A Lamplighter
Written: October 30, 2023, For Brian Strand Contest
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as
gloominess
drops to the ground
the lamplighter performs his
rounds. Equipped with his
ladders, wick trimmer
matches, long pole
and backup fuel
positions the
ladders on
the post,
He opens the lock and trims the wick
and strikes a match to ignite the flame
locking
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Categories:
lamplighter, analogy, history, light,
Form: Shape
A Lamplighter
A world without light
devoid of sight
A world pitch dark
teeming with fright
What resides in men’s minds
unspeakably cruel, so unkind
A Lamplighter needed
to remove all the blinds
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Categories:
lamplighter, dark, light, world,
Form: Rhyme
Firefly
. Firefly's golden light
Welcome beacon of the night
Sparks fire here and there
Like the lamplighter of old
Tiny light that shines so bold.
March 13, 2022
for Firefly Tanka contest
by JCB Brul
Syllable Counter
FIRST PLACE
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Categories:
lamplighter, appreciation, courage, earth, fire,
Form: Tanka
My Lamplighter
She was in her early teens
She looked like a bouquet of morning
But twinkles were crumbling in her sheen
The flowers in her eyes looked deserted by the sun
From some source she had heard
I could reorient the windows of her thought
Could guide her to turn her shadows into sunshine
Making her eyebrows and smile free from many a
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Categories:
lamplighter, conflict, inspiration, stars, sun,
Form: Free verse
The Lamplighter
Floor,
table
to ceiling,from chandelier
to
a
trellis
filigree-
nouveau image
glow
Louis Tiffany's Grape table lamp designed by Mrs Curtis Freschel-was an International award
winer for Tiffany
http://www.tiffany-lamp-uk.co.uk/shop/
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Categories:
lamplighter, art, people
Form: Ekphrasis
The Eternal Lamplighter
My dear passer-by,
Do not hurry, please!
It will be, as in old times:
all will fall asleep, even the wind,
the merry fellow and deceiver,
and the eternal lamplighter
will silently turn on his magical lantern.
Transparent, lilac light will spread around,
You will hear footfall of invisible horses,
Say «Excuse me!»
if someone awakens to
sighs, whispers.
You will whirl in your happy, colored dreams,
and
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Categories:
lamplighter, imagination, inspirational, song-
Form: Lyric