Long Illuming Poems

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Premium Member In a Dream Landscape

miasma of despair
       motionless
         matter-of-fact
in brooding silence
                        loneliness
a sense of isolation
            so near
            so intolerable
                   unremitting
a contant pressure
                to conform
this unique challenge
to unblock
          the creative urge
          to free the muse
                              within
trapped frozen inert
                        run dry
lacking in confidence
impatient
      awaiting inspiration
a trickle of anything
to hear    to imagine
                     visualise
an unspoken intimacy
an eye perspective
a space to dream
the intimate unspoken
a flower of creativity
a moving image dedicated
                            to life
unique in a style
from this diary of existence
in this
          dream
              landscape
face aglow
        raised to the sky
warmed through
         recollecting thoughts
all senses open
            an accustomed feeling
            lingering awhile
            unobtrusively
            adjectives arise
            in metaphor moments
illuming the process
                  organically
this concept
         delivered as
          a poem
              on this
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Form: Verse


Premium Member Silver and Gold

Johnny MacAlister was six-years-old, young enough still for wishes,
Baby sister, Rosie, was all of three, all giggling and adorable kisses.

With fond, indulgent parents, the family was content in their home,
In a town, sleepy in sunlit day, where a scarlet cock used his comb.

Johnny played with Rosie every day. He loved to get her laughing;
As if a gaudy parade of jesters and clowns, chanced to be passing!

Forget-me-not days brought fast friends, in fruitful times of flowers,
Fuchsia and filled with fragrance, highlighting fun, burgundy hours.

Fair days bloomed where fall had faded, and fortune brought family;
Like festive fireworks of celebration, illuming sunset skies, uncannily.

Johnny lived in the house of joy, and tiny feet, ever pitter pattering;
And of playing, mauve dawn to dusk, like bluebirds, ever chattering.

Sapphire, dusk skies twinkled smartly, beyond their street of scents;
When scanty, pink sun fled, scorching, while night waited in suspense.

With naive, newborn day, came neighbors, for hot coffee and nougat,
In green, noisy days of nearby birdsong, and violet butterfly contact.

'Fairy magnolias' created such magic, and 'hummingbird' blooms knew;'
And hibiscus 'imperial dragon' roared, as eyelash plants, lovelier grew.

Cape primrose 'wow,' awed, while syngonium ‘milk confetti,’ glittered;
And begonia 'ring of fire,' was smoking, while purple martins tittered.

Johnny's birthday wish had come true, he saw when he unwrapped it;
And found a pair of blue, roller skates, like a rainbow, shining for a bit.

But, before he could finish eating, the dreaded rain had begun to pour;
And his childish impatience grew as, instead of less, it showered more!

Yet, Johnny made another wish, magically granted, as skies brightened;
When the rain slowed, midst sunshine, its silvery-gold drops, so vibrant!

Johnny had such fun that day, for all the days of childhood, allow magic;
And never forgot the day silver fell like coins, like an old, golden classic.

'Rain, rain go away,
Come again another day.
Rain, rain go away,
Little Johnny wants to play.'
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Ceaseless

Your vision is delicately illuming the edge of my mindfulness. 
A significant pondering in the lucidity of my spirit otherness. 
Leaving me with a grin in the corner of blissfulness. 
Had been enclosed by the heavenly palms of awes kindness. 

I was stuck in the previous foggy musings of loneliness.
Showers ran against the early window shadowiness. 
Like blooming buds were spread to catch the lights noblesse. 
Like angels, our spirits are carried over the clouds of softness.

1St Place Contest Winner

Written: August 22, 2021


Your Favorite Rhyme Poem in August 2021 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Constance La France
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Form: Rhyme

Premium Member In the Quietude of the Night


the moon ascends
          a silent silver shining disc
 illuming the world 
           with a velvet drape

the busy chatter 
           of the day recedes
shaping solemn silent quietude 
            where the spirit wakes
a lamp burns low
             upon the wooden desk
a small defiant sparkle 
             against the dark
  
here I am stripped 
            of all the daily masks
casting a role unseen, unknown
             by curious, wondering eyes

seated down erect in my room
            in the quietude of the night
with the mind free from thoughts 
	    turning round and round
the spirit focussing 
	   on the inner self
 with only the breath drawn in
            and then letting it go
I feel a tranquillity, a peace
             a solace, a sense of bliss
unknown before
              a simple rhythm 
untying me to all

all woeful worries waxing 
            during shine of the day
all stinging strains stretching
             their tentacles during daylight
now shrink to dust  
             in the solemn quietude
where stars like distant shining bulbs
             gaze through the undrawn curtains
of the welcoming window panes

