Long Illumes Poems

Once the night had fallen upon a sleepless slumber,
Whence the winter woke me when the third was three in number.

I sense that a wince doth lurk and wear which wicked gaze,
Of conniving shadows cast between...

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A wince doth lurk wearing which wicked gaze,
Of conniving cast shadows ‘tween my windowpanes.

Gazing through the window’s diaphanous gelid glass, 
I see a flushing fluorescent misty haze of frothy brass.

It floats aloft the frost of...

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In Life’s old garden nations lived who all its fruits enjoyed,
While others longed in vain, while some the winter blasts destroyed;
Its trees are legion; some decay, While others flush with bloom,
And thousands still their birth...

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Sing to This Coming Sing

Before now I was the sort to by-pass listening to any sort  or cousin or trail of operatic solos especially sopranos but this year has brought  a sudden discovery...

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The sun illumes a land in precarious peace,
There was a time when heroes walked with ease, 
But now, complacency reigns shamelessly, 
And the distracted people take weal for granted.

The decaying dynasty finally crumbles and tumbles,
The...

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* A collaboration with the awesome Liam McDaid

Fair maiden who sails on each crested wave 
Drawn from the deepest ocean currents 
Galloping white steeds landing on golden sands 
Within each beat growing stronger feelings 
Exploring beauty inside this magically...

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There stands a desolate castle on England's venerable shore,
That once sheltered a royal line that ruled its sprawling realm.
Now, according to local lore, eerie things are seen and heard,
In that castle by the sea, in...

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Its ghostly, desolate shell reposes atop a craggy tor,
Overlooking the restless sea on England's venerable shore!
Though its walls have withstood the ravages of countless ages,
Its name and former majesty are lost in history's pages.

What gay...

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Night falls and the mirror moon illumes the 
heavenly starry skies with gleaming ivory beams.  
Shiny and mellow, a splendrous silver orb, 
the delight of the night sky!

It is the evening of the 15th,...

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Flower 
In the midst of a rainbow
And a shower
Cupid is dancing in the snow
Birds in your heart
Singing a tune of love yet apart
O' my flower I will not dismay
Your choice to aspiration is a sway
Sit...

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Beneath the sea of glistening stars,
Between the ethereal evening air,
Lies a forest of glowing dreams,
But as diverse and rich as they are,
None escape the same Moonbeam.

Under the lucent morning glow,
Roll waves of raving emotions, 
Turbid...

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Monoku is a senryu/haiku with a slight enigmatic  flavour written in its earlier as a one line form
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dear john she replies - dipping her pen into tears
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listen to the pause - silence is golden

A...

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SEEING CLEARLY 
An empty space,filled by light
brings simplicity to life,
the empty heart,fills with pain,
cries out why,again,again,
and still the emptiness remains;
Simplicity forgotten
in complexity will drown,
darkness overwhelms the mind,
despair see nought,with eyes blind;
light fills up the empty...

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A HAIBUN Doublet
A HAIBUN DOUBLET
An empty space,filled by light brings simplicity to life,the empty heart,fills with pain,
cries out why,again,again,and still the emptiness remains;Simplicity forgotten
in complexity will drown,darkness overwhelms the mind,despair see nought,with eyes blind;light fills...

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Illuminating Soul    (COLLABORATION )


by~ George Stal

I had felt this age had won;     
as my sword was rotted as spring appeared.
The earth burst out as a blossom. 
And now...

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dear john she replies - dipping her pen into tears
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listen to the pause - silence is golden

A tribute to Erik Satie
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the school-bus departs - she eats the advent candy
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on garibaldi's retreat - the cookie crumbles
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moss...

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***This poem was written at a hard 
time in my life when I needed my
spirituality most, but could not 
easily do so due to the death of
family; I fortunately realised that
only my mental state had...

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Mist glides above the pristine waters,
Divine clouds rest gently upon the peaks, 
Of fair and turquoise Walensee.

Night falls and moon-glow illumes,
The everblooming and serene hills,
Of clear and lofty Walenstadt.

Hidden within the lush green flora,
Leaning against...

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Lost between the passing of moments
Unscathed by times constancy
It is your spirit adrift upon the Ameles
Disregarding your earthbound verve 
Now a spent and forlorn wanderer…

Lapsed between the transitory minutes
Unabashed by any human wont
Your placid essence...

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O, fairest of ladies, you shall shine so bright,
A radiant star, that illumes in the night,
Your heart, a wellspring of compassion,
With gentle kindness, to all who suffer pain.

You are an angel, in mortal guise,
Always gracious...

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...dedicated to Hart Crane (1899-1932)



From dark to light transfusing in a flash,
your silver-sequined mystery
that spawns new electricity,
it shines where none has shone before,
this trembling luminescence,
through waves refracted with your sheen
yet shows no movement readily,
the broken...

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As the moonlight shone over the mountains
The stars starts to flicker one by one
Humming winds eases the roughness
From the day's unforgiving sun.

Chilling wind caresses the darkness
Serenading them softly and low
Night critters goes out to mingle
Under...

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At dusk in her belight she appears,
She smiles 'oh'her smile like silk, her smile which illumes,
My eyes stumble for her beauty,
She invests her gift to my land 'oh'so surreal,

She comes a nigh yet she's afar,
Her...

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