Desiccates Poems | Examples

Boundless Bliss

“When divine lotus blooms within, 
life becomes a feeling called bliss”- by Poet


Life desiccates derelict 
in the desolate desert,
infuses perennial peace 
of placid oasis in heart.  
Sacred sublimity, 
felt in serene essence,
embeds in devout sanctum. 
Edified soul lights up bleakness, 
perceives divine grace, 
boundless bliss embraces life.

Existence Enshrined

The rhapsody of rainbow 
melts in morose mélange,
the concoction of colors
bleeds bland in 
shattered silence,
sucked out 
of crumbled core 
of sensuous cloud,
soothing rain rinses 
the stains in broken hearts,
shades of grey paints 
the frayed linen of love,
redundant.

The requiem 
of longing patina
of repentant rose 
resonates melancholic medley
in the portals of petals, 
the faded gloss
turns into tears 
in pearls of mourning dew, 
desiccates uncared
under the summer sun 
of the desert mind,
the wilted flower falls
on weathered gravestone 
of spent passion,
departed.

The cacophony captured 
in the melody of forlorn music,
chaotic symphony floats
out of tune
on disharmonic wave,
strained smiles displayed  
with elusive enactment 
in ostentatious podium of life,
songs turn into echo
of convoluted noise 
in hollow souls,
pretentious.

The intriguing facet  
of listless life 
seen entranced 
through liquefied layers
of cynical stratum,
configures pessimism
in the sunken essence 
of living exaltation,
the apparent aspect
refracts defiled expression 	
of warped existence,
enshrined.

Lilac Lagoon

Sprawling aspiration 
effervescent incandescence 
spreads psychic plasma
of primal spectrum 
painting passion 
on the silken sky
the configured
fascinated facsimile
of mental panorama
suffused with chromatic 
sublime sensitivity  
of exuberant ecstasy 
blooming in
seraphic color blast
of floral spring  

Parched pieces
draped by distress dust 
of cinnamon ground 
heart desiccates 
to the core 
auburn anguish
pervading passive
creeps craftily
in the wilted veins 
of the fallen leaves
fragile essence
rustles restive
with emerald tune
of serenading sanguinity  

Emotive eyes weep 
concealed tears 
in torment torrent
fill the cauldron 
of pent up pathos 
forlorn life’s 
desolate distillate
designs crystalline
verdance shining  
in the jade thicket 
on the eroded banks 
of awareness 
as symphonic cadence  
of fervent zephyr 
drifting with sonata
of fleeting fervor 
from yonder plateau 
of yearning
pulsates timeless
with waves of rhapsody 
in the bay of bliss
glides with the melody
of harmonic heart 
with the ripples 
of lilac lagoon

Tear

“From the shattered heart the streams of sorrow
with the shards of dream drowned in tears flow.” – By Poet


The cloud of gloom hovers over the sea of sorrow,
surges in distress tempest to my mental visage, 
and melts to make the stream of tears to flow
like the trail of rain drops on the face of foliage.

With the brine condensing the pain of molten grief, 
the tear drops are poised on the eyelashes for a while.
Like the raindrops on the edge of the leaning leaf, 
they slide down slowly with the dream debris pile. 

Down the parched crease of the pallid cheeks,
cascade the silent streams of soothing solace. 
The touch of the serene soul the mourning mind seeks
in the course of tears and in its embalming embrace.

The wasteland of life is flooded by the torrent of despair, 
until from ruins of broken heart the new sun rises with grace,
and desiccates the trail of the drops of tear,
veiling the trace of sorrow for the mind to erase.

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April 13, 2023
Word Chosen : Tear
Contest : Writing Challenge - "T" Words
Sponsored by : Constance La France

Duality

Affluent rain pours down and appreciates
Permeating and gentrifying the land
Saturating quietness (i.e.black noise) by
A vociferous ‘shhh’ plundering space
to proclaim material knowledge...Meager 
drought desiccates up and depreciates 
Emaciating and decaying the land 
Suffocating din static (i.e.white noise) by 
A dry famine fasting the mind to 
reveal mysteries of wisdom within

The Sahara

The Sahara 


Scorching sun
Desiccates the earth  
Fine pebbles 
Stir and whirl
Removing footprints
Plateau is built 
Scarf covers face 

Rain is absent
Well has shrunk 
Trees are bare and done 
Root and dirt separate

Men herd goat and sheep
Generate cashmere and wool

Camels eat spare vegetation 
And Keep hydrated
Eyes and nose closed 
No sand shall infiltrate
Soft feet keep them from sinking 

At nightfall , fire is made
Moon shows face
Breeze turns to freeze

The Sahara dreams of oasis 
Its heyday 
It’s fountain 
It’s spring 
It’s youth


Marckincia Jean
Free verse
06/13/19

Am I Alive

Trudging alone on the indolent desert dunes
fragile footprints collapse and the sands flow
on cadence of mirage music, life’s unsung tunes
fades away slow.

