Love Lantern Poems | Examples
These Love Lantern poems are examples of Lantern poems about Love. These are the best examples of Lantern Love poems written by international poets.
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.
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 as songbird's first breath
Now embered dreams ignite ahead
The past melts in morning's hue
And where the lantern's light has led
Hope rekindles burning true
Deep in the forest lay a carpet of snow
and a lantern so bright it was lit all aglow
Twas the hush and the still that caused her to stir
as a sky full of night, send the stars to concur
She walked through the pines and the trees single line
as a little light shone by the window so fine
Aligned on the snow were berries so bright
as she followed the trail to the cottage of light
When the door opened wide, she was ushered inside
where the scent of fresh cookies could not be denied
by the warm fireplace a man of great cheer
said come in my darling, for Christmas draws near
Then the Angels of God sang a chorus of love
with hymns of good will and harps from above
deep in the forest a carpet of snow
and a lantern so bright it burned bright as the snow.
She left it somewhere, but she knew not where
It was easy to find if fully charged.
She had no idea whether it was or not.
Others arrived to help her.
She had been to mushroom village
And to the pond, but in the daylight.
She remembered carrying it,
But was it today or yesterday?
There you are! She said, delighted.
The lantern winked at her.
Showing her love all the way home.
Wishing she did not have Alzheimer’s
For she was being left more and more often these days.
you were my glimmer
the joy that lit my foot path
your shine warmed my cold marrow
my lantern, divine ... sure ...
until the storm 'He' ... doused the flame.
~ 4th Place ~ in the "Weaving A Wayra" Poetry Contest, Nette Onclaud, Judge & Sponsor.
sun closes it's eyes
shadow fringes next to me
within four walls of darkness
midnight oil brewing storm
lantern of faith reignites love
Dated 22nd May 2020
Sponsor nette onclaud
Contest Name WEAVING A WAYRA
Flickering amber
Appealing to my senses
Nostalgia dances, impish
Whispering compassion
Firelight winking whimsical warmth
Weaving a Wayra Poetry Contest
Sponsored by nette onclaud
Date Posted: May 20, 2020
I remember, the peachy maple leaves that fell like melting butter
painting the cold, grey ground into a dying red.
In ankle-high boots, I reached out for your
disappearing figure.
The festive candle-lights and cheeky children;
The couple on the bridge professing their love;
The stall owners smiling like cunning foxes, their tails wagging happily -
Everything, blended into a rainbow avalanche.
I remember, feeling my heart drop.
Drop past the cold pavements,
Drop past the earthen roots of the trees,
And into an expanse of nothingness.
I ran to catch up to your disappearing shadow...
I remember, a jade green river with golden fish.
Then there was you, surrounded by red lights.
Your hair glistened in the dark and on your face there was
a cheeky grin.
You stuck out your hand
And in that moment,
There was this moment,
of peace.
Firey orange lights flew up into the sky
Accompanied by the prayers of thousands,
As if they were the liberated souls of the decaying leaves.
Paper Lantern
I will
Exist for
You
Paper Lantern
Set out
Just as lit
Like sun to sea
Spin reality
Just as light
Colour
In fragility
Bright
On fire
Within knee
Like wave
Within shore
You lift me
Rise like
Sudden life
Let
In
Close the door
I exist
For you
And nothing more
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As I walk into this den of lions,
hungry whores and liars lying,
green light shines upon my talons,
and I am where my kind belongs
For none can break this tie that binds us;
wicked, wretched weave inside us;
living, breathing, breeding virus,
and I am right within the wrong.
The Sirens sound, the dark surrounds me,
Hounds of Hell, they maul and mount me.
Devils pour the whiskey down me,
drown me in their emerald sin.
Yet when I wake alone tomorrow,
poisoned by regret and sorrow,
deep in debt; no love to borrow,
it’s off to Hell I’m bound again.
(...about a bar)
The lantern saga.
My friend and I were gorgeous; it was a visit to my would-be in-law’s house.
My mocked decency and decorum were high,my gaiety and impressario at peak.
My love got us seat in a room prepared for our visit,a kerosine lantern lit our stay.
‘‘ Shall I bring the food ?’’, she quested ; ‘‘ I don’t know of my friend,as for me I
will not eat.’’, I replied shyly but sharply. ‘‘ Eat even if only small,I needn’t ask your
friend.’’ She replied. So the table was set and the eating commenced.
As we were eating air extinguished the lantern; I noticed my fiancee take the lantern
to relight,then I quickly moved closer to my friend and whispered; ‘‘when the light
went off I was seriously rushing the food like pig’’. ‘‘You don’t have to, I prepared
all for your visit, I can still add more if you so wished’’,replied my fiancee. What a
hell ! I felt like the ground should quake and swallow me up. He returned with the
burning lantern.
Contest : Angel of The odd.
Sponsor : Craig Cornish.
Date : 15/2/14.
The Fire and The lantern
By :Nameq Abed Theeb
Translated by :Laith Seher
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All the seasons are absorbed or exhausted ,
by the cloud who is being in love with the mountain .
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The blood of the poet is a carnation of the female.
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Don’t laugh at me ,
I am the ash.
My father is the thunder,
and my mother is the wood .
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Her lips are blue,
this girl kisses the sky .
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How much coal does this fire need so as to dance .
How many flowers does this girls want to be wet.
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The fire is cold
Ibrahim enters it .
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The female of the carnation closed the market ,
It is the complaint of a merchant
Who didn’t sell anything .
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The dance of the fire
makes the lantern oozes the light .
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"I am dancing
so you are existed " .
this is an excuse
of the fire
who is entangling the lantern .
She lights her red lantern again today
Which midnight rain had reduced
To flimsy, gross paper.
Her previous lantern
Had blazed too strong, burning down,
Dying a red death:
She now dares not light fire
When sky promises no rain.
Wet lantern laid limp
Set aflame under the rain
Dead love laid unloved.
A bright Jack-O-Lantern lamp
Sits in my autumn hallway
Shows my love of Halloween
While shedding great light
Russell Sivey
I see from light of the moon
Casting light similar to
An old, ancient black lantern
Alluring from its calm glow
Of a dim yellow orange cast
Like the reminiscence from
A flash from a lightning bolt
Peaceful its beautiful cast
Love and harmony inside
Luring as one looks within
The ultimate calming light
Illustrious luring glow
Russell Sivey