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Premium Member If This Was My Last Poem

Come to me my beloved,
save me from life's brutalities,
so this heart can soften -
sparkle like a million fireflies.

For you hold the light
to illuminate my soul.
For you are the ceremony
and I the dance.
As you come near,
I'll spin like a mad man,
dancing in the rain.

If to touch you is a sin,
then I am a sinner,
yearning to sin till my last breath.

If to hold you, means to lose everything,
then I will live as a penniless man,
rich within the luxuries of your affection.

If to love you is a crime,
then I am a criminal,
lock me away and dispose of the key,
chain me within the chambers of your heart.

If this is my last poem,
then let these words become spirits,
sleeping within the sacred sanctuary 
of your supernal soul.

Silent One
Simple Musing
5 January 2019
© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: poem., romance, romantic love, spiritual,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member The Best Poem Ever

~The best poem ever~

Without saying a word I’m going to go where no one has gone before.
A twilight zone, only God and I know of. 

Without saying a word I’m going to recite the best poems ever.
Poems with no vision too stare. 
Quietly with a hum, only you can hear. 

Silent through my mind I will walk whistling, without a care.
Feeling and thinking as my heart beat goes on. 
Searching for your heart beat next to mine. 
Dreaming of words that blind, 
Dreaming of words which connect us together!

Without saying a word I’m going to look and speak for the first time.
Howl and feel as our chemicals sublime. 
I’m going to get hungry before I die in your arms.

Through circles and rods, I carry this year alone. 
Imagining all the days it was only you and I. 
“Not only I!”

Without saying a word I’m going to listen for your voice to call my name.
A whisper that setting itself on repeat. 

Anticipating, those look before you look away.
Wanting and waiting, I will still be whistling.
Overwhelmed by, fate at the door. 

Without saying a word I’m going to, leave a whisper in the bedroom
Without making movement, with my mouth!
 
Control all the space, around me. 
Touching the energy you left behind.
Hear the snowy winter chime.
Experience all the shelter in your hold.

Without saying a word I’m going to, lay down beside you.
Laying in a way, that feels better than freedom.

Millions of miles away, I’ll still be whistling. 
And waiting and waiting, for that perfect lay. 
Arguing and embracing the air we both breathe.
A breath for every reason!

Without saying a word I’m going to, mime the world tonight.
Over and over, till I mime the perfect poem, like the olden days.
Without a word to say! 

I’m wrapping my own arms around me, like a mime.
Explaining the breath you took without me.
Talking to myself without saying a word!
Writing the perfect poem without a word to say! 

Without saying a word I’m going to, yell this inside.
Whistle and mumble till I’m out of breath. 
Dying with my dreams to be by your side! 

Without saying a word I’m going to, close my eyes and see your face.
A bond not even death can break. 

Without saying a word I’m going to, sit here, till your wind hits.
A tap that’s inspires the best poem ever. 

Until then, I’m going to whistle without a word to say.
And enjoy your silhouette everyday.    

by;pd
Categories: poem., death, words, heart, heart,
Form: Epic

Premium Member There Is a Poem In My Heart

There is a poem in my heart,
that beats in different dialects.

Da ist ein Gedicht in meinem Herzen,
which flows freely through my veins.

Il y à un poème dans mon cœur,
that tickles the tip of my tongue.

Existe um poema no meu coração,
which dances with a million sighs.

Wo xinzhong, youyi shou shi,
that is suppressed by emotionless expression.

Mery dil mein bi aik nazam hai,  
silent, as it cannot be heard through speech.

Jest wiersz w moim sercu,  
unwritten, as it cannot be read through words.

Am o poezie in inima mea,
that hides behind a dynasty of lyrics.

Det er et dikt i mitt hjerte,
which only serenades internal chambers. 

Yparxei ena poihma sthn kardia mou,
that conducts symphonies with my mind.

V moemy serzi jyve poezia,
which may never be understood. 

Mei wor echo kèn non ngasangasei,
that whispers words for my beloved.      

There is a poem in my heart,
because my heart is a poem.

The Silent One
25 April 2018
© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: poem., poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse

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Premium Member The Poem Garden

I have a little garden
growing on a page.
No mint, I beg your pardon.
I hope that there is sage.

It’s ideas I plant there
to see what they will do.
Each day I check to see where
some precious seedlings grew.

I feed and water them 
until they’re fully grown,
but sometimes on a whim
they’ve caught a breeze and flown.

