Best Savour Poems
« In love, mother.. ! »
sobbing words
an echo, like no other
the chokes and the pain, I recall
who was to blame for all that did befall?
What if
that love made sense
and the doors of heaven were open
to the voice of ardour
that could raze every single fence
we would to emotions have given vent!
What if
I failed to see through a mind
“that road was not to take”
from a dream
I was told I had to wake..
What if
I had the power of belief
In the beauty of that love
In a sweet ache
that was so brief
and so harsh..
What if
I could into my safe keep
that treasure between his ribs
ever vibrant, a rich seep
I might have walked paths of wonder!
I wonder
what would that love to me have brought?
what would have been to change a lot?
What if
I now could see the one
that got away
that one
who stole my heart in its heyday
would I recognise that feel again?
the taste of loss, would it be the same?
the pain of love, I wonder
if its savour would remain!
“What ifs”
the power to capture the beauty of the past
and transcend it to the wonder of the dream!
The nature of soul would never stand still
as the river of serenity whose current unseen
flows to reach the ocean with a spirited will
So is a poet whose pen has been drinking
from the river of life
filled with true words to the brim..
The One That Got Away Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Silent One
Categories:
savour, beauty, deep, destiny, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
What be of love if one was purged of thee
To claim a life of constant misery,
To wander lost a blind alley not free
Turned from once a flower to shrubbery?
When dusted away the shadows from time
Those that festered within a view so plain,
Yet not wanting to veer from daily grime
An act from Shakespeare as one did feign.
Like the first key of spring one did open
A cold heart locked in ridicule and shame,
To live in pretence of nothing broken
When thinking it were he the one to blame.
So never to curse the day that time took so long,
When written in verse becomes a beautiful song.
© Harry J Horsman 2021
Categories:
savour, love, tribute,
Form:
Sonnet
Time and tide wait for none, it is said
It is a true and a wise statement indeed
Forget the dead past and fears of future
Savour the moment precious and be happy.
No extent of brooding can recoil the past
Nor help ease the anxieties of tomorrow
Let the past ghosts be laid to rest for good
Leave the past behind for good certainly
Savour the moment precious and be happy.
Enough of stale rancour; put a full stop to it
Ignore the apprehensions of the impending
Have firm trust in the supreme power above
And be at peace with oneself; that is abiding
Savour the moment precious and be happy.
Categories:
savour, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Must Savour the First Rain
Like love, it comes after a long pining
The smell of the first meeting
Of the falling water and the fine soil
Reminiscent of my first lick of love
Disarming my otherwise guarded heart
Lost defenses to the soothing art
Of the complementarity of the scotching soil
And the cold and freely falling rain
Tip-tapping at the back of my shoulder
As I search for broken asbestos pieces
To play my ‘padda’
The cleaned up air breathe
Spurs my insides as an infant’s first suckle
Of her mother’s breast
The pat-pat of the rain on my roof lullaby me
Into unremembered sleep
Must savour the first rain
Categories:
savour, freedom, happy, , Lullaby,
Form:
Lay
Hustle of traffic
In red and green
With whirls of more motor horn and
The thrust radio in my car
All concealed and unfortunate but,
In fierce search of oasis
"why not play the recorder?"
That someone said
And felt the rain...
Tale of love abraded by rain
Tale of absence gore my veins
Tale of glimpse bygones stake my chest
And sounds of raining sings melancholia,
Glooms every joy we together savoured
Once alive,
And some ghosting nights...
And my mind full of abandoned tasks
Knock inside the glass of my car
Here's signals green.
I felt,
This vehemence of your desire
I am savouring,
Both unconsciously and unconditionally
Since shrouded you in the riot of 2008!
(Bombay songs, 1995 depicts as playing)
Categories:
savour, 12th grade, absence, addiction,
Form:
Narrative
Bloom ten thousand fields not one drop of fragrant rain Can rise to meet yours - -Isa 53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken
Categories:
savour, allegory, christian, flower, forgiveness,
Form:
Senryu
“ Time is the thief you cannot banish” Phyllis Mcginley, Writer 1905 - 1978
a major character in the drama of life!
slowly making its entry, when unawares,
leaving the stage at a faster pace,
doesn't give much opportunity to applaud...
stop, please stop ..be kind ..
we require your presence - so many dreams unfulfilled,
slow down, please ...be gentle,
so many goals to accomplish.
