Forded Poems

Against All Odds

...I forded shallow waters
I tried to set my feet 
The bottom was too sandy
Nothing there concrete

The tide then turned against me
No footing held me down 
I drifted out of memory
Alone and lef...

Here I am Send me Isaiah 6:8 part nine NIV

...All biblical quotes and verses are from the NIV
In Isaiah 6:8 the Lord is asking whom he should send and who will go for us?
In Isaiah 6:8 Isaiah is responding that the Lord can and should send him...

Star-Crossed Lovers

...Written: September 1st, 2023                              
Star-Crossed Lovers Poetry Contest -- Sponsored by: Robert James Liguori   
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Timeless

...Timeless

Auspicious occasions
times thrice too many
for a star to pivot and
               ~~bunker
involving breathless
nebulous palls chances
forded o'er aroused
               ~~slumber
...

Our Secret Glade

...We walked through fields of flaxen wheat
Crossed country lanes and ancient stiles,
We forded streams in joyous mood
It seemed we walked for miles and miles.

Way afar church bells rang out
Call...

A Precious Gift

...I walked the countryside for miles
I forded streams, I straddled stiles,
Taking joy from every tree
Lost in nature's reverie.

A woodpecker's staccato beat
Put rhythm in my weary feet,
In the ...

Jail House Laughter

...Forded laughter, empty of mirth.
A pretense of amusement, empty of worth.

Jail house laughter, hard and brittle.
Louder than normal, but means so little.

Laughing just to keep from crying,
t...

Perseverance

...Grass isn't  always greener on the other side born from poverty  Spanish-speaking English living  Nuyorican lots of siblings government living Brooklyn streets roaches in the cabinets rats roaming to...

Send Off

...Ugly are you with tearful eyes
The tears that never forded my cheeks
As did yesterday,too stubborn to stop
Perhaps the second it is that my eyes
Like a morning rose in a dewy garden
Got a burial unde...

Send Off

...Ugly are you with tearful eyes
The tears that never forded my cheeks
As did yesterday,too stubborn to stop
Perhaps the second it is that my eyes
Like a morning rose in a dewy garden
Got a burial unde...

Send Off

...Ugly are you with tearful eyes
The tears that never forded my cheeks
As did yesterday,too stubborn to stop
Perhaps the second it is that my eyes
Like a morning rose in a dewy garden
Got a burial unde...

Nordic Dreams

...Through forded streams, nostalgia seems, to be a sense of Nordic Dreams
The pathways to yesterdays, appear to retreat to ample schemes.
Broken nails and nightingales lighten up your brooks and stre...

Dolphin Manifesto

...now not anymore
the Island that isn’t
a loneliness but
Choice without being
There we were sitting and
The Sea was coming and
We (me and you) – a gorgeous staple,
Hooked, 
were creating and
w...

Gilded Lady of the Night

...Scented Nightingale sets sail
Foraging through every, well-forded dale
Primped, preened emasculated shell
Black crown renovated for sale
From seductive perch casts alluring spell
Easy catch your...

Middle-Aged Rose

...Soft-scented rose in well-forded dale
Your taut stem worn and stale
When sprinkled, buds barely swell
Wavering petals your waning sail

Your contantly, preened leaves have lost detail
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