Ludic Poems | Examples

The waves and her

The waves&her

Along the waves she ambles 
Prevailing the ocean elysian 
The longing feel of a hiraeth 
Sensual, her cheeks aflush; An inamorata. 
She gently rubs her eyes and sees- 
the bewitching phosphenes: 
Ludic, And apricate.
Among the waves she stood, in-stillness. 
The aurora reflecting on her eyes. 
In werifesterias, she questions and halts, 
The alexithymia she relishes
Then she ruminates with a glee. 
The ocean flows mellifluous- 
Dulcet. So orphic.

Away from the waves she walks, 
Ephemeral, on the way to her metanoia 
Absquatulate.

Summer Heat Love

Nice little heat,
                  summer loving
                    haze...
                      When
                        ludic
                          idyllic
                            summer
                               like a star,
                                  in your body.
                                      only love
                                         act,,,!

The River Agape

The River Agape 

I float in the "inspiration" of your charity Lord,
Flowing from Agape -
Your intimate "whispering" flowing through living water
Touching thirsting shores of drought
Waiting open mouthed for billowing water
To sink in the warm depths of your "passionate" "prayers"
Your tender path out of grieving exile
Your hopelessly romantic "heart"
Invading every vein and channel not pierced with arrow s
But downy feathers
Reflecting the sunrise of Heaven
In feisty "courage" for the "healing" of the nations 
"Reflecting" in the leaves falling tenderly
From the trees nourished by the River of Life
Metaphoric essence "home" of the river’s source
Going down into a gently swirling playful blue Ludic
To rise up among orange petals of Agape
In your greening open hand Storge "love"
For brothers and sisters 
Gathered in your timeless vault of starlit realms
Or still wandering in dark dusty chaos –
An invitation to float as one body Agape.

4-30-21
Contest: Agape Love
Sponsor: Regina McIntosh

healing, whispering, heart, inspiration, love, prayers, passionate, home, courage, reflecting

Divine Artistry

ornate frost etchings across panes
intricately grace taut wintry windows
ludic angels stage their ephemeral artwork



AP: 2nd place 2020

Posted on June 4, 2020

Devotion Potion

Enthralled by the notion
A mermaid could set in motion
Such powerful devotion
Causing ludic commotion
She offers an elixir of love potion
Stirring powerful emotion
Feels much like an implosion
Monsooning into an explosion
Down to the bottom of the ocean



AP: 2nd place 2025

Submitted on August 4, 2019 for contest DEVOTION TO OCEAN sponsored by CHANTELLE ANNE COOKE  -  RANKED 1ST

Ruby Garden Red

Fiery giant poppies 
Cheerful bright chrysanthemum
Spicy scented dianthus
Statuesque amaryllis
Flamboyant hibiscus
Vivacious geranium
Seductive anemone
Exotic calla lily
Ruffled marigold
Bodacious begonia
Luscious dahlia and ludic zinnia
Dress the garden with pure delight 
Exuberant in shimmering rays of sunlight
As sweetly the summer zephyr whispers



AP:  Honorable Mention 2022, Honorable Mention 2020, Front Page Pick 2020

Posted on February 19, 2019

Summer Sprays and Spews

Summer Sprays and Spews

Summer sprays upon the subtle sands
As the rainbows rally in their halo hues
And lovers loving holding hopeful hands
For nature nurtures a nestled canty cue

For the rains rejoice as they splashily spill
As the valleys bow to the mountain peaks
There is great concern amongst the daffodil
And the perky pine kiss each other’s cheeks

The sunshine spews its radiant ludic light
As the rapt robins take care of their young
The rivers running rapid in their ritual rite
And bees are happy for they’ve not stung

Our succulent summer brings a life anew
For we love and frolic in the forests green
Starring at soothing skies of bounteous blue
Soaking in the sun in a lover’s lusty cuisine.

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June.13.2018
Summer Fun
Sponsored by: Nayda Ivette Negron

Memories In the Making

Forty million stars aglow
Neath a midnight satin sky
While a dark sensuous serenade lurks
Astride the breeze in ambush wantonly 
The temptress moon suspiciously hangs low

A magical atmosphere
It sets the tone for romance
Love’s breath is in the air infectuous
As arm in arm by the seashore we stroll 
Breathing in the chilly seasalt freshness

Love’s slow dance voluptuous
Pure youthful and unblemished
Detonating carefree exuberance
Glitters glint with every ludic footstep
As the moonlight sprinkles her magic dust

Forever eternally
Wishing time could just stand still 
Divine perfection in every moment
Tonight’s unparalleled emotion shared
Frozen to be remembered for all times

Timid smiles turn to kisses
As two hearts entwine as one



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on March 5, 2018 for contest SEVEN-TEN sponsored by EMILE PINET

and on March 6, 2018 for EARLY MAR 18 STANDARD CONTEST sponsored by BRIAN STRAND

Under Starry Skies

Luscious night overseen by crescent moon
Playful ludic breeze toys with miles of sand
A zillion stars out in full bloom this June
T'was yesteryear nervous you took my hand

The charming way you were so chivalrous
Stories shared with innocent childlike heart
Time vanished most unceremonious
Our souls melding as one right from the start

Looking at remembrances endearing
Years generous to us in every way
All hint of skepticism disappearing
Never be another come judgment day

