Best Promised Poems
The welcome rising sun awakens the day
as a warm southern wind blows softly
knocking at the base of palm trees
easing past the ocean's shore
caressing the hearts of lovers
and holding hope in her arms
Rejoice for the day is new
endless possibilities beckon
our very soul
fulfill our endless dreams
make this and everyday as
your finest hours
Here alone, one with the sea, I wait,
each wave taking me away
along with my memories
reminding me
tomorrow's are never promised
Categories:
promised, future, heart, today,
Form:
Free verse
She told it this way.....
He said...San Francisco......
Then up to Mendocino
I said...can I go
He said...I guess you can
'Cause, long since Albuquerque
That's when he first hurt me
My heart's dying to divert me
To the promised land
And...oh, the nights are long
When you're playing tag along
And this old heartache..hanging on
Is getting out of hand
'Wish he would turn this car around
California...feels like shaky ground,
Why is it always one more town
To the promised land
Silence speaks behind the wheel
A change of plans....to Bakersfield
Where Merle Haggard got the feel
Of the lonesome legend man
"Can't say I'm having fun
In this California sun
But,I'm praying for another run
To the promised land
And...oh, the days are cold
When empty's all you've got to hold
And chase love down another road
'So hard to understand
This oak just ain't gonna bend
Maybe, as the story ends
I'll catch another poet's pen
To the promised land
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Categories:
promised, conflict, confusion, desire, journey,
Form:
Lyric
The wind is an easel of darkened hue
Under hanging clouds, my breath meets the sea
Where tears on night’s air linger to review
This pain once needled by love’s trickery.
Like a wing that rises on one blessed flight
Across the shores of hope trilling a dream,
Its fragrant air hums gently to rewrite
The end of sorrow wiped by a moonbeam.
And zephyr flings its stars , its promised grace
In hymnal joy for my essence, now whole;
Like a child of strength this gift I embrace
As tears become holy drops that console.
When life is pierced by rainstorms that invade
I think of wind chimes as my serenade.
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Janice Thompson's Pen A Sonnet On It
Submitted 5/27/2016
Categories:
promised, peace,
Form:
Sonnet
^As I got up out of my bed today,
I had a thought that won’t go away.
I looked out the window to see sunny skies,
I´m sure that the smile, showed in my eyes.
So I’ll start today with joy not with sorrow,
Because we are not promised tomorrow.
As I showered and shaved and went to the loo,
My thoughts turned, to what I should do.
I could just have a lazy day, after all it’s Saturday,
But that’s not me, it’s not my way.
For each day we wake is a new blessing,
Life is for living, so I’m not messing.
It’s world cup time, so I could watch TV,
A game or two, or even three.
But if I watched three I would feel guilty,
I want to feel like the world still needs me.
So I try to achieve something everyday,
Even if it’s in my own small way.
I call a friend to see that she is OK
We chat for a while, and I hear her say,
She’s doing fine but I could hear that she’s not well
Something in her voice, Somethings wrong I could tell.
So we arrange later to get together,
A coffee a beer or lunch or whatever
So we meet at one and as I arrive,
She rushes to hug me, with tears in her eyes.
After a minute, she says she is fine,
An hour passes then she tells me what’s on her mind.
She has been to the doctor, only to find,
Her days are numbered, it’s the end of the line.
What can I do, what can I say?
I try to console her, in my own way.
I tell her to take it one day at a time,
I will be with her, it will be fine.
It’s hard to take, as I have cancer too
Let’s just have some fun, just me and you.
We start making plans of things to do,
places to visit and some people too.
I am trying to hide my emotions pretend I’m okay,
She see straight through me, then I hear her say.
It will be okay, if you stand by me,
She is smiling now, and that’s great to see.
Hours go by as we sit and talk
It’s about five o’clock, we decide to walk.
After a bit she wants to rest for a while,
Her head on my shoulder, both with a smile.
Sitting admiring the wonderful views,
Right there and then, my friend I did loose.
She never woke up, again from that place,
Now weeks later there’s a smile on my face.
