Heaven Ekphrasis Poems

Ending
Of lentern endeAvour
Cross Shaped suffering
The resurrected breath of ChrisT
So Everyone is saved by the 
Returning...

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The sky 
reflected in the harvested field
that laps up against the walls of 
the Church of Saint-Paul de Mausole.
A surge of incriminating waves 
upon which...

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Calm, cool mornings
Blessed with sunlight’s whisper,
Birds crooning softly in the distance,
Breathless dewdrops sliding hastily over
A petal, treasuring the promise of rain,
Hesitating then pouring down from...

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Written in response to listening to Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9, No. 1

Heaven awaits me, fleetingly
Captured in your sight
I came alive, I am alive
With a permanent...

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This hasn't quite worked, so I'll have to revisit it. I listened to Chopin Opus 9 number 1 for inspiration and got lots of sprawling...

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The word "martyr" comes originally from the ancient Greek legal term for "witness", for someone who gives testimony or evidence in a court of law....

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art inspires me, Van Gogh fascinates me! 
                                 
   ...

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She breathes joy into poetry
Lighting the way for you and me
Her words color hearts in gentleness
Whispering peace through the spirit
Reminding us all that we have...

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A colorful bantam rooster perches atop
The open-air “Blue Heaven” bar in Key West
Red, yellow, green, and blue stools inviting
Passersby to imbide a salty dog or...

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vivacious roses pose

in air

oxygen free from the stem

arising like balloons

resurrection of rosies

blushing brides at peak

before their spoiling

before their mistreat

their passionate gowns sweet

wormy stems
await greening apples
Eden’s...

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Fra Angelico Sermon on the Mount
Jesus and his tight knit group
the pristine sculptured scene
breathtaking and serene
a halo light surrounds the head
of keen ears leaning in
it’s...

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Walking in Limbo

a man finds himself alone
in a dark forest
filled with strange trees
and hears voices 
in the wind

he walks forward 
towards a light
in the forest

and...

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Woman releases balloons of hope

A young woman 
walks in a park
 on a sunny spring day
carrying 25 red balloons  

each red balloon 
contains ...

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hidden intentions
forseen      from afar
set in the dark
tracks in the stone
to posterity through cloisters
with empty streams
a desert
    ...

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seasons
        of need
yield a feast
of abode
in a cloud
         filled
 ...

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