Written: October 04, 2023
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In the tranquil aura of a tropical clime
An idyllic scene, serene, pacific, sublime,
As paradisal souls basked in gold auspicious.
In peace, placid, prosperous, and prodigious.
There stands a sedate, an ethereal being.
It's a serene, glad coping; the knot is untying.
Gone are the times of delightful harmony.
She strolled rather softly, wanting to be.
In the tranquility of unruffled days.
She is peaceful and reserved in her ways.
She soothed the serenity of quiet.
Peace is serene in her finest climate.
Quietly, she led over life's hush path,
Lulled by the calm and restful aftermath,
Sedate and quiescent, she remained.
Silent and unshaken, quiet is sustained.
As a dove, she let peace bear hold.
Bringing a letup to the unrest untold.
In her pacific nature, she found solace.
Silence her weapon, her soother promise.
Categories:
letup, analogy, appreciation, character, peace,
Form: Rhyme
DESCENT
As water flows down, so do I
No wishes now to be on high
With less ambrosia to sup
I am content to just look up
From high to low, no hiatus
Released from this Godlike status
Down here holding a buttercup
I am content to just look up
No more those dizzy heights for me
Forget I was a deity
Soon my preening pride will letup
I am content to just look up
As water flows down, so do I
I am content to just look up
Categories:
letup, humanity, mythology, symbolism,
Form: Kyrielle
*Image of Dandelion Blowing Childhood by Pixabay.
Simply Breathtaking
Upon its advent
done ... it came and went
so characterless
this working process
from depths, we inhale
therefrom, we exhale
breath names this function
to be ... its junction
~~breath
relieved sigh ... expire
deep snoring ... respire.
We take breaths from out
inside whirls about
cache paired lungs fill up
all calm, we letup
in-out when at home
out-in while we roam
climb uphill we huff
candles out we puff
~~breath
through life ... unnoticed
keeps death ... remotest.
As we be breathed
brings us this life
as we unbreathed
blessed afterlife.
2021 August 11
*9th Place*
As we be breathed
~~Unseeking Seeker
Categories:
letup, health, life, meaningful, people,
Form: Rhyme
Ballpen
authors opus
without any letup,
writing many sublime subjects
within.
Categories:
letup, poets,
Form: Cinquain
uses courage,
throwing solid punches
without letup being famous
fighter.
Categories:
letup, sports,
Form: Cinquain
Close on the leatherneck well booted, high healed stormy, clip clop,
sans well fashioned faux shod Harvey didst stomp with heavy drop
ping like a furious ogre, and before classes even started
this early September 2017 nature maid maelstrom bid adieu
akin to movements indicative of fiendish flip flop
“he” (as if one could identify gender of said huffing puffing Hurricane,
gave the coast an unforgettable pan hand dilly sock hop
wrought desolation visa vis master card –
carrying uprooted trees like footballs, where whoosh of fury didst lop
many complex edifices plus stately trunked vaunted trees
felled like overworked mop
add where tongue shaped swath comprising Texas got cow licked –
or rather a major pop as if punched from boxing competitor
(already down for the doll finned count)
Hurricane Harvey continued to pounce without letup, and refused to stop
spilling profuse water until the steep pulled tippy top
of many tall buildings barely visible accompanying soundtrack mix
included the Furies of Agamemnon concomitant with ruthless
banshees, daemons, fable come to life monsters
performing corrupt version of do wop.
Categories:
letup, grief, hero, natural disasters,
Form: Free verse
Passion progresses through thoughts of your cerulean eyes
Your name brushes like silk wind through my sapphire skies
Echoes distant across aegean waters burn flames of desire
Striking with the force of midnight lightning blazing my fire
The tickle of your periwinkle tipped fingers charges me up
Fierce as rains from cobalt clouds that never seem to letup
I fall adrift with azure bliss when your lullaby kiss summons
Soft as a baby's cinnamon teddy with cornflower buttons
And today I feel forever royal as we borrow something blue
Powder petals scattered down an aisle simply meant for you
As turquoise tears stream down your face happy for this life
My heart races with electric as you stand to become my wife
February 27, 2016
Categories:
letup, blue, for her, love,
Form: Couplet
The Way To Dusty Death
By Elton Camp
To guard every word isn’t good enough
The angry, abuse words strike like clubs
Why do YOU keeping doing this way!
The shrill, accusing voice demands
He didn’t know he was doing anything
Except sitting quietly, afraid to speak
Still, the tirade continues without letup
He can only wait and hope it will abate
Any move or gesture willfully twisted
No allowance for age or declining health
Words, words bitter, accusing, impatient
What he did wrong, he doesn’t know
The storm passes after a savage assault
Leaving the old man dismayed and hurt
Having but one certainty in his life
This is how it continue to be until death
Only then will the reviling be over
Now beyond the reach of accusation
Categories:
letup, abuse,
Form: Rhyme
I remember when you stood at the door
You said that I was someone you'd deplore
I pleaded and begged for you to turn around
You said our love would never rebound
I cried
I told you that I lied
She was a one night stand
Nothing was preplanned
We kissed
Her kisses were strictly strict Baptist
Tight lipped and cool
Kind of like kissing a old wrinkled ghoul
My mind wandered
I began to wonder
What had I given up
Thinking of you without letup
I wanted to come back
Picking some roses and lilac
I knocked on your door
It is you my beautiful who I adore
You knew
Covering me with kitty pooh
You finally forgave
But only if I promised to behave
I promised with all my heart
Once again you were my sweetheart
Categories:
letup, funny, satire, uplifting,
Form: Verse