Because she went with a smile, not with sorrow.
She knew that we are not promised tomorrow.
It makes me feel proud to have been her friend,
To have been with her, up to the very end.
Categories:
promised, appreciation, best friend, cancer,
Form:
Verse
I look forward to that rising tide
The current has never been so low
That we sail in style so calm
Rest deepens without panic
The tweets sweeter than never
The sun brighter than ever
Mr sailor how did you stir on course?
Because i still see us within the radar
The arrow precisely points our destination
It has disproved our dissolution
And reproved our evaluation
Could we have crossed over the red sea
Because what i see now seems magical
Falcons hover randomly above with joy they sing
I thought it was a myth what they told us
If we keep course, we'll get to that promised land
We'll bath in milk,roost in honey and bask under the hot supplies
This i saw so real
So sad it's only a dream.
Categories:
promised, africa, beauty, boat, books,
Form:
Free verse
As I look in the distance I see the new grave.
It's a realization
As feelings come to me in a tidal wave
Of how much companionship and love you gave
With out any hesitation.
As I look in the distance I see the new grave.
I am trying to be brave
To cope with this sudden separation
As feelings come to me in a tidal wave.
I really don't know how to behave.
I have never lost any one who meant so much
Yet wasn't a blood relation.
As I look in the distance I see the new grave.
I can only say don't cave.
Last year was our greatest vacation
As feelings come to me in a tidal wave.
Oh! Dave.
How will I make it through this new transition
With out your cooperation?
As I look in the distance I see the new grave
As feelings come to me in a tidal wave.
Categories:
promised, animal, bereavement, best friend,
Form:
Villanelle
I love the way her quiet hands always seem
to rouse a feeling of intensity deep inside.
How strong the sensation can be when against my body.
I love the how heartening they are
when I feel so misplaced.
And how infantile they feel even though calloused
Greatly through her trying life.
I love the way her eyes gaze at me.
The way they bypass sheepish smiles and timid looks
And see what I really wish for her to see.
I love how a single look ignites a feeling in me that boils
my soul and melts away the layers
like chocolate in the sun.
I love the way her fair lips sneak across her teeth.
The way they coil in to this ideal smile
that always seems to cause the same outcome in me.
I love when she just barely tastes them while she’s thinking and
how they burn when she tenderly places them on my remains.
I admire how they can say so much with out moving
and with a simple flick can entice so much commotion at once.
I love it when I hear thump-thump
and how it propels her passion for this existence.
I love how no one person gets the same version of her,
and how it always makes every day unique.
I can even love the childish way it makes her mature
which always appears to make her cry.
I love the way I don’t feel good enough for her some times,
but she always tells me Im perfect.
I love how she makes me cry cause it never bittersweet
and always ends in a smile.
I love how angry she makes me and how she just blows it off
in a joke that we both laugh at later.
In the end I promised you this.
Its not done its not perfect but its for you.
Its my heart. Its everything I love about you,
Its my promise to always fall in love with you every day
And love you always.
Categories:
promised, cute love, girlfriend, i
Form:
Free verse
We search for it ceaselessly
each in his own way
Exertion, exhaustion
day after day
For all we fall short
we press weary on
A Promised Land
such striving
depends upon
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Categories:
promised, dedication, dream, growth, motivation,
Form:
Rhyme
Think again if you thought you could use me
Thought you were my friend but you're nothing
Talk to me like I'm not a lady
I'll teach you a little something
Been in love with me all these years
Never got over me, how sweet
Too bad I never loved a married man
Didn't you wonder why there was nothing from me?
Back then you'd be so lewd, so gross
My boyfriend's best friend, so it's a joke
I had no confidence in you back then, I did lately
But you think you can just talk crazy to me?
