Those we love don't go away,
they walk beside us everyday.
Their murmurs soft… a tree leaf whisper
defrosts my heart that did grow crisper
with grief that stained inside and out
when I embraced and lived with doubt
that voices lost to yesteryear
would still be here in atmosphere,
but breezy hands they brush my shoulder,
lilac plumes they shake their spirits bolder
as wind-tossed scents awakens my recall
of purple June bouquets that did enthrall.
Your polaroid faces in frames
can flare or tame my mourning flames.
Our days once filled with cheer and dare;
now souls fly free as sheer as air
or sit, to contemplate as still as moss.
They come to help alleviate my loss;
I see them in the blue above the cloud,
or golden sunshine warmth spilled over crowd;
I catch a glimpse in happy eyes
and sense they’re there in spirits' guise.
A moment here and then they’re gone,
beyond white angel-air-chiffon.
I’ve come to know and feel inside
that never-ending, they’ll reside
within my heart and everywhere.
To sense them near fulfills my prayer.
Categories:
defrosts, grief, introspection, joy, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Backlit in life’s shadows –
the exacting burden of responsibilities –
you are lost.
Bathed in light amongst shadows
of trials and tribulations that
internal hope defrosts;
one can but surmise
your inner strength,
as the light bends to reveal the cost.
Categories:
defrosts, appreciation,
Form: Other
The chilled whisper of the northern wind
floats in frozen air with the finesse of ballerina snowflakes,
attuned to the rustle of the frosted leaves inertly aligned,
serenading the mystique melody, winter sonata makes.
Defoliated trees tremble in the waves of the arctic breeze,
in its frosty flow from the cold oblivion I see you return,
melt the miasma in my memory congealed in glacial freeze,
enter the abandoned abode of our ancient times we yearn.
I’m enticed by the spectrum of the scarlet sun on diamond dew,
my passion prism reflects for me your charisma ecstatic.
As from the mist of reminiscence rises the dawn new,
your euphoric embrace defrosts the memory lane as winter magic.
Categories:
defrosts, joy, memory, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Ever-shifting sensitive façade
of revolving seasons dons the amber ambiance
of the transient halcyon hues nature nurtures,
autumn’s fiery front bursts with color mélange,
fallen foliage gleams with golden glow at winter brink.
The chilled whisper of the northern wind
floats in the frozen air with the racing rhythm
of the attuned rustle of the rusted leaves,
composes the mystique melody of winter sonata,
as the seamless haze shades the sapphire sky.
Defoliated trees tremble in the waves of arctic wind,
in its frosty flow I see you return from the cold oblivion,
melt the miasma wrapping my glacial memory,
enter the abandoned abode of our old times
through the icy door I open for you.
I feel enticed the warmth of the winter sun
you raise for me with your charisma I adore.
As from the mist of reminiscence rises the new dawn,
the ecstasy of our embrace defrosts the memory lane,
we wander entwined in the winter wonderland.
Categories:
defrosts, emotions, lost love, winter,
Form: Free verse
A frozen pulse a synergy and soon she was iced like cold hard glass.
Poor Clea in her purple orchid dress ensconced in a crevice of time,
from the icy tendrils of Ikthalon. Icy winds blow from the bowels of hell
she is rendered still as ice pellets pelt on her weakened body;
He wraps the sun and blindfolds the stars then plummets to earth with demonic intentions to search and destroy.
Along comes an omega mutant " Iceman" with a
hard packed intention to stop the villain from exploiting her.
Radiating intense cold from every tendon and nerve in his body,
he wraps a gossamer fabric round her to thaw her gently from
the frost bites and nips of her emissary, the evil Doctor Strange.
A multi-verse madness of evil it was but as the clock struck twelve
in Time Square, Clea defrosts and sashays forward in her pencil dress.
Using her tele-ported thoughts, she enters another dimension where
Icemen are heroes and Spiderman rules.
This is where the story ends folks. Tune in for a sequel,
same place same time, reporting to you from Time Square.
Aug 7 2022
Categories:
defrosts, hero, strength,
Form: Narrative
cold, quiet dew hours,
where nature is drenched with moist,
the sunlight defrosts.
Categories:
defrosts, day,
Form: Haiku
The golden leaves heard the chilled wind’s whisper
as they crumpled with the rhythm of attuned rustle,
composing the melody of the song of winter wonders
that beguiled us as the mist melted in the sapphire sky.
I now find defoliated tree boughs dance in winter gale,
afloat in its stream I see you return to me from the cold,
dissolve the miasma enveloping my glacial memory,
bring the old times through the frosted door of mind.
I feel the warmth of the golden sun you raise for me,
from behind the haze I see the ascent of a new dawn,
you hold my hands, ecstasy defrosts memory landscape,
we walk happy in the quiet garden waiting for the spring.
