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Premium Member Utopia

" Imagine a place where there is beauty, bliss and plentifulness for all. It is nothing short of utopia. Though we are far from realizing it, isn't it thrilling to imagine a version of the world different from the existing one where all disparities will be leveled and happiness and freedom are made the birthright of all? Now such a world is enshrouded in mist. But who can say it won't emerge suddenly from the blue in some distant future"- By Poet


Though, utopia is merely an illusion,
Or a chimera born in the womb of our whims,
I shall take you to a near-utopian land,
Where, peace and beauty blossom like the cherry in spring
And trees grow like the cedars of Lebanon.

Come on, my Love! Let us move to that land,
Where the sun resurrects anew,
Where darkness gives way to light,
And life renews itself every morning.

It is our dreamland paradise or interim utopia.
Let us go into that Garden of Delight.

Look to the East, my love, beyond those crooked hills,
Where poplars grow tall in line 
And a gentle breeze susurrates through the foliage of leaves 
And wild weeds hem the edges of pathways,
Where bunnies and squirrels hop and jump
And run around whistling bamboo reeds,
Where the laughing cataract leaps down from the rocks
And flow along in silvery rills
Where the languorous breeze plays upon the leaves.

This place has all the beauty and bliss of utopia.

Away from the tumult, far from the bustling crowd
With the pandemonium of the world hushed to serene silence
Let us walk together to that sequestered glade, 
Where we shall sit by the side of a rustling stream
And dance across the flowery meadows.

In this place of perennial greenery and sunlit groves
We shall walk hands locked and hearts singing as one,
Till the bright day gives way to a dusky night,
Inhaling night air in scented perfume.

Under the stillness of a star-spangled sky, we shall roam,
Through moon-blanched woods, enigmatic and mysterious
Listening to the sweet whisperings of our soul
And ‘drinking life to the lees’ from the chalice of love

Oh! Come on, let us not tarry…. 
Let’s move fast to that Utopia!


Premium Member Summer Fun

The long, languorous
days of summer
have arrived.
Good-bye sweat shirts,
long sleeves and jackets.
Hello shorts and tanks,
bathing suits,
and sundresses.
Bring on the
pool parties!
Break out the grills -
it's barbecue time!
Who wants to
go camping?
I do! I do!
Gather the tent
and sleeping bags.
Don't forget the
fishing poles
and sunscreen.
It's summer time, folks!
Can't you hear
the beach calling
out to you:
"Come and Play!"
"Come and play!"
Frolic in the
waves and build
castles out of sand.
Let your inner 
child cut loose and
celebrate summer!

8/4/16
For Ed Ebbs Anacreontic verse 4 Contest

Garbled Vision

As Samuel saw vaulted Xanadu of Kublai Khan fame
In smoke-filled corridors of sweat-drenched Opium-eaters
Did I spy a vision so surreal as to render all my sentient senses to nought
And to replace them with a miasma of arcane thoughts.

I glimpsed of things most unimagined through vaporous clouds
Of effulgent smoke from wampums more confusing 
than the peace of amity that it connoted.
Through numbing  mind yet not fully suppressed 
I beheld   many-pillared corridors in a dazzling sequence
Of multi-hued columns - Doric, Ionian and Corinthian.

And through this tortuous labyrinthine maze ran
A languorous  limpid stream off a meander 
From an ox-bow lake, with a murmurous  mutter
As it hop scotched the rifts on the floor.

With Cyclopean vision, floating wraith-like, in the distance
I beheld a dazzling high-domed hall,
The dazzle from a myriad gorgeous maidens
Each draped in dresses so diaphanous as to defy its definition!

And  a prima donna sang in sonorous counterpoint to the susurration of the stream. 

From up on high like a falcon flighted,
In anachronistic contrast I verily beheld
A jeaned and jacketed  - Angelina Jolie!

It was then that I confirmed to myself -
My mind had truly busted!

Premium Member Reliving Upside Down

Reliving Upside Down
                     by Odin Roark

The Jungle Gym geodesic glistened,
Afternoon showers dripped,
Languorous droplets fell, 
Saturating sand below,
Just like then.

