there still but the tongue is slow to move as before.
We gather there once a year to celebrate the closeness.
Its cold at that time of year but your loveliness warms me.
I wrap those memories around me to keep out the front .
When I go there now it is summer and the beach is clean and reminds.
Ingenious partners no hesitation.
No loud protest, no obligation.
No decrepitation, no calcumination.
No spurious trouble, only festive occasions,
Generosity and probity, no tension.
PARTNERS IN LIFE
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Don’t loose your head,
When you come up in life,
The way you came up,
You can always go down.
Respect your partner in life
Your achievements are nothing
If you treat your partner like a dirt
It is what you are in reality- a dirt.
A person of good nature,
An honest God fearing person,
Will never stoop to a level,
To under estimate the partner.
Children watching you,
Will be penalised,
Remember that and act,
Wisely and sensibly.
SILENT PARTNERS
For a friends advice how far would you walk
Friends are often the ones who dont talk
It's no coincidence man's best friend doesn't speak
What kind of world would such havoc wreak
You have his trust love and attention
YOU CAN BE SURE
There are things he would not mention
His counsel is kept in strict confidence
Silence is his not one uttered sentence
No better friend to have than a dog
Unlike humans he's quiet as a log
Another good listener not talker of course
Would be none other than one silent horse
Who listens to problems troubles and woes
Only a flick of the ear showing what he knows
He keeps what is heard in sworn allegiance
and payment is only a very small pittance
This would be just a scratch on the ears
An equitable payment for all he hears
What one should know or know it ought
Such love is the cheapest thing never bought
ELIZABETH SMITH
God and goddess of love and beauty enlaced
with aster in a satin sky, two hearts clenched
forever as one in a lover's embrace
Souls enraptured, desires of flesh ne'er to quench
In a timeless tale, soul mates excavated
Love at first sight conceived from his birth, her seed
of passion was planted, babe cultivated
'til mature, his splendor became her heart's need
The Garden of Adonis shall forever bloom with his beauty
Near a flowing river, grows from bloodshed and nectar, red anemone
He is fated to share his eternal love with Aphrodite of the sky
Tempted from the heavens and underworld, their fervor shall not die
Adonis and Aphrodite
By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
for Soul Partners Contest (Nette Onclaud)
* a rispetto ending in two couplets
Sam and Twitch, two partner cops
bust the bad guys in the chops
they found corruption
and much disruption
in the NYPD shops
Sam was big, and loud, and gruff
with criminals, he was rough
tendency to curse
sometimes even worse
he’s the first to call a bluff
Where Sam was brawn, Twitch was smart
Angles were his state-of-art
twin pistols twirling
steady aim sterling
simple logic off-the-chart
With Al, confronted evil
sometimes causing upheaval
finding rotten cops
pulling out the stops
integrity retrieval
Their story stops in interrupt
as sales were not up to snuff
sadly the tale ends
without fair amends
their end was much too abrupt.
Elusive and mysterious its majestic flight -
from bachelorhood to parenthood.
His partner nestles prettily over two lives
not yet hatched but at the ready.
He soars to distant shores for dinner -
Then glides toward their home of twig and fur-
bringing food for nourishment and strength.
He cares for her just as she cares for him
and the lives they created.
Slowly, as if afraid to enter the land of the living,
the eaglets push through the tender ivory for
their first view of blue skies and limitless future.
How fortunate these two hungry babies –
For they will be loved, fed, and nurtured till
It’s time for them to
Spread their wings and soar.
The arrogance of comfortability can become a disaster
Thinking you can be the master of all circumstances
Can bring on the stubbornness of growth
Some people keep changing partners
To avoid changing themselves
Some people come into your life as a blessing
Some come as a lesson
One cannot stay the same
Change is inevitable and
The change you will give
Can cause a ripple effective that
Can align with changes your partner makes
Don’t be stuck in stubbornness
It calls for deep brokenness and
This will only lead to foolishness
Some people keep changing partners
To avoid changing themselves
Sacrifice is an essential ingredient!
Thinking you can be the master of all circumstances will often show
That the arrogance of comfortability can become a disaster
Mark Frank
Copyright 2023