Best Rictameter Poems

Purring
contentedly
just being with my love
and basking in the afterglow
of our ascent to the peak of pleasure,
I now settle, spent and cozy,
in the crook of his arm
like a kitty -
purring....

Continue reading...

Sweetness
                Perfume, Flowers 
             A Gentle Rain-Shower  
        Candy Kisses,...

Continue reading...

Hope blooms
in April when
amethyst flowerets
appear like magic on my trees.
I hear chirping and catch a glimpse of birds
gathering small sticks for new nests.
Delight perfumes the night.
I thank God when
hope blooms!

January 18, 2023
M.L. Kiser's Pen A Rictameter, Hopes Of Springs Return Poetry Contest
Now entered in Brian...

Continue reading...

Drum beat
  The sound of hearts
Beating to love's smooth rhythm
Sometimes a  brokenhearted  tune
  Hoping for another chance at love's oft
 Moody melodic emotions
That dance upon  lyrics,  
   The beat goes on...
  Drum beat
   ...

Continue reading...

Autumn
                a chilling wave
          crunching melancholy
   nostalgic for summer warm heart
shrinking passions of deciduous souls
    ...

Continue reading...

Onyx
dark silicate,
descendant of agate
echoes inspired by nighttime sky;
a calming focus of the deepest void,
spiritual transformation
awakening the soul,
translucent black
onyx.

Black hole
transmigration,
transformational sight,
the never ending seeing eye
 vision of Tetragrammaton essence;
majesty of heaven’s splendor
enlightened souls will fly
darkness alight,
black hole.
...

Continue reading...

music
reminds my soul
of peony and rose
efflorescence petrichor scents.
Roaming among fountains of her blossoms,
lost in bucolic elegance.
Whispering sweet sighs
like verses for
music

ash smoke
brought drops of doom.
Was it a mere mirage
or a brief dance with dalliance,
but this ephemeral epiphany,
just like nature's seasonal moods,
left lyrics on my lips,
until storms...

Continue reading...

High tide
sadness billows
swells over me in waves
massive, silent, overwhelming
melancholy ocean engulfing me
flailing, drowning in emotion
or maybe I'm being
too dramatic
only-

It feels
that dramatic-
my universe slightly
out of orbit or alignment
something strangely out-of-kilter causing
all things to be thrown off their course
too much wind and pressure
in atmosphere
storms surge

Drifting
on swift currents
rudderless,...

Continue reading...

Howling
Like the wolf cries
Screaming foreboding skies
Yelling for your love till sunrise
The erring echoes of your love reprise
Tangled tears that follow surmise
Bitter sorrows capsize
With empty eyes
Howling





Aug.26.2018
RICTAMETER ME
Sponsored by: White Wolf 


Place 5'th...

Continue reading...

Your tongue
suspiciously
spoke of constellations,
an unlicked sky gripping secrets
nonetheless, that mouth spat it's majesty
without ever stirring the air 
proving no white stardust
really adorns
your tongue...

Continue reading...

Growing
                       As I catch Light
                As rays dissolve...

Continue reading...

Darkness

Hidden shadows

Keeping all their secrets

Out of reach from my prying eyes

If only for a moment I could see

Revealing mysteries that hide

I might learn of myself

Alone in the

Darkness...

Continue reading...

Promise
Moon held and made
bathed-beams of love sonnets
dried by sun's own romantic pledge
of streamed warm rays on love's future solace ~
As days then nights honed my prayers
my pain slow climbed sky stairs
and found you there
Promise




... CayCay Jennings
August 31, 2018...

Continue reading...

the rose
 loses petals
 as summer slowly fades
 casting autumn's gloomy shadow
 with whispers of tomorrow's falling leaves,
 and summer's golden memories
 will linger for awhile,
 then they fade, like
 the rose..
    --...

Continue reading...

Moonlight
shadows glisten
like sparkling diamonds
on lapping waves which wash over 
our toes as we stroll barefooted along 
the shore of the deserted beach 
how I love evening walks 
with you in the
moonlight

Diamonds counted as 3 syllables*

Contest: Rictameter Me 
Sponsor: White Wolf

8/26/18...

Continue reading...