I feel the press of vastness 
            all around me 
in my room and beyond
            with silence speaking some sweet words
to me with palpable swirls 
           of the cosmic wheel

 my hurried pace of life
            finds deep refreshing rest
like a tiny ripple 
           in an endless sea
with the searching heart 
             laying down its heavy load
of questions softened
            losing their sharpest edge

perhaps the answer
           resides not in speech
but in this yielding 
             to the quietude
a sense of order
             hidden and unseen
reasserting itself 
             in silent grace
where the soul remembers
             what the daylight hides,
the thread that binds
              to the Truth.

Premium Member Illuming Temples Of Dust

 Flesh is Flesh and Dust is Dust
 though the Spirit Eternal, True and Just
 withered away that Spark Divine
 yet Kindles in Thy Soul of the Most High,
 In Thus, We Must, Illumine thy Torch So Bright
 that the Nights shall testify to this Ineffable Light,
 by Dross comes Fetters, by Knowledge we are Freed
 by Wisdom comes Foils, comes Kings and Queens
 where Temples Ignite, Illuming Great Stars and Dust
 we March Most High, So High, So Robust
 Blazing in Bonfires of Infinitudes
 to shake off the Rust, to shake off Similitudes
 Scintillating Thy Lantern of thy Soul upon thy Great Precipice
 standing aloft upon Thy Spiritual Edifice of Excellence,
 never Diminish that Ember that Shines So Stellar
 for we are All Interstellar,
 beyond the Deluge of the Carnal Mind 
 we ride the Celestial Zephyr for by the Wind and by the Stars we are Intertwined
 so Sublime when we Let It Shine
 where All Is Eternal and All Is Divine
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Never-Ending

Moonlight eyes 
cold as night
retrieving from love 
its light 
orbiting around 
in cycle
repaying hurts 
real or imagined 
with lie of pretending 
to vanish.
Bitter sweet 
debris
storming 
clear water of love
with turbulence 
midnight darkness
ahead and beyond
only light 
limpid in the night 
the I Am Star
Sun of midnight flowers
ripening figs out of cycle
God's fruit of love 
available
in season and out
crystal clear spring
flowing untapped
quenching thirst
by human love
unquenched
illuming path  
with permanent sunshine
for sunflowers hearts
drunken with light
to follow
madness of 
never ending
love

First Place Winner-Brian Strand-All Yours 6/4/21

Third Place Winner: Constance La France-"N" Poem Contest-9/21/21

Smiles

A fragment of light that shines so bright illuming the night,

In tune with this life the warmth when its viewed is delight,

It's usually right pursued like a jewel what a sight!,

In duel it's a knife questioning the dual why we fight?,

A silent expression vibes of happiness resurrected,

Highly infectious manifested tool of affection,

Hearts it effects them spiritually a source of protection,

Sort of majestic higher frequency when projected,

Link to the soul wisdom giving strength to the whole,

Reaped when it's sown easier to reach when it's shown,

Simply a tone a silent melody when performed,

Emotional storms calmed by the simplest of forms,

A way we can greet a telepathic way we can speak,

Easy to teach fruitful gesture sweet as a peach,

It's essence released discreet brings perfection to peace,

The message beneath connected to expressions believed.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Flame

PROLOGUE
The Flame, aflicker, licks and flays,
illuming evening’s negligees
With braided curls she swirls and sways,
and flits and floats in light ballets

           APOLOGUE
A Flame, to conquer creeping fog,
flew dancing towards a random log
Her flight perplexed a leery frog
beside a silent somber bog

The Flame, a ripple, all alone
alit on leaves where birds had flown
The aching twigs began to moan
A rising breeze began to groan

The Flame arrayed an ancient oak 
with torrid tongues and veils of smoke
A beaver bailed, the dam had broke
The leery frog soon ceased to croak

The Flame uncoiled and lashed midair,
consuming crowns with utmost care
A crazed coyote fled her lair,
left in the lurch bewildered bear

The Flame, unfurled, went wild and grew,
enkindled cats and caribou
Remaining... not a residue,
as reeking vapors bade adieu

The Flame revealed her strength unshackled
Flora, fauna crisped and crackled
Fire Witches clucked and cackled
One more forest stripped, then hackled

           EPILOGUE
The arsonists were well aware
the Flame would travel everywhere
The weirs are gone, the land is bare,
and soon you’ll find a city there
Form: Rhyme

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