Long Pastels Poems

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Premium Member By a Loch She Stands

By a loch she stands in a hidden Highland Glen
Absorbing the view as she marvels at the Ben

This granite of old with many stories to tell
Of her Clansman's past in the place that they dwell

Mountain sides of scree with carpets of heather
Look good at all times no matter the weather

Proud Stags roam in royalty pose
Whilst Golden Eagles soar on breathless air flows

Waterfalls thunder as they crash to the rocks
Sheep roam the hillsides in grazing flocks

Trout break the surface of translucent waters so pure
Legend has said, that it can indeed cure

The colours of the sunsets leave you totally in awe
Even the sunrises make the bravest Clansmen thaw

Remarkable pastels of orange, reds and blues
Bring a tear and a smile, does this most beautiful hue

By a loch she stands in a hidden Highland Glen
In this most wonderful place, Scotland's her gem






http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/scotland-2.php
Form: Couplet


Premium Member Give Me An Idea

Give me a thoughtful image 
That I can reveal in black and white,
Or with tints and shades of colors 
Using pastels, ink, or graphite.
Even the most common thing 
Can seem to be introspective
When rendered with clever shading 
Or seen from a different perspective.
 
Find me a new metaphor, 	
Or a novel unused simile—
Something like alliteration	 
To bring to life my poetry.
Help me write some plays on words,  
Or a sentimental nuance,
That would appeal to those lovebirds 
That see the world through the lens of romance.

Inspire me with lyrics 
And clever rhymes that tell a story.
Then hum a new chord progression	 
That would support a melody.
Add guitar riffs and a hook 
That surprise like an epiphany.
Bind them together like a book:  
A multi-genre fusion symphony.

(Chorus)
Give me an idea worthy of a drawing, poem, or song;
Something inspiring enough to push creativity along.
Something interesting enough to fire the synapses in my brain.
Something provocative enough to make all stop and look again.
Form: Lyric

Premium Member Summertime

Summer soon prepares to start-
follow spring to paint new art;
change pastels to vivid hues-
willow-green to verdant, fuse.

Violets and daffodils-
tulips, iris, with their frills,
make the way for fuller scenes;
roses join as summer queens.

Babbling brooks flow full, with sound
from the rain that spring had downed.
Tall sunflowers sway and dance
neath blue skies- fine views, enhance.

Sunsets glow end of the day;
bright, fused colors then display.
Twilight turns on moonlit glows
casting light and shadow shows.

Summer Solstice is in June-
at mid-year when we commune
to spend time with everyone-
sharing beauty, fun, and sun.


April 17, 2023

Contest: Write A Jueju-Qijue Poem
Sponsor: Emile Pinet

Form Chosen: Quije - 7 Syllable Lines
RZ HMS
Form: Jueju

Premium Member Telepathic Serenade

Written: March 08, 2023
                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Open the ledger, it's spring,
From that chasm as they'd frozen
Those days suddenly reappear
Died on your lips as they appear,
We have shared countless kisses
Roses return, exhibiting your scent;
They are the heart of your lover
Anguish reappears, I sense my pain
Sorrow of forgotten friends. 

With arms of moon-silver
Strokes of long-lost ladies
I peruse every single page, 
Answers are not available
And it's springtime yet again
creating identical queries 
Reopening specific accounts.

Nestled in the gentle pastels
Of the softly sparkling dusk
My soul beams as I gaze alone
Softly throwing a kiss
Swaying with the evening breeze;
A tender kiss whispered,
A question sealed in the grip of desire,
A soft murmur of my thirst. 

With each strand of yearning,
Persistent within my soul
Here's a kiss, a hidden secret
Across the expansive gap
It holds all my aspirations
My dreams my serene queries;
A sibylline serenade, full of love
I fail to disguise.

The desire in the air is palpable, 
With the kiss rising lift,
A hopeful dance, a ballet of love
They swing with grace and extravagance
They glide across the starry sky,
Under the dulcet kiss of a full moon
A fetching fervor flock this trip
Passion runs deep.

With each web of my being
I embody this warm embrace,
Hoping it goes beyond the space
And discovers your purest grace,
I've given my heart with this kiss
An appeal for you to grip;
My passion runs deep 
And my feelings for you.
© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.

Last Call

Life! What approbations to recall?
A solace that never was – Utopia

Should such love get forgiveness?
The seminal seeds of such a cast…

Claims of the spurious narcissistic
Ah! Words, rescind not a sarcoma

lying brashly, filling its poison vial
long swallowed - bona fide denial!

(1/10/2021)

Nearing their curtain’s final fall, they fly
as the geese and monarchs; to warmth they hie
To hobble where once trees stood: golf courses,
smoothed for their lazy electric horses…

Chilled hearts and aching bones pay for the sun
Fenced off for their guarded and landscaped fun
For barely a stone-throw away, poor shakes,
Ripple the divide, hazing man-made lakes…

There they sweat through long sartorial jokes
fearing beams may strike a cancerous stroke
Whites and pastels their preferred uniform
Clearly labeled for their clubs’ garish norm…

Cloistered, they are already neatly packed
Boxed close for flames: coffins securely-stacked.