Poems are what I’m sowing
and though I’ve reached full age,
I think it’s me that’s growing
as I garden on the page.


10.22.2018
© P.S. Awtry  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: poem., garden, metaphor, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Dance To Love - POTD - A Visual Art Poem Tribute

 POTD 23rd June 2019

Maria Williams 
Presents

Dance to Love

A tribute to my Dad, the late - Wilfred Forbes

She danced with wild abandon
she danced without a care
With sun kissed skin, her arms flung wide
Wild flowers everywhere

I chanced upon this secret glade
while walking early morn
A sacred aura surrounded it
a jewel in the dawn

A type of place where angels dwell
A place of Hopes and Dreams
A magic place of lush green plants 
And sparkling bubbling streams

I drew back lest she saw me, 
I dared not break the spell
Wild petals swirled around her
and to the ground they fell

Like homage to a Goddess
 that she must surely be
For Gods to but gaze on
 not mortals such as me

She twirled around so fast
I could barely see her feet 
And even though I stood afar 
I knew she gave off heat 

When her tempo slowed right down
 the air became quite chill 
The Elements were but her slaves 
she ordered them at will 
 
I could have watched forever
 so mesmerized was I
What would I give to dance with you?
 I murmured with a sigh

To dance with wild abandon
 with this Angel from above
A hundred birds would sing out loud
 to watch us Dance To Love

by Maria Williams


This tribute is an enactment of a vision as told to us by our late Dad, which he maintained he witnessed as a young man.
He was an extraordinary orchestral musician and teacher to 
some world greats.
He was accomplished in no less than 18 instruments, his favorites being the lead violin and xylophone (played with 8 hammers).

Thank you for listening and watching this video.

Copyright © June 2019 Maria Williams

Video arrangement, production, direction 
and compilation: 
Ron Williams

Video editing, sound mixing, graphics:
Jayne Hartanto


If you like my video please share
and subscribe on You Tube

 POTD 23rd June 2019
Categories: poem., romantic, tribute,
Form: Narrative

Premium Member My Last Poem -Of 2012-

The last poem…

Standing against the wall. 
The longest teardrop made its fall. 
Making one final call.
Never will I write about my letters again.

This prison is my pen.
*INK* My enemy~ at the same times my only friend.
*INK* My guardian~ the escort of words into my desires. 
This pen is my prison.

No longer will I let it defend and comfort me.
No longer will I let it sit there and take control of my imagery.
No longer will I share it with you...
These visions have been the birth and death to what is reality.
I have no reason to lie; it is time to set my thoughts free.
And say goodbye…………. 

As I walk alone to the open skies of 2013.

~~The End~~
Categories: poem., depression, sad,
Form: Dramatic Verse


Premium Member You'Re the Poem

If only this poetry could define,
how your presence takes me towards cloud nine.
Your touch brings sensations that feel divine,
yet, my tongue is quiet, fighting this muse of mine.

Waiting for the moment our lips can greet,
your sweet voice takes control of my heartbeat.
I sigh hallelujah, as our eyes meet,
the taste of your mouth makes my life complete.

Suddenly the pen flows like buoyant streams,
describing love that's only seen in daydreams.
I'm just a star within universal schemes,
basking within the passion of your moonbeams.

Our love can't be hidden in a metaphor,
you're the poem my pen will always adore.

Silent One
3 February 2019
© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: poem., love,
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member Chocks Away - Poop Poem Warning

My turds float like choc’late marshamallows
Just lurking about in the shallows
I guess that my butt
Is truly kaput
So doctor suggests bitter aloes

I questioned such treatment regime
Doc said it may keep my butt clean
Aloe on my finger
Won’t cause me to linger
And floaters will look like whipped cream

Doc chuckled and said “Listen here
Your floaters are nothing to fear”
Poop floats cos you’ve gas
Which is passed through your ass
No treatment’s required my dear.

DISCLAIMER - THIS IS NO REFLECTION ON THE STATE OF MY BOWELS JUST NEEDED A LITTLE LIGHTHEARTED RELIEF AFTER A VERY CHALLENGING WEEK
Categories: poem., body, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Premium Member I Long To Write a Poem - Just Right

I long to write a poem just right
Between the somber and the light
To tease the edges of a heart
To hook the reader from the start
Seduce them with a metered plea
A nuanced message: “follow me”
For I invite you to ascend
The peaks we’ll reach before the end.
To wander lost across the page
To tap the knowledge of the sage
To walk away wondering why
The answer is the endless sigh
Why poetry will never die
For words are fashioned without guilt
In whispering poetic lilt
That holds a hand, that tugs a heart
Bids you adieu as you depart
Rejoices in that gentle touch
That poems long for oh so much.