spent youth being wild and merry,
drinking from the brimming cup of joy,
childhood and adolescence - endless pleasures and happiness,
the best and jubilant days don't return.
time spies on us ~ the clock ticks.
when we have slightest idea how every moment is passing by ~
engrossed with bits and pieces, fragments of life,
get stunned by sudden realization,
barely knowing,how every minute, every hour is meandering away...
noiseless, without an utterance ~
lose our grip, every second trickles down like grains of sand
through our fingers, nowhere to be found.
savour the moments - every moment is a blessing,
enjoy life understanding the fragility fully well,
time is a thief who knows when to act,
without making much of a fuss.
we want to exile him, but life has little meaning without this offender,
who is swift and all-encompassing.
November 11, 2020
First Place
For Writing Challenge - Quote Inspired - Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Constance La France
Categories:
savour, life, time,
Form:
Free verse
February 16 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Numbers 29-32
Key Verse– Numbers 29:2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY SWEET SAVOUR SMELLER
Lord God, You are my sweet savour Smeller, so holy
Thank You for redeeming me with Your compassion powerfully
Also cleansing my life from sin-blemishes completely…
Praise be to You for sanctifying me continually.
Lord God, You are my sweet savour Smeller, so spotless
Thank You for purging me by Your blood, verily priceless
Also ransoming my soul, declaring with Your justification as guiltless…
Praise be to You for granting me Your peace-pardon though I feel worthless.
Lord God, You are my sweet savour Smeller, so forgiving
Thank You for instilling in me Your doctrines midst commitment-striving
Also setting my standards upon Your truth toward holiness’ driving…
Praise be to You for upholding me through Your statutes for faith’s thriving.
Lord God, You are my sweet savour Smeller, so vow-faithful
Thank You for binding me to You with Your love that’s bountiful
Also enclosing my heart around Your care, to guard it from being deceitful…
Praise be to You for securing me in Your doctrine, truthfully forceful.
Lord God, You are my sweet savour Smeller, so constantly victorious
Thank You for rebuking me of being worldly notorious
Also illumining my mind with Your Word against the mysterious…
Praise be to You for revealing me Your perfect will, brightly glorious.
Lord God, You are my sweet savour Smeller, so counsel-fortified
Thank You for washing me from iniquities against Your laws I defied
Also humbling my spirit which You have purified…
Praise be to You for assuring me heaven as Your saint-certified.
Lord God, You are my sweet savour Smeller, so indeed gracious
Thank You for rescuing me from discouragements, grievously ferocious
Also cheering my disposition against being miserably anxious…
Praise be to You for strengthening me to be righteously conscientious.
February 16, 2023
Categories:
savour, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
January 3 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Genesis 8-11
Key Verse– Genesis 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart isevil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO SMELLS THE SWEET SAVOUR OF OUR FAITH
Praise be to God for smelling a sweet savour from our:
Wholehearted offerings worshipful repentance
Willing sacrifices wise choices
Worthy obedience well-worked service
Worry-free gratitude watchful schedule
Winning attitude waiting patience
Genesis 9:1 Praise be to the Lord for blessing us while
Commanding us to be fruitful according to His process
Cheering us to multiply by His productiveness
Caring for us to replenish in His performance
Genesis 9:8-17 Praise be to the Almighty for assuring His covenant with us:
Established upon His faithfulness, expressed by His fellowship,
entrusted with His freedom-fullness, enjoyed through His fruitfulness,
enlarged around His furnishings
Genesis 10:9 Praise be to the Savour for enabling us to be:
Born again in the Spirit, blood-washed through His sacrifice,
belonging to His family, brought up in His kingdom,
built in His will, believers of His truth, brethren to fellow saints
Genesis 11:1-9 Praise be to the Creator for confounding our ungodly tower of:
Pride and prejudice, profession and position, perspective and preference,
Pleasure and pressure, prize and price, possession and portion. Amen.
January 3, 2024
4th place, "2024 poem not for contest" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Silent One; judged on 1/10/2024
Categories:
savour, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form:
Alliteration
SAVOUR OF AN ENCHANTED LOVE
Hold me in your eyes spellbound.
Keep me there, warm and safe.
And let the charm stay potent.
With each wave of the wand,
Enchant me.
Take me on an exhilarating ride.
The feeling of fresh air,
The peace in your embrace,
A blend of savoury flavours.
