Best Redefines Poems
Like "Sleeping Beauty" in the fairy tale,
awakened by her prince's lovely kiss,
earth's pretty butterflies, aroused, soon hail
new life from dark cocoon to brilliant bliss.
What miracle it is, from furry past
to work of art with intricate designs,
inside a magic canvas, when at last
the kiss of Nature paints and redefines.
Confined once to the earth on shrubs and trees,
renewed now with bright wings to soar and fly,
these butterflies of beauty hug the breeze
for heavenly existence in the sky.
Our gift from Nature- rebirth's mystery;
her metaphor for death and life to be.
January 11, 2017
Premiere Contest: Magical Spell Contest
Sponsor: Robert James Liguori
Categories:
redefines, beautiful, butterfly, metaphor,
Form:
Sonnet
I cannot stand poetic forms
I like them less than winter storms
they force me into ancient norms
of rhyming words in angry swarms
for I was frightened by Haiku
in darkened rooms -- I cried --- boo hoo.
Then came the metronomic tick
sez I: “what is this evil trick?”
now I must measure every rhyme
with tapping stick of metered time
I cannot…. will not, …..won’t ….I say
be forced inside the lines…..to stay.
For I shall dance….the poet’s dance
of shaggy hair….. of tattered pants
dance with those….. in tie and tails
rap with those….. released from jails
free demon words from fear’s cold cell
sing hymns resounding angels bell.
My crayons stray outside the lines
my words creation redefines
I am free to choose my words
soothing balm or cutting swords
to calm the hearts of troubled souls
as shovels digging dying’s holes.
And yet the verse is never Free
for it remains a part of me
wandering a poets hell
secrets it has yet to tell.
5/12/2016
submitted to – Get Your Dr. Seuss On – Poetry Contest
sponsor – The Seeker
Categories:
redefines, humor, poetry, writing,
Form:
Verse
Oblong outlines of a soul
Stretched in elliptical misery
Redefines the perfect circle
To a breakable volatile tautness
Loosely cloaked in sheaths of epitonic blue
Draped upon the shrinking body to hide a terrified world
Dressed in swirling ominous patterns of anonymity
To be lost within the deepest abyss of fatal fear
Planted like a tenuous girder of iron truth
On a bridge of no return
There is no departure from excruciating fear
From this wicked self-imposed poltergeist
An unseen force deliberates death
Smothering with tremulous trepidation
Annihilating the essence of existence
With no bond found on common ground
There lies the secret
Within the mystery of a soul’s distress
The exorcism of human strength
As fear brings the will of life to a standstill
7-12-2023
Categories:
redefines, fear,
Form:
Ekphrasis
'...how do I love thee, let me count the ways.'
Shakespeare: Sonnet LX111
He stops to buy her roses and a card
to mark their anniversary.
Strolling absent-mindedly he crosses
to the park and in his reveries he hears
two songbirds singing sweetly in the trees,
a melody that cheers his saddened soul.
He hurries to the nursing home to greet
his darling wife, the half that makes him whole.
He cannot let a day go e'er he sees
her smiling face, that smile of sweet
contentment that illuminates their souls
and redefines their state of grace.
Living on their memories they chatter
like the songbirds, their conversation bright.
He tucks her in and wishes her goodnight,
God bless, sleep tight, (don't let those bedbugs bite!)
Categories:
redefines, love
Form:
Verse
inhale, the lovesick
bursting sunshine rain
every moment beats
ceaseless warm feeling
acoustic years passed
like ascending vines
yet fainted hued shadow
peers through ripen binds
inhale, redefines
flourish aloft through
as time sweeps away
to first dawning light
and gasp a sound waft
1/11/2024
Categories:
redefines, birth,
Form:
Free verse
As life is created from her womb
Bountiful preparation is needed
Charisma, duty, and love
Develop the best care offered
Ecstatic for recording memorabilia
For such experiences occur only once
Given the opportunity to successfully grow
Home redefines as “elsewhere besides the abode”
Ill from separation
Joy still remains in the love connection
Kept in touch through messages of endearment
Life becomes more heartwarming
Mothers nurture endless dreams
*Since Mother's day is nearby, this poem is for all of the caring and devoted mothers out there!:)
-M&M
Categories:
redefines, baby, dedication, mom, mothers
Form:
ABC
No laugh without tears
No calm without fears
No justice without crimes
Good times and hard times
No clean without stain
No relief without pain
Confusion breeds rhymes
Good times and hard times
No profit without cost
No found without lost
Cold winds ring the chimes
Good times and hard times
Thus I learn to rejoice
When your soft and low voice
And smile redefines
Good times and hard times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzXF8suiKzQ
Categories:
redefines, introspection, life, loss,
Form:
Kyrielle
Mirrored Fragments
Awakened thoughts finally faced, familiarity of days retraced..
In the depth of one soul a whisper is seldom seen, a peaceful plea in a passive scream..
Clarity magnified between the words etched..
An imagination pushing boundaries far fetched..
Welcome minds madness once misplaced..
Where demons lurk and fears are faced..
A tug of war between a sin and a mistake, the lightest of touch still keeps them awake.. I hibernate behind all that was once innocent, only to trip and fall without repent..
A glimpse caught in mirrored fragments
Shadowed relevance in distant elements
Reckless thoughts forming fractured lines
A lifetime of poetic prowess redefines..
