Best Released Poems
"The Blues Released"
Black velvet
sits between
what is read
yet unseen
crushing sullen passion
across ripe crimson lips
holding tight those
dancing fingers
seduced
gliding across
the Player’s
pristine alabaster
piano keys
burning
the bluest blue
release
(LadyLabyrinth / 2020)
"Black Velvet" / Alannah Myles
https://youtu.be/ZHHEmd5mECY
“Pianos, unlike people,
sing when you give them
your every growl.
They know how to dive
into the pit of your stomach
and harmonize with your roars
when you’ve split yourself open.
And when they see you,
guts shining, brain pulsing,
heart right there exposed
in a rhythm that beats
need need,
need need,
need need,
pianos do not run.
And so she plays.”
“When you play, never mind who listens to you.”
LYRICS/ "Black Velvet", Alannah Myles
https://genius.com/Alannah-myles-black-velvet-lyrics
There is a story that needs to be told
A grown-up child now holds the secret in
The raw emotion trapped releases bold
Dreams that haunt in midnight's tangled den
Way back he was idolized, her anger blocked
Pushed down on the spot but arose at night
Where demons chased and the small child mocked
In dreams she would run and jump with all her might
He said 'twas you who came out tempting me
Told her to stay you can't come to the pasture
Her anger boiled beneath the surface free
The dreams began totally to be her master
What he did when she was seven years old
Rest in the grave with him and remains untold
The Hounds of Hell Released
Blood-spattered feathers on broken wings,
and the Age of Angels and Light was undone.
A black mantle of terror and darkness descended,
as the red-hot lips of hell opened wide, belching out
war-thirsty hounds that shredded peace to pieces.
10-31-2015
Contest: In 5 Lines or Less #1 (Picture This)
Sponsor: SKAT A
Placement: 6th
My sweetest cravings, fledglings in a nest,
were held up high; into the air released
by eager hands of mine. A world to test
was mine before youth’s wishing time had ceased.
The birds who have come back to visit me
are well-remembered dreams that have come true.
The pleasant yellow finch; the chickadee
and skylark gave me nothing I should rue.
The cardinal would warble in my ear.
I yearned for him, but he did not stay long.
The bluebird too I hoped to always hear.
She comes and goes. At times I hear her song.
But long forgotten wishes to grow older
are sparrows at my door as life grows colder.
For the Contest: Pen a Sonnet on It
The soft music plays
Lifting my spirit so high
Everything is lighter
I dance in the air
I am released to be free
As if the wind let me go
Moving with the notes
Of a song merging with life
I am at peace while I float
Nothing can reach me
In a song where my heart rests
Many times broken, healing
Heidi Sands
11/10/18
Choka - 5-7-7, 5-7-7..
so you go up to the thick armoured glass
and give up the next hour to questions
which wind around your throat like a
moat
"are you or have you ever been", and your
pants,twin towers of Babel,keep you standing
like the towers that demolished hope
for so many...and the face looks at you
but with no eyes
and his pen drags you along like Ben Hur
and leaves a blood trail in the section titled
"prisoner's comments"...and he tries to trip
you up with the bible or another lie
and it's all OK...until they call your name
I languish on a sea of untamed thoughts
I am powerless to reign
The tempest within
Some say there are no new stories
But this way I have not been,
So my story keens
As an infant borne
In the bowels of a ship
Seeking stormy release, fearing the deep
Knowing not what is known
As the word winds sweep
Safe to the shore , where I land in a heap
Alone but with relief. Released.
In this moment of childhood jeer
gathered forces plunder my ear.
You pull and mock my tattered wear
crafting pain, that my heart could not bear.
Wilted knees and downward face
hopes of release, I simply can’t erase.
Trotting pace to pass the masses
angst deeply rooted, as you cluster like asses.
Pushing and shoving remains the norm
creating fitful notion, you will not adorn.
Brighter I become like a luminous star
indulgent of your tactics, as I plan your mar.
Years pass with a might
as age and gain become your fight.
Watching your future despair
a bountiful hope is mine to mirror.
On a crisp winter gust of wind he blew in.
Rousing me to wakefulness as he gently touched my skin
Just out of the blue
As if he knew
My existence had grown dim
And I needed him
And now at last I could see
The face to the angel of my fantasies
He rescued me
Just like a dream
I never believed would be
Released from hurtful negativity
He set me free
It was like looking into a mirror
I saw his soul of shimmer
A duplicate of mine
Destined to be combined
A placid giant in my eyes
He was the best of the human race
Secure in his arms of protection
I was greatly adored and with that safe
With a patient understanding
Simply kind and not demanding
Bringing out the best in me
Inspiring words of poetry
He whipped up a storm of passion in my heart
And with tenderness completed me
For he was my missing part
Leaf with broken heart.
