SURROUND OURSELVES WITH THOSE WHO FAN OUR FLAMES
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May we be blessed as we build the fire that lights our life….
to surround ourselves with people here about…
Who are there to fan the flames…
not put that fire out.
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Categories:
fan the flames, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
1393
...1393
Yvain, the son of the Earl of Foix, did painfully expire
At a Royal Masquerade Ball as his costume caught fire
And a most tragic yet quite strange event, did transpire
As many others all a...
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Categories:
fan the flames, death, fire, french,
Form: Rhyme
Dogs of War and Why I Feel Sad For The Zionists
...Babes. Raised to outfit an agenda. The element of nature versus nurture. A pitbull is a dog like any other as is a Jew is a human like any other. Babes. Any dog any human, raised to be a weapon will ...
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Categories:
fan the flames, dog, jewish, sympathy,
Form: Haibun
Infinite Sky, Endless Dreams!
...A journey that beckons to explore and expand,
Awaits to awaken my spirits,
A path unwinding, where I take my length,
One false move opens the Pandora's box,
Shatters the bricks and mortar of my d...
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Categories:
fan the flames, dream, endurance, how i
Form: Free verse
Days Are Longer
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It's true things are hard to unfix
Nature's playing games and dirty tricks
Instead of games
Gonna fan the flames
Until winter and spring intermix
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Categories:
fan the flames, world,
Form: Rhyme
Wind and Snow, Fire and Ice
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The gods are angry
and growing angrier.
Poseidon views his beautiful ocean
despoiled with garbage,
poisoned and polluted
by heedless humans.
He rages to Hephaestus
and Vulcan, gods
of cre...
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Categories:
fan the flames, anger, emotions, environment, mythology,
Form: Free verse
Silken Splendor of the Lovely Dame
...Luminous lids lift, languidly unveiling vistas of vibrant verse, as lavish laughter lines lips that lure with lyricism.
Sultry syllables swirl, a sweet serenade that saturates the senses, summonin...
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Categories:
fan the flames, love, lust,
Form: Alliteration
Lilith
...Why should I be as one to veileth
herself, asking God, why thy Lilith?
You who made me of filth and impure sediment
Unlike the first man, made of dust or earth
What cause am I to deserve bedevi...
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Categories:
fan the flames, allusion, myth,
Form: Free verse
Why I Love Writing Poetry
...Why I Love Writing Poetry?
Did I mean why I love writing poems?
Nevertheless, I love writing poems or poetry:
To simply have fun, make others happy,
Inspire and defend others; to fan the flames...
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Categories:
fan the flames, extended metaphor, inspiration, literature,
Form: Rhyme
The Battle Within
...The mind, a wilderness and untamed
A place of unknowns and darkened woods
A battleground where ambitions are drained
And life plays out in the most uncontrolled goods
As a student, I fought...
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Categories:
fan the flames, anxiety, confidence, courage, desire,
Form: Rhyme
Fanning the Flames
...Some love provoking the comfortable
Raising the ire of those set in their way
Stirring up tension among the implacable,
Start embers glowing, then walk away.
They wear the smirk of ...
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Categories:
fan the flames, anxiety, bullying, hurt, perspective,
Form: Quatrain
Feeding Frenzy
...The brighter colors are the first to go
as everything first fades to shades of grey
then eventually, to black or white.
Valid reasons come down to yes or no
then questioning to whom it is I pra...
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Categories:
fan the flames, war,
Form: Rhyme
Hysteria Uncontrolled
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My gorge rises, my blood boils.
Exasperated I bite my envenomed tongue.
Incensed I spout mad words
that have no meaning
defending my attitude,
maintain my poise.
I bait, fret and nag,
lik...
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Categories:
fan the flames, anger,
Form: Free verse
What I'D Like To Give You Is An Ounce of My Perfume
...fragrance of yesteryears distilled from heartache and joy
mixture of entropy and cohesion scented in hopeful aroma
sweat from wanderlust of adventure
tears from emotional advancement
b...
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Categories:
fan the flames, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Fire Drill
...You never kiss me like you used to do,
Or say you want me so I know it’s true.
And even though we still might get it on,
There’s no denying, babe, the thrill is gone.
These days the pattern’s g...
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Categories:
fan the flames, relationship, romantic,
Form: Lyric
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