Long Sunburst Poems

“More Beautiful Inside”



That morning 
we all 
woke up
more beautiful
inside 

all children 
were safe 
and happy
no longer needing
to hide like Summer

and the love inside
everyone aligned
caring for one another
a pathological kindness
bloomed like a virus
inside us

some say 
the...

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Sometimes, when 
your sparkling spirit 
waltzes with me 
to the perfumed 
periwinkle grooves 
of saffron breezes, 
I'm lost in a forever gaze, 
within those 
flickering ferns
of a nascent nightmare, 
where I ain't any 
velvet-purple orchid,...

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Night lifts ebon shroud from curved satin sky,
drizzle of gold streaks at dawn has begun,
paints pearl on meadow with few dew drops shy,
dance of hue starts under shimmer of sun.
Cadence of cloud descends to flush...

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I came from a generation of laughter,
while night faded the flames
freeing the moon from its silence,
flowing with dreams, dewlike 
hopes, singing in tenor, voices rising
from the ashes of a moment
before hearts felt the rhythmic trembling,
bleeding...

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Walking on the forest path on a hot summer day,
I find an old oak tree, dry and dilapidated,
with barks peeling off, roots dislodged from soil.
It is waiting for the time to die and fall.
In my...

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I’m carbon-based,
Resurrection cornerstone foundation laid
Diamond made

These obsidian eyes
sardius shine ...
agate Illuminating
my igneous bright coal face

With volcanic intensity,
my onyx lips glow
And the chest cavity 
			         pressure beneath
	 ...

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This unhappy man in the midst of overflowing opulence living 
like a discolored precious stone in a box of rare jewels was always 
sad and lonely like a dry wood in a lush green forest,...

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Nearby runs a mountain stream, purified with crystal rays
Of sunshine, in the pines a wild wind flows downwards
Brushing against the thickets, oh what a beautiful country,
For which I dwell in, at serenity’s farthest edge of...

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The sparkling dawn lighted up my heart’s horizon, 
spread the sunburst colors of yearning
on the fervent garden blooming with my love,
swathing the facsimile of your florid face.

The patina of rose flushed your cheeks,
glittering with the...

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You have called with the wolf in the winter
planted trees that you will never see grow
and we have been a sunburst from clouds that shone
with the watered light of rainbows  

Though you have cried...

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Why is it that every time I look in the mirror,
I see someone different?
I know it’s essentially me on the other side,
but I can’t help but think
that I’ve changed.
What’s even stranger is that
I can’t monitor...

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This unhappy man in the midst of flowing opulence lived
like a discolored precious stone in a box of rare jewels,
and was always sad like a dry wood in a lush green forest.
He got up one...

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(Original poem)
Frozen ripples of moments

When in the hued horizon the crimson sun rose
I saw you flash across my dew latticed meadow
Chromatic glare of dawn flushed your satin face
On flow of time the ripples of my...

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A pledge to you by Edward Ibeh


I'll always rise with you 
Lying next me at dawn. 
I'll cherish you till my life is through;
When all is said and done.
 
I'll always treat you 
Like the...

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Hands awaken! Speak out! Answer to sacred shouts,
subterranean whispering, to stars above rooftops—
thread sunlit branches with the chattering of a thousand leaves.

If fluxes and urgencies of confusion or death
should drawn you into your self-box, I...

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A smile brings light across the soul,
Stirring wonder who makes lives whole.
A smile brings joy into life’s shadows,
Assuring hope roused by One who arose.

A smile sings melodies filled with peace,
Motivating faith that will ever increase.
A...

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Beneath the sprawling blush of dawn, our feet became one
with the sands of Kiawah Island, grains glistening like scattered stars,
each a tiny sunburst caught in the curl of the earth.
We danced under the great blue...

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**Whispers of the Heart**

In the quiet corners of our shared existence,
Where time slows and the world fades away,
I weave these words—a tapestry of affection,
A love poem meant for you, my dearest muse.

**I. First Glance**

Remember that...

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Its the year 2012
Predictions came true
Earth as we know
Has bitten more, than we can chew

Solar flares 
Descended today
We knew they were coming
In deadly rays

All it took
From detection to earth
Was fifteen minutes
Sunburst finish

The oceans have risen
The...

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Grapefruit sunburst, rainbows on fire, skylights of silver stars, black cherry ice spikes, mango splash slides and champange on angel wings. 
  We are craving the dynamite. We are tasting your explosions. 
All the...

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In every situation ~ no matter the complication ~ Reach out ~ He's the 

One you can be sure of...


I will Survive ~ Faith ~ I will live


Our God is King~ All Power and Glory...

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To my clouded mind I couldn’t so long make it clear, 
in my old sky called life what else I could see as new
as the sun’s crayon would paint the dawn of New Year, ...

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In the whispering breeze I hear the birds sing
for you as the sunburst sky flushes your face.
How endearingly attractive you are then to me, 
mesmerized I know, the clue you do not find.

After sullen night...

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Writer I am, I unfurl thought
To say I am wordplay and plot.


Draft upon draft, I sculpt fine words;
I sign my craft, my thoughts get heard.


Sculpt now and weave, carve sculptured breath
In mindful drift from life...

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(Dedication: For Ann)


Lasting
Impressions
Discovery
Images and ideas
Profound


Lovely
Foundation
Reconstruction
Clash of vibrant feelings
Abrupt


Going
Away now
Interrupted
Creepy crawling creature
Stinging


Leaving
Emotive
Contradictions
Lingering combustion
Burnt-out


End game
No money
Confronting loss
Empowering new face
New notes


Sultry
Sensuous feel
Touch of magic
In between the odd lines
Wordplay


Sadness
Tears roll down
Streaks of wetness
Melancholia presides
Aqua


Look up
See new frames
Picture portraits
Niche random...

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