Did I exist before I came—
To Time’s reluctant Door—
Or was I but a voiceless Name—
In Silence—evermore?
The cradle of a Nothing vast—
Where neither Breath nor Form—
No Heart to quicken—nor to fast—
No Memory—to warm.
Yet here—I stand—amid the Grass—
The Moon—observes my stay—
She lifts her Lantern as I pass—
And will—when I—decay.
If Death returns me to that Place—
That hollow, unbegun—
I must bestow—while in the Race—
Some kindness—til it’s done.
Compassion—like a secret Fire—
Illumes the darkened air—
Empathy—becomes the Choir—
Where none—may yet Despair.
The Sky receives my trembling Word—
It vanishes—like Rain—
But Love once uttered—will be heard—
Beyond the mortal Plain.
So let me weigh my brief Estate—
As Stars record my Breath—
And make my Living adequate—
To justify my Death.
Categories:
illumes, 12th grade,
Form: Lyric
crescent smile semblance
brother sun illumes the moon~
a at dusk hovers
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Categories:
illumes, moon,
Form: Haiku
O, fairest of ladies, you shall shine so bright,
A radiant star, that illumes in the night,
Your heart, a wellspring of compassion,
With gentle kindness, to all who suffer pain.
You are an angel, in mortal guise,
Always gracious to your peers, and those of your juniors,
Your kindness, like a beacon, will shine so bold,
Illuminating paths, for hearts that grow cold.
Your tears, fair lady, do fall like summer's rain,
For those who walk in darkness, and in sorrow's pain,
Your heart, a deep well, of goodness it contain,
And in your noble spirit, a brighter world will reign.
One day, my lady, your noble dreams shall come to pass,
And this fair world, shall be a better place, at last.
Categories:
illumes, angel, girl, lost love,
Form: Free verse
at the Master's feet-
light illumes shadow
Categories:
illumes, art,
Form: Monoku
At dusk in her belight she appears,
She smiles 'oh'her smile like silk, her smile which illumes,
My eyes stumble for her beauty,
She invests her gift to my land 'oh'so surreal,
She comes a nigh yet she's afar,
Her touch so real as it is an illusion,
She gives a light in guidance to a lonely man,
Her glades leaves his gaze abstracted as it is clear,
Her silver star like gift which shines even the darkest of faces,
In her ryhthmic visit,
To always lead,
Alas I sigh,as she descends back to her abode,
Leaving me in wonder,
"When can I see you again".
Categories:
illumes, nature,
Form: Free verse
*Image of Candles at God's Acres by Pixabay.
Happy 93rd Birthday Mom
June twenty-four mom's ninety-third birthday,
No candles or cakes except the bouquet,
Flowers for her and no banquet setting,
Just keepin' it plain -- no scene and fretting,
Illumes shed true we've aged, noted we've grown,
Blooms laid neath her imaged rosette gravestone.
Inspired: 2022 June 16
*HM*
Bite Size Poem no.47
~~Line Gauthier: Judged 2022 June 23
Categories:
illumes, birthday, blessing, happy, heaven,
Form: Couplet
An empty space,filled by light
brings simplicity to life,
the empty heart,fills with pain,
cries out why,again,again,
and still the emptiness remains;
Simplicity forgotten
in complexity will drown,
darkness overwhelms the mind,
despair see nought,with eyes blind;
light fills up the empty space
and illumes the vacant place,
hope blots out disappointment
as our emptiness relents.
Singularity brings forth clarity
on which imagination then flies free.
Categories:
illumes, art, inspiration, poetry,
Form: Sonnet
An empty space,filled by light
brings simplicity to life,
the empty heart,fills with pain,
cries out why,again,again,
and still the emptiness remains;
Simplicity forgotten
in complexity will drown,
darkness overwhelms the mind,
despair see nought,with eyes blind;
light fills up the empty space
and illumes the vacant place,
hope blots out disappointment
as our emptiness relents.
Singularity brings forth clarity
on which imagination then flies free.
| Year Posted 2010
Categories:
illumes, angst,
Form: Rhyme
EKPHRASIS ENTERS
Light to light which illumes
as colour fills our eyes and enters
our mood.To trigger stark sensations
colour floats on white,yellow
blue and red in parallel luminous
blocks.This conceptual mirror
meticulous,yet of the common
place, a still life set free in
pervading symbols of the night.
The senses merge to become a
dialogue, a commentary in words
Categories:
illumes, art, poetry, word play,
Form: Ekphrasis
MONOKU SEQUENCE #A
a perambulator arrives - emptiness takes its leave
.
a quietness descends - fresher term opens
.
room-to-let sign illumes - emptiness returns
Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2008
Categories:
illumes, poetry, word play,
Form: Monoku
*
dear john she replies - dipping her pen into tears
*
listen to the pause - silence is golden
A tribute to Erik Satie
*
the school-bus departs - she eats the advent candy
*
on garibaldi's retreat - the cookie crumbles
*
moss carpets the roof - the blackbirds make over
*
carol concert prelude- - chatter of innocents
*
footsteps in the street - echos of a distant youth
*
filaments in ferment - the elements touch base
*
a tumbleweed,windblown - the bounty-hunter dismounts
*
at ease on my bookshelf - yesteryear's leisured hours
*
a rainbow arises - through a curtain of tears
*
between wind and water - skating on black ice
*
shadows of yesteryear - distortions in todays dreams
*
as a sequence
a perambulator arrives - emptiness takes its leave
.
a quietness descends - fresher term opens
.
room-to-let sign illumes - emptiness returns
Categories:
illumes, poetry, word play,
Form: Monoku
peace
of night
draped in dark
cloth of samite
illumes succinct love
countless moments
words foreplay
gnarled script
calmed
7th June 2020
Sponsor Emile Pinet
Contest Name Ninette
Categories:
illumes, night,
Form: Ninette
Monoku is a senryu/haiku with a slight enigmatic flavour written in its earlier as a one line form
*
dear john she replies - dipping her pen into tears
*
listen to the pause - silence is golden
A tribute to Erik Satie
*
the school-bus departs - she eats the advent candy
*
on garibaldi's retreat - the cookie crumbles
*
moss carpets the roof - the blackbirds make over
*
carol concert prelude- - chatter of innocents
*
footsteps in the street - echos of a distant youth
*
filaments in ferment - the elements touch base
*
a tumbleweed,windblown - the bounty-hunter dismounts
*
at ease on my bookshelf - yesteryear's leisured hours
*
a rainbow arises - through a curtain of tears
*
between wind and water - skating on black ice
*
shadows of yesteryear - distortions in todays dreams
*
as a sequence
a perambulator arrives - emptiness takes its leave
.
a quietness descends - fresher term opens
.
room-to-let sign illumes - emptiness returns
"
Categories:
illumes, imagery, words,
Form: Monoku
Ghostly presence seen nightly
When lighthouse illumes brightly
Fishermen claim to see her
Confounded old tars concur
Her lover swallowed at sea
by fierce waves, old tars agree
Lighthouse beam, sailors concur
Was gone, not even a blur
March 15, 2019
For Charlie’s Jueju-Qijue With A Twist Contest
Categories:
illumes, history, sea,
Form: Jueju
the beauty
of line
poised,passive
silent,
perused:
a surface
beyond
thought and
craft,
ideas,
circle life:
vocation illumes
the essential,
enlivens
enriches
labour
with
a
symmetry
to preserve
pride
once again
Categories:
illumes, art, life,
Form: Verse
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