At first I was awestruck.
It was beautiful but my heartbeats raced.
Didn't know what was waiting.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
He took his leave ~ his final bow
an emptiness ensued
His music lingered in the air
its warm cachet intensified the mood
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
My wife can three languages speak
Her Italian has a mystique
With English hooray
She has a cachet!
Though her Crochet texts mimic Greek
the stream meanders
its ribbon rippling under a tired sun
that time seems to have forgotten
yet the afternoon warmth
exudes its ambrosial cachet
in the most gracious of manners
meanwhile a september breeze
gently rustles playful leaves
that have begun to turn
and autumn most willingly
parades in robes of elegance
with multicoloured jewels
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
*Image of Earth-Moon Orbit by Pixabay.
Companions of the Night
A life partner advances and sashay
orients a midnight blue chamber room.
Recast as sparkles, prompts unsealed cachet
dawns blessing past twilight upon the groom.
Marital rapture, quietude splendor,
and tantalizing tides affect its mood.
Affections high, stimulate surrender,
low-keyed attractions, reliant subdued.
A bluish globe and whitish counterpart
skirt the heavens and their nearby harems.
Though *two unloved passersby, they depart
like unacknowledged heroic sirens.
Duality, from beginning to end,
luminescence shreds darkness constants friend.
*Venus and Mercury have no moons.
2022 November 17
*1st Place*
Beauty Of Night Contest
~~Sotto Poet: Judging 2022 November 17
RZ & HMS.
Breezes on boardwalks
that carry its essence
Suntans are fragranced
by its very presence
Beach balls are bandied
within its cachet
Whitecaps that rush salted
flurries my way
Taffy that’s pulling my nose
to the door
Sugared delight
cotton candy galore
Coconut sandies that
flavor my eyes
One whiff of chocolate
I’m hooked, no surprise
Perfume of lemons
on girls strolling by
Peanuts’ aroma
by gift of the sky
French Fries and burgers
and hot dogs for you
Make everybody
know just what to do
Oh, how I long for
the scent of Summer’s day
TOUR DE FORCE
so enjoyable
flourish
in a cosmopolitan
complex
spanning
the compulsive so
sombre in a deft
narrative
untangled
in panoramic moments
of sustained intimacy i
tonally out of step
&
on repeat
a formulaic empathy
assertions
of the preemptory
surrealistic
praise
the irresistible
close to complete
MOODS
dedicated& displayed
so athentic
a cultural cachet
designed to exist
predominately
in
new visions
visual coterie
du jour
awashed
a mania
synonymous
shoe horned
then
forgotten
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE without grammatical symbols the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and respond thus making the form a two way interplay and often a unique interpretation by the enigma so derived
fridays were exciting
~
breaking
workweek from weekend
~
however
now retired
don't miss adventure
mostly crave quietude
AP: 2nd place 2021
my new adidas running shoes
blue bell bottom jeans
soft pink angora sweater
and ribbon in my hair
a stroke of blue shadow on my eyes
touch of blush on the cheekbones
perfume cachet smelling pretty
rushing out to the school dance
I’ll hang out at the punchbowl
I’ve got my heart set on a beau
he’s been flirting with me
in chemistry class all year
there’s nothing I’d like better
than to dance the whole night long
and hear him call me sweetheart
as I can hardly breathe
and the band will play their rendition
of the magical hit ‘Precious and Few’
fondly close under dimmest of lights
maybe just maybe we’ll get to steal a kiss
AP: 2nd place 2025
Submitted on March 1, 2020 for contest DANCE WITH ME sponsored by KIM RODRIGUES - RANKED 2ND
a typewriter has certain cachet
if owned by a writer with sway,
will a PC go down that way,
once it’s had its day?
A mangled mind struggles to decipher
A lonely world...in darkness of Alzheimer.
Like million stars in unknown cosmic space
neurons quiver million jumbled thoughts.
Tangled nerves in a white vellum
reflect faded echoes of false screams.
Hallucinating a nightmare in piecemeal,
a befuddled ship sails in foggy emotions.
Eyes that played like a cheerful squirrel
now blink nonchalant, staring faraway
Smiles that broke in boisterous laughter,
now mute a tomorrow in tone of yesterday.
Old albums of yellowed photographs
now a blackboard erased of dusty memories.
In labyrinth of 'Who am I' and 'Who are they'?
cachet of names dwindle forgotten stories.
A wonderment of familiar faces all around,
He keeps getting... Lost... and... Found.
He looks and looks...longer and longer
Knows not why...everyone looks a stranger.
Date written 20th June 2019
NA in the following two contest
1. Sponsor Richard Lamoureux
Contest Move me
2. Sponsor Brian Strand
Your choice (11) Imagist style any form or theme
All stones are arms in war.
A day in my tutelage,
In my father's corn-field,
I stood as Oranyan's plinth;
I heard the lion roar:
Why are you a statue son?
“My sickle Sir, I stuttered”.
"Strike now and don't be still,
All stones are arms in war;
Strike and be somewhere son".
So with my goatee beard,
In the Land, my pot was denied,
Should I be still as another hay?
His voice came like echo's wave :
"Strike now and don't be still;
All stones are arms in war;
Strike and be somewhere son".
So I applied the brawl of age
And became the city roustabout.
But the Father’s kingdom came
When gourd was given a chance
To give an account of the pot.
Now the head relieves the brawl.
Knock, knock; who is there?
“The throne has a cachet for you”.
So I look in retrospect
And wish to tell you, my son:
Strike now and don't be still,
All stones are arms in war;
Strike and be somewhere son.
The royal will post the Laurel.
november skies are grey
the sun has gone away
the cold is here to stay
fireplaces aglow today
marshmallows to flambé
winter reminds us of its cachet
gearing up for a grand holiday
lights and sparkles on display
jolly carols play mirthfully
festive bells all in array
riding in on a sleigh
for a lovely movie matinee
warmest wishes to convey
for a perfect christmas day
Published in my 24-page photo/anthology book ~THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS~ 2023
Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~RANDOM MUSINGS VOL.1~ 2020
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Submitted on December 20, 2018 for CONTEST 530 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 1ST
thematic
musicality,
undulating
harmony
of vocal lines
in
lavish mood:
a nascent
cachet
of
wit
& elegance,
spring
forth
in sophistication
to furnish
reputation
propelled
to the pinnacle
of
popular
preference
There is a view that sets me free
The mere thought of it soothes my heart
When I encounter glum ennui
My mind conjures it up as art
It’s my safe hideout
Be night or day
It’s a haven whereto I flee
Attributes I couldn’t possibly impart
No matter how moving may be your plea
The mystery is pivotal in part
Its awesome cachet
A fresh bouquet
AP: Honorable Mention 2025, Honorable Mention 2020
Submitted on February 12, 2018 for contest RHYME ME A POSIE sponsored by BROKEN WINGS - RANKED 6TH
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