January 16, 2022
Contest : Winter Wonders Within Nature
Sponsored by : M.L. Kiser
Categories:
defrosts, analogy, happiness, memory, winter,
Form: Free verse
Revolving season’s ever-changing sensitive facade
dons the new ambiance of hues as nature designs,
autumn’s fiery foliage bursts with mélange of color,
shimmers in the last golden glow as the leaves fall.
They hear the northern wind’s chilled whisper in the air,
as they float on the rhythm of their attuned rustle,
composing the melody of their swan song of winter,
as the sapphire sky is shrouded by seamless grey haze.
Defoliated trees shiver in the frozen waves of arctic wind,
in its stream I see you return to me from the cold.
You melt the miasma enveloping my glacial memory,
enter my old times through the frosted door I open.
I feel the warmth of the winter sun you bring for me,
from behind the fog I see the rise of a new dawn.
As I hold your hands, ecstasy defrosts the memory lane,
my enlivened mind wanders in the winter wonderland.
December 18, 2020
For Contest All Yours (Jan 30) Sponsored by Brian Strand
Categories:
defrosts, happiness, joy, memory, winter,
Form: Free verse
Saša Milivojev - ICE MONUMENT
I have been searching for you
in the centuries
In lost dreams
In icy seas
Tracks covered in snow
And you are no more
Everyone ‘s undone
Winds! Turn me to ice
A monument of ice
To be awakened
By soft rays of light
Once a heart is thawed
It will beat for you
Memories I lost
Turn my blood to frost
Tear droplet so young
On snow covered ground
I shine from afar
But no one awaits
To lessen my pain
That is neverending
Winds! Turn me to ice
A monument of ice
To be awakened
By soft rays of light
Once a heart defrosts
It will beat for you
Sun will disembogue
Like honey that’s thawed.
Saša Milivojev
Translated by Ljubica Yentl Tinska
visit: www.sasamilivojev.com
Categories:
defrosts, depression, dream, i miss
Form: Lyric
With each swing of the swing the sea level rises
each lump of coal burned defrosts the ice shelf
each squeeze on the accelerator Earth's future demises
But its too late, or almost too late to assert oneself
The deed is done; we shall reap what we have sown
Gaia will call us to account, our Earth is not our own.
Categories:
defrosts, earth, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Love has the beauty of the roses,
Blooming below the radiant sun
Almond chocolate kisses
Sweetness of devoted loyalty.
Caring with the whole heart
Rose thorns that make you bleed if not handled with care.
Warmth that embraces your soul,
Defrosts the blizzard of a broken heart.
Heals the deepest affliction
Cure to your wounds
Happiness that kisses your pain away
Alive make you feel by breathing
Burning Passion in your chest.
Its an Addiction without cure.
Hugs that become endless.
Kisses that can make a resurrection of the unloved ones.
Categories:
defrosts, caregiving, devotion, girlfriend-boyfriend, happiness,
Form: Free verse
Like beauty of the roses
Blooming below the radiant sun
Almond chocolate kisses eaten passionately
Sweetness of corresponding loyal love
Hurts like stabs of thorns
Careing with the heart
Warmth embraces the soul
Heals the deepest affliction
Cure the any wounds
Defrosts a blizzard
Repairs broken hearts.
Kisses pain away
Feeling alive
Burning Passion
Love
Categories:
defrosts, devotion, love, passion,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
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When hunchbacked skulls drip of shrapnel stains
Of raked life quilted with torn-out noises,
Watery clay defrosts past maimed pains
As silk skies reap a smudge of roses
Of raked life quilted with torn-out noises
How shells tremble to resurrect flesh,
As silk skies reap a smudge of roses
Birthing ligaments meeting frail breath
How shells tremble to resurrect flesh
Watery clay defrosts past maimed pains,
Birthing ligaments meeting frail breath
When hunchbacked skulls drip of murky stains
ll.
Such chiffon night in serenade’s hue;
Littered with stars, orchestrating songs
Awakened bones form in spiral blue,
Stretching eyes grow frocked bodies of dawns
Littered with stars, orchestrating songs
Another sequel of twilight’s flight,
Stretching eyes grow frocked bodies of dawns
A white mist shimmers fermented light
Another sequel of twilight’s flight
Awakened bones form in spiral blue,
A white mist shimmers fermented light
Such chiffon night, in serenade’s hue
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*double pantoum
9 syl count
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Categories:
defrosts, life,
Form: Pantoum
Silver glistening on clear water
Trickling babbling brook carries leaves down stream
Water defrosts as the seasons change
Categories:
defrosts, seasons
Form: Haiku