Long Sorbet Poems

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Lily Bloom

Lily bloom
   opening wide eyed and colorful collide
        in the sun of mid afternoon.
Bouquet blends abound 
   and hues relayed in the colors found;
     creamy yellow sunrises, starlight glimmers, 
     ivory bells, red eyed tiger fills that shimmer;
      purple haze in red sox crimson  
      pink persuasion garnets visions;
   angel choirs of arabesque dreams, 
   bittersweet belladonna dark schemes;
     brushstroke cavalese, doeskin elise, 
     graffiti tapestries. panache butterflies at peace;
      lace fantasy scherherazade, royal trinity renoir,
      stargazer siberian sorbet bazaars;
     magic starbursts of sultry melodies,
     trumpet notes with messages and imaged memories.
Productive and illustrious bulbs
   step lively thru the day of earth's bountiful display
   short and tall, buddings rise as green unfolds.
Border lilies bow to the sides
   and in between the flow of the colors glow
   openings sway in breezy tides.
The lilies increase and multiply
   one bud alone is tough with beauty never enough 
   as numbers reach to touch the sky.
Lily blooms no longer just white
   take in the rainbow for the show
   to breathe and bloom, a ballet dance in flight.
© DM Babbit  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Stroke of Fortune

bang on the midnight hour she woke from her terror

suffocating her eyes popped out of orbital spheres 

nerves exposed and dangling tears in front of the truth


not that long ago she had danced in moonshines of joy

bells and whistles attached to silken colourful dreams

now her lullaby had become an epitaph of surrender


she clutched at the straw in the coffin and inhaled

one last breath filled her lungs and screamed as if

to loosen the nails of the casket for one final time


one of which clawed its way into her frontal lobe

she could smell earthworms and scented pastoral voices

almost slipped on the marble of the polished grave stone


the straw tasted of raspberry sorbet and whipped cream

self-flagellation removed the sour icing on the last cake

and she stroked the cotton cloth with her calloused hands


transcended a highway to heaven and took leave of her fear

a crowd of bigoted mourners took flight and ate their words

when she offered no retribution but unconditional kindness


her nightmare’s clarity offered a way to step out of the pit

the pendulum of self-incrimination pierced moribund scares

at the stroke of midnight the sunrise welcomed a new dawn

Premium Member Light at the End of the Tunnel-POTD

Take initiative go to the light where the force of darkness ends
A flame needs its kindled source as a sparking awareness mends

Our enlightened energy wrapped in an array of cavernous colors
Ribboned radiant impressions given in vast deepest depths squalors 

A shadow self may live dormant and await unveiling the chaos within
When it has become an unbearable journey to live in your own skin

Opaque indigo stones skim over shallow waters in an empty well
Stratas rock labyrinths chiseled lies of neglect in a nautilus shell

Warm sorrel ribbon evokes sympathy in a disparaged tale of woe
A sorbet of violet, green, and tangerine conjure a melodious flow

What is truly a wellspring of a healing rainbow palette renders
We find the key to unlocking magic embers in dormant chambers
                                                         
Dank darkness may lead us astray from individuality and truth                                                    
Take initiative, find the light of all brightest light reaching for you
© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Couplet

Palate: Ice cream to Sorbet

The world has distinctive experiences for a man
And his journey lies in it
To a child, Ice cream is a delight
But not only in taste
An encounter, Admiration, Curiosity and Change.
A real first look at life
The construct entices a person before its flavor
As a growing child, sweet and shining things speak to us
The process meant something to us, to me
The start was only a moment meant for the fun
But as time passed
Emotions we had as kids, unknown to the world problems
Became either you feel or you don't 
Like your palate
You outgrow somethings that it becomes nostalgia you didn't know you had
An aching sensation that fills you as you choose
The life of an adult
From Ice cream to Sorbet
From sprinkles to Ice
You become someone you can't recognize
And the people around you have to suffer for it
As the workings of the world wasn't working for you
But you get use to it, and try to understand it more
And see a better reason why some choices left you pillow wet
Are now the reasons a walk seemed better 
Than rotting with your feelings
A change necessary but takes a lot from our young selves
Some call it growing up
I call it
Changing my palate

Premium Member Swimming In Grief

I long to lie like a sunrise sky upon the sea

my flame a tender torch for your gasoline tide
freedom fire to burn the brine from my eyes
fluid movement of our soft inferno in sorbet shades
m  e  l  t  i  n  g
fever dream lover blushed in hush of dawn 
my soul  a bleeding rose rocked by your rhythm
  
—but the blaze does blister a bliss not consumed 

a wailing gull slices wild air
with sharpened wings she rides a woeful gale
labor pains of thunder throb nimbus wombs
hornet hive clouds cut by cesarean lightning
birth swarms of stinging rains  
I wander a wind whipped shore of cloudburst gore
with an ache for angst and a hate for faith in blue skies 

plaintive cries break the bones of my widow’s dream
exposing my marrow   my pledge to the Divine shallow
I throw myself on my knees 
belly-crawling-ripples meet me with a rasp 

I long to lie like a sunrise sky upon the sea
but sorrow creates a sunset tempest 
and now the sun sits so low
I feel the sundown in my soul
oh  the slouchy sun just sits so low
drowsy on the smudged edge of drowning
barely above the waterline   like my breath  

sea–  I beg you  meet me  choke me  
take me by the throat with a kiss salty sweet 
sweep me out to your blackened deep
take me thief  my grief in grasp of your riptide’s greed


Asphalt Hot Summer

Scoops of gold powder flapping sunny flame 
melts into scalding months of humid June. 
Shade of ablaze sky, fiery clouds won't tame   
soaking sunshine an untrimmed afternoon.

