Opaque opal- like white Moon
showing pallid face at noon.
Nascent crescent descent Moon
peeps at dusk reflecting reveries.
Maroon Half-Moon rises
arousing ripples of romance
Clouds at platoon trying
to put astral veil of mist.
Giant gorgeous gibbous Moon glazes
to enrapture night.
Abloom Full Moon in spoon full charm
makes lovers frantic lunatic.
Soon smiling couple is hypnotized
in gaudy glare and about to swoon.
Ensnared in eclipse Full Moon
slips through shadow of Earth
leaving behind sullen silhouette
sunken in starry sky
Blue Blood Moon in scarlet glow
winks in frolic flare to mesmerize.
Opaque opal white Moon
showing pallid face at noon.
Nascent crescent descent Moon
peeps at dusk reflecting reveries
Maroon Half-Moon rises
arousing ripples of romance.
Clouds at platoon
trying to put astral veil of mist.
Giant gorgeous gibbous Moon
glazes to enrapture night.
Abloom Full Moon
in spoon full charm makes lovers lunatic.
I enjoy each phase of Moon, drinking dreamy desires.
Lying on various emotion;
Letting odeon vaults earnestness,
Living odd via emulation...
Latching obedience veers eloquence.
Do you still think I can't define love?
(Lying on various emotion;)
Your eyes pour out gazes...
On this distance touches my heart glazes.
I found my feelings hoping for more,
The coat of arm I abhor,
Your eyes are ones sharp light I can not ignore.
(Letting odeon vaults earnestness,)
In our own room; little world,
Let pure hearts swirled.
Truly, it is just and naturally pure.
When all ours is ours indoor,
Then all faults shall become blamelessly adore.
(Living odd via emulation...)
Let lie be lie,
To tease off anger when I alone on bed lie.
Let truth rather make me cry;
To prepare joy ahead of time,
As both all in turn sublime.
(Latching obedience veers eloquence.)
WHY to all worries,
Will not end the stories...
But in one instance you invite sorry;
To drive the indifference lorry,
Such is an awesome drama of glory.
There feeling wet and gloomy
sitting on the bench feels wet
why does rain do this to us?
love to be dry, but wet is all I get
Across the road sits that bus
folks sit inside there happy and glad
they sit there dry and protected
not going my way, that makes me sad
The water glazes across the road
it can be slippery, so watch your feet
a fall now would make me worse
even more so than this wet seat
Maybe I should just walk home
an hour or so would get me there
but the prospect of an empty house
leaves me to utter a prayer
God, please look down on me
what should I do at this time?
send me someone along my way
to lift me up with a rhyme
Look back at the street light
there it shines for all to see
I had forgotten it was there
just as God provided Calvary's tree
He reminds me of His love
where His son did die for me
so one day will take me home
to abide with Him, I will see!
{This is based on a painting by Edward Hopper.)
Have you ever tried to make an acrostic cake?
If you make a big one, it takes longer time to bake.
Think first of a title that is interesting to you.
Any kind of word or even a phrase will do.
Stir up in your imagination titles with a flavor
that your reader/taster will really want to savor.
The main ingredients of acrostic cake are these:
first letter of each line is the sugar. Stir it in with ease..
There is a shortcake acrostic. It’s the easiest of all.
With a short-word title, the number of ingredients is small.
Take, for example, a little title word like “GO” -
first line needs that sugary G; last line sweeten with O.
“Get into your car any time of day
Off you drive or if you care to, simple walk away”
The title “GO” has been spelled downward. That’s acrostic, see?
Rhyme is cream you may whip up and add, easy as can be.
But to be a master baker of acrostic cake, use smooth glazes -
Your butter will be the descriptively tasty words or phrases.
Since your main letter ingredients will downward titles spell,
add sprinkles (bold print of first letters) and you should do well.
More often, this soul stretches
farther than the breath of a moon....
and through jaded eyes,
I saunter on the ledge of woodland,
past time's curfew and sharp lacerations
from kin's betrayal : a wanton walk
glazes the ripeness of cherries----
that such pageant from susurrus of woods
weaves a new , disparate tune.
I twirl along pebbles and sand,
kindling night's liniment
glorious as the slow climb of dusk...
this shard of pain spewing a wanton blaze
--radiant like a celestial star rising
from chambers, healing my ache
and waking pewter stones
while I half- slumber in a lull...
and I wrap my navel in soft linen,
the flickering, feathering night
differently cloaked in such nourished balm.