Bench of parents
Reflected memories old,
Stroller wheels struggling,
Obstinate sand as obstacle,
Giggles and screeches
From canopy covered pram,
Bumpy ride for my brother,
His laughter, sheer joy.

Fathers,
Mothers,
Sitters and nannies,
Attentive to children’s every move.

So many eyes saw me
Atop the dome’s iron lattice,
Hanging by my legs,
Seeing the world upside down,
Shouting, “Look at me, Grandpa!”

He didn’t notice this day,
His sudden slumped body,
Dropped the half eaten sandwich
To the ground.

Part of me wanted not to upright my view,
That safety of abstract vision so foreign then,
So understandable now,
So strangely comforting then,
So painful now.

I now straddle atop the bars,
Thinking thirty-three years haven’t made it easier,
Save the bench now replaced
The sand succeeded by concrete,
The tenders and watchers now often of different purpose,
Staring at me not knowing
I’m anything but a nut case.

Some of us just discover
Life’s remembrances
Sometimes prophesy what is to come.

Some, like me, will realize
Their whole adult life is programmed upside down,
Its sophisticated induction lures escapees
Into free-for all playground-workplaces
Where capture so often comes by way of 
Pills,
Powder,
Liquid
Needles.

I smile.
Swing down to the ground,
Throw an embrace to Grandpa’s bench,
Look up and shout…
“Reliving upside down moments of love is okay.
Really…
It’s okay.”
© Odin Roark  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member An Evening Walk Cut Short

Autumn sky glows yellow against blue hue sky;
turns windy, rainy a long languorous day.
Swirls of fresh intoxicating aria.

midmorning showers 
rootless lingering rainbow~
scent of petrichor

Outdoors allure afresh, stunning once again.
Sun kissed fragrant richer fruitful harvest fields.
Woods once rich with leaves fall round and round with wings.

quenching nature's thirst
harmonious double arch~
whole world auspicious

An evening walk to the pond a calming sense; 
near the bank we saw large bear paws sunk deeply
into the mud, quietly cutting our walk short.

black bear foraging
spawning fish bantering play~
heart beats in slumber

9/7/2020

Let the Pens Flow - Haibun Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Jenish Somadas
© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haibun


Premium Member Sprung In the Air

‘Get the motor running head out on the highway looking for adventure’

Well it is only the council road with potholes but Oliver races his pushbike

Walkman headphones sound ‘Born to be wild’ or Attention Deficit Disorder

But there is no doubt in the bikers’ mind that winter is recycling fast time


Orange banana saddle ape hanger handle bars and Che Guevara bandana

Another day for many revolutions as the wheels keep turning in tandem

He abhors bicycle clips as Oliver needs torn jeans to be one of the gang

No leather jacket so the hand me down brown corduroy one takes its place


Pedals turning downhill at full speed hard breaks and sharp swerve to the left

Another 360 degree circle wonderful skid marks adorn his pride and the road

It was easy today because morning dew and pink purple petals greased the path

For once the corroded chain has not come off after that creaking gear change


Countenance smirks on his face because has done it again and he feels so much

More achievement than if he was doing his homework left pathetically languorous

At home where his goody two shoes brother calculates tangents and radius

Oliver is an action boy full of mettle and metal and his scent is lubricant oil


‘Take the world in a love embrace and explode into space’ and dear emotions

Run high almost octane fuelled while his well-behaved sisters play octaves

From Amadeus on Bechstein or Steinway pined to bored ebony and ivory keys

Oliver hammers down wildly as the way forward beckons driven by freedom


He is oblivious to fragrances blossoms and bloom and the sweet scent of nature

Could not care less about chirping birds and the warm temperature resides only

In his teenage blood and guts as he rides through a pile of litter in which rusty

