Best Portal Poems
a university café
a table at the threshold of my life
paths fork in all directions
loud the call of destiny
while a bluesy piano song
grinds the passing of time to a halt
I always knew one day
I would remember
this very moment
stalled at these very
crossroads of my youth
time standing still
surreal I hang on
to a feeling that’s
curious and magical
Published in my 24-page photo/anthology book ~TO BE YOUNG AGAIN~ 2023
Read on air by invitation ~ June 23, 2021 'WORDS & MUSIC'
AP: Honorable Mention 2022
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“My soul is among lions; I lie among the sons of men who are set on fire....”
Dramatica; expect the worst and hope for the best is what some say!?
In life and breath and love and death; portents ~
Stopping in front of the Azteca's theatre; admiring the lovely mannequin girl
Adorned as a communal daughter with long flowing hair and beads of many colours
Sitting amid the tickets booth draped aneath cobwebs smiling and speaking
Unto my spirit in hues of yesteryears arrays; these pantheon coronations?!
Red double doors with circular windows trimmed in black; conversing
An entrance to cross through its beckoning; a schizophrenic passing by again....
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....“A Portal Unto The Sun` *
I walk my last steps on the earthly plains, when the sun sets
Through another dimension with breathtaking surreal landscape
The mystical journey, back to the roots of creation
A candle in her window.
An invitation in the dark of night.
A portal to heaven's bliss.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
You have entered through a portal
and are taken back in time
It's then you realize
There's about to be a crime
Because you've read it in your history books
and watched it on tv
You're the only one
that knows what is about to be
But can you change history
and this tragedy abate
or has time itself
Sealed the victim's fate
You stand there frozen for a few seconds
Then you wave your hands and shout
You point up to a building
and then a shot rang out!
"To witness the nights kaleidoscope magic turn to reality ... a seductive portal." Quote by poet
Moonlight streams are drawn
through Payne's Gray of time.
A passing moment lingers
of golden winged butterflies'
lustrous flitting performance
in warm vision of a boundless,
cloudless heaven's delight.
Lace innocence, beguile the stars
to dance a pastoral mime.
Canvas of exquisite floral display
with gentle whimsy embrace,
opens earth anxious nurturing,
tender breast, to warm music in her soul.
An enchanted portal filling the air
with the light scent of myrrh.
A perfect breathless seductive midnight,
a pulsing heart of passion swoon
as silver beams lace in shadows space.
A gateway, as one leads from Terra firma to the sea
Or a path leading to experiences and knowledge
A leap of faith to explore newer potentials, to free
My enslaved self, from every chain of self-afflicted bondage
My passage is not merely spatial; it's spiritual.
My space, from earthly to heavenly, is separated.
Realms are split from perishable to imperishable.
With virtues and values, verandas are decorated.
Divine vibes, like a million suns, moons, and stars, radiate
Cherubims lead my refined soul to the celestial home.
I shrug off the moments when all that was good I did hate.
The portals are all straight now; I no longer need to roam.
Communion of the earthly and heavenly portals show
Shoreless seas of grace wherein mortal souls merrily flow
What is this Portal like- the one at death?
What does the soul envision in this stance
of where or when we take our final breath?
Do visions fly before us like a trance
as we're pulled in by Heaven's bright expanse?
This portal- there to glean eternal souls
from flesh and bone humanity had made;
to cast aside our world of earthly goals
with temporary bodies, soon decayed-
and walk through Heaven's Portal- unafraid!
I miss you, already
Your rough beauty
How you pretend to be wild
Being already postmodern.
The swings in your mood
Welcoming and repelling me,
Caressing me, bringing me down.
Your invitations to dive into sins
Gluttony, sloth, lust and death -
When in fact, you were bringing me back to life.
A part of me is kept with you
Taken by the roar and fury of your waters
Against the Moles
Against your basalt towers.
Kept in the flight of the lapwings,
Of the swallows
In the height of your trees
In the stones on the corner of the beach of Cal
In the shyness and candor of your people
In the insensitiveness of your guests
In the sincere passion of one of your sons
With pearly blue marbles for eyes
Who never tires of telling about your beauties
Remains with you, a piece of me
Stuck in the whistle of these very waters
When they calm down
Washing the sands
Shaking the mussels
Shhh ... shhh ... shhh ... shhh
One day I will come back to see you, Torres
And make myself whole again.
Torres is the first city of Rio Grande do Sul State, the most southern state of Brazil. I've fallen in love with it.
Once there was a man called Anthony "truth portal"
Quoted a verse from the "HOLY BHAGAVAT GITA"
"Man is made by his belief.
As he believes, so he is."
bloody spiritual realm is the "truth portal"!
The Milky Way gleams
Through Earth's portal to the stars
Wonders to explore
* For Gareth's contest
Looking at the blues, such a beautiful landscape
Pink hues in the blue skies
This scenery which God made
Satisfies the needs of the eyes
Tis my inspiration so I'll strive
To have a glance no matter what the circumstances
You change colors after the other hide
As beneath you, this unmovable body's soul dances
I want to go closer but it will remain a dream
Forces of bad elements serve as hindrance
As I look, closer you may seem
But this body has no more chance
That little square by the wall
Pulls upward the two end of my lips
My portal to a big world is small
The satisfaction of my heartbeat that skips
but all things are possible in the vastness of forever
a collective consciousness does exists and compared to us they are clever
our physical world is nothing more than the thoughts we manifest
as the laws of the physical world put our minds to the test
it may seem impossible to think up all this mess
but unlock true inspiration and you will find the minds treasure chest
a wall a rock can hold a pattern of thought
but it evades comprehension refusing to be caught
energy is everything and everything is energy
the law of "like attracts like" via magnetically
we all contribute to the greater collective mind
and when thoughts attract thoughts reality is defined
this dimension in which we operate is only one of many
but our reality is manipulated if we accept the lies of any
the collective consciousness can be controlled through manipulation and deception
but only if you allow the collective force the power of inception
we fight a battle that we do not understand
for this is simply not a battle of man vs man
this battle is fought upon a vast cosmic scale
and men in all his ignorance is truly groomed to fail
history repeats itself yet we never seem to learn
because once again our time in history is awaiting to take its turn
we are no more than misguided mice in a maze
humans with our own idealogies trapped behind a phase
yet we are all part of a multidimensional consciousness we call God and creation
somehow locked in ignorance controlled through manipulation
but home is eternity and existence is immortal
be not afraid of the universe as you walk through the portal
You in focus, world a blur
My eyes trapped in deep allure
Racing heart and soul endure
Caging love in self demure
You are a king as you appear
Hair cusps at your ears;
Hanging crowns.
As shooting stars drag my dreams
Over and across the blue marine
To the next world of hopeless gleams
An hoard of wishes and obscene
For your voice to caress my face;
Lullabies.
Across my eyes you skim
you step, you dance, you spin,
Smiling with your sideways grin
You give me goosebumps, out and in
Read the braille on my skin
An alphabet of three repeated words;
I love you.
psychedelic glass
vision of tomorrow past
resplendent spirit