The focus burns through a paper-thin reality
seared rings smolder,
the laser fixed eye
becomes a fire starter.
You watch that slow burn
as the watcher watches the one who watches.
The foothills of mind catch the tinder, simmer
until lightning strikes flash upon an optic nerve,
a flare of solar plexus radiance
scorches all before it.
A wind is unchained from a giant painting of stillness
it runs through a hallowed valley of spinal awareness
charring the seen
until an exposure takes on the shape
of molten heat.
Now the one who looks
has broken through the tissue of perception.
Your incandescence drew me to your flame
Moth-like, I gravitated to your light
Then feigning nonchalance, I asked your name
The music of your voice set me to flight
And added several inches to my height
When you inquired of my name I saw stars
Stellar arrays beyond Venus or Mars
Puncturing through the thick shroud of the mask
I use to hide my stories and memoirs
My lady! All you had to do was ask!
written 18 Aug 2020
Through mirror’s bilge, Mariana on deck -
Wick’d queen, licks lips, with a delicious scheme.
In mock ascent, ego gives cheek a peck.
Suddenly daughter’s reflection - a gleam,
As snow forms queen’s exhale into a scream,
Her rubious threads covered in bright light,
Mariana’s hair in cascading flight.
Furious dark red strands taint apple’s flesh.
Fruit’s innocent beauty beckons a fright.
Hoary-shapeshifter tempts Eve - step-hate fresh.
8/15/2020
Contest: Pick-A-Title, Vol 21 - Dizain
Chosen Title: Incandescence
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
Dizain in 10 syllable lines
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Checked by howmanysyllables.com
Stray meteoric passion’s red hot beam
fire-wires moonlight dervish in a bold splash
clouds of glitter coat my sweetheart’s gleam
as solar powered pulse rates cut a dash
welder’s arc vapours rise from pure raw ash
us copper tinted fiery orbs ablaze
melt first flush easels with our brimstone rays
spiral eye bright lumens fuse galactic
species skyline sweltered rapt current phase
with torch bearer incense so ecstatic
Date poem created : 10 August 2020
Title : Incandescence
Sponsor : Edward Ibeh
Lover heated to incandescence, gasp
Tries to break away, runs, trips, falls, tumbles
In uncertainty's way, lands, yet is clasp
By the tight controls of passions, mumbles
Knows this relationship already crumbles
Incandescence heats a wire to glow
Passion's fieriness in eyes' windows show
Lovers' light with flames shining like stars bright
'Til the first problem cast lovers into throes
Will their passion join them, their foe to fight?
Written: August 09, 2020
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
Title Chosen: Incandescence
Incandescence: noun; One definition for incandescence is Full of strong emotion, passionate..
Her heart burns with an incandescence bright,
She spreads smiles whenever she goes around,
Her love for others makes her feet so light,
A compassionate face with kindness crowned,
Her friendly nature is sure to astound,
Her warmheartedness makes you feel welcome
To her cosy home that is never glum,
With her by your side, you'll never feel low,
She's sure to make your inner being hum,
Her incandescence, let us also show.
08.07.2020
Title: Incandescence
Contest: Pick-A-Title, Vol.21 - Dizain
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
Asteria glides on a turquoise sea
caressing Luna in indigo hues,
velvet drizzles cuddle a wilted tree
topaz prairies in fragrant whispers fuse.
Golden fireflies flicker with wind to cruise.
In honeyed mist of soothing astral streams
my blue primrose petal dances in dreams,
your halo orchestrates secrets untold,
bathed by healing incandescent moonbeams
in darkness your silk aurora I hold.
August 6, 2020
Pick-A-Title, Vol 21 - Dizain - Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
Title Chosen: Incandescence
10 syllables per line checked on howmanysyllables.com and Soup Counter
~Winner: 1st Place
Nothing said surroundings environmental still;
Nothing's heard still loneliest beats of warmth chills;
Nothing said
No moving parts stationary Surround -Soundz
No moving parts listless
Listlessness
Incandescent no voices
No surround sound
Stalled echos laden calls
Mouth stops all sound drops
Everything all elements are still
Nothing said
9/01/19
Placed 3rd place in Contest
For Silent Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Silent One
blue incandescence
unto the hidden pool come
taking wary stride
July 27, 2018
From the pitch-blackness of the night
city lights glow like yellow stars
gorging dollops of dark matter
from an artificial universe.
Where luminescence disappears
then reappears differently
in magnitude and location
Each having their own tales to tell
both real and imaginary.
Dawn arrives and they fade from view
their nightly relevance worthless
in a world of bright beginnings
until diurnal hours wind down
and their brilliance shine once again.
Shadows form illusions upon the wall in our darkened room
only the twinkling stars and moonbeams can cast a glow through sheer curtains,
Amber apparitions sparkle in the twilight soon
and float across the room like a ghost,
flickers cause a warming color that shines off your face
and reflecting the eyes of seductive love.....
Midnight darkness has its form of mystical beauty not replaced
ebony deep and haunting is etched within this atmosphere enough,
Like charcoal sketches lined with indigo blues and muted
Barely pale grey marks show on the canvas.....
Hidden and clandestine memories so deep below
The process of relinquishing the tragic incandescent,
Heartbroken are we trapped in darkest rapture
slinking silhouettes dance through the air
It seems we've given in by beasts are captured,
Remember pale and golden light that enters unaware
Cling to me and hold my flesh with all your might,
Kiss me endlessly as breath to starving breath
Wrap me in your arms of softest strength and sweet delight
Love me and please hold me 'til there's nothing left to love with me.
new lovers - glowing -
explore each other's bodies
incandescence blooms
the moon peeks down through branches
of the oak two lie beneath
Stars race as
Time in space
Aligning themselves
Inside the solar system
Resuming
Westward
Alluring
Yellow-orange
Twilight
Older
Than
Heaven's
Exuberant
Symmetry
Terrifically
Arranged
Reclaiming
Supremacy
Written by Andrew Crisci
for Linda-Marie's contest,
" Stairway To The Stars "
Whirling about in a torrent of sparks
Swirling around in the darkest of dark
Lighting the night with its luminous glow
Filling the air with heat as it grows
Climbing and rising, higher and hotter
Above and below, all around and around
Dizzying, dazzling, exhilarating
Even the stars gaze with envy
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