Never felt emotion so strong.
If it's your magic,
Please, keep me hypnotized.
Take me to your fortress,
With no tinge of fear,
I'll walk with you.
Light your enchanted candle,
Conjure up some music.
This sublime beauty wants to dance for you.
They wonder what I see in you,
Why I'm so perked up.
And I wonder what is wrong with them.
What is more enthralling!
What is more captivating!
If not love.
Categories:
savour, africa, art, care, cute
Form:
Free verse
With Your approval, sealed by Your favour
My faith, Lord, meets Your gaze of illumining fervour
Yielded I am for Your guidance in my endeavour
Offering to You my service as oblation of sweet savour*.
*Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
August 11, 2020
Categories:
savour, blessing, christian, devotion, faith,
Form:
Rhyme
February 1 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Leviticus 1-4
Key Verse – Leviticus 1:17… It is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO INVITES US
TO OFFER A SWEET SAVOUR UNTO HIM
Praise be to God for inviting us to offer
a sweet savour unto Him with:
Willing sacrifice
Worshipful spirit
Worthy surrender
Whole submission
Wondrous satisfaction
Leviticus 2:2 Praise be to the Lord for enabling us
to give Him offering that signifies:
Oblation of holiness
Oath of honour
Obligation of helpfulness
Obedience of honesty
Opportunity of helping
Leviticus 3:12 Praise be to the Saviour
Who wants us to offer:
Unblemished gift
Undefiled generosity
Unselfish gentleness
Undeterred goals
Untainted good works
Leviticus 4:31 Praise be to the Almighty Who forgives us
as we offer ourselves along:
Confession midst His compassion
Consecration for Christian conduct
Commitment toward His commission
Conformation toward Christlikeness
Contentment, devoid of covetousness. Amen!
February 1, 2024
Categories:
savour, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form:
Alliteration
two large cups a day
sipping this deep brown brew, smooth
savour aroma
Categories:
savour, day, drink,
Form:
Haiku
Jesus came down to earth
So to be our saviour
For He being the king of heaven
Come down to do us a big favour
Jesus entered into our flesh
Living out the human life
Showing us the way to heaven
By dying to our knife
A wonderful saviour is Jesus
On a cross displaying perfect love
He died as the perfect sacrifice
Taking our sin in his bodily glove
So in the great act of salvation
Jesus displays his love perfectly
For a truly wonderful saviour
This Jesus gave himself freely
poetgord@2012
Categories:
savour, bible, christian, faith, jesus,
Form:
Rhyme
i use to run around,
cause trouble when in the town,
called people loads of names,
i think back, and now ashamed,
i walked up on the wrong path,
i could not see just how bad,
was up to no good,
i caused trouble where ever i could,
as the years went on,
something changed me to do no wrong,
i found someone that,s in my heart,
ever since, i have never looked back,
i found myself talking to god,
who i use to think that he was not,
how savour can come along,
and show you how to do no wrong,
i seen jesus show his face,
he said to me to come this way,
he walked up to me and said a prayer,
i wonder why he should be there,
he came to save me in all my wrongs,
to believe in the god and to do no wrong,
i now pray to him night and day,
as jesus came and showed me the way,
he showed me how to show some love,
helping people who had none off,
care for them no matter who they are,
as gods love does travel far,
i saved myself from going to hell,
cause of god the devil now dwells,
love is in heaven above,
where god shows all his love,
all the things i did wrong,
god forgave me as to what i become,
i give my life to jesus christ,
and how i changed and feels so right,
if your lost and cant find the way,
i will help you to savours day,
god forgives and sends his love,
to the garden that,s up above,
you may not think he does love you,
open your heart and he will be true,
his world is all that you do see,
loving you and loving me,
please join me as we all say,
god loves us so let us pray,
he will hear your every word,
and the lord god will show his love,
he makes the stars,
he makes the trees,
he made us as we all see,
say our prayers and lets do right,
lets all love and never fight,
how much now i do see,
ever since jesus came up to me,
it happened to me and will do you,
all god shows the love that,s so true,
so join me up the correct path,
pray for love and helping hands,
help all as we all do love,
thanking god who,s in heaven above,
let us pray for those in need,
as i was one but now i am free,
cause of god showing the light,
this is one love i know is right,,,,
amen,
Categories:
savour, bible, faith, god, jesus,
Form: