I was entranced watching the fading sun paint the sky in pastels. There were breathtaking moments of beauty as if he were brushing a canvas in shades of blush, lavender, and just a tint of amber. Each brushstroke blended in a new hue of color, making twilight bewitchingly ethereal. It's a magical time of day when sunlight slips away. I felt as if he were saying 'farewell' before drowning himself in the sea. For a moment I was struck by the sad thought that each day he dies another death. Then, as if he were gasping for one last breath, I sighed with a surge of remorse when the sea claimed him for her own.
sunlight disappeared
twilight left me with regret ~
mourning daystar's death
As the sky began to darken, and the moon was on the rise, I felt the pull of her attraction and to her I lifted my eyes. Tomorrow, I would see the sun again when dawn announced his arrival. I would be awake to greet him when he brightened the morning sky.
Categories:
bewitchingly, sky, sunset,
Form: Haibun
How bewitchingly does the night-time lie...!
Stars, like thousand glowworms glow in a stream
Golden moon shines gorgeous on zeniths high
Times, sweet secrets within, sleepily dream
Stars, like thousand glowworms glow in a stream
Clouds, as though lost their identity, hide
Times, sweet secrets within, sleepily dream
Breeze, gentle, betwixt sleeping buds does slide
Clouds, as though lost their identity, hide
Golden moon shines gorgeous on zeniths high
Breeze, gentle, betwixt sleeping buds does slide
How bewitchingly does the night-time lie...!
27 August 2022
Pantoum - Old or New Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Joseph May
Categories:
bewitchingly, moon, nature, night, sky,
Form: Pantoum
A sparkling beauty with graceful aura
A sizzling smile of Lord Minerva
An enormously gracious diva
An iconic figurine like flora
Fabulously carved in God’s leisure
What a perfect golden measure
A superfect model with quotient in teem
Glistening with her evergreen lumine
A combo of style and grace
A perfect feminine figure I trace
A cozy buxom belle beautiful
Heavenly bewitchingly delightful
A popsy damsel and doyen
Would like to have her in entwine
Winsome posture and wowsome appeal
An amiable gesture with wondrous zeal
Shimmering charm and charming shimmer
Glittering glimmer with gorgeous glare
Bedazzling beauty with enamour
Tempting seductress with glamour..!!
Categories:
bewitchingly, angel, art, assonance,
Form: Couplet
Wrapped around the sylphlike waist
the sumptuous silk chiffon sari
is hand-gathered into even pleats,
likened to the petals of a flower,
and is tucked bewitchingly below the navel
baring the midriff alluringly.
The loose-end Pallu, crosses over
a sleeveless bosom-hugging choli
and is draped caressingly over the shoulder.
As she bends over to fix the hem of her sari
one gets to sneak a peek at her cleavage
before she clutches the gliding Pallu.
Ha, the vision of the divine!
like catching a glimpse of heaven
before the Pearly Gates slam in your face.
A symbol of fragility and femininity,
Sari is the embodiment of elegance and grace
An outfit for the Apsara—
At once demure and saucy!
(Pallu: loose end of a sari; Choli: a blouse; Apsara: A celestial Nymph)
~Contest: Imagism Poetry contest
~Sponsor: Emile Pinet.
Categories:
bewitchingly, sensual,
Form: Imagism
Daffodils Sway for Saint David’s Day
Daffodil's the charming darlings of Spring
Bringing joy that lifts the whole world to sing
With their proud displays of nature's bequest
They show the earth’s scenery at its best.
A golden sensation, whence from the deep
Daffodils raise pretty heads from their sleep
Whimsical, magical stars of the hill
Swathes of charm most bewitchingly tranquil.
Picturesque scenes from dancing beauty queens
Displays of the sort only seen in dreams
Grasslands enchanting glow, row after row
Swaying to and fro as the soft winds blow.
When it's Spring again, lovers bloom again
Daffodils bow down their sweet heads to them
To the tweet of the lovebirds song they prance
Happily sharing the thrill of romance.
Long down the ages they have turned faces
These wondrous hosts of exquisite ladies
Bright yellow clusters o'er meadows and groves
Where're there's space a daffodil grows.
Gracing the Earth this enchanting flower
In the manor of Queens of the Bower
Today in their own spectacular way
They shall sway to honour Saint David's Day.
1st March 2021
Categories:
bewitchingly, daffodils, dance, spring, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
It was in the beautifully majestic Florida Keys
Where I visited with my beloved grand-mother
She introduced me to the frangipani with its luscious clusters
The fragrance was bewitchingly inebriating
Soon I couldn’t distinguish the petals from the butterflies
Twilight had gradually descended without a sound
Till the mockingbirds bellowed their glorious chants
Amidst the enchantment of an ancestral menagerie
Like royalty, we slowly sipped from delicate pellucid crystal glasses
Vermilion and gold had infused the ripples of the ocean before us
AP: Honorable Mention 2021
Submitted for contest TEN WORDS AND TEN LINES CHALLENGE sponsored by SILENT ONE - January 6, 2018 - RANKED 2ND
Categories:
bewitchingly, beautiful, fantasy, grandmother, happiness,
Form: Free verse
Of mountainous harmonic highs everlasting sacred skies, meadows evergreens
Our Love swiftly soars beyond the seraphical shores, of everlasting dreams
A ripple in the parental pond a wizard waving wand, love bewitchingly beams
Like birds in their native nests Love rarely rests, feeding on sensual streams
Love may take a waiting while you surrender to its smile, you give and receive
Once you've been bit you sacrificially shall submit, to the thriving thieve
It steals your humble heart as you comply and compart, to conquer and deceive
Like a rose in disguise chasing beauty and chastise, in the end we always grieve
But Love carries on like a softly swimming swan, thru ripples to the end of time
Come what may Love will always Satyr stray and rivetingly romantically rhyme.
July.04.2017
The Creative Collective Anthology Series
Sponsored by: Geraldine Taylor
Happy 4th to my US buds and buddets lol
Categories:
bewitchingly, life, love, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Beautiful butterflies basking in sunshine,
Feasting on flowers, while spreading their wings.
Sipping sweet nectar, from floral fountains,
Dancing duets, like puppets on strings.
Proud painted ladies, all airs and graces,
Laying their eggs onto nettles with stings.
A riot of colour, creates a live canvas,
Summertimes magic, bewitchingly brings.
1/ 10/ 2017.
Categories:
bewitchingly, butterfly, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Death wore a glamorous mask,
death wore a beautiful dress
Death gave him one night of pleasure,
death gave him an empty sex life full of regret
When he met her, she was the life of the party
Promiscuous and bewitchingly fly
Had men and women flocking all around her,
but those pretty birds weren't on the menu that night
She was a tigress in the club jungle,
feline with one painted striped eye
He didn't know he was her prey,
that death on high heels had chosen him to die
She stalked him, then caught him on the dance floor
Whispered seductive things in his ear
She said her name was Chimera,
and she offered carnal desires most men couldn't ignore
He got swept up in the heat of passion,
then led away to her private hotel lair
She urged him to come inside her,
and coaxed him to scream her name
She said she wanted him to remember that night,
because he would never see her again
Death wore a deadly disguise that night,
death came in the form of a femme fatale
Death brought him a lifetime of pain,
once he laid down on that bed straight from hell
Categories:
bewitchingly, death, horror, sensual, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Cosmos.
Trapped behind glass
I stare through blinkered eyes.
The world beyond, in rain and shine,
Bewitchingly beckons beyond the frame.
A frivolous moment in time,
Snapped in surreal flash,
Framed forever!
Flowers?
14 Apr 2016
Photograph #1 -under 10 lines- - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Poet Destroyer A
Categories:
bewitchingly, art, how i feel,
Form: Rictameter
Bewitchingly and exotically scanning your senses,
Softly altering capturing thoughts engaging memories,
Communicating with your labiums electrifying ferocity,
Soothingly gliding through the entries held secured,
Tenseness eases, with vigor seeking its acceptance,
Sequence executed, mere substance eternally explored,
Passionately coveting and craving, searching onward,
Dismissed interference, grasping for more savoriness.
Categories:
bewitchingly, adventure, happiness, imagination, inspirational,
Form: Light Verse
Art. Twisted in all its beauty and form
Beyond the sights of the ordinary man
Staring bewitchingly and not understands?
The canvas hangs bold, you look Forlorn
Reaching out to touch the paper so worn
And while walking away, you come back looking grand
Continue to let the inspiration make plans
To many heights like a forest of thorns
Inside your mind you find a space
Often you take heed in this home
Notice the colour and intelligence that roam
Including the brushstrokes, the artist sets pace
Smiling because you understand this place
Many parts of this abstract you see when minds blown!
For contest “THE SONNET MAN'S ACROSTIC CHALLENGE
Categories:
bewitchingly, art
Form: Acrostic
Autumn is approaching rapidly.
Already leaves of many trees become
Converted. Some are changing vividly
To crimsons, russets, shades of gold and plums.
The asters, goldenrods, gentians abloom.
The insects lethargy increasingly
Arresting to the eye. Their fate presumed.
Familiar fragrances bewitchingly
Seduce me, spurring happy memories:
The children celebrating Halloween.
The jack-o'-lanterns smiling bright and stories
About the living dead are told between
The sips of hot deliciousness.... Cider!
Need I ask for more amidst this splendor?
Categories:
bewitchingly, seasons
Form: Sonnet