Contrasts Poems

contrasts

contrasts
take advantage
of seeming separation
to create images
imaginings of life
and of death and
sometimes the
imagining of the 
emptiness of these
contrasts

In-Between Days

Scarlet sun peeks through
a slit in darkling storm clouds.
Butterflies go home.
Sky meets sea at plum border
as pink moon trails, in order.

Unity of contrasts

The river flows, and in its twisting
it breaks and rebuilds itself,
a perpetual motion that devours itself
and gives birth to time.
It is night in the heart of day,
light in the depths of darkness,
a fire blazing in the silence of the world,
and there, where shadows gather,
lies the seed of lightning.
Everything sings its opposite:
death shapes form,
life corrodes, only

Contrasts

The world has plunged 
into a 9 to 5 horror show.
Fortunately,
Halloween draws near,
a time
when our ‘better angels’
may appear. 

Contrasts Of A Day

My child, a whole day can be quite obstruse
as the trail of moonglow begins to set
lonesome hours could bring you to a realm, with dreamy tales one can never forget.
Though night-moon glimmers in the woods, 
every leaf tumbles softly with the winds' howl
where petitions drift along pensive swings of lunar grace, of solace deafening:

Still ,

CONTRASTS

Thoughts
opaque
yet translucent
positive negative
Night
& day-

Separate
but
intertwined as
one
betwixt
&between-

Timeless
   images
once spontaneous
now nuanced
     but implicit
immaculate
    yet plain-

Chaos
an
an absence
          of sounds
 sway
back&forth,
in
calm elegance-

Motifs
complex intricate
&multifaceted
become
simple yet
extraordinarly
minimalistic

may or may not be opposed CONTRASTS

WORDLESS POETRY

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Contrasts An Open Verse

CONTRASTS
intuitive
enthralling
 with the startlin
discoveringstartling
of
 commonality

paired together
  receptive
&
so highly
 esoteric
& radiant

 a mystical theosophy
 developing
exceptional
possibilities
of
controversial comparisons
yet 
is profound
tactful
with
considerations
tinged
in an elegiac
mood

 juxtaposed
  individuality
unfurled
in
 inscrutable
mysterious
shadows

 marks
 the sense
of being
in
magnificent
rectilinear
  strokes

marvellous
 engrossing
& illuminating
 throughout
the
mind
& consciousness
in
the
mystery journey
so
  wondrous
to fascinate
  the lyricism
in
the complexity
 of time 
light
&space

Contrasts of Spring: Clouds and Sun

a moody spring day
the clouds cover the city
the sun keeps shining

Contrasts

Do we need all we buy
Or buy what we need
Those in need cannot afford
To be greedy

When they have mouths to feed
Babies crying
Old folks dying
Of the lack of food

All decaying
Bills need paying
The fire needs some wood
Mum is sneezing

Grandpa is wheezing
Dad is not looking good
Got no wages
It's been ages

Since he had a job
He does odd jobs now
As

A Different Vision

Cultures may vary,
as vultures soar on high.
Deceitful ones carry
faux perceptions as they cry.

But across all these
humanity’s deep characteristics 
refuse to be as hidden fleas.
Instead with camera precision, all clicks.

One humanity woven together –
strengths, weaknesses, all bound 
with common needs and hopes, rather  
looks toward a renewed ground.

Consider. A different harvest grows,
where invigorating wind refreshes.
where

Two Comparable Contrasts

what i say about Tim
Extends to Solemn Kim
Starting with moustache grim
and two eyes oddly dim;
Two Voices for God’s Hymn
Happy to uplift Him….


But I think Tim is slim
And Kim rather The Plim,
Tim following his whim
Prepared to challenge Kim
And even rubbish him!

Kim fills cups to their brim
And Tube judges by Rim,
Tim, The One who can skim
And comprehensions

Morning Contrasts

night sky fades one star at a time ~ from horizons the giant one climbs


Morning Monoku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Michelle Faulkner 
How many syllables (17)
30/05/22

A Tale About Contrasts

Just having an opinion or two does not mean that one is opinionated.
It's true that there have been things of which we have been falsely accused;
but for me, stubbornness is not one of them.  On the other hand, there are many things that we flatly reject or simply refuse to admit to.  

Contrasts

CONTRASTS
a sense
 of grandeur &
 substance
sweetness
 sophistication
 encountering 
&
   presented
 well

so very
  stirring
a conundrum
to grapple with
pendants
 irregular
   floating
ethereal
their
   lyrical
brilliance

 cloud-like
     layered
  pleasingly intense
&extraordinary

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

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