Cold granite warms our folded hands,
fearsome warriors of intent prayer.
Content not content to stay on
surface, each breath kindles Spirit flare.
Cogency calls kingdom come, tongues
of a few faithful do declare.
Sometimes
they reason
sometimes
they don’t
The meaning
implicit
or lost
in the notes
Sonically
free
of all
cogency found
Truth
in the melody
harmonically
— sound
(Dreamsleep: September, 2024)
Instilled flesh and blood of romance in poesy,
That, till then, looked a skeleton-like cogency...!
Gave life to Mother Nature who, once, was ignored,
From you on, in a new form, nature got adored...!
Physical and psychic growth of humanity,
You said, like nectar in blooms, secrete sanity...!
Should observe and understand nature's mysteries,
To give shape to true universal histories...!
With sole romantic soul, one should communicate,
Should, communion with the self and supreme create...!
Nature ever enlightens the humble in heart,
Inspires to bring out the best of creative art...!
The universal brotherhood of beings, forms,
When harmony with nature turns true cosmic norms...!
The truth comes alive in the heart through true feelings,
Peace and freedom must permeate human dealings...!
Wrote your life in poetic form as the prelude,
Your paths, midst happiness, often seemed rough and rude...!
Truths you said and did and lived full till reached eighty.
Got wrapped with nature with your entire entity...!!!
12 January 2023
Beloved Poets Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Regina McIntosh
How would you feel now? It's brutal to leave.
It's challenging to view tears bestow to the grieve.
Cogency has peculiarly drowned my life.
Peace and harmony are solved by vying and strife.
O, Love's Pathos! You sparkle akin to a jewel.
In the realm of angels, all spirits dwell.
A breeze blew over the garden of destiny.
O, Love's Pathos! There is yet any dainty.
I was the person who owned your inward mood.
I was the person who adjusted your cooed.
I had no goal of resisting your insight.
Before meeting me, life would be a plight.
Allow sadness to induce his happiness.
Until sadness no longer finds jolliness.
2nd Place Contest Winner
Written: September 25, 2021
''P'' Contest, New or Old Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Constance La France
As one pushes harder and bettor, an abating sense might resolve.
Birds shout in manners other than uproarious yells while rising
When time is short, aplomb is a conundrum to evolve.
Should profoundly breathe out, for negative cogency sparing.
Written: August 15, 2021
1st Place winner
A Brian Strand 3 To 14 Line Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
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