Best Tempo Poems

beneath the stars, arms gaily twirl

in rainfall… a mellow dance, please

with fireflies dressed in silken  gauze

this evening pours a  rhapsody…

barefoot,  we drench in tempo of gust

as the sky becomes our canopy

kissing , melting through shapeless forms.




SHWEET Free Verse Contest of Andrea Dietrich
7/26/2015...

Continue reading...

The Tempo of Life

Like metronome just pacing time,
      the years click slowly by;
   adagietto overtime,
         the melody’s sad cry.

A once allegro symphony
      so bold and...

Continue reading...

In a small stretch of tempo, I forgot your fame.
In a small stretch of tempo, I forgot your name.
In a small stretch of tempo, I forgot about the inauspicious and piteous moths that were attracted to your irresistible flame.
In a small stretch of tempo, I...

Continue reading...

Playing with the waves
You can feel the ocean breathe
With earth's life tempo...

Continue reading...

Chiunque sente la lunga mancanza
di coloro che ti hanno amato,
non puo' altro che dire a se stesso,
" L'attesa si chiama tempo...
e un breve mese diventa
un'altro anno piu' lungo;
ed altri mesi piu' insopportabili oscurati da questo
tenerissimo ricordo che
continua ad essere adorato,
e sara' piu' protetto conservandolo per...

Continue reading...

Tell Father Time I haven't need of him;
my heart is good enough a metronome:
it sings my life and sings my requiem,
and when abroad, it keeps me close to home.

It keeps a record of my brisk hellos
and documents my burdensome good-byes.
It keeps me ever wary of...

Continue reading...

Journey Journal Page
STYLE WELL, TEMPO


Joy now helps ground 
That deeper thrill,
Art and science know 
Tempo that farms;

Zeal grows around 
Love in goodwill,
Zest goes to show 
How wonder charms.

~~~~~~~~~ 



Leon Enriquez
02 February 2021
Singapore...

Continue reading...

5.45 as a crack in the sky
coverts every blessed moment of sleep
indecent, endemic join the panic 
electronic alarm awakening the subservient switch
rattles continuous 
into the evenings precipice

No time to savor Orion's autumnal belt 
nor the rising dews kiss
befuddled but operating the automaton
was this yesterday or...

Continue reading...

Old boys! 
Jut their youths' ideas 
Marvel at dark streets 
Surrounded by lark' sound 

Age of the sun 
Life of the earth 
Facts seem phoney 
All dwindle hardy hopes 

Tongues spoken 
Words split open 
Guns left free 
And harvest in vain 

Hearts desired 
Reality crooked...

Continue reading...

Non exchangeable 
biodegradable 
Given time may be changeable 
However 
Forever 
Insatiable 

Thrashing out the tempo of life
Misses a beat when presented with strife 
Within Private chambers 
initials inscribed 
Etched with a promise 
None but one can revive...

Continue reading...

*** TOMORROWS ***

These thoughts begin composed
   (“adagio ma non troppo”)
With a happy, a peaceful heart’s tempo,
Assured the nature of 
Imminent or distant tomorrows,
Is woven in vibrant colors to allure
— Very like inspired verses, 
With a soul’s knowing, a soul’s melody…

   ...

Continue reading...

A lovely cadence fills sounds of earth
as meadows waken with songs of birds.
Music that sweetens pleasures and worth
beat of each song--notes instead of words.

The trees rustle their spritely replies,
as summer breeze leads their melodies,
so that breeze and leaves can improvise
a soft tempo that finds devotees.

Purple...

Continue reading...

"Life is a song in which everyone makes up the keys and harmony as they sing along." - Mitta Xinindlu


In rhythms of light, softly glowing
Bringing the night a glimpse of serenity,
Feelings abiding in the soul, feelings of joy,
Feelings of love…

In patterns of laughter, softly flowing
Bringing...

Continue reading...

PARADOX ———-

old-age time on ice PRESTO in a n’er-ending winter — well…almost —





(c) sally young eslinger 1/15/23...

Continue reading...

The I trois1:01 men-nuts long
The first time they s collaborate
Bunch used both electric and
traditional instruments in a fusion
Of we. The origin of togetherness.
Lying to one group to increase the
Interest of another. Making specticails
Of fools, while patting the back and ass
Of the other. When the neglected...

Continue reading...