Two souls inexplicably attracted
Entwining hearts forever connected     



AP: 3rd place 2020

Submitted on February 28, 2018 for contest BEST SONNET sponsored by LAURA LOO

This is the versed version (10 syllables) of my original A FIRST DATE unversed sonnet - submitted in February 2018

A First Date

‘Twas a mellow evening overseen by a crescent moon
A ludic breeze playfully lurking above miles of glittery sand
A zillion stars out in full bloom commemorating a late June
I remember as if yesterday how you nervously touched my hand

In an awkwardly charming way you were so chivalrous
I loved the stories you shared with a childlike innocent heart
Time evaporated casual and content in a way most unceremonious
Our souls affectionately melding as one right from the start

Looking back now makes remembrances so endearing
Years have been most generous to you and I in every way
From that tense genesis every hint of skepticism disappearing
We’ve grown closer and couldn’t imagine another now to judgment day

Two compatible souls inexplicably attracted
Intertwining hearts forever connected


**PoetrySoup definition of a SONNET does not say anything about # syllables per line - giving the impression that varied # of syllables per line would be acceptable**



AP: 2nd place, Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted for contest A FIRST DATE SONNET sponsored by BRENDA CHIRI - January 20, 2018  -  RANKED 1ST

Play

A dog chasing his tail,
A toddler playing fort/da with his toy,
Children playing hide-and-seek,
A player chasing a leather ball,
A physicist ‘knocking about’ an electron
(while measuring its velocity),
A poet carnivalizing a composition,
YHWH playing with the sign,
As in Babel and ever after, 
Or Siva hiding the meaning (of mantras and numbers,
as told in Sivsutravimarsini)—
These are all basically instinctual acts,	
Involving the ludic instinct.
They all, as such, differ in degree and domain 
Rather than in kind!


                   — Ram, R . V.

Massacre So Self Inflicted

A ripe body of Adolescence, nuzzled by beauty
on which hair is polished by crystals and sapphire
but lacks in the garrison of virtues and patriotism
becoming blind to the significance of its own felicity.
So gullible  is its owner, that Dorian Gray is her preferred suitor,
so false are her choices like bringing Tilapia to Canada to strive.
Protracted human disasters have not altered her Oestrus
yet barren even with the plethora of fertile males
she's an ignorant keeper and owner of a unique talisman
causing a huge surveillance from selfish sugar daddies.

In the midst of her turmoil, she stays ludic
inflicted with so much pain but cry so rhapsodic.
Swimming with the fast in pretentious avocation
entertaining in self deceit, through every dulcet move.
Well formed mouth without a beak and limbs with soft knees;
her metamorphosis should be complete, yet a chrysalis she remains.
A complete turnaround requires an economic Hasidism
for the existing gross mediocrity to be evanescent
then refined existence in juxtaposition between an idyllic present
to a radiant future would be once again fully established.

Ludic

English is not a language 
one can ever get ahead of--
there are just too many words! 
Like 'ludic; for example: meaning
playful, in the sense of spontaneous, 
without real purpose....Soooooo,  
how come I never came across 
Little Ludic in over sixty years 
of reading hundreds of books
in my beloved mother tongue, 
the language I love, 
the language I married.

Even spellcheck never saw it, 
or else why underline little Ludic 
in red, like a criminal of some sort 
who needs a good sorting out, 
a spell in word prison perhaps? 

If one but takes the time to look, 
one can find sweet Ludic laying low, 
hiding quietly in the BIG FAT ONE,
the Oxford Dictionary! 
Lord and Regent of all word books. 

Ludic  lives there with his cousins:
Ludibrious and that stuffed shirt, 
Ludibry, and the handsome,
macho Ludrico ( who is no doubt 
from the Italian side of the family) 
and of course, the far more famous 
Ludicrous, a celebrity who seems to 
want all the spotlight for himself. 

Words can be so very selfish too....

Abc Doodle

**ABC  FUN**

Funny vs' Rude~~
agrestic bugaboo creeps, dandle 
'each-
other', footle  gleeking,
happy, izzat...jillick, kibitz, ludic, 
maffick, nothosonomia, 
osculating, proudly,  quizzing, riant, 
squabash, 
to unstable void, whelm, Xanthippe, 
yodle, zingy. 
*

Dark Death~~
aphotic burnt cardinal debris 
everywhere,  flammeous, 
growing haematic,  igniting, 
jeopardizing, killing, lava, 
madness, numb, 'Oppositional-
Defiant', 
pulse, quantity, 
rage, staged, tempered, under, 
virescent, watch, ***, yield, zero. 
*

Dream a little Dream~~
Accelerator, beating, captivating 
dreaming, eruption, 
fingerprints, ghost haunting, 
invading, 
journey, 
'keebler-keeper', labyrinth, magic, 
nightmare, odyssey, 
path, quarantine, rainbows, snakes, 
'tossing&turnning', 
unconsciously, vertigo, 
'wakening2wetness', x-rated, 
yawning, 
zoomed.   
*

Dedicated and inspired by; Yasmin 
Khan

By;pd

Two Worlds In Real Life

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Love
took me
from the WORLD - 
realms of woe . . .grief
glee pours without encumbrance. . .snag - mirth.
" Bestowing LOVE much - taken for granted "
why should life seems
atrocious
ludic... 
" WHY "????



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