Debris mingles with pneumatic tyres and a very loose spring punctures the air


16th March 2019

Spring Is In the Air contest

Sponsored by Emile Pinet

Premium Member Night time


Night, good friend, protection against the dangers of life
It’s two o’clock, so nice this dark morning, inspired time
The city is almost sleeping – a bit alert and languorous

The nocturnal spirits have awakened it’s time to haunt 
The sleeping minds of frail people are the best moments
… to give new impressions, motivations, and suggestions 

… to them for the new opportunity from the latest days
Night time, lost self-control, demonic rulers on in dreams
Guards of the night, the nightly lights, radiating this life

‘I don’t wanna sleep.’ Sings the instrumental music into my ears
Yes, I am a night demon, what can I do? A God’s creation
Saints live by the day, my kind live in the night, old desire

Light of the days isn’t my loved kind. Loved the Light’s night
Light is the light in the dark days, lifted the destroyed life
Those from the past missed loves of lives of the only desire

Only? Yes. This is the goal of my life
Get eternal life in the physical life

Night time
Night light
Hidden desires
‘Wake up!’
Said the Light

Premium Member Ancient Dance

In twilight, old songs you're softly humming.
Languorous smiles silken your lovely face,
beguiling my presence still, becoming
in all your ways, a gift of heaven's grace.

Deep your eyes, beheld above the stillness
of mystic mien, dismissing every voice.
Caresses known in sadness and in illness,
a bounty cherished, if you make the choice.

Alluringly, you draw the bedroom curtain
and move in softest song of violins.
Of languid looks and outcome certain,
as old as Eve, the ancient dance begins.

Sway, your heated honey scent of passion
and poise, anticipating kiss conceived,
shall return my longing, in your fashion
and make my life ten times a joy perceived.

My love grows great to see your form advance
and weave with siren song the ancient dance.
© Roy Jerden  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Sonnet

Feathered Thoughts

Tranquil thoughts
breathing
of slow kissed sights
comforted 
in expelling this light
languorous trembled gaze

A mask promising nothing
yet yearning to taste 
now pushed aside

Risking this pull 
stakes everything

Claims made 
forever washing
though tears of ecstasy 
now rolling free of 
ducted bliss
trailed warmth of
cored beings
exquisite dripping 
yets

Serenades of wanting 
traveling through blood
as feather breathes
brushed lightness 
thieves strength
floating in 
washes of joyed right

Unaltered and bare 
lured to charm
unhooked to potent need 
she is lost

Silkily softness crushed in satin
drawn to slither tight
set free to embrace
crystal screams
shattered 
in feathers graced might

Masked 
to be nothing
revealed   
in breathlessness

Test Cricket's posthumous Lazarus


Natural talent Jimmy’s heir apparent melodious

Line & length strength swing seam harmonious

Taking over from dream team still parsimonious

But Olly could be a wally & yet seemed oblivious


Bit podgy not fit enough blips and cantankerous

Dodgy quips off the cuff guff just all a bit vacuous

Gruff flips energy dips pace slips hardly valorous 

Indolent & insolent temperament shamed odious

Thrown under a bus for Gus.. named cadaverous

Splendiferous famed career appears posthumous 


We were savaged biblical ravaged plague of OZ locus

No respite Ashes debacle fanfare did blare rancorous

Ridicule the losing & boozing puss oozing pustulous

Anger that was clanger not banger completely bogus

Riff raff suss boys were all faff & fuss and so do cuss

We see wheat from chaff all naff Bazball hocus pocus


No fight just sh*te is playing for England too onerous

To our health the blight of this plight was hazardous 

No focus Baz & Ben must choose real men the onus

ECB let them & Key get off scot free is very generous


Flowering again after long winter our towering crocus

To bring vertiginous rascal back not really scandalous

Not still languorous skill metronomic can be imperious

To harvest the county bounty for Test best ironic bonus


The big plus that Ollie actually does look like one of us

Which is why we fell for this fall guy & are still amorous

Learn did earn return for which we yearn not ludicrous

Annoint the sky high release point our humorous chorus

Astronomic wicket laden maiden from Cricket’s Lazarus
Form: Monorhyme

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