(3/5/18: ’06 Formula 37PC i/ii DMS)
Form: Lyric


If God drew


would the skies be blue
would the circle be around
emotions colour coded
would the W
……………a
…………….t
…………….e
………….…r in clear innocence
Would mistakes be scraped from the canvas
replaced with a cloud
You can never have enough clouds
would a single bristle
ruin 
I think god might be a dog
Here me out
He makes you look for him
The noises he makes when he sleeps
Your favourite chair is now his chair
Wait wait this ones about God
You went too far with the dogs
Would there be only light
I kinda like the darkness

Who would see the painting
Give critical thoughts
Is the canvas too taught
tightly wraps t up
………………h
……………….i 
……………….s

Would the pastels merely be ghosts
would the crescent streak of blue and grey
sculpt the shark
be thinking this is not a fin
and I am not a shark
only you humans think that

The call us whales even named a country after us
Now your having the whales talking to sharks
Where does it end
Well after the t

Would it be sad
Would it ever end
Would the frame be stars
Each sun a nail in place

What would you hang it from

Could you paint our hopes and dreams
Bob Ross giving advice on the flaws

Would the darkness give you room for paws
Stop the dog reference could ja

Wait how did you get the paper

I believe in dog
gotta go he wants to take me for a walk..

Premium Member Niagara Falls - 2011

The rumbling, crashing, riotous falls
were like instruments intent on
singing out their percussion.
Each watery movement came in
orchestrated rhythm, appearing as
the master of the scene
yet arriving on unheard cue.

The wild and noisy disorder of the
magnificent Niagara Falls were an
ever-changing mosaic of color
that could tumble from a
box of pastels.
In the sunlight they were soft,
no matter how bright the light became,
and always just as pleasing as the
gelato that sat in our waffle cones.

We dashed for cover as the sky
turned like a woolen gray shawl
upon the rolling hills behind us.
Colors arced into a bold sky,
stretching as open hands reaching
for the sun-kissed rain.
The colors were that bit more beautiful,
like God had polished the world afresh.

And how could we begrudge
those blessed drops?
For with them came
the rainbow, the greenery,
the cheery flowers, renewed vigor and
every other slice of life we so enjoy.

Premium Member Scarlet Sighs of Sunrise

Her orchid blooms in petals across the vast expanse
bridging realms from here to there
spilling her wine and soaking the sphere of giving light
with impassioned shades of royal birth
as drowsy constellations daydream

she presents pious plumes of plum pastels
in a gesture of generous grandeur
for cosmic kings and queens
and mere mortal beings
golden eyed 
behind heather veils of ethereal ecstasy


Susan Ashley 
February 16, 2018


~ Ninth Place ~
Premiere Contest: March 2018
Sponsor: Brian Strand


~ First Place ~
Contest: Sunrise and Sunset 
Sponsor: Silent One
(first Picture)

Seashells and Sorrows

The ocean is home to a curation of shells,
The type you admire, the kind you call into,
The ones that whisper stories the sea never tells.
The peach and the pink, the pastels and the white —
All of them bring such a sense of delight.

I trace my finger over each and every grove and indent,
Each fracture and dent,
Wondering what they have seen, and what places they went.
I wonder if they are signs — heaven-sent.

This poet wonders — does she know the truth that is grand?
The shell that is pretty mesmerizes those little eyes
While the sea calls out her name for help.
Sand between her toes and wind through her hairs,
She felt every emotion one feels at a shore.

The next scene was haunting — it took away her innocence.
Fishes started to wash up on the shore,
The water began to form bubbles.
As she looked at her mother, who
Whispered with her eyes- 
“Sorry, my precious little baby,
Forgive the humankind,
For the future we will leave behind.”

Ballroom Delights

At the Parisian Ball

wrapped in finest gowns

of virgin-snow, sugar-rose

and washed-out pistachio pastels

The  hour-glass shapes

 with tied narrow waists

waltzed with gallant men

togged up in midnight-dusk tails.

Victorian ladies in frilly petticoats

and gossamer laces

swirled in delicate silks

Lifting their pretty faces

to crystal candelabras

to ceilings'baroque paintings

and to the chattering sounds

of the gathering crowds.


From the half-opened pantry door

She listened to the music

which played melodically all night.

In her simple black dress

nude stockings,white apron and cap

Solo,She danced,with the light of the moon

which was glowing so bright.

Her slender hips swayed

in a flirtatious curve

Wishing...Dreaming

to get a glimpse of his world.

Through the mirror on the wall

She saw him standing tall

As he danced with his noble mademoiselle

Through the mirror on the wall

He saw her standing small

He caught her reflection

young love and affection

Yet,He kept standing there.

She swore She could feel  it

The longing,the feeling...

It was written all over his eyes

He never got closer

His princedom can't own her

But She knows She's the one

She is that little star

which keeps falling so softly

in his cold vacant skies.

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