--I must be changed, my world honoring piety,
a lesson on life's lesion imbued through
the fragrant balm of my long , journey's song.
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Sleek stream cascades in heart of vale,
glazes the old pebble’s face once pale.
Its whispering sighs tumbled
downhill to drown in pearl flow,
merged with concert of murmur,
its ancient song sung.
Each month a craft fair,
is held at Pyree Fields in the open air.
All the local crafters are there,
proudly showing off their homemade fare.
Behind each stall, a pair of eyes stares,
hoping you will buy some of their wares,
or better still, admire their works and cares,
in making things, every devoted crafter shares.
Step right up to the craft fair.
Baskets, blankets, knitted ware.
Soaps that smell like orchard rains.
Scarves crocheted from woolen skeins.
Leather belts, and rings of brass.
Goblets and bowls of colored glass.
Jams from berries, wild and tart.
Paintings brushed with love of heart.
Patchwork quilts and scarves of dreams.
Homemade fudge, sweets and ice-creams.
Pottery crockery with glazes that swirl.
Wind-chimes and vanes, ribbons that twirl.
Wooden goblets and bowls, timber-scented schmooze.
Wax candles set, in solemn rows, pining like pews.
All around, the crowds have streamed,
past stalls half-baked and well esteemed.
With every artist standing up so tall,
So sure their work outshines them all.
So let's not disappoint them!
Join in Folks! Cheers!
I leave the sun-dappled autumn sidewalk, entering the office
The empty chair there lingers.
dark tendrils coiling in my mind—
my blind rage pleading for quiet healing.
flashbacks clash like striking thunder
opening buried treasures of truth.
and in that final brand searing cry
My heart reborn, mindlessly adrift in spectral mist.
I gladly depart as sleet glazes, streets so slick…..
hit the road early
sun glazes over farmland
road work halts traffic
Dream follows ambition in fervent fervor.
Runs in rapture drinking dormant desire.
Endless dream to flow like restless river.
Aglow dream glazes for whole life entire.
Meet your dream to fulfil till you expire.
Dawn's Calyx Woke Her And She Saw Pink Explosions
Dawn's calyx woke her and she saw pink explosions
As if hot flaming rays across the window sill
She woke me, I was brainstorming some implosions
Laughed together, love was in the pinkest pill
But day cried out, I am now tantalizing you
Your hearts are combining but my golden rays shift
Radiant glazes that give you more than your due
I work with love, in tandem we paint in to uplift
At the beach morning sun again touched our souls
As the ocean's strong waves washed our lazy feet
We marveled, life astoundingly joined our goals
Must have been Heaven's lovely will that we would meet.
That day, in the afternoon we vowed to wed.
That glorious night, we slept in a silken bed.
Robert J. Lindley, August 24th, 1974
Sonnet
Like silent waters hiding the depth ,
The mind glazes across the path ,
Through all unknown and unseen
Vales of wilderness pale or green ;
What is the task , and which place ,
And what fading lines does it trace ?
Thoughts crop up and feelings stir ;
Forming smoky images - an infinite blur ;
Express thoughts are easy ; those suppressed
Or thwarted are like wounds never dressed ;
Wisdom prevails : Learn to put up for long
With all good or evil , weak or strong
Nature has always a remedy in store
Which comes up with patience more.
DREAMING
Dream to fulfill ambition in full fervor
Running in rapture like restless river.
Endless dream drinking desire.
Aglow dream shines, glazes till coming true.
Meet your dream accessing success.
Intense yearning rippling ceaseless.
Numinous emotion never to regress.
Gracious glorious gorgeous glow.
2023
RAINBOW
Through raindrops Sun rays at random
split in seven hues of spectrum
and pasting on the sky album.
Seven colours shine in rainbow.
Violet : Innermost arch to glow.
Then glazes the strip Indigo.
Next comes Blue bow followed by Green,
completing blue part , clean as seen.
Then Yellow hue gives golden touch
on the position of fifth arch.
Orange bow comes sixth : Brilliant !
Merges to Red arch, radiant .
Last three strips show red part, vibrant.
Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green ,Yellow, Red :
Term VIBGYOR as initials carried.
Sequence of Rainbow colours, as said.
05/27/23
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