Best Vanish Poems
Face to face body leaning
Clothes flying fast to the ground
Breath becoming loud and quick
Disappear in love
*** Words Vanish ***
Words vanish!
Disperse — as prayer begun
Moves to clear the mind
And bare the heart,
Swelling the soul to meet Thee
With love…
Sending on high gratitude’s praises,
Pulsing on into silence —
Worshipping in awe of Thee!
By Thy grace
Blessing along Faith’s way
With heavens’ lights leading
Searching souls
Close, ever closer to Thy presence —
Drawn to that touch —
Of communion with Thee!
Yet, prayer in a moment might flee
Back to thought to fruitlessly plea
For the ineffable to reveal
Some phrases of devotion and humility…
From the human to the Holy
…Entering Radiance
Words fail the feelings
Of the soul’s prayerful flight in adoring love
For Thee God…
God alone
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** The words “God Alone” are etched in the stone
above the arched entrance to the Trappist Gethsemani
Monastery in Bardstown, KY, USA (home of Fr. Thomas Merton, teacher, peacemaker, author
of The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, No Man Is an Island, & more.
He also had a great fondness for James Joyce and taught often about poetry. Lectures of his
classes at Gethsemani are widely available on-line.)
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(c) sallyyoung eslinger 9/15/2023
Thanks be to God—-
A rabbit in a magic hat
The moons silvery sliver, slides behind the veil of dotted light, as the man on it, hides his face from our sight
Flowers from their stems
Leaves , which once were green and full of life, become dry, and fall off as they wither.
Snakes as they slither underground, under water, or up a tree.
Money, if you’re not cautious, nothing is ever free.
Children, who grow, and leave home
Musicians on the road, as they roam
Buildings made of brick and steel eventually will fall under the builders zeal
A star, once bright and strong, whose fuel, is now long gone, will collapse and fall in upon itself
The spiders web of lacy silk
A plate of cookies and a glass of milk
Food, once prepared and shared
CHOCOLATE, IF IM AWARE OF IT SITTING THERE !
Love, once you’ve fallen out
Grey skies, once the rain has gone
Hero’s, who, once were strong
Democracy, if we wait too long
A ring, a jewel, a television show
Our perception of these things is short lived, compared to the storied histories they’ve lived
The sun, below the horizon line, once the day is done
Soon you find a new one has just begun
A breath, once held, is soon expelled
A bird from its nest, a smile from a face.....
Nothing ever really vanishes, it just changes shape, transforms, and then moves on to another state
Energy is never lost
It just lies in wait......until, such time, as it is acted upon.
"To vanish and not be heard from ever again is mystery not to you, but to those who love you, a nightmare will ensue." By Poet
What becomes of those who vanish,
quickly slipping out of sight
becoming ghosts so greatly missed
who step not back into the light.
You hear of souls like these sometimes.
They simply walk out of a door,
around a corner, down some street . .
to not be heard from any more.
It’s likely they’ve been kidnapped though
how awful if no proof is found
to show that there had been foul play.
Were they killed or gagged and bound?
Had there been horrific torture?
What must those who love them feel
if their body’s not recovered?
To have no clue must be surreal.
And always there’s that tiny chance
to which their friends or kin may cling.
They simply disappeared because
of secrets or deep suffering.
Are they now in slavery
to traffickers of sex somewhere?
This thought must haunt the parents of
young kids with faces sweet and fair.
How hard it is has to be to know
your loved one had no cause to flee.
In hell you’d suffer thinking that
in hell your loved one still might be.
I m your soul
Inside a vanish imagination
Drops of Tears
Shatter inner soul
Passion in our soul
Flames of incense
White clouds
Ancestral statue
White rose
Exotic Javanese dance
Desire on fire
A Carnal Holy passion …
Every second of every hour
I think of you and how we are
Supposed to just let go
Supposed to...but I know...
That I Love You with all my Heart
That we should never be apart
I close my eyes to another day
Where my Heart must find a way
To go on without you here
To overcome my deepest fear
Of never seeing your face again
Oh please tell me where to begin
I dream we're together every night
And that everything will be alright
But I know when morning comes
Dreams will crumble into crumbs
I open my eyes...you won't be there
My dreams will vanish into thin air
© 2011 Kevin Stock
No existence can be compared
to mine, it had a sad beginning...
what's looming ahead?
Doubt proceeds fear,
even more frightening is
the urge to know
and avoid another
tragedy before it occurs.
All I have left is hope,
surviving on crumbs
that even a beggar refuses;
should I slip away from existence
and leave no plausible traces?
