Long Duskiness Poems

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Premium Member When Summer is Gone

With the season’s cyclic turn
summer’s blinding brilliance gives way
to soft fading light and duskiness
clouds move swiftly across the blue sky
fleeting past the drowsing sun.

Leaves rustle gently in cool breeze.
nature’s palette is ready with new hues. 
green color gives way to multi shades.
Maples stand proud flaunting their leaves,
of red, yellow, gold and ochre.

Acorns hang like earrings from needle pines.
flowers that blossomed under warmth and light,
are fast fading out and withering away.
it is amazing how nature carries out,
its revamping with each changing season!

Though golden moments are lost in time’s passing 
let us gladly embrace the seasons of our life.
in each phase, a truth before us is unveiled. 
let us relish the wisdom and quietude 
autumn and the sunset years bring.


Premium Member Funeral of Fireflies

On
the
threshold 
of twilight,
firefly lamps ignite,


Bewitched children covet the charming, floating gold orbs
abandoning play to chase tiny elfin creatures, capturing joy in glass jar globes.

Blooming phosphorescent glow spills magical light, charming effulgence for hanging wisteria pergola. Perfumed purple clusters scent

sunset duskiness. Fragrance, lamps, and a cozy sanctum form playtime perfection till little eyes grow sleep heavy, fairyland abandoned for soft eiderdown quilts. Firefly lanterns grow still and dull, their flawless light extinguished.

August 5, 2026
Stars or Fireflies Fibonacci Poetry Contest
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Form: Fibonacci

Premium Member Elegy for my late Uncle

  “Grief is like the ocean. The waves ebb and flow. Sometimes the water is calm. Other times it's turbulent. In order to survive, I had to learn to swim. In moments when I struggled with massive waves of grief, I rode it out.” 
Dana Arcuri  

When the pearl moon is sinking 
and the sea dreams in silence,  
when the skies reflect 
  the sunrise within sighs,  
I close my eyes and unlock 
  my grieving heart.  
There, your sincere smile glows
  like a string of golden pearls,  
and your song, an echoing melody,  
while jasmine rain croons 
into the mourning mists.  
And I whisper to the stars:
 show me what it's like in heaven,  
where angels and fairies 
sway to your vanilla laughter,  
for I am still healing from 
the shadows of your demise.

I remember, 
I was a teenage tempest 
dressed in crusts of raven,  
but you saw 
unicorns and butterflies
soaring above 
whirling waves of angst.  
and wove my darkness 
with acrylic glitter. 
You were the antidote 
  to my bleeding ink.  
you were the sakura spring
 among my tattered twigs,  
you watched me laugh 
into the gothic duskiness.

Somehow seeking fireflies 
within my summer maze,
did illuminate your weathered time, 
like rainbow roses, 
engrossed in emerald empathy.
You always knew the 
right phrase to rhyme,  
subtle syllables to 
write every wrong.  
You were my comfort 
on lonely days.
The uncle, I cherish, 
so young and charismatic…

Orchids in your 
orchard still sprout~
flaunting their colors 
in your mauve memory,   
and your seraphic aura lingers  
as the magnetic essence
      of eternal warmth.  
Now I am draped in 
  mementos and euphonious wind-chimes,
emanating the fragrance 
   of evergreen grass and soulful sunflowers. 
Someday, I will find my way
     to your empyrean home, 
        where you reside in poetry and affection…
Form: Elegy

Premium Member Dark Temptress

Near the lobby in the great room
we first make our rendezvous.
A breathy trip up to my stateroom
and I am at last alone with you.

I sense your fragrant muskiness
as I tease off your tenuous cover
and reveal the lustrous duskiness 
of your dark body to your lover.

As your wrap falls to the floor
and in all your glory you disrobe
the hungry demon waits no more
and I encup your tempting globe.

I cannot think what may transpire...
Shall I regret today's caprice?
But I cannot vanquish my desire
and sweet passion will not cease.

Deferred until tomorrow all guilt trips
and now, oh chocolate truffle... to my lips!