Makeup tinged complexion in denim dress 
berries and melons succulent sorbet.
A swim in pool with pineapple drink fresh 
hot or cool, doesn't matter anyway.                                                   

Wages in lease, forever temperate
eternal possession of bad luck dregs.  
Sweltering skin in heat of blood and sweat
toil endless labour, aching hands and legs.                 
  
Some buds wither in tar of asphalt gloom 
Some color heaven in air conditioned room. 




9th August 2019


Sponsor	Michelle Faulkner
Contest Name	A Summer's Day Redo
Form: Sonnet

Summer Shades of Love

In warmth of solstice she turned cool sixteen          
unleashing a torrent in heart of June.
he yearned for tulips he had never seen
till their eyes met that summer afternoon
 
sapphire mystic eyes, her tanned soft red cheek
lambent lights sweetened a mango sorbet
pastel illusion too frozen to speak  
nightingale songs tuned a dance anyway.

footsteps  faded looking for  silver streams    
in desert of thoughts, world of make-believe
shimmering a mirage painted in dreams
a heart warming story, pure love they weave.

In gold braided tresses, her vibrant flame
of summer love shades, he could never tame.





Dated 18th May 2021


Sponsor	John Hamilton
Contest Name	Summer love sonnet
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member Dinner For Two - Just Me and You

Our table is set – it looks divine
Crystal glasses for our red wine
Silver cutlery with which to eat
Our favourite meal – oh what a treat

The table is set on our patio
With romantic music and the lights down low
A candle burns to give us light
I hope you enjoy this culinary delight

Starter

Scottish smoked salmon with a lemon wedge
Served on a bed of crisp iceberg lettuce
With homemade dill mayonnaise 

Main course

Chateaubriand steak cooked medium  - there's plenty for two
(I ate it on my first date with you!!) 

Served with
Crispy onion rings
Sautéed mushrooms
French beans, broccoli florets and carrot batons
Chunky fries
French Mustard

Dessert

Homemade chocolate almond brownie
Served with rich chocolate sauce and double cream

Tea or freshly brewed coffee

Bon Appetit!

Footnote…

Writing this menu brings back many memories of a meal we had …
on our first date we ate at a lovely restaurant called ‘Celebrity’ it was the first time I had ever been taken to somewhere so posh where the lady gets the menu without the prices on. 
After the starter the waiter brought over apricot sorbet – in my innocence I said … but I’ve not had my main course yet and I’ve not even chosen the dessert ... ‘madam’ he said it is to cleanse your palate – oh the innocence of youth !

10~25~15

Contest: For all ladies and brave men 
Sponsor: Judy Konos

Premium Member Mystical Lore of the Twilight Hawk

Aloft, with keen eyes in sorbet skies’ raspberry half-light
visceral vibrations of vitality does await.
Soaring in a hush, with plumage plush, a silent stealth kite,
he glissades on ghostly winds with mystical wings of fate.

Poised to plummet from his summit of purple sundown spread
with wingspan wide, wreathed gradual glide, hunts a twilight hawk.
Floating form causes flocks to brainstorm on life or death dread,
those flying forlorn, late to roost, are reduced by his stalk.

Aerodynamic, his dramatic dive deals destiny,
raptor raptly pursues passerine through air’s plum-bruised dim.
Whispering wings whisk to live and not die desperately,
over the arborvitaes the future for one is grim.

If it’s true that energy never dies; its cries transform,
then songbird's notes will ascend on hunter's wings in reform.


Susan Ashley 
December 3, 2017


~ First Place ~
Contest: Your Best Poem In The Last Year 
Sponsor: Silent One


~ Seventh Place ~
Contest: Best Rhyming Poem October - December 2017
Sponsor: John Hamilton
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Jolted by Twilight

I lay with languor praying for an answer I’d been seeking.
Azure glitter-drops splashed upon
the clean white sand nearby my feet.
I drifted into sleep then as wisps of clouds
in a sky mirroring the cerulean sea beneath it
wafted slowly like my slackening pensive thoughts.
I’d dozed and was awakened by gulls’ shrill long calls.

Instantly, I was jolted by twilight, and I
saw crimson and persimmon devouring sky.
Slathered-on apricot and rubescent streaks
formed the backdrop to the seagulls’ piercing shrieks.
Some saffron deliciousness was also in my view
when just as suddenly came the answer to
the question I’d been pondering before my nap.
It came as if the sunset had the sound of a snap!
Gamboge, tangerine and raspberry sorbet
drizzled into sea at the end of that day.
Mesmerized and well-pleased, I lingered there.
Dusk turned into night with the hush of a prayer.
Form: Verse

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