Written: April 13, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Constance La France
Quote: "Let the water settle and you will see the moon and stars mirrored in your being," By Rumi
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Oat flakes float over the pale golden sky,
A white moon floats easily over land awry,
A shining reflection waltzes in your brown eye.
Your golden shade suits my dulcet face,
Glaucous clouds wrap seagulls as they pace,
Roses chilly hands ignite your heated place.
Soak it all in while I built a sandcastle—our empire,
A soft, wild cry from the coast, where we fire,
Seashells, salt and sand spats, our hearts wire.
Postcard-worthy memories cram my halcyon mind,
I'm catching a glimpse of moon face from behind.
Categories:
glimmer, appreciation, moon,
Form: Rhyme
I've been listening to your eyes
for what feels like eons,
noticing how the rain cries
unto your purposeful lips,
excited also, by the sounds of your
beautiful breaths in the smooth sunlight,
Tapping the pool of love blood,
rippling rose restless
to the edge of a frozen bloom
where the youth of our love wonder stood,
speaking to one another through playful madness,
tempting tragedy to resume
so to confess innocence in the fire flood
of the raw poetry pulsing in divine mood,
I find you in the fragrance of warm faith
and your eyes sing of sorrow unsold to sin,
palmprints upon our hearts bespeak a dangerous heat
that says love born of longing will never be safe,
for a moment we rue what's true about heartbeats lonely and thin,
You pull me within a hue of genius and clue of spirit discrete
revealing a teaching of soul engineering
where the meaning of living
is loving the bleeding
of pure beauty fleeting -
J.A.B. 02-19-2025
Categories:
glimmer, longing, love,
Form: Epic
To those who reject it
Truth is a trigger
While to those who embrace it
Truth is a glimmer
Of the light and love and joy
That so utterly and simply
Is what it means
To be alive
(11/5/14)
Categories:
glimmer, celebration, truth, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
A glimmer of hope
pokes a hole in all those clouds;
American style.
Categories:
glimmer, america, emotions, feelings,
Form: Senryu
In verdant meadows where butterflies roam
You can hear the whisper of the breeze
and enjoy the melody of birds
I see her in the garden on a summer eve
Tending to flowers versed in beauty like a poem
Awaiting butterflies in the garden to roam
I have seen the moonlight glimmer on the sea
As it pulls on the waves as if to tease
While palm trees rustle to the whisper of the breeze
When walking through a forest
There's no need for words
Just enjoy the song of the birds
Categories:
glimmer, butterfly, moon,
Form: Rhyme
The watery sun lifts up in the sky,
Water gently glimmers with small breeze formed waves,
Birds start to twitter as they get ready to fly,
Animals start the search for the food that they crave,
The sky is such a startling blue,
As the day goes on the sun slowly rises,
And in the shade there are shadowy hues,
All nature is busy, the graceful swans seem the wisest,
The day slowly gets hotter and I head for more shade,
When the days at its hottest everything is totally quite and still,
But we all are hoping this day does not fade,
When the sun starts its slow drift toward the far distant hill,
As it reaches it's last moment insects skim the water looking like small puffs of steam,
Then a fish breaks the water, was this day just a dream.
Categories:
glimmer, beauty, childhood, day, fish,
Form: Sonnet
With whispered farewells breathed from the fiery lips of The Western Sun, She slips to that dark resting place beyond horizon’s edge as yet another grain falls forever through the glass of time- leaving me spellbound,,, held in trance of passing moment’s beauty and ever mindful of price paid to bear witness of such- for I live not under deception my days are without number.
I cast my thoughts in direction of task yet unfulfilled- living in hope the morrow shall bring more favorable end to such as I take pause to smile in moment of such self indulgence. Still,,,with intent to hurry on my way I find my spirit delightfully brightened by the waking hellos of evening stars and moonlit paths which lead to home.
Peace reigns in it’s moment of glory - suffering no loss in the memories of a well finished day- bringing thoughts of rest, the warm haven of home and glimmer of hope eternal.
Categories:
glimmer, hope, silence,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Lustrous objects always attract the eyes ~ they are too bright to ignore
June 24, 2023
Categories:
glimmer, star, stars,
Form: Monoku
rattling, howling wind
waves crashing against life rocks
Lighthouse standing strong
silent hope glimmers
lights twinkling in the distance
destiny is yours
Categories:
glimmer, destiny, life, light, sea,
Form: Haiku
Sunlight over receding sea, small waves born.
Thawing frozen clouds drenched with rain.
Leaves sparkled where motley was worn.
Breeze through golden twilight again.
Delivered a calming blow to the restless,
Fluting never ceases and is zestless.
Nature's grace often leaves me speechless,
We are in awe of her rich color scheme.
Birds pondering in their nests by the stream,
Sliding down a frail stalk-like shadow dream.
Serenading with pleasure rather than scorn,
With such exquisite food, no one feels pain.
The crashing waves soothe me, I walk breathless.
Calmed in my heart, I muse on nature's gleam.
Written: February 04, 2023
Fragmented Rhyme Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Emile Pinet
Categories:
glimmer, analogy, appreciation, beauty, nature,
Form: Rhyme
The days of bleeding light are disgusting
Endless vacations around the sun
Just to put me in the emptiness and the vortex
To let the reflected light and fog penetrate
The roots of suffocating time
So that we may be granted a new beginning.
I'm trying to find a way to break free
I'm a free-flying bird in correlations
drifting off into the horizon
wishing for the sky, but having far more.
Then sped up and pulled me behind
From the inside out, I can sense my wings
The beating of the heart was quieted
Singing with my arms wide open.
Written: January 31, 2023
Categories:
glimmer, analogy, dream,
Form: Free verse
Don’t you know why Ted is slimmer?
His eyes no more with hopes glimmer:
Had long swum in pools with shimmer,
As long in frustration swimmer;
Ted would not bear Todd’s New Tipper
Plus dreams of making ‘A Shipper!’…
But one’s knowledge of life deeper,
One no more, in spirit, Sleeper,
Entrance one blocks against Creeper
And proves Goodwill Lover Keeper…
Now, you know why Ted is slimmer
And walrus moustache not trimmer:
Chances of making it dimmer,
One gets slimmer and face grimmer!
Categories:
glimmer, cry, humanity, money, prejudice,
Form: Rhyme
A glimmer of hope is all you need
Now give it your best in thought and deed
Don't wait around for a hole a mile wide
'Midst such a hole lies a mudslide
Categories:
glimmer, future, hope,
Form: Couplet
The last glimmer of light fades away,
into the darkening gloom of night.
Bringing about the end of the day.
Another will begin at first light.
Night has taken its place,
to rule the hours before dawn.
Creeping into every space,
where light has since withdrawn.
A silvery gray mist fills the air,
ghostly apparitions appear.
The darkness they willingly share,
enfolding and drawing you near.
Sounds fade, unable to follow,
the day surrenders to the night.
A promise to return with tomorrow,
growing louder, as dim becomes bright.
The night, offering a safe haven to hide,
surrounds with a warm embrace.
The dimmest light, will be denied.
till morning gently touches your face.
Categories:
glimmer, appreciation, dark, light, night,
Form: Quatrain
Lantern in blue haze,
oil flame spirit glow, last ditch
tunnel ray of hope
Posted ; 1st April 2022
Categories:
glimmer, art, beautiful, beauty, character,
Form: Senryu
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