Graceful Poems

Lithe marvel

lithe marvel with wings
progeny of pegasus
~ proud magnificence



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Hiku: a graceful sun dance

                      roses 
                     gleam 
         

Come, Graceful Brittlebush

Come, graceful brittlebush
   And creamy globe mallow blooms.
The winds of spring call you
   Again from the sandy tombs.

Come, you dashing lupine
   And join the wingnuts on the hills.
Go and place your annual stake
   With them near the trails.

There is room, woolly daisies
   And Engelmann's cacti,

Fireflies

A graceful  g l o w~
a belly-flicking thrill,         
                                     g

Frenchie

she was a true beauty
with elegance and grace
charmed and oozed personality
forever wore a smile on her face

her accent quite delightful
her manners perfectly fine
her skintone might have been a touch frightful
but her demeanour was always divine



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Cat shenanigans

Charming feline with airs of nobility
Agile this olympian contender
Tomfoolery being its main specialty



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Submitted on April 29, 2025 for contest ACROSTIC AGILITY sponsored by OLIVER MCKEITHAN  -  RANKED 3RD

The Butterfly

As she drinks nectar from a flower, sweetness from heaven falls like dew  
anointed with a gentle rain amidst sun showers she appears as if on cue
 
Lifting her wings she lands on a Zinnia beneath a tinted sky of April blue 
flight of fancy fanning fast, fabulous marvel, she is beauty true on

Distant Cousins

called Black Betty
she’s graceful
a rare beauty
still, quite a handful
she’s had her share
of adventure
and misadventure


AP: Honorable Mention 2025

The perfect pairing

today i bought
a small bouquet
six long stems
of tender buds
in vivid blue

as luck
would have it
the day before
i'd bought a tall
and slender vase
never thinking
the two were
destined for
each other

the bouquet
slid into the vase
like it was
meant to be
a rare elegance
i'd rarely seen

so here we are
in awe
admiring
six irises
in their
graceful
ballerina
pose


AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Graceful so grateful

in
my life,
no more tears,
nor sorrow dwells.
All my pain has fled~
my joy is now complete.
I fear no foe, no problem,
I'm truly a great conqueror.
My lips full of appreciations.
Till eternity, I'll ever give thanks.
Why won't I ever be joyful in God?
All of my needs in life, He provides.
All my heart desires come in full.
Good health, He grants

Entranced

She was waiting in the plaza
a breath of fresh air
graceful as could be

I sat there in the distance
couldn’t take my eyes off her
imagining that she might
be waiting for a guy like me

She slowly sipped
her coffee cup
I watched her lips
their gentle touch

And in my head I juggled
dozens of scenarios
where I would sweep
her off her feet

As time

wing song

robins, cardinals
wings sing through a gentle breeze ~
spring’s rhythmic applause

Sun Kissed

tall shoots lift their vibrant flowers
cheerful in sunshine and showers
erasing shadows of dawn’s mist
revealing the awe in sun kissed

beautiful light falls on the soul
whisper of peace to make one whole
nature’s singing, God does exist
revealing the awe in sun kissed

dreams of light fall across the skies
revealing to hearts how time flies
still, on and on, our life

Shadow Dancing

Shadow dancing,
her heart stirs in the still
memories flood her
mind embraced by the journey
celebrations of love and life,
softly playing in soundless cries
still as the effervescence sparkling
on the seas, rushing to meet the beach
in noisy dreams, echoing through her breathless
heartbeats…

shadow dancing,
the sands erase the dreams
as silence feeds the memories
quenching the thirst of yesterday’s
peace flowing through the spirit
chasing

your footprints

the footprints you leave daily within my heart
give me joy like bees when windflowers start to sway
announcing the birth of yet another spring
beguiling and graceful like a peacock in bloom

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