Shielding inner self from wind.
Defies gravity
Withheld And Released, Love's Greatest Treasures
I- (The Start)
Behold
Resplendent vigor,
Dancing upon rainbows
Drinking sweet red wine
Hold her in sweet embrace,
whisper, darling you look so fine
Await that moment you know will come
That softest kiss, sent to find just you
A memory gifted as a very great treasure
Painting etched into clear mind's eagle eye
Remind yourself she is treasured gift
Promise never to say goodbye
Hold that blessed moment
Snapshot in time
Resplendent vigor,
Released.
II (The Answer)
Release
Love's power,
Bliss so profound
Like cool Spring shower
True love's heart and journey,
Promising an eternity in your arms
No treasure can this blessing ever compare
Fantastic depths of love, two lovers may share.
Life rewarded true love's, heart and faithful soul
With hope, joy and deep romantic splendor
Paradise found within each heart's embrace
Jubilant kisses, so softly planted
Mornings, face to face
In love's embrace
United two
Joined.
Robert J. Lindley, 08-14 -2015 (Part I)
Robert J. Lindley, 1-26-2017 (Part II)
Note: Part I
Verses word count, Ascending order 1,2,3,4,5 6,7,8
Descending order- 8,7,6,5,4,3, 2,1
Note: Part II
Verses word count, Ascending order 1,2,3,4,5 6,7,8
Descending order- 8,7,6,5,4,3, 2,1
Note:
Not sure of the form (maybe new?), a poet showed me this with her fine poem.
12/04/2013
My hearts starting
to unhinge
And it will no
longer cringe
When your soft skin
touches mine
Even though it took
some time
To begin a new found
trust
And have someone
finally touch
Me in a way I don't
freak out
Since that night
left me without
My good safety
anymore
When he kicked down
my front door
And attacked me
without care
I was frozen with
the fear
After he finished
his thrills
I was going to get
killed
But for hours he
just taunted
Leaving me broken
and haunted
Alone and naked on
the floor
Laughing, walking
out the door
Days and months went
slowly by
With years of
therapy to try
And get me out of
this prison
This cruel rapist
left me in
It would always take
me back
To this sad, hurtful
attack
When a guy would
start to stare
All I could see was
the fear
That I felt way down
inside
That would open up
so wide
If someone new would
come close
My heart turned to
ice and froze
No one could ever
defrost
The pain from years
of life I lost
Until you
accidentally
Brushed my arm and I
could see
No pictures of his
mean face
And the torture of
that place
All I felt was warm
emotion
Filling me up with
no caution
As I saw your eyes
meet mine
Helping my heart
thaw to find
A new life with
someone who
Would carefully help
me through
Bringing me back
from the dead
The past fading from
my head
Wandering down dark streets,
looking for whats the cause for continuos heart beats.
Searching for insubstantial pieces to fill an unneccesary void,
waiting for an answer that doesnt exist,
while unseemingly getting very annoyed.
Felt illiterate when the answer was shown through anothers beliefs,
it's crazy how simple it was this whole time,
im amazed at how brief.
Found reasons to let all the worries,fears, and doubts go,
Spent forever searching for the place my heart could call home...
Sustainable strength in all that has been found,
now to remove every evil part and stomp it into the ground...
You pull me to the embankment
bits of moss in lichen green
on the verge of something sighing in my breath
In the black and thickness oil
on the raging and the river
you have set me there afloat upon my death
On the moor and on the misting
of a silver frozen morning
you have pulled me to the point of no return
As you set me there to drifting
bits of unrequited something
start my heart, a lonely bleeding beat to burn.
You were childlike, sensitive and sweet
a colorful bird with clipped wings
fragile as porcelain, loved arty things.
You flew with your favorite butterflies
made pretty cards that cheered your friends
gave us love I thought would never end.
You battled mightily within your mind
were often lost inside your fantasies
needed help to return to reality.
You grew weaker with the passing years
and looked to God to give you strength
He was your hiding place, in Whom was faith.
One day, you sensed your time was near
you delved into your world one final time
He took your hand, said “You are Mine”
then you flew away to heaven’s skies.
4/26/2023