Best Quintilla Poems

Little droplet
your time is near,
never fear,
be part of it.

Fall into the great ocean
your conscious way,
unconscious stay,
Nature's final notion.

Lean back
let it go,
it happens so,
embrace the black.

Droplet...

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Without a Doubt

I’ve seen your yellow underbelly now
and there’s no denying or going back
a solid moral compass is what you lack
this country torn, breaking bodies...

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A stealthy tiger stalks his prey
His eyes alight with cunning gleam;
And tho' the world may peaceful seem
The lissome springboks graze and play --
The danger...

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Where dawn is born and clouds are spun
To clothe the sky in golden lace,
The sea ignites as currents chase
Soft morning light that's just begun ...

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It’s nice to get away
for a few hours or a day
As soft breezes stir night air
And salty mist clings to your hair
Stirring memories of Adolescence...

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The blood and lapis daylight sets
in ether. How the mind resets
brutality of winter chill
with February's codicil;
what gossamer a dream begets.

I hear the crickets in the...

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Encased in earthen form, I rise,
held chest-tight with fear my eyes belie.
Tumbled stone and ancient steps so steep,
lead to a mound and valley deep
where I...

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I sauntered in an evening mist
   A midnight's heaven, magic-kissed
      Lamp-lit raindrops pattered, awesome
    ...

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Trumpeting sounds of elephants
Pleasant rides, tricks, and children’s chants
In a place called Thailandia
The tourists come from Sandia
They visit their uncles and aunts

Ride the bulls, play,...

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Wondrous reigns the gift of your trait
To build future on strengths innate;
Knowing ticks of time rule your day
Don't just dawdle on aimless way
Strive now to...

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Living in a house very old,  
it was always drafty and cold.  
Metal stairs to the basement lead,  
from an old pirate's...

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I turned into a Unicorn-
   so silky-white, with wings and horn,
to prance and dance on clouds up there
   and spend my...

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"Just living is not enough, said the butterfly fairy...one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower"  Hans Christian Anderson


    ...

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Waking, I heard a lovely song.
Somehow, the music didn't belong.
Bell-like in tone, to softly please.
Perhaps was only summer's breeze.
Dreamlike music, not lasting long.

I opened blinds...

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Cork of my life, sheer pain in vain,

Rode with me upon a fast train;

Not far could I go, though I tried

For it blocked my path,...

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As the morning carries different bird song
My body stirs from its cozy slumber, begone
Aloft to the mountains volcanized hard crest
Dark clouds beat upon its jagged...

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cajoled by love divine sublime
our soul ascends in timeless time
why fret when we are in a dream
delighting in images that stream
hark, oh hermit, to our...

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When, in the night, your strength slowly wanes
your future a dark unknown even left to breathe
as you grapple demons inflicted ghostly pains
and stare into swirling...

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My tears of gratitude incessantly have flowed
at these, your tenderly written intrepid words
Lifted my wilted feathers to fly with noble birds
For, ever with illness thrust...

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unless awareness unbroken
flame of consciousness unshaken
through waking, dreaming and deep sleep
as vibrant bliss throbs sink in deep
we cannot affirm we’ve woken 

23-December-2021...

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inane mind games anchor us here
ego desires, mirrored by fear 
fickle yet, is our attention
unstable orientation 
we have driven ourselves to tears

16-July-2021...

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I long to walk the hills today
    among bare trees that dance and sway
    where leaves, now flightless, stories...

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I fell in love with a tree stump.
A quite curious stump was he.
No branches to thump.
No fall leaves to see.
But a very special stump was...

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A poem is more than words that rhyme;
it's not some gum sold for a dime
A poem should speak with heart and soul,
it tickles minds and...

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       "Tasting Bliss"




a tender touch ignites romance
fluttering flames create love dance
gentle caresses, tasting bliss,
intoxicates juice of sweet kiss
as hearts...

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