She was waiting in the plaza
a breath of fresh air
graceful as could be
I sat there in the distance
couldn’t take my eyes off her
imagining that she might
be waiting for a guy like me
She slowly sipped
her coffee cup
I watched her lips
their gentle touch
And in my head I juggled
dozens of scenarios
where I would sweep
her off her feet
As time went on
I realized I’d missed my chance
and let the angel pass me by
AP: Honorqable Mention 2025
A kiss that's so passionate
So deep
When one knows every word of what is wanted when we speak
In the entrancing moment when our eyes meet
My knees so weak
the painting popped like fiber optics
like fluorescents, like neon acrylics
in hot pinks, magentas, turquoise and tangerines
with the precise amount of purples to make the hibiscus glow
I was entranced by this beauty!
wavelets wavering to and fro
lapping and caressing the coast
on and on the flow undulates its curves
till the sound transcends
their rhythmic motion calming
easing a solitude in turmoil
in soothing idyllic hypnosis
AP: Honorable Mention 2022, Honorable Mention 2022
You burst
into my life
irrational as it
may be
I felt a warmth
that could
only be measured
by the depth
of it's madness.
Two hearts
beating in proximity
caused me to wonder
Do I Love in vain?
We spoke
and tried to
make sense
of all this
while we were
in a trance
of the beloved
Wife starves
earnestly, for her
partner to
return home;
"A hooker"
captivates him
dexterously.
Sep 22, 2020
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And what if I do love someone somewhere?
So what if an Asian woman
occasionally steals my heart away,
or an Inuit maiden, a Celtic lady
or perhaps a Nigerian beauty?
I have paid my dues,
My pillows are stuffed with romantic poems.
And what if God turns out to be
a lovely female I gazed upon yesterday?
So what if I did let her walk into my imagination
just as God does
when I send Her my love letters.
“Entranced”
Without the partner
where’s the dance?
Invisible
circling the room
considering the cool
insubstantive Shallows
sizing minds,
blood coursing
through veins
fluttering hearts and feet
outside the edge
the true dance
watches pulses marking time
like metronomes
It waits in the deep
eventually instinct
cuts to the
chase
for now it remains
fixated on you
it's hungry for
entranced
(LadyLabyrinth / 2020)
"Black and Gold" / Sam Sparrow
https://youtu.be/eHuebHTD-lY
"Nasty Girl" / Inaya Day (cover/Vanity6)
https://youtu.be/hvWO2zUvpcU
"Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass;
it’s about learning to dance in the rain."
"Dancers don’t need wings to fly."
"You're something else..."
Substantive (adjective)
1.
having a firm basis in reality and so important, meaningful, or considerable.
2.
having a separate and independent existence.
I never meant to fall in love with you
but the first time we met I was entranced
was it your yellow golden hair
was it your blue eyes like a clear lake
(in which I was drowning)
perhaps it was your voice like a drifting melody
but, I was enchanted and I loved you with all my heart
oh, what a wild whirlwind romance
and then you were asking me to marry you
and I whispered yes into your ear . . .
__________________________________
April 1, 2020
Poetry/Verse/Entranced and enchanted
Copyright Protected, ID 20-1240-528-03
All Rights Reserved, 2020, Constance La France
Submitted to Strand Choice W Contest
sponsor, Brian Strand
Honorable Mention
From inside looking out my hourglass
I watched as nature painted winter's grass
Entranced from listening to her rhythmic rune
One April watercolor afternoon.
by Daniel Turner
Taken from "Watercolor Afternoon"
"Only from the Heart you can touch the sky" Rumi
Whose heart beats entranced, as a thrumming sound
And seeks the honey of a silken kiss
In iridescent perfection he’s crowned
Whose heart beats entranced
Petals tremble cocooned in all their bliss
The nectar of love keeps us all spellbound
He flies to the sky to clouds' white abyss
As he skips to his sweethearts found around
His sweet flowers a lovers’ reminisce
Hummingbird, the whole world is your playground
Whose heart beats entranced
written 10-14-2019 copyrighted
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When the quilt of stars spreads
above our heads,
And the crystals in my lover's
eyes sparkle in the forest.
Roaming hand in hand, not
knowing what is before us.
Smelling the fragrance of God's
tall, verdant trees.
Just you and I, my dearest...
Humming a peaceful song for
all of humanity.
Let's cross this tiny stream with
our beautiful feet,
On smooth rocks, that are cold
And yet softly sweet!
And, trust that in eternal peace,
We shall forever meet.
5/17/2019
9:45am PST
I'll deafen my ears,
As the music slowly disappears.
I'll drift into another reality,
As the music increases my own spirituality.
I'll die as I destroy these illusions of life,
As the music melts away all of my inner strife.
The slow motion of his gait
changes then quickens like a rainstorm--
I drop my gossamer, thin scarf unknowingly
Beguiled by such mystery,
his spell...my awe imparting an essence
of hanging anticipation.
Disquised as formless shadow or reality
I become delirious , like nymph of wind
puzzled by this sheer moment,
my curious mind invariably entranced.
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10/31/2015
Tucked away in this deep raven piled high
In the warmth that it brings…
I am content…
Without thoughts or any plans I plunge back
Into the dreams that wisp me away…
I am content…
The wind howls loudly, briskly along the luminous
Outer wall, I barely hear it though as I am
Wrapped up safe and secure…
I am content…
Silk sheets, smooth and incredibly soft is all I
Feel in this hidden oasis…
I am content…
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