I'm trying to count on these fingers the umbrellas
I've lost on windy days: wasn't it hard chasing them?
And swallowing raindrops, I challenged the mayhem!
Wasn't it funny laughing at the desperate fellows?
I'm drenched and so mad walking home a half mile,
doing this weary walk was a mere, worthless dime;
the nicest lady invited me in, " Drunk some tea, Jeff,
it'll do you good: wait until this rain tempers off! "
We chat while drinking tea and eating a delicious cake,
" I just moved in a week ago, I love this peaceful town! "
Lilian exclaims with a delightfulness of cheerful clown;
I thank her saying," Not many people can really bake! "
I get up and hug her, she does resemble my pretty mom,
" You are welcome anytime, neighbor; the door is always open! "
And with joyfulness in her glance, she's broken her norm;
I look up and sunlight peaks through: I wave at the pale sun!
Categories:
delightfulness, appreciation, friendship, hope, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Love has endured timeless ages,
it has been spoken with sweet
and intense words:
but to understand it,
we must truly feel it!
Live can be magic,
love can be tragic;
who is willing to proclaim it?
Famous writers and notorious people
have expressed it with their affectionate ways,
does it resonate and make me tremble:
either to invoke death, or claim glory?
Sadly, many have never known it wholly
and died with this beautiful word
murmured on their trembling lips;
I'm ashamed to say I have craved it,
never got a sigh from its sublimeness,
or tasted the delightfulness of its exquisiteness!
Live has endured timeless ages,
it has enhanced the beauty of words;
only the deluded ones have been deprived of it,
seen their dreams burn and turn to grey ashes...
while the lucky lovers praise it
and raise it to Heaven with a clamorous shout!
Categories:
delightfulness, age, devotion, emotions, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
Master Poet - This has been how I have been addressing,
Harry Horsman - who has been, to the verse world, a blessing;
Depth, decorum, delightfulness, and dovish dynamism,
Shines and reflects on his personality like a prism...!
‘A Voice In The Wilderness’, ‘Phobia’, ‘The Old Oak Tree’,
‘Rainbow Ride’, ‘Eyes’, ‘Scars Left Behind’, and ‘You May Not Agree’...
Horsman's works have, images and imageries in plenty,
Figures of speech of all kinds, in him, are cognoscenti...!
In 'An Agendaless Age', or 'In So Many Ways’,
His genuineness, like the summer sun, does always blaze;
In 'Jesus Christ' he sings delightfully of the savior,
In his love for the poor, 'The Gravedigger' finds favor...!
'Death Is Not The End’ - he said, I do not think death has won,
In snatching him off from this world, no great work he has done;
Horsman dwells in the blissful presence of angels and saints,
Physically and psychically, he’s free of constraints...!!!
27 May 2023
Tributes to Harry Horsman: An Uncontest Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Andrea Dietrich
Categories:
delightfulness, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Let’s celebrate our…
Ambivalent attitudes
Brave boldness
Creative curiosity
Desirable delightfulness
Enthusiastic expectations
Fabulific Ferociousness
Golden goals
Humanistic hopes
Intelligent imagination
Joyful jolliness
Kinesthetic kindness
Lovely laugh
Marvelous manners
Nonsensical nature
Outstanding optimism
Playful presence
Quintessential qualities
Radical reviews
Savvy sassiness
Terrific tones
Universal understanding
Valiant verbosity
Wonderful wildness
‘xceptional ‘xpectations
Yabba-dabba youthfulness
Zesty zaniness
Categories:
delightfulness, word play,
Form: Abecedarian
Shine on, dusk and dawn, shimmering shore, creatures explore
Ecstastically, rhythically, excitedly, substantially…playfully in harmony
Adoringly and in loathingly ways…sharks, eels, and other intriguing, but aggressive sea creatures share the ocean with humongous, gracious whales, dolphins of desire and delightfulness, and many fish and living things of that wild and free nature…
Oceans drift on, sun and moon reflected…
Freedom and chaos entwine, resurrected…
Shallow and deep…nothing in between…
Empathetic waters below low and up above
Radiance and abyss clash together and seperate the living from the dead
Emboldening the weak, feeble and unstable in heart
Nostalgic and memorable to the sea floor to the surface
Imaginative and spontaneous
Tidal waves soar — hope and happiness in store
You and I swimming together…all the more…
Categories:
delightfulness, beautiful, sea,
Form: Acrostic
No pain is forever, for children live to cry now and laugh later. Love is what brought them to the world, so love is what they treasure most 'til they grow old. Bruises are healed by kisses to the skin, guarded are parents who want nothing more than for their children to live freely, far from harm. For them to run off happily, learn as much as they can, whilst freedom is still in the comfort of their hands. To roam around in Malls, parks and by the ocean, for life seems to be blissful then. Full of wonder are the days, shorter are the nights that welcome their snores of delightfulness. Children are the most lively humans to Earth this planet and though age comes to rid them off their innocence, years spent as a child are redeemed effortless.
Let the kids be kids ~
soon, life will rid freedom off of them
30 June 2022
'Like a child' Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Regina McIntosh
Categories:
delightfulness, beautiful, child,
Form: Haibun
A poem lovely as a rose -
she shows to us her pretty pose.
She sits with grace atop a stem,
dew-covered, glowing like a gem.