©5/24/2022
Categories: poem., bullying, poems, writing,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member My Last Poem

Become my air,
pursuing my scent 
  in sweet fragrant  fields,
where devouring tastes 
   of bohemian spirit,
delicately descend 
    in subsistent sighs.
Distracting the 
     tones of silence,
from subtle susurrus echoes, 
like a tender 
    sakura breeze
kissing fresh 
   lavender blossoms.

Set adrift in 
   shades of yesterday, 
dandelions bloom 
   in flourishing orchards,
prostrating to the 
   mercy of your grace.
But tread carefully 
  through 
the hall of 
   dream crashers,
where strange streams 
from nightmarish tears, 
                   drizzle down, 
composing 
    somber serenades,
choreographed 
    from an 
      enchanted symphony.
For l've seen the 
     invisible reality, 
      twinkling across streetlights 
        of sumptuous stars.

Distance is 
   an unspoken truth, 
just a rainbow 
   away from roaming freely,
within an 
   evergreen paradise 
above bougainvillea skies.

If this was the last poem,
before my last sigh,
today will be the day, 
red of rose will 
    kill my bleeding ink,
so let lyrical acrolect
    of poetry fill your thoughts,
look for 'you' and 'I 
    in the island of love,
where there's no 
   thunder without lightning,
nor “sea" without 'waves of us'
These distractions 
    of desolated dunes
are mere signs 
   of the wounded warrior 
    within me.
I'm waltzing through 
     vibrant valleys of white lilies,
in the hope of finding 
               lost gravity, 
which overcomes trials and trepidation.

l'll always be your 
   lighthouse on lonely nights,
at the edge of 
    bioluminescent sand lines.
A haven where your 
      clusters of couplets,
will transcribe an 
   alchemist's poetic remedy.
Each verse will portray the 
personal poem of my soul,
infused in a 
  profusion of soothing 
               cosmic hues.
As raindrops kiss 
       your face, they'll heal 
those lamenting 
           leather lips-
for you are 
         the wind carrying clouds,
I am the ripples 
          crying to touch your sky.
Categories: poem., devotion, love, relationship,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member I Live For the Day - POTW - A Visual Video Poem

POTW 12th May 2019

Thank you for visiting my third Visual Video Poem, more or less a continuation of my previous poem – ‘The Dreamer’
(I invite you to view the complete production effects and the superb narration by Kelvin on the video above)

I LIVE FOR THE DAY when faith in ourselves will unshackle old beliefs
I LIVE FOR THE DAY belief in The One Spiritual Energy will be redeemed

I LIVE FOR THE DAY that armed conflict against so-called enemies
Is declared pointless and therefore unnecessary will be deemed

I LIVE FOR THE DAY when wizened skin a thing of beauty will be perceived
Our elders revered and adhered
Their words of wisdom respected and believed

I LIVE FOR THE DAY when people will recognise the power of natural curing
And not be influenced by the greedy Pharmaceutical manipulating

I LIVE FOR THE DAY when equality by all will be shared
Power segregation abolished ~ racial discrimination repaired

I LIVE FOR THE DAY when schools will encourage children’s gifts and abilities
Rather than stick to outdated systems that stifles innovation and possibilities

I LIVE FOR THE DAY when Man will adapt to our Earth a more reverent conservation
Our steadfast purpose toward environmental change
And Mother Nature becomes our commitment to her preservation
I LIVE FOR THE DAY …

By Maria Williams

Copyright © Maria Williams


Video arrangement, production, direction 
and compilation: 
Ron Williams

Video editing, sound mixing, graphics:
Jayne Hartano
(Our very own Lariese.com Art Director)

Voice over: 
Kelvin 

Music: 
Our Future
 Composer: 
Peder B. Helland 

POTW 12th May 2019
Categories: poem., hope, inspiration, motivation, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Vincent Van Gogh: Cafe Terrace At Night

from beyond his
vibrant palette
that bore all his 
lifelong scars

is what I see
beneath his sky
and myriad
of stars

a scene of shades
and silhouettes
formed by the
yellow light

that hints at
The Last Supper
at that café 
in the night?
Categories: poem., appreciation, art, symbolism,
Form: Ekphrasis