I have built a sanctuary in which
everything is sacred: love, honor,
loyalty, trust, humility, compassion,
strength...these were the secular pillars
holding it up for a valid testimony.
The bold uses his quick thinking
to prevent total destruction;
the fearful hesitates until his courage
crumbles and gives into desperation.
I hold up the roof with my palms
with the same strength that
Hercules had, but less determined.
A last thought submerges
form my defeated fortitude:
its the wish to vanish from existence.
Vanish Into Thin Air
Into thin air she wanted to vanish;
Never knew how to Speak Spanish;
Mark did miss,
Being ludicrous;
Was with anguish being outlandish.
Perpetuity and Congruity
We propose that purpose of a perpetuity,
Is to encourage ambition in a community;
Minds expand;
We do demand;
It can promote unity along with congruity.
After heating Mr. Kahn about Constitution
and his son and family.
Jim Horn
Current events is always a great thing
to write poems about.
Small a lesson though
But great to remember
The virus will be
Gradually defeated
Vanish sooner or later
And we learn with great sacrifice
Sometimes the world must be
Resemble the virus's behaviour
Classless
No boundaries
Globalised
Regardless of race
No racial discrimination
No rich or poor
And so man learn to share......
Who is teaching us the lesson
The pervasive virus
Our Almighty God
Or the greedy mankind himself......
I wonder
all we are, all we see,
all we think and feel
found inside our fragile spirits
whispers in the wind
all we are, all we feel,
all we think and see
inevitably we disappear
like sand into the sea
we try to live eternally
and struggle with finality
in
my life,
no more tears,
nor sorrow dwells.
All my pain has fled~
my joy is now complete.
I fear no foe, no problem,
I'm truly a great conqueror.
My lips full of appreciations.
Till eternity, I'll ever give thanks.
Why won't I ever be joyful in God?
All of my needs in life, He provides.
All my heart desires come in full.
Good health, He grants it freely.
Favour lines my pathways.
I walk with great grace,
like flocks of swans.
Grateful still
to God.
Yes.
5 cars of the vehicular kind merged then vanished
Drove instantly inside one another to disappear
Solid lead rained down on them as well
Melted, evaporated, the evidence presented clear
Another clue, according to the view
Proved to be conclusive to that end
Detectives drew a line with good intentions well defined
Using chalk thought to be made of calcium carbonate
Found on some rock site undisclosed, remote
A soft, white, porous, sedimentary item found in nature
Formed from strange marine life at an undersea location
Eons ago at night as if it mattered to any one
This is pure speculation, a supposition of course
A hypothesis thought to be weak at best
Yet accepted in legal circles as concrete
Science crossed their hearts and hoped to die
If their findings were a lie
Around that which they oddly called a crime
Teachers line up calculators on the vacant scene
Loaded with batteries, black boards and cameras
Chalk comes in handy for drawing cartoon cars
Students! Love your teachers for that reason
As you love being graded on a curve
Data confirmed there were 5 cars in motion
On the lot and at that location
Students in attendance testified cross-eyed
Well informed according to their word
Vehicular occurrences are rare but happen
It is reasonable to assume the sound of chalk was heard
Screeching marks along the bounderies of a curb
Within the boarders of conclusions reached where lines are drawn
On the ground remained an empty place
An echo, nothing more
Vacancy kept in its place
Over zealous detectives state the facts as found
Cars don't travel just to disappear
Covered in lead melted down to vanish
Parameters of sight are well within speed limits
In broad daylight it is easy to see clear logic
Unless the FBI become involved
Roll in like fog
Problem discovered, problem solved
"Sunsets are loved because they vanish." - Ray Bradbury
Days like this, I could forget
If they were all to vanish,
Come to an end in a sunset
Black clouds I'd ever banish
If they were all to vanish
As skies of orange and blue,
Black clouds I'd ever banish
If that were so easy to do
As skies of orange and blue
Take place here, now and then,
If that were so easy to do
I'd paint them with my pen
Take place here, now and then
Needed for only a little while,
I'd paint them with my pen
If only I had such style
Needed for only a little while
Come to an end in a sunset,
If only I had such style
Days like this, I could forget.
Can you really vanish in this day and age
One where social media haunts and stalks you
Purchases on credit cards are tracking your buying habits
Cameras are located on virtually every street corner
Your phone a geo locator of your every move
Make my day, try to vanish.
Andreas Simic©
yes we all must vanish
so true you see
As a puff of smoke
in a gentle breeze
As a rising warmth
on a winter freeze
Our moments numbered
- leaves on trees
Til the autumn dawns
and tugs them free
yes we all must vanish
so true you see
yes we all must vanish
both you and me