Best Poised Poems

in the field 
between poppies 
and dying 
limbs 

a pen 
lay poised 
pleading 
with words 

pressed 
upon pages 
lined with 
youth's blood 

beating rhythm 
unheard
from now 
silent hearts

grief flowing 
with 
inky sadness
into lark's eyes

metaphors 
unnecessary
staring 
into reality's 
harsh face 

the pen skips 
a beat 
as...

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Poised in the void

Voids within our form,
source of joy’s bliss swarm ~
silence consumes din,
each time we begin.

Our triadic heart
is where we best start,
to hold still focus,
along love’s locus.

What’s here always was,
effect but not cause,
borne of choiceless choice,
echoes of our voice.

Plunge into the source ~
love’s our...

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Wounded by his and her absence
All we knew to do was wait
In time emptiness melted to fog, until
Tenderness brought us tranquility.

At last, we looked to You, as
Rain spoke of change, and
Skylight touched us like a friend
Loyal to the end.

Nature itself sought to wake us to...

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Deceived several 
times, you err again, and 
    put up your debut kill.

             *

    A graphic escape, 
of moon from the dark 
    clutches...

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Right in the corner of her eye

A tear of joy bides its time

Aching to accompany laughter

To make the mood sublime,

Eager to prove its worth

To add a splash of joy

It waits for the right moment…

Is it a girl, or a boy?...

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Hidden under crop circle
resembling an ampersand
hides sheathed silo - obscured,
said symbol adorned every armband
of national socialist, yet weapons

of mass destruction) bland
lee, blatantly ignored global pact
prepared from this once (bajillion
years ago) geologic bottomland
repurposed for a bomb bin able

(made in good ole US of A) brand
to release...

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Feeling like a winged one 

Poised high above the skyline

looking down at the lights of this life

slightly timid of frail wings...

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Straddling is safe with grips each side secure,
    but progress requires the flip flop position, 
    secured on one side or the other, not looking down or back.
It’s iffy to lift a foot implanted
    with footholds...

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Waiting to see His face 
by divine grace, 
heart’s burning yearning 
feels here now within the bosom, 
heart lotus blossom, 
as an infallible sign 
that our soul essence is divine.

16-August-2022...

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                 v       ...

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To be poised
In the night, 
Like a serpent 
Out of sight. 

A single candle 
Dwindles low, 
For the poet
It must show. 

His muse in
All her glory, 
Inspiring him
Majestically. 

Encouraging him
To greater heights, 
She comes to him
These lonely nights. 

Together they wield
The mighty quill,
On parchment made
From...

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Heart enlivens the void
by aliveness of soul,
no longer by fears toyed,
feeling blissful and whole.

09-May-2022

Naani Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Joseph May...

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     Calm and self assured
polished with glittering leaves
       Eve stood by Adam...

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Sitting by the edge of her sullen lake
Hands around her knees
Holding on to her worldly dreams
She dips her toes to test what was to become
Drawn like flesh to bone
The water wakened her senses
This girl-to-woman burst within her
Filled with gumption
Laughingly she tossed her curls
Behind her shoulders
Jumped...

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Poised in the void, in quietude
No thought interference 
Bliss throb heightens in solitude 
Beyond mind inference 

Desire and aversion
Transmutes to cessation
Time stretched meditation 

By silence buoyed
Poised in the void

10-December-2021
Quietus ...

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