I'll break your heart again, I still know how
I hate you for killing our friendship
One of the few people I actually talked to
You promised to always have my back
Now you broke my faith like so many others
I say it's fair game now hun
To break your heart when you think you won
Categories:
promised, abuse, allusion, anger, crazy,
Form:
Bio
A chill does fall this evening air
Drifting soft neath heaven’s flame
Star light flickers we may share
For love that sings its own refrain
In chorus of a calling breeze
Aloft of wooded heights so high
When nestled soft upon my knees
To stare into this painted sky
For but this light that finds me here
In distant galleries so swept
A touch that never shall let go
Forever closely to be kept
I cling to every thought I bear
Now caught so tight of passion’s flow
Found blessings that we come to share
With praises which our hearts bestow
Along a tiny twisting way
So now defined by skies above
When journeys turn our minds astray
We reach back towards illumined love
As all that time shall come to pass
When waking bells their ring is true
My deed, my destiny, my task
To send this endless love to you
And here upon this weary ground
Between the shadows now at play
I dream within affection found
In promised whispers sent your way
Everyone have a great weekend, see you again on Monday
Categories:
promised, love,
Form:
Rhyme
You promised me the days we sung and cooked and danced, painting each others nails would come back someday
You promised me, so i sat restless, watching the pass of everyday, pass me by, memories souring as the clock ran
Harmless illusions wipe away as i realize what i had been surrounded by, with each spent sunday i realised i was lucky when you ran away
Harmful children come from hazardus playgrounds,i was raised to bring pain, i know a million ways that i can
You promised, something so insignificant, you are someone who should never have been given a second thought, so why do i feel this way
You promised something so small, years later something that didn’t matter yet my mind still paints you a con-man
Harmless was never really a word i’d have thought to use for you unless in a singular action like today
Harmful even when you don’t realise i guess your the same in one way, you were a liar before our relationship began
Categories:
promised, betrayal, boyfriend, child abuse,
Form:
Rhyme
I once made you a promise
So long ago it seems a lifetime
Never again would you have
To face the darkness alone
It was a promise I would repeat
With each spiral and dark descent
I would never run away
No matter how much you expected it
Eventually you said goodbye
And it shattered me to pieces
But that promise never left me
Even if the muse behind it did
I worried for a while
Until I knew that you were safe
Then I focused on myself
And eventually pieces changed to peace
And now so much time has passed
But that promise isn’t void
So permanent its carved in stone
Even if I never need fulfill it
Like a cellar in a storm
A place of refuge from the wind
I'm not asking you always stay here
Just asking you know I'm still there
For storms are so destructive
The tornadoes, rain, and hail
So I'll always keep that promise
I will never let it fail
Categories:
promised, for her, mental health,
Form:
Free verse
life is so unexpected but in my eyes I always thought there would be tomorrow
But nothing is promised and I should have known this. Now I live in sorrow
The ups, the downs, the mistakes, I thought I had the chance to one day make it right
But I took time for granted trying to give you your space now I have lost the fight
This death was so unexpected, I am left with things that I never got to express to you or say
Now it's time to say goodbye, in the coffin, six feet underground we shall lay it to rest today
I love you so much and I really wanted to tell you that I was wrong and need your embrace
But I was too late trying to think of what I can say or do to be with you and see your face
I let my pride get in the way and I was to heard headed and stubborn to call and say sorry again
I miss you so much and I am sorry that our relationship ended so soon I wish I could of made it last
But truth be told, I tried several times to make things work and even forgave you of your past
You chose to kill this relationship because you thought you could have your cake and eat it too
You thought you can be single for a little while and when you're ready I will run back to you
Hell no, this relationship is dead and the love is now deceased nothing left to say except rest in peace
Categories:
promised, death, life, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
Limerick: Once a born blind man was promised full sight
Once a born blind man was promised full sight
By an ophthalmologist fully tight
Two slits and dabs all told
Saw in wonderful world –
Beauty Contest: gouged his own eyes outright.
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015
Categories:
promised, beauty, fashion, women,
Form:
Limerick
Written on July 23, 2012
An explosive mind
Death-filled actions without heart
The day the world found out
Dedicated to all of the victims
of Aurora, Colorado
Categories:
promised, death, dedication, loss, sad,
Form:
Senryu