the moon stands still
in gentle hesitation
while the sun wakes
ever so gracefully
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Submitted to contest 'ONLY FEBRUARY 2025 POSTED' sponsored by BRIAN STRAND on February 24, 2025 - Honorable Mention
Languidly,opening my brown eyes,to see you,
in my arms,so charmingly and blissfully asleep.
Forgive me,but I ran my fingers across your nose,
eyelids and lips and through your hair.
So tempted was I to see all the rest of you.
Sleeping so soundly and innocently bare!
But I chose to relive our very first and dear meeting,
in my flowing fields of amaranth memory.
The decades have whisked away some of that godly,
curly,Arcadian hair of yesterday.
And strangely,I love you all the more!
I still lay here,utterly entranced!
By your angelic,Mount Olympus-blessed,countenance!
All my love,
Panagiota
"So it’s the dawn of a new day,
A blank canvas, I would say
To dream and explore,
And broaden your life more
To find joy in this moment,
Or is it life’s torment
That you are looking to blot out,
So only happiness will come about
From decisions that we make,
And our dreams have a stake
That we will be emotionally secure,
Whatever we shall endure
For love can make a heart,
Just as it can tear it apart
Inflicting pain and remorse,
As people chose a different course
To find what is important for themselves,
And for us, to look inside ourselves
To see that space,
Which can never be replaced
Believe then that today is the first day of your life,
To fill your heart with new memories that are right
Covering the hole left behind,
When our hearts unwind
Today, I've found another love;
Today, I've found another love;
Rising with the sun;
Love Jesus God's only Son;
And it's the dawn of the new day;
Yes, it's just the dawn of a new day;
Heaven and earth shall pass away
It is a dawn of a new day
God is wonderful, we worship
Him in love
Jesus is our Savior He has forgiven and saves us from our sins.
Today, I've found another love;
Today, I've found another love;
Rising with the sun;
Love Jesus God's only Son;
And it's the dawn of the new day;
Yes, it's just the dawn of a new day;
Heaven and earth shall pass away
It is a dawn of a new day
4/24/90
written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©1990
Deciding to wake up
Anticipating what can be
What will come and take me
Now that I am in love?
Optimistically in
Favor
Along this life I choose
No one else take us
Everywhere I can be free
Whatever road you go on with me
Despondent without you
Agonizing without you
Yielding to you and all I will do
THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY IN ALASKA
Sun startles
Stars drop into the sea
Morning yawns
Breeze ripples
Deep breath of the water
Bears waddle
Eagles climb
Swoop perilous embrace
Peerless joy
Victoria Anderson-Throop
Valdez, Alaska
Uneasy sleep
as questions float by
in our dreams
We await the dawn
Our skin is cold
yet our hearts are warm
Let the "angry ghosts of despair"
Fly out of our consciousness
We are not without
resources
We can change
and we can feel the warmth
of another spring
as it blossoms within and without us
Listen to the poetry of the planet
It is telling us something
Listen!
In the depths of space
We have a place to plant
our small, very personal flag
Light appears
on the horizon
The sun is coming up
blood-red
Another dawn
Another chance
for renewal
let the winds of
morning blow away your
fears
Let sorrow fade
As the sun speaks to
you
You will learn that
sorrow has an end
As you taste the
delights of morning
Realize that your long sleep is over
Grasp the task at
hand by the
horns
Come, friends,
let's realize the day's
truths together
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