Scattered Shards Gathered
Scattered shards, remnants of Eden,
Gathered to a ring of bright topaz
A simultaneous soliloquy of intentionality
At the crux of intersecting avenues.
From Remnants of Eden
6-1-22
Contest: Liberum Divisa 8
Sponsor: Gregory Barden
Farewell to torment, wretchedness, and uneasiness
The clashing edge is filled with horrendous obscurity
A depressing and sickeningly feeble nothingness
That steers us growingly close to looming doom
* This is a form I call "Liberum Divisa", and it's composed of a four-line verse taken from a Free Verse poem of mine called "Trust Dust Withstand Death", written on February 21, 2022. *
Liberum Divisa 8 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Gregory Richard Barden
We were fond of breezes
Shadows in the desert
Crystal lakes on mountains
Dollars in the sand
From "Emily's Hiatus"
Submitted to the Liberum Divisa 8 Poetry Contest
on November 17, 2021
By blue degrees, she drowns slowly
Waiting on skies which never clear
While she cuts holes in paper souls
Calling pain by prettier names
11/16/21
taken from 'Price of Paradise'
Liberum Divisa 8 contest
Sponsor: Gregory Richard Barden
Reprisals are sharp thorns from stabbing tongues
causing deep wounds that may never heal.
Regrets are sown in the seams of a guilty mind
where no salve can reach, and scars remain.
November 16, 2021 ~ Liberum Divisa 8 Contest
Taken from the poem: Reprisal or Regret ~ 2016
Contest Sponsored by Gregory Richard Barden
I am reading your autobiography, the encyclopedia of you
yet I remain a student of your sclera
a pupil of your pupils
a Vincent of your irises
An excerpt from the poem "A Strange Galaxy" submitted to the
Liberum Divisa 8 Poetry Contest
Today's date: 16 Nov 2021
Grinning
Oblivious in iridescent linoleum unconsciousness
Glorious-
dismantle me into dust.
"wrecked"
11.16.21
Liberum Divisa 8 Poetry Contest
Symbol of nature and youth, signifying hope for
eternal life and respect for the environment,
green nestles happily in the spectrum between
bright companions blue and yellow.
from "Character Sketch--The Incomparable Green"
November 15, 2021
for Liberum Divisa 8
Sponsor: Gregory Barden
Momentary happiness
When I am enjoying my present moment in free
mind, no stress, working actively what I like most to
do, it gives me momentary happiness, I find
it when enjoying simple things in my life; it's true.
Original poem ::What I truly mean
'Liberum Divisa 8' Contest
Date:: 14/11/2021
Gliding orb
Gilding the crepuscule with glitter
Holding the attention of spectators in spectacular fashion
Exuding exuberance in goodbye to gloaming
Excerpt from "Crepuscular Crescendo"
11.07.2021
For Gregory Richard Barden's "Liberum Divisa 8" contest
You brought me a translucence
of amber for my burnished bouquet.
Love was an ebullience of golden wheat,
our laughter a resplendence of sunflowers.
A Resplendence of Sunflowers
11/5/21
Liberum Divisa 8
Under those same stars black the river grumbles
below the dark cloak of night grumbling louder
howling in the stirring silted froth black pools
deals death hidden in the still, deep.
Liberum Divisa contest 8.
Taken from “ An alternative bridge”
3/11/21
Summer rains splash in torrent the parched tree
The rhythm of aria echoes on the dancing leaves
I keep my subtle senses alert in the scene
but the symphony fades away far unheard.
(Stanza taken from "Melody Of Solitude")
November 3, 2021
Contest : Liberum Divisa 8
Sponsor : Gregory Richard Barden
Listening to the gurgles of the whirling waterfall,
Soothed by the serenity of the still silvery streams,
Lulled to sleep by the rustle of pristine palms,
I lay beside you in a perfect paradise.
Date: 11/01/2021
Liberum Divisa 8 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Gregory R Barden
Original Poem: "In My Dream" dated 06/08/2021
behind the veil
you never answered back
tears still calling
or praying to forget
From Diletta 10/19/17
Gregory Richard Barden: Liberum Divisa 8 poetry Contest
11/1/21
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