Premium Member Poem For Whomever

she is tranquillity
yet lava flows in her veins

cut her open and you'll burn

she is Eve's apple
nemesis to patriarchy

one bite and you'll bleed

she is a rainbow
an eagle taming storms

no chains can contain her

she is a pilgrim of passion
composing a trail of moments

inscribed on many a heart

she is beauty personified
but apathetic eyes remain blind

know her and you'll feel the calm

for i see her soul
illuminate through her eyes

so i break open the cocoon
to float like butterflies

ascending higher 

kissing silent stars

smiles beaming like the moon
content in her companionship

Simple Musing
The Silent One
26 January 2020
© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: poem., friendship, inspiration, tribute,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member Dance To Love - Part 2- POTD - The Grand Finale - a Visual Art Poem Tribute

POTD 6th August 2019

The clock ticks down the passing day
Tedious seconds count down my existence
Time for my pills ~ Time to call the nurse
Time ~ taunting my resistance

Soft haunting strains of a violin float
sweetly liquid, melodiously unchained
freeing my mind from weariness faced
No barriers ~ it flows ~ unrestrained

My world of music I lived it ~ breathed it
In whispers ~ it spoke to my Soul
bringing with it, adoration and glory
and a passion beyond my control

I glance at the painting on the wall
pondering this feeling of déjà vu
Memories of this glade from before
Triggers mentation I need to pursue

Memories flood ~ a vision in the distance
an Angel dancing in its midst
who had danced with wild abandon
lucent skin the sun had kissed

How I had yearned to dance with her
with that angel who made me sigh
she had come to shine her own pure light
prompting my spirit to fly

But there’s no girl there ~ awry is my mind
And I’m but a frail old man
I must erase thoughts from my life bygone
And prevail however best I can

~ Every great dream starts with the dreamer
who ventures where mortals dare not tread
And laughs with mirth and cares not for
unfinished rhapsodies playing in his head ~

What’s this? I’m suddenly in the glade?
A strong young lad once more
She has come for me, my Angel love
I leap - I twirl - I soar

We dance with wild abandon
We dance without a care
sun kissed skin our arms entwined
Wild flowers everywhere

It seems I’ve left the world behind
And unshackled my attachments of
A hundred birds do sing out loud
To watch us Dance to Love

by Maria Williams 


Thank you for listening and watching this video.

Video arrangement, production, direction
and compilation:
Ron Williams

Video editing, sound mixing, graphics:
Jayne Hartanto

Part 1 and Part 2
Narrated by Kelvin C

If you like my video please share and subscribe on You Tube - thank you

Copyright © August 2019 Maria Williams

POTD 6th August 2019
Categories: poem., romantic, tribute,
Form: Narrative

Premium Member A Last Poem For You, My Mate

A Last Poem for You, My Mate

If Death comes calling in colorful spring
I hope it will come in the month of May
When our garden is filled with fragrant blooms
That you have tended in your caring way.

Pansies and daisies with their sweet faces
Look up to agapanthus lofty height.
Each bloom as diverse as we are humans,
Each offers beauty to my love's delight.

Please don't come in summer when school is out,
Time with our grandchildren I cherish so.
I can't think of ruining their fun time
I'm pleading, in summer, don't make me go.

The times that we share at the pool or parks
Is precious to me as watching them grow.
They fill my heart with such laughter and joy
I feel their love too...I'm letting you know.

Oh Death, come in autumn, my favored time.
When green leaves turn scarlet, orange and gold.
My eyes feast on beauty of changing trees,
Grateful for my seasons of growing old.

Autumn transcends my soul's true endeavors
To leave with you poetic words, my mate.
My legacy...to our generations
As we must all accept Death as our fate.

In winter, a time of quiet and rest...
When reflections of past mirror our views
And we watch as our life spreads before us
If it’s time to leave, I wish I could choose.

However Death, should you come in winter,
When the Earth like my hair is bathed in white,
I'd embrace your visit in my winter
To dwell forever in God's divine light.

12-12-18 



My Muse Mortal Poetry Contest~ Premiere Contest Third Place~
Sponsor Gregory Barden
Categories: poem., death, fate, leaving, life,
Form: Rhyme
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