By Shannon Deane & Michael J Falotico
Categories:
redefines, imagery, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
that fish patiently wait
at interface of water and fate
burping bubbles for their troubles
water bugs and mosquitoes
unwilling, unsettling for nibbling placebos
acting on a deeper, more hungry drive
to ascend today, eager to stay alive
jaws set wide for voracious consumption
sweet thorax collapses to juicy bite
hooked into a jarring compunction
steeling the air now, a painful insight
to bait, to fish, to hunger, to wish
to fish, to bait, to consume, to sate
ichthyes pisces, jumpin' Jehovah might these
waggin' winged fins fly these troubles away
jumpin' the air and pulling the lines
hard to believe that the mettle redefines
the parts played of the hunter and hunted
penetrating mistakes are now confronted
shoulda looked at bit harder towards a bait
to now spit out this damned curved harpoon
at any rate, it's beyond meaningful debate
escaping unlikely - freedom inopportune
panning to sky, maybe panned over fire
maybe that end ain't so bad after all
peckishly satiating lifes consuming desire
fish for a fisherman so that life takes all
© Goode Guy 2013-06-19
Categories:
redefines, betrayal, change, fish, fishing,
Form:
Quatrain
Binary 101
Numerically double-edged,
Duplicitous it is paired
Likewise and two fold
Its twin coded binate, not spared.
Double barrelled
Bilateral couple,
teamed;
braced – unified.
Mated and single
Coupled, unpaired
Mixed radix,
Can be shared.
Digitally based
Systematically aced
Zero blocks the chain
Based at one
The power redefines
Linear thinking holds
Only conversion
Characterises
The values you will find
Inside binary lines
Categories:
redefines, computer,
Form:
Free verse
It’s deeper than words, for she arose more glorious -n- prettier than any earthly rose, 4 I lay with inside her pink abode, it’s deeper than life, -n- more intricate than when day meets night, she redefines thy touch, sound -n- sight, she’ll shut down social media, can’t find her name nowhere in the Bible or in the Encyclopedia, Bora, Bora, La France, Tahiti, Sukhumi, her silhouette shades me, bathing me in the depths of the Black Sea, clouds boiling, the rain pouring on me, gold grails -n- silver jorums of thy welkins, lordly pukka tea, honey straight from the hives of bees, thy branch of brown bark, no trees, 4 she’s only connected to me, thy pistil bearing, sensitive, delicate, distaff, her beauty, God created thy sight just 2 see, her unveiled vanity, a gem foreign to this without a heart -n-soul galaxy, it’s deeper than words, it’s so much deeper than life, visualize the sun in the sky shining at night, with diamonds -n- rubies dancing, bursting, taking flight, reflecting a greater light, she feels of a sultry ice, she taste of a stupendous spice, while her vanity redesigns -n- redefines thy sound -n- sight, she’s deeper than words, she’s deeper than life, 4 a lack of a better word, she’s my God sketched sight, she’s my wife, 2 describe her it’s deeper than words, it’s deeper than life.
Lucifer is jealous
4 his wife left his ass
2 enjoy this sight, it’s
Deeper than words, it’s deeper
Than life
Categories:
redefines, god, life, love, wife,
Form:
Free verse
The stage dimly lit
A song is playing
A goddess is dancing
And hearts she is taking
On her way through college
She is a working girl
Weekends and nights
Around a pole she swirls
More beautiful than any
Woman my eyes have seen
She is that of my own
And that I really mean
To some she seems
Like some object of tease
I only thought I would meet her
In that of my dreams
A true woman
And I am yet to find
Any word in diction for her
For she is one of a kind
Long lets
Brown hair
Enough to make
Any man stare
For any other woman
I have never felt this way before
All I want is her
And nothing more
If this thing is love
Then I am in free fall
We have been talking a lot lately
And I, so eager for each time she calls
She is a figure of beauty
The word she redefines
But her true strength
Is that of her mind
She makes my thoughts spin
She makes me complete
I just can’t wait to see her again
I’ve never experienced
This feeling before
And I am going to stay
For I just can’t wait to feel more
Categories:
redefines, art, devotion, friendship, hope,
Form:
Romanticism
Solitude inculcates not just silence
Adjusts your mind, serenades your heart
Most definately redefines serenity,sanity
Unknown to my senses it calms and placates
Void of attention, content within
Storms too shall pass
Completely
solitary
Categories:
redefines, sympathy
Form:
Free verse
Your words fly
Like heavy rocks
And fall blindfold.
Your young intransigence
Is like a gale
Strong and without mercy.
Your absent glance
Pierces my heart
And stands by my mind.
But your smile
Redefines yourself
Your gentleness is real.
Your fight is pure
Against me, against you
Looking for answers.
Impatient you want to understand
Unmistakable you want to run
Keeping your hope as my hope.
Categories:
redefines, son
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A Dream Clutches An UnMolded Heart, Where Sleepless Nights UnFold.
You Walked Away UnTammed And UnLeashed Memories That Fade, Only
ReDefines It's True Moment Under A Shadow Of ReFlection.
Among These Children Who Don't Know; You Won't ReTurn, A Little Heart
Cracked Can't ExPlain Oh Where; Oh Where Did DADDY Go?
Categories:
redefines, childhood, confusion, loss, lost
Form:
Tail-rhyme