Best Present Moment Poems
The sun still rises,
Savannas awaken with hoots,
Life breathes, heart still beats.
Love
Embrace
Feel
Treasure
Admire
Only this
Present moment
And forget about
Every bad one
Because only then
Happiness will not run
“As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are.
Otherwise you will miss most of your life.”
– Siddhartha Gautama
Be where you are in present time
no matter what your circumstance.
Let life herald a vernal chime
to announce its boundless expanse.
Focus on your surroundings to
be where you are in present time.
The beauty is most brilliant
when your presence is in its clime.
Eat, drink, and view, all in full-time.
Life proffers fortunes if you can
be where you are in present time.
Be 'now', forget where you began.
Treasures spill before you as gold
but not from ill-begotten crime.
Live the precise instant you hold.
Be where you are in present time.
In this present moment...how are you?
Before right now...what are you?
Aside from yesterday...when are you?
Beyond today..where are you?
Inside the inner darkness...who are you?
Tinges of radiant images drift through my mind,
as the gas light blinks with the harlequin moon, squinting
around edges of fragile reveries when
such fascination of now begins to unfold:
And nightfall’s hours plead for replays
while I hover in limbo from a trance--
My entire being focused on this singular instance ,
pouring secrecy of thoughts, raw and fresh.
Long the gazes outlining a visual language --
these interplays between a rail of young stars
and cotton candy clouds on an eveningscape...
until my very essence savors a north wind
fondling my cheeks where an astral travel with breaths
discover mystical Orion-- perhaps galaxies
unknown by any name: Then at this moment,
every quiver, each rhythm, all free movements,
time's rare stillness honors an existence
grounded in present tense, on fire.
In Moment of Time
7/25/2018
After death, we know not the result
What will happen to us? is unknown
But, all must have that experience
None can escape it in any method
Ants die very easily everywhere
Struggle will be indeed very brief
Butterflies have a very short span
They with mirth face the end
So long as you are alive here
Be thankful to the Almighty
Do the best for the World
And be kind to every soul
Show concern and deep care
Extend true love and affection
Always help by being noble
Get favorably by God noted
Just think of the present moment
And well-utilize it with great caution
Get peace of mind and spread it
Surely your soul will get equanimity.
Time is endless - that’s what they say!
When I meet you,
In the gossamer amber twilight...
sun leaving, painting the sky
with a glistening vermillion aura,
feels like the clock is ticking,
the moment is fleeting,
too fast!
The golden past feels celestially serene and eternal,
Never escapes my crimson-hued mind.
The present is intoxicating and infinite,
Never loses its blazing, limitless charm!
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feet displacing sand
water filling up the space
imprint vanishing
The excellence time, the instance
Beautiful moment to spend
To someone dear heart.
Joy to feel in time as a
Whole package of moment,
Happiness bring to life,
Cherish every present moment.
Love to take and give to
Someone special heart.
Aim high to win the precious
Time life to someone.
The beauty of the moment
Present time.
© Jocelyn Dunbar
1 January 2006
4:09 PM
I sit on a green mossy rock on the seashore
Feet planted firmly on to the warm granules sand
Feeling the grains slipping between my toes
Hearing the waves roar in to shore
And the wind blow
Rustling past me in refreshing sweeps
While watching the sea so amazing
As the waves roll in and out
Seeing the surf and the seaweed tumbling in the waves
And as the waves roll out
The stones roll back as if chasing back to the sea
As though that's where they belong
Almost scared to be exposed.
Suddenly out of the corner of my eye
From the edge of my tranquil and still mind
A dog races headlong
Races headstrong into the surf
And leaps and bounds and splashes
Before racing out again, manic and insane
I can't help but smile and chuckle
Before returning to my conscious time
Aware of everything but in a mindful state
Looking out to where the blue sky hits the sea
On this picturesque horizon and landscape
Breathing in the sea air and almost tasting the salt
And feeling that nothing here and now can take away
From the resplendence of this present now moment
This wonderful moment on the beach
Yet on the edge of conscious living and life
Aware and connected to everything that exists
Becoming one with all.
