WALLACE S Valley Candle (triple clerihew)
with imagist-poetics once did strive
Enigma in his 'Valley Candle'
helped his poetry to sell well
Wallace Stevens so enigmatic
whimsical fanciful& symbolic
His Valley Candle*blew&blew
the interpretation is up to you
Businessman poet Wallace Stevens
very creative with a poetic pen
A contemporary metaphysical wit
as 'Valley Candle' enigmatically does sit
UNENDING INTERPRETATION
conspicuous
convictions
hidden
in
qualitative
affinities
meaning
visible signs
of
interpretative
figured
patterns
simultaneously
enigmatically
thinking aloud
kindred
affinities
pursuing
the
lucid
autonomous
OBSERVED FIGURATIONS-:-
created
tranquil
contrasting
timeless
emblems
so ENIGMATICALLY DIFFUSED
coincidentally
signified
quotas
discussed
details
with ABSENT-MINDEDNESS
eliminated
literary
output
concentrated
creativity
Written: September 06, 2025, for contest sponsored by: Constance La France
Quote: "On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open, and the world is full of beauty". By Rumi
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Listen—not with ears, but with aching skin,
where whispers meander extreme within.
The zephyr is not a cursory breeze,
But divination along with the trees.
It jiggled enigmatically from the stone
and carved its ideology into this bone.
It speaks in whispers and traumatized song,
of where we're accurate, and what went wrong.
Jaw-dropping stories in stillness and hum,
of battles bewildered and those to come.
It hurdles through periods, grief, and grace,
leaving outward fingerprints on the face.
It wears no enthrone, yet huddles the kings;
It severs the tresses on buried things.
So listen in not for roaring decree—
But toward the breath underneath the plea.
The wind will not delay, solicit, or steam,
It is bombastic and allows you to stream.
Zephyr adorns twigs and allows grass to gleam.
Enigmatically stubborn to style, the coif
Some days it can be easily pulled off
Other days it requires an exorcism
Like Zoolander it can look like ‘Magnum’
Hides my receding hairline like a charm
Sophistication to my head’s yardarm
Its antidote is a very windy day
Requiring heavy doses of hairspray
When it works my lady wants to stroke it
I recoil in fear, making her remit
For a single finger can ruin it
It’s a fickle angel to babysit
POINT ZERO
Birth slipped into fast flowing
rivers of patterned fissures
her arching brows brazen
searching sagaciously
microscoping every moment
tangoing across thorny
thickets
Hope gazed at her prayer
puzzle poised with pensive
pencils plaintively planting
plantains for pink parakeet
caressing spines singing
softly stirring custard
pudding
Love thought she was best
berry fruit from which fragrant
juice poured jetting jewels
a silver sabre silently stared
further from truth she stood
a sacked saga sagged
Death smiled enigmatically
held Birth, Hope and Love
in oblong esteem observing
Time’s oval ovaries to strike
sublime a node through
which she sodium sucked
Point Zero zipped in sidelong
zaps dishing each zappy
zodiac zones showering
all four with Infinity’s
zygotes zooming
Point Zero was Hero !
©GhairoDanielsPoetry
&Song2021
humming, purring, ignition renewal
grips us in time stretched silence
reverberating thus unendingly
magically and enigmatically
nothing need be done
all is well
God’s grace descends vertically through our fontanel
we feel it as a disc of healing energy horizontally placed
the hand of God transmutes each cell of organic feeble form
imprint of agape love within mind-body urn can be then traced
navigating the boundaryless void, the path appears as we walk
His magic conjured manifests enigmatically in linear time
drums of heaven resound merging with celestial light
igniting within us bliss beats enlivening chime
feel, feel, feel
delight, delight, delight
in rapture of bliss magnetism
as the benign flame caresses us
beauteously, enigmatically
lovingly, seductively
that we awake
an immersion ethereal
full body scan performed
magically and enigmatically
straight down from head to feet
following perfect sacred geometry
in a single sweep preceded by a knock
a distinct tap on the top of head at crown
akin to an energy disc moving through form
remaining parallel at every instant in linear time
is what we can only call as being touched by grace
ever so slowly, magically
teasingly, enigmatically
veil of ignorance lifts
revealing the light
shimmering
in space
we feel it
deep in our bones
and in dead of night
visible to us in clear sight
noumena behind phenomena
the transcendent here immanent
what is that knowing
which erases all our doubts
surely it requires our becoming
that that we sought out to so seek
akin to blossoming of a flower
enigmatically, magically
caterpillar a butterfly
awestruck with aliveness
enabled by God’s breath
breathing form so gently
enigmatically, magically
we look on in wonderment
our soul mood celebratory
rapture renewal continuum
offers no niche for thought
or stupor borne by patterns
that now no longer serve us
as we frolic about in the void
the very womb of existence
03-February-2023
Businessman poet Wallace Stevens
very creative with a poetic pen
A contemporary metaphysical wit
as 'Valley Candle' enigmatically does sit
We search
the source
by going in
deep within
surrendering
all knowing
plunging fearlessly into the dark inky void
holding our attention in animated stillness
our mind body shell empty in wonderment
in cessation
intent pure
unexpectant
yet receptive
devoid of fear
no resistance
to the impulse
that in-pours
as magnetism
bliss ineffable
that fills form
enigmatically
as God’s gift
unconditional
22-September-2021
CROSSROADS Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues
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