In the trembling spine of my parched shadow
hungry predators burrow harrowing dark hole,
as dry desolateness sucks me harshly hollow,
from the depth of soul.

Familiar faces turn to cactus of thorny sprawl,
blood desiccates in the cleft of fractured heart, 
trunk of fossil life crumbles in parts or whole,
time trampled the dirt.

Waned neurons rise from psychedelic trance,
subliminal cortex networks fervently strive,
capture images of sprouting stars’ silent dance.
Am I alive?


Written : May 11, 2019
Contest : Completely Your Choice (6)
Sponsor : Brian Strand

Trail of Tear

TRAIL OF TEAR

Clouds rise from the supine sea of sorrow,
surge in storm wind to my eyes’ inner visage
and melt to make the stream of  tear to flow
like the frail rain drops on the face of foliage.

With the condensed brine of molten grief
the tear drop is poised on the eyelash tip,
like the raindrop on the edge of leaning leaf
it descends gently for it has promises to keep.

Down the dry cleft of the distressed cheek
it cascades like a slim river of soothing solace. 
The touch of the serene soul the mind seeks
in the flow of tear and in its moist embrace.

The barren life is flooded awhile in despair
till new sun rises from ruins of broken heart
and desiccates the trail of the drop of tear
that hides sorrow in the lost river of desert.

(Note : Being a non-demonostrative person I was surprised 
as well as proud to be able to trace the trail of my tear
in poetic expression.)

September 9, 2018
Contest : Write me an emotion-act
Sponsored by : Brenda Chiri

Desiccated Life

DESICCATED LIFE

Life desiccates you 
My heart melts on your hot dune
Drink my oasis.

In surging sand storm
Sun scorches your slim shadow
Recline in my arms. 

If clouds burst in mind
Torrent of rain you can’t hold
Flow it in my eyes.

April 3, 2018.

Life Desiccates You

Life desiccates you
My heart melts in your desert
Drink my oasis.

September 1, 2017.

Ripple of Life

RIPPLE OF LIFE


A lake desiccates under desert sun
Looks up happily as clouds above roam
The drifting shadows dissolve and return
Tell the lake to wait the rains would soon come.

To the tranquil water a few drops dart
Ripples make rhyme in harmonic motion
Merging they all make riddled ripple art
On water the ripples drape emotion.

Sky gathers a storm from the horizon
Clouds melt in a torrent on the water
Rains break the waltzing ripples they don’t own
Lake suffers the pain that can’t be greater.

When melting clouds bring sky down the dance stops
Life ripples if bliss falls as divine drops.


August 26, 2017.

Haiku Moment 28

Words run away
No rhymes now;
Rest in jest

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Love knows the way
Faith anchors hope;
Peace sums joy

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Come what may
Peace of mind stays;
Style knows the way

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Touch of good earth
Orchard of plenty;
Delightful harvest

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Weather forecast
Thundery showers;
Bright sunshine smile

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Old couple here
Parkway bench respite;
Morning exercise

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Walking their dogs
Owners chit-chat;
Suspicious canines

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Early morning jog
Adrenaline rush;
Breezy wind cajoles

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Lost connection
Internet down time;
Ink stains paper

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Emergent light
Dawn hurls swift;
Dreamtime evaporates

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Too much
Too little;
Too late

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Wordplay episode
Clutter desiccates;
Unfinished business

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Birthday greetings
Facebook amalgam;
Discrete overtures

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Too much talk
Missing mileage;
Loose cannon wildcard

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Wild conundrum
Stillness circles;
Creative potential

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Leon Enriquez
06 December 2016
Singapore

Saturday Senryus

Morning sojourn --
Sky bridge brisk walk
Twenty-sixth floors above


Morning meditation
Touch of stillness;
Peaceful mindfulness


Midday siesta
Cacophony whispers;
Daydreams solidify


Bout of flu
Runny nose on tap;
Drowsy medication


Meal time reveals
Diet plan on track;
Hunger pangs collide


Wind brings drizzle
Humid atmosphere;
Hot weather desiccates


Skyline contours
Evening sunset hues;
Love comes to call


Corridor commotion
Conflict escalates;
Neighbours fighting mad


Pain aggregates
Petty constellations;
Death greets hypocrisy


15 Feb 2015
Singapore

Let Poetry Live

On this ground
where the drought
of neglect desiccates
the poetic human soul
poetry gasps and
craves for shower
of attention and praise
and for eyes and ears
that find beauty in
every phrase or verse

Let the poet find
a place where Eden
is near, a branch 
where his rhyme and verses
will bramble like a vine
and find greater height
and feel the warmth
of the Sun of inspiration
and the passion
to tell the whole world
about the beauty
he has found in words

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