Best Veneration Poems
Mind marooned in complexity
Intricacy singular in each living
The psyche shapes unique entity
On alien attribute it won’t cling.
In reserved recess riddles hide
Sub-conscious search can’t find
Probing plea of the world outside
Can’t contrive the closed mind.
A pining prisoner of own making
A cocoon in introvert isolation
I see all the faceless faces fading
Me wedged in web of self-adoration.
My morphed mind turns Nemesis
Makes a mirror of mirage for me
I look into it lurching to the oasis
It is only me that I always see.
In self-veneration, a false perception
I notice Narcissus in me lonely lurk
A secret switching over to obsession
Lies latent, languishing in the dark.
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February 10, 2023
For Brian Strand Upto You Contest
She lingers in my dreams
Like a sempiternal sense
Contrive a sense of glamour
Which makes her ineffable
I recall a lissome cynosure
Attributed from a demure
Yet an ingénue as she is
With her mellifluous voice
A pair of chatoyant eyes
Depicts a goddess of a lass
Alas, such a terminally ill soul
Panacea is even back to the wall
05/14/16
Note:
A Ten-Word Challenge by Silent One
Using the following words:
Chatoyant, Cynosure,
Demure, Glamour, Ineffable,
Ingénue, Lissome
Mellifluous, Panacea,
Sempiternal
Ninth place
For a "Mystery" Poetry contest
by Nayda Ivette Negron
Honorable mention
"I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghosts"
by Casarah Nance
Since industrialization there’s been agitation frustration palpitation trepidation vociferation
And unequivocal asseveration in favour of our planet’s welfare glorification and protection
Premeditated or not, the results on the planet are nothing short of brutalization and martyrization
Damage is irreversible and orchestrated with acceleration towards matricide and genocide no question
Axiomatic domination exploitation contamination violation decimation decapitation
Take their toll from appropriation to deforestation, amputating earth’s lungs without arbitration
Patronizing politicians greedy for ovations ignore aggravation assassination brutification asphyxiation
Not fooling anyone with altruistic motives of lavishing ones with undue admiration and accreditation
We’re beyond allegations and accusations of criminal irresponsible desensitization and legitimation
Way beyond denials repudiation vacillation and claiming a convocation for immediate restoration
The truth is we’re an actualized and glorified civilization cohabitating with vegetation and crustacean
We claim to have more intelligence yet all we show is irreverence greed alienation and agglomeration
The truth is the damage humans have created in the last hundred years amounts to irreparable laceration
Optimists say it’s not too late to opt for self-preservation with inspiration adaptation and indoctrination…
AP: 1st place 2022
Submitted on March 26, 2018 for contest TRIPLE A CHALLENGE sponsored by ROBERT HAIGH - RANKED 8TH
Wordsmith's Veneration...
Aye willy nilly understate (trying 2)
tantalize, hypnotize, galvanize...
with "FAKE" trumpeting
spellbinding, rambling, quivering...
intoxicating, hallucinating, gyrating,
stop to take a breather...
English Language vocabulary, a
fascination, intoxication, provocation...
upon me ocular, neurological, mental...
faculties of this nattering nabob
from outer limits of twilight zone
i.e. literary krazy Jewish jabberwocky
issuing haphazard global toll till
fallout exacting deserved damn
cratering nascent (inchoate) career
digitally/electronically bi:
ne'er re: carpet bombing
away upon modus operandi, sans
sesquipedalian shrapnel strafes wrought
realization literary scaffolding
complex edifice thought
out in mind of yours truly,
not popularly sought
opportunity to experience
rush of excitement,
asper choice winner equals naught
inexorable effort to cobble innovative
linkedin words disappointment fraught
submissions witness polite declinations
attesting, lamenting, regarding poetic
expansive glommed language, unlikely
success tubby brought
adulation, commendation, enunciation...
fades into afterthought.
Ablest adept adroit aficionado
applauded aspiring authors accorded
absolute badge because
brevity brews brilliant burnished
bravado bubbling budding bulwark
captivatingly collates, communicates,
constitutes conveys avast literary
Grand Canyon chiseled, sans scribe's
Colorado devoid, asper driven desperado
contrariwise, through prevalent
persistent pinterest proclivity,
plus plethora pronounced propensity
resoundingly regaling readers
re: raffish ridiculous rumination
renders endeavor incommunicado
diligent doggedness ironically -
dampens dueling dynamic dud
dutifully dramatically diminishing
divine dream deemed darling
distinguished doodling I sip
prose poe hit tick drafter
equally or exceeding
prospects envisioning El Dorado,
thus this Neanderthal sites his lumbering
lugubrious trademark, an
immediate attribute sensing
missive heading directly
to Davy Jones locker
dead reckoning deep virtual
waters of cyber sea!
An ode to Helios
******
He steals across the courtyard,
the ardent lover anxious to surprise,
edging ever forward,
with fiery consummation as his prize.
His blushes blossom bright and hot,
as he lays forth his course and his intent,
ever nearer to the trellises,
the shadows shrink, now no impediment.
At his zenith he is seen by all,
our blessed sphere in full display,
inviting those who would to stand in awe,
to pray, and then go safely on their way.
