Lantern Poems - Poems about Lantern

I. The Hour of Approach The poem I was writing refused to end— it kept writing me. Blood didn't ink these lines— the ink bled me. Each stanza a hidden-hematoma across the white of nothingness. Somewhere, midnight faltered, and I was no longer alone. II. Visitation: Sylvia Plath Sivvy came barefoot, bees orbiting...

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Waiting For You in the sputtering lantern light I stand waiting for you I button my coat as the dense gray fog rolls in off the ocean a sparrow, shivering in the chill air sits on the sidewalk perhaps it is nearing its end only time will tell I may still be here to see It. ...

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Sparks aflame my sanctuary Flickering, roaming glints Over valleys of bygone years So long kept in shadows Traversing the bleakest darkness Where heat of love evades As the cool of Prussian blue night Forms a silky silent shroud Unravelling threads of sorrow's blinding Guiding me from night to day And through the hush, a glow emerges Soft...

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Curious hands took delicated folded sky lantern, "Be careful you don't tear or rip me," it said. "Cause I'm the one that gives wings to your hope. I'll embrace the sky's beauty more and make it glow, With my charming warm light, I'll flow. I can banish anxiety and mesmerize...

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He walks at dusk, a lantern swinging from his hand, light blooming in quiet pulses— a heartbeat made of fire. The path behind him forgets his steps, but ahead, shadows scatter like secrets too afraid of being known. “Where do you go?” they ask. “To the end of the night,” he says. “Beyond the last fear, beyond the hush of doubt.” But the night is long, and...

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Divided under the cities streams mapping decisive endings while toiling about the beginning boldness reaching for braising characters galloping amidst a certain angst we’ve devoured nothingness and opened the sky with truth thrashing tempers meaningful tools craving an emptiness above the continuous Bayshore a quiet offering pelicans landings sinking yet surrounding the jaded light house...

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Brazil and China dance Xi and da Silva romance ~ U.S. in a trance ...

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I thought I could hear, that deviant sound of eerie boots, disobedient ground Wearing disguises Sharing surprises Jack-Lantern, miscreant, boys are around ...

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There once was a pumpkin so bright, Its grin shone like a spooky night light. It sat on the porch, With a wicked, wild torch, And scared all the kids with delight!...

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Lantern of the Shadowed Glade In shadowed glades where spirits dwell, Beneath the boughs of an ancient spell. A pumpkin awaits, its fate foretold, By tomes of old and tales untold. Carved with care by children’s hands, A toothy grin upon its face expands. Yet, within those haunting, hollowed eyes, Lies a deeper truth in dark disguise. On Halloween, beneath pewter beams, Wailing winds...

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Hope, wish, and pray we all live and let live like the lanterns in the sky each one spreading light not disturbing or trying to destroy the other one no unhealthy competition no ego problems no wish to dominate discriminate manipulate others just keeping our individuality intact...

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Adrift, asunder - the shore, a vision only dreamt of where the longing stares of sunsets linger and wish... until, a million other suns shed their light of yesterdays ~before I ever wept or loved~ I wonder, is our sun a lantern to be wished upon on some planet light years...

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From the beginning of a new year right to the very end of it, there's something that brings people together in ways that makes our world all that much better. Something that's been going on ever since the beginning of celebration. Whether it be a cause for life, birth, death, holiday or anything that brings...

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There is a darkness Between the trees tonight, There is a darkness And I have the light Be it only a lantern A flame and a wick, It is enough to illuminate Every branch and stick A black veil ahead And no moon in the sky, All is silent around Until some thing does cry O, what is that...

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