I love to see her many hues
which often have inspired my muse.
In yellow, pink or red – each spring
delightfulness my rose shall bring.
Delightfulness like I will find
when poems blossom in my mind.
Oh, Rose, so precious, fragrant too,
I wait for you to bloom anew.
March 2, 2022
For Margarita Lillico's 'A Poem Lovely As' Contest
Categories:
delightfulness, rose,
Form: Couplet
Wow, dance one noteworthy, energized ride
Danceth, whirleth, has no exact plan guide
And to plan, is what we needeth, to glide
Yet, completion of the sashay, a must
Sorting out, envision it, chooseth, trust
O' along these lines, its own dance floor gust
Splendid winks, sparkle, sun deck yondering
Blazes, shimmers, a glimmers, high taking
The music sing, in promenade cheering
Over above, long-coming to, hard find
Their forsaken spirits and loving mind
While night sits faintly, here in silent kind
Quiet, tuning in, with delightfulness
You can feel and hear, the calm quietness
Staying here in a night time cheeriness
Looking, and mind a blowing, shines on sky
A radiant and sparkling magnify
Glimmer and panache with a gleaming eye
I am fortunately, holding on tight
Looking now for a sun sparkle delight
Prepared for the try to a dance ignite
In a brilliant, peltdown, and a sprinkle
In the midst of slamming, sky blue twinkle
O' while melodic chimes, my mind chinkle
Categories:
delightfulness, dance,
Form: Free verse
So much work to be completed
Sunday laze
I am unhurried
Calm, unconcerned
I have completed one task.
Today is my day of rest.
I will honor it as such.
Honoring my Lord’s edict.
Through prayer, meditation and delightfulness.
I repose on my porch, unhurried.
A plastic bag takes off from my feet
Like a bird in flight; she is carried away
I do not rush after her, knowing what will be will be
God’s wind sends the bag into a swirl.
She is returned to my feet.
I am enjoying my lazy, peaceful Sunday.
I am in God’s hands,
the pattern of the bag
has shown me this truth.
Categories:
delightfulness, bible, god,
Form: Free verse
I miss - The tantalizingly teasing flicker of my thick tongue;
As over your gorgeously lovely contours, I travel around.
I miss - Savouring the thrilling chill of your breath-taking temperature;
As I, in detail, passionately traverse your every beautiful feature.
I miss - Pleasingly tasting you: my delightful, delectably delicious treat;
From top to bottom; every satisfying morsel I would surely eat.
I miss - My lips searching and tongue following in a hastily desperate chase;
Both hungrily slurping – not a tiny bit of you would I waste,
I miss – The alluring savour of your delightfulness makes my body tremble;
Thoughts of you melting in my arms, makes my aching heart crumble.
I miss – The chemistry: synchronised motion and scintillating passion;
Lavishly devouring all of you to my; if not, mutual satisfaction.
I miss – This sensual bliss, another opportunity I would not postpone;
Splendid, tongue-teasing manoeuvres: assaulting an ice-cream cone.
End
By: Dion Penville
Categories:
delightfulness, allusion,
Form: Rhyme Royal
Baby
Helpless, trusting
A fresh start for many
Sleepless nights for a great reason
The holding, hugging, rocking, cuddling
Touching of tiny baby fingers
Delightfulness unfolds
Winsome, playful
Baby
Categories:
delightfulness, baby,
Form: Rictameter
Star
Twinkling
Insightfulness.
Shines
Down
Heavenly
Delightfulness.
Shooting
Through
Moonlights
Rightfulness.
Falling
On
Twilight's
Frightfulness.
Categories:
delightfulness, creation, imagery,
Form: I do not know?
Sitting alone in a serene seaside waiting for the beautiful scenery of sunset,
Tears starting to shed as the twilight finally crinkle the day as such a closet,
Darkness finally awning me and my heart screaming like nobody could ease the pain,
Pain that hurting me every single moment of my life…it is such a strain.
In everything I do, my faith, my affection and my compassion is for you alone,
Contentment bestowed upon us in such a glorious sanctuary of existence,
Laughter and delightfulness skirted us…just you and me living in our own,
But without knowing the twist of fate given to us, we are both sentenced.
We just woke up one day, you to her and me to him without turning back,
Both shackled to others arms with no more chance to hold our hands together,
Because in a wee moment, grieving shattered us and I am stuck,
You tried to pervert the chapter of our story, but seemingly it’s forever.
We both fight… we both tried to make things better for us but too late,
You keep on asking me why it happens all that you made….
But you just don’t know how I heartily questioned our fate….
Only God knows if the untold story meant nothing but to fade.
Categories:
delightfulness, blue, break up, loneliness,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Delightfulness abounds
Dreaming dreams
Flying above ground.
Categories:
delightfulness, adventure, beautiful, celebration, dream,
Form: Haiku
Leaning over as she lathers
My long wavy-hair
Rubbing my temples
Softly telling me
How much she cares
Feeling the hot air of her
Eager lips
Blowing on my nape
Kissing me gently
I can't escape
Her lavender scent
the feeling much to great
She presses on
Oh give me more
Please don't stop
My hair standing up
In delightfulness
My lips trembling
Her fullness enslaves me
Sweet surrender
my one and only love
Categories:
delightfulness, desire, love, lust, passion,
Form: Light Verse
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