Holding the power of blue
The nobility thought noble
Peasant acceptance grew
Hypnotised and immobile
Violence in the Kush
For the truest blue ever seen
Not just any old push
But the ultramarine
An accident with blood
Gave us the Berliner Blau
Once where Prussia stood
And is Germany now
Taken on a blue plate
Not so appetising
Slows the heart rate
Without even realising
Introverted, honest and loyal
Calm and composed
Sometimes sensitive to spoil
And a stone heart exposed
a firecracker explodes in the dark~
one bright heartbeat
thrown into night sky
before it fades
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tactfulness warfare
with inhuman
constrict your
expendable headmistress
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leveling hippie
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boundlessness beatniks
were receptor
to inducement
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through spunky
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(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • August 10–16, 2026)
Spring Explosion 5-5-26
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Spring Explosion
A razzle dazzle of cerise surges
Bounding carmine flares
Sparks of chartreuse sizzle
Sapphire spangles ignite
Lavender fire combusts
Vernal mischief! Spring explodes!
spring riot
magenta dahlias blaze
gold and crimson ignite
Japanese cherry blossoms an explosion of pink
A desperate gasp
explosion damp and muffled
march of the pebbles
It's too cold for angels to fly up here,
It's too windy to raise a fire.
Explosion?
I don't know her.
And she doesn't care who or what she destroyed.
Life is just like a shard of frozen gold,
Coveted most when it cracks and ends.
Pardon me for being so bold,
But in the end even beauty here stinks.
an explosion of blooms
with spring's arrival
the bees feast
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
I am aflutter around you.
Sky appears in your eyes of blue.
Feeling lost in your gaze I am.
Reeling in my mind, it's like WHAM.
Oh, sweet explosion of delight!
So joyfully my heart takes flight.
May i never lose your love's blast.
Say to me you want this to last.
bright colors shouting
hello y'all it's me autumn
nipping at your nose
I wrap my fingers around the pen
which has lain dormant collecting dust
for months on end feeling as if
I'm lifting a fifty pound weight
straining not just my joints
but my brain, its neurons refusing
to fire like the broken burner of a
gas stove with a malfunctioning igniter
fouling the air with noxious fumes
as it fails to burst into blue flame
a single spark threatening an explosion
that will decimate everything I hold dear
My lone gift life bestowed upon me
I once naively believed would
change everything has altered
exactly nothing as my words are
like whispers in a windstorm
to the world, to you
whose image I was deluded
enough to imagine there might
be a chance would match reality
that someone, that you
could actually care
You don't know what you can accomplish
until you just try
If you don't try
it will not happen
it will stay dormant
in a deep sleep like a volcano explosion
it may come back negatively
like a rocket blasting into
out of space
wasted, wasted it will be
no use to anyone
practice, practice your skills
like the will God has given to you
truly it will become apart of you
truth it is like the skills
of experience
successful it shall be
He have given you the key
with practice it's free
you and me will see
Sweet one, you are going to shine.
My love will make you feel fine.
The last 18 years will be over and done.
You are going to shine sweet one.
Lay your head on my shoulder.
You’ll outgrow it and be bolder.
I promise little girl, good times ahead.
On my shoulder, lay your head.
You’re no longer a child don’t feel sad.
The mistreatment was really bad.
Your pain makes me feel so wild.
Don’t feel sad you’re no longer a child.
A love like mine you’ve never known.
Sweet tenderness you’ll be shown.
Having you by my side will be a sign.
You’ve never known a love like mine.
It is my plan to satisfy you.
With every thoughtful thing I do.
I’m going to be your man.
To satisfy you, it is my plan.
Explosion of ideas in my mind
create mental pain I soon find;
here dreaming, my pen held in hand-
head pounding with new words so grand.
To be frank, the two will not meet;
paper is blank- head's still in heat!
What comes to mind was said before;
so what is left to say or explore,
of love or nature- peace of mind?
Of God, of self- woes of mankind?
Of life and death, of war and peace;
old themes need a brand-new release!
Burst open seed! Show yourself bare!
Guide my thoughts and words to prepare
poems shaped by creative light-
as gifts of my struggles and plight!
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