By the pond, gloomy thoughts fail me
As I watch swans' shadows drift by--
Elegant their sway along water ‘s trail
Unlike the tight gait of my body,
My spine drooping low as duskfall ebbs:
Out of wonder, my bleak eyes marvel
At a bird-dance rivering into night ,
Where flutters of plume bounce sublime
Like velvet outlines robed in pearled wings.
Through their spin, I ache for abandon
Where I seek this pleasure of Now
To jiggle on, to feed on what's present :
There, then... swans suddenly whirl around me
Pure and possessed as moon’s climb...
Enthralled, my arms run with the breeze
Tiptoeing wildly past the crystal bend
My soul echoing, ' dance me in starlight,'
And relishing such bliss... without restraint!
The past is gone,
Keep moving on – remembering,
Not regretting, never fretting…
What’s done is done, so keep moving on
The past is gone – the past is gone
The future is coming,
Keep hoping for the best,
There is potential in the upcoming…
But don’t let tomorrow become
The only reason for holding on
The present is here,
Keep believing in this moment,
Where light reflects the gentle,
Where hearts are embraced…
By the most beautiful gift there is –
The present remembers only this…
To grant the heart offering of one moment at a time,
One blessing that you’ll find – lives
Inside the present moment, the existing of a smile,
The wonder of the here and now,
Where each miracle can be found out…
Oh, how I love the present where I can live most richly,
With assurance that my life is flowing with an existing joy,
A joy in knowing that His love is growing – in this moment
I see it’s increase in each passing gift of the present day,
The beautiful that prays – for His lasting grace!
time in the past
and time in the future
in now there is no doubt
time spent outside
is a reminder to be within
being within helps out
in now there is no doubt
If with each breath, we can erase our past,
relearning by touch, tenderness of love,
with choice to dwell in heart, the die is cast,
to invoke God’s grace that pours from above.
Reworded, let’s say, we carry no grudge,
nonchalant to hurt other souls may cause,
and thus in tranquil calm, refuse to budge,
radiating love, comply with God’s laws,
then there is no wound that cannot be healed,
because ego spawned thoughts have vaporised
and transformed presence is into heart wheeled,
that light of Self within be realised.
To be divine entwined by night and day,
it’s easy to see that silence is the way.
It’s easy to see silence is the way
to rise above our animal nature,
for in time stretched calm, love as our mainstay,
we witness ascent of our soul’s stature.
Discarding thus, each conditioned belief,
we pause to inquire, who in truth we are,
for we’ve suffered too long and need relief,
having drifted from innocence afar.
All that that comes and goes is unreal,
so we look for joy that never does end
and thus ceasing thinking, begin to feel,
pulsations of soul, when our will we bend.
Too long have we languished in delusion.
We seek reprieve from state of confusion.
We seek reprieve from state of confusion,
owing to association with mind.
Erroneous is its rach conclusion,
with fears and desires, a relentless bind,
so resting thought, to be used when needed,
we shift baton of awareness to heart,
expanding once pulse of love is heeded,
instantly adding love and light to cart.
Thus not by doing but by undoing,
we reclaim the glory of dormant soul,
answering the call of bliss beats wooing,
so becoming again, blissful and whole.
Why for should flag of love fly at half mast,
if with each breath, we can erase our past?
Carpe diem ! Enjoy your present moment.
Stay dynamic to feel life in every limb
Listen to the sweet tweets of birds at dawn.
Sense the beauty and fragrance of blossoms.
Soothing breeze is blowing ! Seize the day.
Look at shivering of shy leaves on touch of wind.
Reminiscing thrill of your first soft kiss.
Romance in love to ripple in your heart.
Honour your today, as gift of your life
Tomorrow you may think on tomorrow.
What will , will be : Future not to see.
Life is short ! Every moment to utilise.
Not to lose a day, time is precious,
flowing for ever , not to rewind.
Life does not run as continuous function
but a collection of discrete chapters.