Contest: 2026/03/15 Write a Beautiful Shadorma
Sponsor: Constance La France
Through Author’s Lens: “Where the world groweth dark, the child yet keepeth the dawn.”
Cold winds stir
Silent dwellings wake
Small shoes wait
Pause again
Mothers scan dim firmament
Night draws ever near
Thin clouds drift
Vast heavens hold breath
Young eyes lift
Slowly now
Why cathedral bells recede
Birdsong breaks to hush
Pale dawn comes
Radiance parts mist
Bare trees speak
Low murmur
Children step into morning
Hope stands unappeased
In the dismal and dreary dusk,
I experience horrific hallucinations,
Of cracks in the sublime skies.
Celestial conflicts commence
Without a hint or reason.
Comets collide, stars flare
In nasty noxious Novas.
Quakes seem to shatter the peace
Of the vast stretch of space.
Whilst we on Earth envision
The fall of a multitude of meteors.
Catastrophic clouds form overhead,
Effectively hiding the brutal battles galore.
Then the rain begins to fall and I awake.
Soon the cumulonimbus clouds disperse
And the silvery stars appear in full formation.
Thank God, ‘tis only a nasty nightmare.
Here comes my beautiful Ada!
The flower of my youth
Elegant and sure footed
Poised to conquer the world
A gazelle of inestimable beauty
Resilient and full of
Joie de vivre and open heartedness
Ada no one is like you
And no one can ever be like you
You are beautifully and wonderfully made
Rise and lighten up global
Entertainment firmament
For the world is your oyster
The blue sky is not heaven
It's not the same thing at all
Dear friends.
We often speak of the firmament of yesteryear
By day, the sky is dazzling like an etiolated flower
Dear friends.
Defying gravity is to soar into the heavens
Where at night, stars and asteroids are numerous
It's the dream, it's imaginary impulses
Where we are stunned, amazed and silent.
We are fascinated by extraordinary tricks
The sky isn't really blue, it's an illusion
Man has a way of making inventions
To satisfy his tellurian and planetary curiosities.
P.S. Translation of” Le Ciel Bleu” by Hébert Logerie.
Copyright © September 2022, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poetry.
Money when is greedily accumulated
Even though prosperity is created
We fail to enjoy the presence of it
We may not celebrate it even a bit
That attitude will grow like forest-fire
We may not stop firmly that desire
As our heart, greed will dominate
Our mind, desire will contaminate
Acquisition of money is a bad illness
It must be monitored with carefulness
When we plan to amass great wealth
We may not care about our health
Money will inflate our ego severely
Making us behave like demons really
We may see prestige in petty matters
And we may fail to enjoy this Universe
If money is our servant, we then win
For money only is committed great sin
If enough becomes our only formula
Our life will be devoid of any flaw
If you can decently make a living
If happiness, contentment is giving
You are traveling on the right track
Nothing on this fine Earth, you lack.
VERDICT OF FIRMAMENT
Firmament addressed clouds asking
not to assemble in platoon
and alarmed aggressive adamant arrogant tempest
not to be tempted to attack,
but allowing welcoming gentle zephyr to blow.
Ablaze Sun got astonished but felt ashamed.
Ample heat with hot air was arrested.
Azure sky in amazing awesome auburn Autumn
to allure outdoor romance in assured angelic ambient
and to assuage any agony if annoying.
Amour awaking, awaiting, appealing for auspicious moment.
avoiding apprehension of anything awry or awkward.
Appalling atrocious happenstance not to hit aspirant pair.
Let the couple be abloom aglow in amorous flow adoring one another.
Not to put in anxiety or anguish but to be accomplished on admiration.
No question of absolution you should arise,
asserting affirmative answer of love to accept astounding unison.
06/19/22
Your Favourite Poem from the first half of 2022
Contest by Julia Ward
firmament* so vast
showcasing celestial lights---
God reigns… sees us all
*Genesis 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.
April 1, 2022
if its water element
then its all a big event
freely given its God sent
mirroring our firmament,
liquid matter can't be bent
cuz its fluid it wont rend,
if its water, element.
Contest Name: Elemental
Sponsor: Charles Messina
July 8, 2021
earth
abundant, palpable
stirring, settling, providing
ripples, vegetation, heliocentric, clouds
shifting, shining, outpouring
providential, mysterious
firmament
4-29-2021
Firmament radiates with celebration glow
midst sparkling kaleidoscope whisking vibrant cheer
lights leaping, lilting, skipping in whirling flow
like flowers blooming above unfold fireworks clear.
Midst sparkling kaleidoscope whisking vibrant cheer
bursting brilliantly as tints and hues of gems’ flare
like flowers blooming above unfold fireworks clear
praising God for His goodness*, wafting festive air.
Bursting brilliantly as tints and hues of gems’ flare
lights leaping, lilting, skipping in whirling flow
praising God for His goodness, wafting festive air
firmament radiates with celebration glow.
*Psalm 107:31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
January 12, 2021
8th place, "2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 7" Poetry Writing Premiere Contest
Sponsored by Mark Toney; judged on 7/15/2022.
sky of dark taboos
lightning strikes, brim stone arrows
turtle shells prevail
Haiku composed: summer 2020
Nativity scene so holy
Mother holding newborn babe
of perfect soul purity
Host of heaven singing joyously,
an angelic sound
of glowing firmament quality
She is the uncharted Waters
-feeding the mists that lick at your ears, your eyes, your lips. Causing them to tingle with it's kiss.
Reserved for the day when the senses shall thirst for the fountains of the Deep.
Of living waters.
Of eternal spring.
FIRMAMENT-LING
Coursing through Eternities veins,
with a remembered song to sing.
The source of her effervescence;
God's Heart Strings.
It is a cascading symphony.
As she Flys like a deluge of welcome rain, in a deserted place of meaning, on Strange Wings.
Blest
firmament
glows
despite
seemingly
chaotic
obscurity...
as sun*
emits
grace of the Lord---
nature
and mankind’s
wondrous
hope.
*Matthew 5:45 …your Father which is in heaven: … he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good…
March 14, 2019
edited on May 23, 2020
2nd place, "BRIAN'S CHOICE S, any form, any theme" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 5/24/2020.
S-unny atmosphere
K-eeps letting the heaven warm
Y-our blue lane above.
Form: Haikustic
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