February 10, 2013

Inspired by Jon Cavanaugh's "Ode to Chocolate".
© Roy Jerden  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member The Priceless Tea Drinker

*"A tribute to "Pops" (Joe), (04/23/31-01/20/24) though what pans below mirrored life in the States for me, not Pops, but for two years at The Home before he passed, I'd drank tea cause he's unable to have strong or spicy etc. Once a month, though the last few months I drank alone. It was something that he shared, for you Pops." ... by Poet

          'Twas a relatively crispiness in the clambering yawn,
          a consortium of sorts setting up right across the lawn,
          as duskiness drew up her covers relinquishing the day,
          embossed intricately recently polished grace silver tray,
          atop bears a quaint setting of Old Country Royal Alberts,

ah, yes, tea cups, dually statured and ushering desserts,
if you would please pour just a cup for me, for as you can see,
my 'friend's asleep at the wheel, engine's off, eve doesn't agree,

          a host to vividness terms of circumstance circulated,
          guesswork nature that entertains the uncoordinated,
          the fumbling hands placed to the left or right be it a catchphrase,
          a righteous smile of approval amicably gifts it weighs,

astir Pekoe, instants an intrusive bay fronts pleasantries,
prompts us of our intimacy adds value to home's sea breeze,
a nose full of redolent tea defines memories of us,
of times he drove us to school, then to doctors, still drives the bus,

          a nodding gesture non flirtatious enthusiasm rises,
          occasions an exceeding specialized intrigue comprises,

be a tea for two, Broadway Avenue, a smothered venue,
food cart with mixed tarts, lined signs of sweet kinds, beseeches of you,
I and my friend, who sleeps now and then, had two cups of Pekoe,
tea for my friend, it's not Pekoe, health-bot boy, it's Almond Joy,
'tis a pleasure, airs like a loon, trends sans measure, depth crescent moon,
he won't mind, he's sleeping--are you sure, yes, we're having friends soon,
they're here, ambulance? send them here--no rush, their skills aren't needed.

He felt his life poor--driving, "Pops, we made it--you succeeded."
Form: Rhyme


My Love Is Immortal Part Ii

 In continuation with Part I poem "My Love Is Immortal" 

Whimsically adding spices to my life, Planting the iconic image,You bowed my heart. 
Unconsciously and unawarenessly, making me deeply insane in your love,
How long shall I wait an eternity?
How long must I resist myself loving you?
As You are the rosaceously glowing of dawn, In evening duskiness of my life, My love will never fade for You!

Increasing incredibly the ectasy of Love,
Enrapturing my heart, all other things are immaterial for me except you,
That's the Love, I feel for You,
How long shall I wait an eternity?
How long must I resist myself loving you?
As Elating me with the high spirit, My love will never fade for You!

Aesthetically making the sense of life more pleasant and meaningful being with you,
Solacing me in my bad times, You dived my life of sea,
Out bursting the strong emotions, Clinging the intensifying souls,
How long shall I wait an eternity?
How long must I resist myself loving you?
As euphorically having a jubilant feelings, My love will never fade for You!
© Maddy Sp  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Epic

Plagued

I see you there
weaving in and out of shadows
flickering like the moon
obscured by thick clouds
hoovering overhead
as the incandescence light
of a new dawn breaks
in crimson streaks
across this sky

I feel your breath
brushing against my ivory flesh
in labored sighs
like a storm's rise
of quickened gusts
and i quiver
within the cold
of fear and death

your name
falls in whispers
behind the masks
of silenced lips
who care not to speak
of your wrath

from bended knees
my hands reach out
in pleas of prayers
hoping to see an end
to this world's despair

many join together
their songs of praise
in hopes to see 
a flicker of light
break through the duskiness
of this unmerciful plague
swirling around them
alone they feel defeated
together they feel strength
in one certain belief
'Roses from all nations
 scintillate in complete harmony'  

March 17,2020
Poetic lines contest
sponsored by Silent One

ending line credit ….'Roses from all nations scintillate in complete harmony'   

A Rose by any other Name - by Maria Williams

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