COME AND SIP WITH ME
My cup overflows…
I’m sipping from its saucer—
God’s cistern pouring:-
I hope you’re fine without me,
Because without you, I’m surely broken. And I always wonder why can’t you just see?
Oh! I’m sorry for sounding rude; I sometimes lose my mind.
I shouldn’t always talk about myself, but you never stopped me because you were always so kind.
In the morning I realised it’s your birthday today.
Happy birthday, dear! May you find the life you desire, and may this be your best day.
I saw your birthday invitation on my WhatsApp;
Perhaps you’re giving me a chance, & I promise to rebuild the trust, without any cap.
My friends were in shock when I told them about it;
They informed me about that new person in your life,
With whom you find joy and delight.
How will my eyes bear it?
Seeing you stand with someone else,
Sharing the first slice of cake with someone else,
Dancing with your arms on someone else’s shoulders.
No,No,No… I’m sorry, but I can’t be the beholder.
Why is “love” not in my destiny?
I can’t even buy it with all the money.
I guess, I shouldn’t feel sad for not being able to come to your party, because, at least my eyes are
now out of danger;
I won’t have to see you with a stranger.
Warmest childhood memories of
my favourite aunt's country kitchen
with her homemade sourdough bread
and fresh clover honey gathered
from her very own bee hives
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Sunshine through my window beckoning to play
AP: 3rd place 2026
If the two of you agree
The self-invited guest is free
To enter into hearts
And a miracle starts!
Who is it; Who is the One
All strife and striving shun?
Our minds see the wisdom, truth and light
The request is made and it is right;
A deep desire and a plea
To forget the questions, the fear, to flee
Into the Eternal Arms,
To rest from all alarms.
Relief, peace and joy come too
As this self-invited guest comes to you.
The only True-Love is there,
Your burdens to bear.
Eternal Creator God, Jesus His Son
Enter and all is One.
It's very exciting,
These words you're reciting,
Inviting in abundance,
Such a fun dance with existence,
Escaping the dense feeling of lack,
Getting our power back,
As we stack moment after moment,
Knowing our present is the gift,
Split the rift,
Get ready to shift,
Drift with the momentum,
And enjoy the conundrum.
You always have some,
Air to breathe,
Creating another miracle through alchemy,
How so little can create exponentially,
Everything we need to be.
Nature has come calling an adventure I truly adore
Time to connect and spend time in the great outdoors
A trip down a forested path birds and animals ready to say hello
A journey into their world is very inviting surely you know
The freshly fallen multi-coloured leaves awake to the sun
A gentle reminder to all of us that autumn has begun
Down by the riverbank, a bear does appear
He is dining out on salmon proceed with caution no need to fear
Eagles gaze down from high up in the trees
Soon to chose their flight pattern in the gentle breeze
A glorious day so full of sights and sounds
It's time to leave this place and return to town
beauteous full moon
shines brightly for us.
there's so much promise
in our starry sky;
let's swim under this
inviting twilight!
#3
the puckish wink;
that come-hither smile!
inkling of seduction?
Writing Challenge - I Words - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France
Word choice: Inviting
Syllables checked at HMS
Date written: 03/03/2023
In his arms it feels so warm and cozy.
Not a worry in the world have we.
Very happy and content, feeling life is rosy,
I cannot think of another place I'd rather be.
Time with him is my stress release.
I wish I could stay with him this way evermore.
Never could I find on earth a greater peace,
Gifted with the inviting smile of the one I adore.
March 2, 2023
Sponsor: Constance La France
For writing challenge - I Words - Poetry contest
I left the village and trudged towards the small wood,
Junipers, covered with berries that looked so good.
It was an inviting place many knew about
It was luck I found it, few cared I have no doubt.
In the middle, a pond cherished by lots of fish,
Around willow Norway Spruce which was my true wish.
And on the face of the water, large leaves floated,
With white, yellow and purple lotus promoted.
I sat on a rock, watching some birds as they flew,
Elated as the solitude around me grew.
On the other side, a small bridge led to my place.
I had to admire her neat walk, her lovely face.
She quietly sat down beside me, full of bliss.
I leaned slowly towards her and gave her a kiss.
In that inviting place who could ignore delight
I was ready to give her my all heart outright
In that silence, she lay on my shoulder, her head.
In blissful solitude, never a word we said.
1 March 2023
Place 1
Writing Challenge - I Words - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Constance La France
The pink hallways led us down to the sea
We could not jump from the last step
But I could have dived in and I might have loved it
Unfortunately, I was not wearing my swimming suit
There was an inviting table with a pink chair.
I sat, enjoying the ambiance of the pretty water
No water is as blue or as sparkling as the Aegean Sea of Greece
I sat for a time, enjoying a luxurious caramel coffee.
Bliss beats rise
from deep within,
if we
be receptive
to God’s magnetism,
that pervades
our form
awaiting
consent
of free will,
that He may
enliven our soul,
by setting aflame nodes
for
love enablement.
07-December-2022
Yalto poetry form
Pattern is as follows - total lines 15
3, 4, 2, 4, 5, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 1, 5 syllables
Books of life cannot be fully writ,
Cosmic egg comes with dark space unlit,
Come O Death if ye must,
Ready I’m to be dust,
We have an old custom, guests to greet.
Pray, be frank, no need to be discreet,
Come like a dark matter on retreat,
If only to take me,
Waiting I’m and ready,
Cut this beat around bush and be straight.
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Reflections | 03.11.2022| Limerick (only as a format)
Poet’s note: Not that I am inviting Death to take me. But if it does come, I am ready today to greet it. For, I feel, Death is to equip the soul with a new body and revised plan for the onward journey. I hope and wish, when it actually comes to call, I would still feel the same.
Grace in-pours through our fontanel
enlivening each body cell.
Love’s fragrance oozes from our pores;
through our fontanel, grace in-pours.
To be as such, ego must die,
that soul eternal may fly high.
Resting thought and learning by touch,
ego must die, to be as such.
All’s enabled once we are still.
In time stretched calm, voids within fill.
Thus, when no agenda’s tabled,
once we are still, all’s enabled.
Ceasing to seek, in God we trust,
aided no doubt, by His bliss thrust.
As love holds us close, cheek to cheek,
in God we trust, ceasing to seek.
03-September-2022
(Swap Quatrain)
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