What can I write
Of Denmark’s streets?
I choose the sight
Of spotless floors, clear signs.
Through Copenhagen’s corridors
Houses stand in color and order
Landscapes trimmed with care
Like hair freshly cut.
Oh, those drains
Flowing like streams
Running downhill
A quiet kind of beauty.
The waters of Odense River
Clear as crystal
Unlike my own backyard
Choked with plastic and bottles.
The world is a play,
Man adlibs improvised lines
Unrehearsed all th’way,
Tragedy, farce? No clear signs,
He plays for applause, but pines.
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Skyscraper:
In my dream,
The snow lay round about,
Showing clear signs of melting decay
As if light rain had fallen on it recently,
And my eyes could hardly fail to see
The head of a dead man,
A brave Ukrainian,
Murdered there.
God shows
What comes to be
As you see
More clearly
How love grows
Purge vice
Just keep heart kind
Don’t be blind
To clear signs
Beyond price
Prize wit
As jest knows fest
In your quest
For the best
As bits fit
~~~~~~~~~
Leon Enriquez
01 January 2021
Singapore
Her skin silken, like soft chiffon in the break of morn,
encompassed in her essence I shall never escape-
Her pulchritude magnificent, I shall always adorn,
exult only in the silhouette of her delicate nape.
Under the tangerine sun our vows were sworn,
resurrected in a chasm of love, I was reborn.
She’s my impetus motivation when my muse declines,
bestowing opulence and fortunate inspiration-
I sought redemption and see all the clear signs,
for she brings me a blazing and passionate sensation.
God has made so many blueprints, so many designs,
that’s why I bow to Him as our universe shines.
Seems so many have made a mockery of our affection,
not seen the excellence and marvel in our bond-
They’ve made vicarious noise spoken in imperfection,
for how can they chain a love so rare and fond?
Our splendor resides in our perpetual connection,
we shall always be bound by heaven’s protection.
Eight Word Challenge
John Hamilton
August 166, 2018
Another candle-lit eve
brimming with flowers and stuffed things
tin tears and puffy prayers
fiery speeches from cherry-tongued preachers
all the while the hollow-eyed ogre smirks.
Waves of:
blame
the gun
ratatatat
blame
the man
ratatatat
blame
society
ratatatat
blame
our faulty, faded genes...
ratatatat
Nothing ever gets done,
they're Numb to the origins of carnage and blood.
Thinking it will never happen to us.
But there's a pair of snake eyes
in the back of every school bus.
Do not deny there were always clear signs.
There are always signs
Please pay attention to the signs!
See autumn dark reveal bright stars,
Touch warms to feel the skyline space;
Arc of light sparks twinkling so far,
Reach beyond will that brilliant trace;
Lift upwards stare across mist swirls,
If we but know night's festive flair;
Glimpse how our cares syncs with good earth,
Here watch full show in chilly air;
Thrill in fond touch of joy that grounds.
Choice flavours well soul's inward gaze,
Apt moments nudge grand wonders found;
Note lavish spell that channels maze,
Observe the shine of stars above,
Prize affluent lines in glowing love,
Yes scripts most fine like scented cloves.
Attest clear signs like hand and glove!
Leon Enriquez
03 May 2018
Hamlet Place, ACT
Heaven Sending Clear Signs Of Hope's Return
(Sweet Hope Returns)(Part Two)
Solitary ray of light breaks grey dawn's pain,
flowing smoothly with emerging cool breeze.
Am I dreaming or truly going insane?
Is this apparition just another tease?
Confidence grows as majestic sun breaks through,
heaven sending clear signs of Hope's return.
That precious moment dear, I thought only of you
and just how once fiercely our great love did burn!
Songbirds soon began chirping softest tunes.
Life danced gaily through broad swaying trees.
Then I pictured you dancing under glowing moons,
blessed answer to sincere, desperate pleas.
Time flew, I saw Hope had freed my aching heart.
Night came, you came, ending our sad months apart.
Robert J. Lindley, 5-06-2017
Sonnet( 11,10,12,11)
Syllables Per Line: 11 10 12 11 0 11 10 12 11 0 11 10 12 11 0 11 11
Total # Syllables: 154
Total # Words: 106
Part two of -- Hope and its greatest treasures,,,,,
Seek to know
Fast and slow
How love shows
Seek to see
What may be
Soul set free
Seek the truth
That firms proof
In deep grooves
Seek love here
In these spheres
Through kind cheer
Seek the best
To forge quest
In full zest
Seek in kind
Peace of mind
In clear signs
Seek the way
To live play
Night and day
Seek as such
More and much
In wise touch
Seek to style
Cheer that smiles
All this while
Seek warm urge
That floods surge
With plain purge
Seek true joy
As you toy
With ***** ploys
Seek to stay
Voice that pays
Love each day
Seek wise worth
In sure birth
To word mirth
Seek the end
As start trends
Round life's bend
Seek grand grounds
To be found
Round and round
Leon Enriquez
13 December 2016
Singapore
Meet moments meek where wisdom whirls,
Yes start the flow of ample more.
Move what you seek in mystic swirl,
Etch thought that grows grand subtle store;
Now heed the cause with words that etch,
Think upon ways to master deep;
Aim for the course that frames bold stretch,
Live happy stay in healthy sleep.
Myriad the reach of joy and cheer,
Instruct the heart to know the truth;
Ask love to teach grand joy right here,
See thus true art where grace shows proof;
Make touch align fond poise that wins,
Ask for clear signs from depth unseen.
Leon Enriquez
23 September 2016
Singapore
Keep joy in mind,
Note how you know;
Opt then clear signs,
Worth that you show;
Induce deep find,
New meaning flows;
Grace funds warm glow.
Leon Enriquez
28 November 2015
Singapore
Good news
now I know
There ignorance is our survival
Yes I know oh yeah now I know
Just if only we know
Then we could see the ability
Right in their disability
Their game is open but hidden
Yet our right is free if we could
See that hidden clear signs
This signs of there opens
Games everywhere
Simple is clear they don't
Care about us in Africa
So on their ignorance
We oath to see the survival
Yes we must see the survival
From this long time past
Oh now I have a
Good news
Feel
Goodwill
That floods still
Toy
With ploy
That flings joy
Sight
Bold flight
In sure light
Farm
Sweet charm
That disarms
Be
Then see
Soul set free
Daze
Fine craze
In this maze
Plot
Sweet spot
That fills lots
Mind
Clear signs
That love finds
Mull
That lull
That you cull
Stroke
Not poke
That wild joke
Grand
Bold trends
Risk attends
Loss
Prompts pause
Where tricks toss
Leon Enriquez
01 August 2015
Singapore
Art
Bold start
From the heart
Find
Clear signs
Peace of mind
See
Now be
Wise and free
Make
Calm break
In one take
Jest
Works best
In this fest
Nook
Old book
Take a look
Sign
Fresh lines
Words speak fine
Boom
Time zooms
Space now grooms
Zeal
Reveals
Fond appeal
Stuff
Bears rough
Wise enough
Page
Words stage
Calm or rage
Meek
Not weak
A sure speak
Words
Now heard
Streams that gird
Style
Charm smiles
Dress each while
Sweet
We meet
On this street
Craze
This daze
In odd maze
Rhymes
Stretch times
Hoist thoughts prime
Show
Pulse flow
Love light glows
Ease
Can please
Squeeze kind peace
Leon Enriquez
25 May 2015
Singapore
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