Written: May 24, 2025, For contest by Brian Strand
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Snuggled up close on a sofa for three
Until September on our TV
Nibbling Thornton’s and sipping champagne
Feet playing footsie on seat three again
Lost in the warmth of each other’s embrace
Only together is our proper place
We chat about when you and I became We
Each year another anniversary
Reminds me how lucky one old man can be
20 May 2021
Contest: Sunflower
Sponsor: Malabika Ray Choudhury
Caught in the web, of maya illusions
Opaque veils of desire, dark delusion
Morbidity and joy, spinning around
Immersing attention, where fears abound
Nonchalant monk, as a silent witness
Gyrates to music, of kind lovingness
Blissful and quiet, as void in each storm
Alive and aglow, in joy currents warm
Cadence of love, brings the wayward back home
Kiss divine, caresses sensorium
Home at last, within the cave of our heart
Osmotic bliss ignition, therein starts
Meet and greet love, before it is too late
Embrace bliss right now, whilst we meditate
10-February-2021
(Acrostic Sonnet)
Written for: Coming back home poetry contest
Sponsor: John Hamilton
M-eet
Y-our
L-ife's
E-veryday
N-eeds
E-normously
A-nd
S-tay
U-nfazed
N-ever
C-rashing
I-nto
O-bnoxious
N-ightmare
Topic: Birthday of Mylene Asuncion (March 14)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
F-eet
I-t
O-n
N-atal
A-ffair
A-s
R-apturous
J-oy
O-f
N-ame
A-rrives
Topic: Birthday of Fiona C. Arjona (August 05)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
L-ord's
I-nstruction
L-ets
Y-ou
L-ive
L-ife
A-nd
M-eet
A-mazing
Z-enith
A-s
R-ighteousness
E-ndorses
S-uccess
Topic: Birthday of Lily E. Llamazares (July 10)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
F-irst sight of lightness
E-ndorses the new dawn;
B-eacon begins to rise,
E-arly above the horizon.
R-ead the sight of lightness,
L-et it teach on God's presence;
Y-ou should know and recognize
N-othing but His existence.
M-eet the sight of lightness,
A-fter the evening shadow;
N-ight is nowhere to be found,
U-nder the brighter morrow.
B-ehold February fifteenth
A-ll the truth and righteousness;
G-od opens both your eyes before the sight of lightness.
G-od
I-s
N-ice
A-s
D-ivine
E-verlasting
L-ets
U-s
M-eet
E-arly
N-ewness
Topic: Birthday of Gina De Lumen (April 23)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-enewal of sacred swear
O-pens the door for ardor;
S-aturday sixth of January,
E-levate your spiritual fervor.
M-eet your sacred swear,
A-im to complete your race;
R-each the end of journey,
I-nto the Lord God's
E-mbrace.
R-eaffirm your holy oath,
E-xecute your vow to the Father;
Y-our pledge is truly solemn,
E-arnestly keepyour sacred
S-wear.
R-ays
A-bove
Y-ou
M-eet
O-ne
N-ew
D-awn
B-rightly
U-sing
E-arly
M-orn
I-n
A-ppearance
Topic: Birthday of Raymond Buemia (December 01)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-orn
A-bates
R-ain
L-etting
O-ne
N-iceness
M-eet
E-arly
N-ew
D-awn
E-ndorsing
V-ividness
I-n
L-ight
Topic: Birthday of Marlon Mendevil (November 11)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-eet
A-nother
R-adiant
C-oolness
A-nd
L-et
V-iew
I-n
N-ewness
S-hine
U-sing
M-orn
A-s
L-ight
A-ppears
Topic: Birthday of Marc Alvin V. Sumala (September 22)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
A-nother
N-ew
G-lint
E-ndorses
L-ovely
M-orn
A-s
Y-ou
M-eet
A-pparent
N-atural
Z-enith's
O-penness
Topic: Birthday of Angel May A. Manzo (November 04)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-eet
A-nother
R-adiance
N-icely
I-solating
E-venfall
U-ntil
R-efulgent
D-awn
A-bates
N-ight
O-bscurity
Topic: Birthday of Marnie B. Urdano (November 03)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
(after shakespeare)
paradigms sour repeats shade every yawning gasp past the ears swiftly yet
tell listeners such hidden nuance each hour rains sacrament tones sound
deepest thoughts silence ever reigns sweet
(pre 16th century)
paradigmsourepeatshadeveryawningaspasthearswiftlyetellistenersuch
iddenuanceachourainsacrementonesoundeepesthoughtsilencevereignsweet
stan sand
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