Best Stillness Poems

Over harvested fields —

I walk beneath the fading afterglow
of a forgotten lantern   a path worn
by wanderers older than the scroll of Zeno
its damp salve seeping through my coat
into my bones

Fog an Erebian curtain   a Stygian veil
barn swallows following
susurrus secrets of the...

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Like a frozen soul in silent stillness,
crisp mist returns like forgotten debris.
Carpet of scarlet leaves lay on green grass,
dew drops seem like tears from crying trees.

Lost in thought in a world I’ve created
Gazing at trees in their autumn attire
Tears are falling like the vibrant leaves
In...

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Saturated by solitude,
I breathe the scent of wild flowers.
Nearby a lake, I recline against a willow.
The lake mirrors wisps of twilight’s clouds above.
A lilac trail in the sky is darkening to grape.

Here, where all is serene,
not even a breeze disturbs the willow’s slender limbs.
Hardly do...

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I was a learned meteorologist, studying azure atmosphere and vivid weather,
To give a prophetic daily forecast, like bees gliding remote locales of heather.

Often I had to issue advisories and warnings, like a jumbo roar of yellow lion,
So plans could be made and trouble avoided, until...

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At last, in the mute of twilight hums
I am possessed with silence shaven,
whiteness of peace touches the breath
melting the morsels of earth’s flesh
from soiled, weary shirts: my unzipped body
dehydrated from needles of toil, soil, boil.
 
Dear time, be my friend in these hours;
the linens of...

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When Night Brings Its Stillness, Silence And Tick, Tick, Tick
Collaboration with Robert Lindley
8th March 2019

Town was quiet, its heart barely beating
midnight hour came and went so fast
moon and stars blinked through open window
silence echoed in the town's invisible pulse
Strange how life gives night its powers
its...

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...the birds having nothing on you   

each tasty morsel drips   
deflowering of night
and day 
where sun has chose to stay
  
close
your lips to mine   
piercing the aire
beheld in Pierian time
  
kindled and caressed in kiss  ...

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When Night Brings Its Stillness, Silence And Tick, Tick, Tick

Town was quiet, its heart barely beating
midnight hour came and went so fast
moon and stars blinked through open window
silence echoed in the town's invisible pulse
Strange how life gives night its powers
its more peaceful and murmuring tones
we...

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How beautiful the snow sparkles tonight like tiny little gems. 
As the moonlight shines down so peacefully on them. 
The stars how they twinkle so softly..what a sight. 
Such a wondrous beauty I behold in the Heavens tonight. 

I sit in awe of the stillness...

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In the stillness of the night,
                                  A rhythmic echo I can hear
...

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I saw 
the dark
and cold night 
creeping, pushing 
away Sun’s glorious 
light. I heard its hopeless 
sounds of sleeping feeding on
despair’s delight. I felt the pain of day 
dreams dying, flowing through my heart and 
soul, and heard dark night's empty stillness crying,
ringing loud its...

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stillness hovering
in mother's midnight garden~ 
gentle sudden breeze



* a tribute to Constance's mother's garden *



Submitted on July 22, 2020 for contest HAIKU OR SENRYU sponsored by CONSTANCE LA FRANCE  -  RANKED 1ST...

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I went walking in the silent and stillness of winter,
     It had snowed softly on this cold, cold night;
Homes glowed from deep within and sparkled bright,
          A lonely snowflake kisses my cheek...

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The gift of quietness, sometimes ignored,
   may go unclaimed throughout our busy day.
   Unless that time of stillness is embraced,
we'll miss our joy to share in the reward.

The gift of quietness- its silent song-
   can play to calm our...

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Interlude, brief and profound,
Where echoes of existence softly resound,
In this quiet chamber, dreams take flight,
A moment to ponder, in the tranquil night.

In the realm of love, where hearts may grow weary, 
An interlude of space makes the bond less dreary. 
Through quiet reflection and understanding...

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