Candle Light Poems

stars at night too hot — to handle
sizzling their light can't hold — a candle


February 26, 2023

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Scared, shaking candle—
Fire's a gasp, in the dark; lifts
Single finger high, 
Points to a shady wall; freed
Shadows warmed beyond the hall.
...

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Love ones we lost
The times we forgot
Warm the little pot
To keep your belly hot
The flame on the top
It flickers quite a lot
The warm glowing spot
Of...

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"Rolled Oats" 

Age shall not weary
trolls counting strange fruit
golden apples rolled 

Lord Laden put to sleep 
on an alter Hippomenes
there Atalanta lights a candle

underneath the...

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                    darkness settles here
  ...

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Life is like a burning candle                   ...

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Listen
To the sigh
Snowflake, breathing
Brilliant joy
Through the thoughts
Into the sparkling
Blue skies

Listen
To the leaves
Crackling, coloring
Autumn peace
With amber, gold
And scarlet dreams
Sweet serenity

Listen
To the grace
Reassuring, enchanting
Each soft moment
With light,...

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Everyone knows about Santa's eight reindeer,
We've all sung that song and know all of their names,
And the ninth one, that Rudolph,
With the bright shiny nose,
But...

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abodes decorated with illumined candles,
diyas symbolize our inside glowing fire,
the incense burns gleaming, the candle softly melts,
spreading the aroma of our fervent desire.

Follow the fire,...

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Farolitos: lanterns of candlelight;
Luminarias: outdoor fires of pine.
Both light quiet path on a Christmas night
for Mary and Joseph, old ones define
messages that the new babe...

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There are times when a feeling of being shunned may occur.
Perhaps an incident had happened where the fault was inferred.
There is a darkness, which lies...

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comforting
wildly flowing
full lightness,
water colors
pressed in 
minority green
and gentle
hearts dancing
like rainbows,

crafted
by skillful
winds,
smiles of
burning warmth
in overdue 
meadows,
melting,
dripping
heavier
along
the edges,

stained glass
setting sun,
fiery
copper hues
and even shades
in between,
watched over
in coming
candlelight,
like golden...

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surely this had to be the moment of truth

he hit the closed door with a huge bang
headache clangour irresistible pain
he had not even been moving...

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               the sun disappears
       ...

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A single candle will light a room
Or show heartfelt memory of loss,
Light always serves to dispel gloom
Spells hope in impending doom.
Looks beyond a wrenching tragedy
Light,...

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