It’s you by the stream
only you among the trees
nature in and around you
is a lovely thing
as you walk to the lodge
and your smile
is welcoming inviting.
A kiss on your neck
where you like
and I learn how the
combing of that endless
river of hair with deep
devotion is hypnotic
oh the smell of you!
We groove to R.E.M.
and tell God we’re good
because we are good
there is serenity and I
feel it all around us
and tension sexual need
your dress keeps secrets
perfectly so there are
mysteries to solve and
promises to keep.
There are oranges for you
standing out of respect
for your ingenuity
waiting for your delicious
lips waiting for your
methodology for your
insane loveliness and
there are candies too
my sweet red orange
(which are not here but
there for you)
blue green yellow brown.
You talk in tongues to me
captivate me as Raya lies
rests in repose a scene
so surreal so Dali groans
painting as you go colors of
your essence pervade.
No karma due here no
elephants in this room
mountains are climbed and
conquered passions meted out
no there is nothing but
you and me we and us
and a bug I named Caligula
no dragons to slay this day.
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He steals across the courtyard,
the ardent lover anxious to surprise,
edging ever forward,
with fiery consummation as his prize.
His blushes blossom bright and hot,
as he lays forth his course and his intent,
ever nearer to the trellises,
the shadows shrink, now no impediment.
At his zenith he is seen by all,
our blessed sphere in full display,
inviting those who would to stand in awe,
to pray, and then go safely on their way.
Whisper to me
share your essence
speak in earnest
under the moon
mutely it gazes
as silent witness
stoic its promise
even as your
hypnotic voice
wondrous words
falls in shadows
where I worship
silently in wonder
in adoration of
such deep secrets
where I kneel
spent in rapture
over pictures
drawn by you
painted by you
etched by you
this art bleeds
silently beside me
laid before me
impressions of you
in the abstract
all these realities
reflections drawn
mirrors of images
which echo beyond
your sighs explode
like distant stars
that break away
escape and hurl
so far and fast
into the dark cosmos
oh the wonder!
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And so
it is nearly
done.
A galaxy
trembles
as we
coalesce
unify
as we
merge.
Soon
our matter
will collide
we will
ignite
no longer
orbiting apart.
No
instead
we become
one
whole
omnipotent
our lifeforce
amplified.
And oh!
how
brightly
we will
shine
and
how mighty
will be
our
presence
in this
our
universe.
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My heart has these many dwellings
such dead cold cautionary tales
long disregarded and condemned.
And then there is this secret palace
eclipsing all true loves desolation
where deep resides your essence.
A rapture of all your many graces
this mansion of your many riches
this residence of many memories.
And then there is your portrait it
hangs formidably in the great hall
duchess over all these dominions.
Oh how grand is this stellar view
how lovely in its awesome repose
mute witness to all my sad despair.
My heart has these many dwellings
but to only one loving abode do I go
to one haven where I will always be.
Portrait of all my heart’s affections
my desperate insanity’s sweet relief
where I will yet languish evermore.
Your glance follows my every step
as smoky embers hotly choke me
as I tend to sorrow’s dying flames.
I die willingly over and over again.
entombing myself so I may forever
remain in these hallowed silent halls.
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Love’s fortitude
It is the hunger of thy love I wish to make true,
So, no river can satiate the thirst I have for you.
In this perpetual desire, my soul longs for beginning,
Such effervescence you inspire that brings me to give in.
Youthful amorousness has led us to step forward,
And with sacred reverence from all the Gods,
We display much veneration for our word,
Thus, we’re here together beating the odds.
And with equal vehemence our lips may touch like this,
To remove Sunday’s disquietude,
Such extraordinary fervidness our bodies entwine like this,
To embrace Monday’s fortitude.
It is love which makes us both alive,
Then, alas! Speak of it no more!
We are blessed that will forever arrive
At what we so much yearned for.
I want you
in the sunshine
and the rain
on every day
to defeat
the pain.
I need you
around me
surround me
beneath me
above me.
I want you
in the winter
during the fall
through the spring
and hot summer
through the
seasons all.
I need you
to hold my hand
let’s make
a stand
let us fight
the tears
let us defeat
our fears.
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I fixed my gaze
I fixed my stare
toward this girl
just standing there.
She was alone
she was a dream
her look forlorn
so it would seem.
I took a stroll
I took a chance
I went for her
I met her glance.
And all at once
the clouds blew by
the moon came out
of the darkened sky.
And side by side
a trance took hold
and in that silence
our truth was told.
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There is much
impermanence
in this life
stars die
brilliantly
as they were born
life’s gift
but a moment
dread time
swift steals
color of youth
the great shores
from vast oceans
slowly slip
reluctantly
into their cold
indifferent seas.
But oh
my love
is constant
rules over
the death of worlds
swallows planets
whole
and will take
you with me.
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He steals across the courtyard,
an ardent lover anxious to surprise,
edging ever forward,
with fiery consummation as his prize.
His blushes blossom bright and hot,
as he lays forth his course and his intent,
ever nearer to the trellises,
the shadows shrink, now no impediment.
At his zenith he is seen by all,
the blessed sphere on full display,
inviting those who stand in awe
to pray, and then be on their way.