Lustrous gem, shining so bright
Her gorgeous gleam against the light
The kiss of her glow on my skin
Gives me shiver under my chin
Like a diamond in the sky
That lights the way for dreams to fly
She's my vivid ray of hope
That gives me strength to grip my rope
Even when the sky is gray
Her shine is like a bright new day
Her heart, so pure and golden
Makes my courage embolden
Even when my days are dark
Her smile makes a shiny spark
Her flickering flame warms my soul
She is the fuel of my goal
2nd
lovely lavender
languidly, lavishly, lithe
lushly living large
Written on 2/26/2023
For: Alliterku Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Charles Messina
Lustrous Luna works midnight magic
As it glitters golden in rhythmic ripples
Onto ocean's briny billows,
Distant diamonds flicker a twinkling tune
as winds whoosh through the palm trees,
Lovers lost in enchanted embrace
Find fulfillment in gleeful gazes
This is an example for Contest,
Similar Vowel sounds are allowed, (lines 3 and 6), but in 2 lines only.
Fall into cool waters.
Like a leaf, nature's daughter.
God's floating luster.
3/23/2021
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Rhymed Senryu
Nacreous and opaline iridescence
Scattered through my gated garden
Million white tendered blossoms
Oozing intoxicating perfumed bursts
Most divine exotic jasmine
Beaded lily of the valley
Melodramatic calla lily
Trumpet playing lilium
Oversized amaryllis
Inspirited hyacinth
Lotuslike magnolia
Tall spiky foxgloves
Rock garden candytuft
Innocence of baby’s breath
Exalting nacre for my opalescent muse
AP: Honorable Mention 2020, Front Page Pick 2023
Dawn
Has adventurous streaks, kind-hearted, innovative, though quite impatient …
Pilgrim of this Multiverse, raised finely by a General and Lady Tutor
Relishing exotic journeys, collecting angels, writing down the veins--
I feel deeply about children’s rights, the search for higher-self, warm kinship
Fearful of ill-timed deaths, underwater quests , oh, enclosed places:
I would like to see human abuse resolved, a Swahili jig, Andromeda lights
Resident from Orient Pearl’s bay…
Lustrous!
Writing Challenge 2, Bio Form, January 2019
Contest sponsored by Dear Heart
31.1.2019
Golden-flecked bliss
of enraptured blown-kiss
stardust bestrewn
beguiling skies
Pleiades’ sequin eyes
shimmer in swoon
in midnight hours
from celestial bowers
lift blest voices
balmy hymns calm
serenity’s sweet psalm
saints’ rejoices
O, motherly
heartfelt heavenly night
lullaby my lustrous twilight
Love - swaddle me
in starlit cocoon’s blue
singing silk songs till dawn’s debut
ambrosial dreams
showered in jasmine streams
angels’ water
immerse in sleep
your virtuous well deep
baptized daughter
melodic sky
divinity’s stars sigh
spiritual
nirvana floats
seraphs’ musical notes
air's lyrical
O, motherly
heartfelt heavenly night
lullaby my lustrous twilight
Light - swaddle me
in starlit cocoon’s blue
singing silk songs till dawn’s debut
I too am smitten,
On thy lustrous glow;
Cologne of thy juvenility,
Is so stupendous;
None can stop,
Thee strewing in ambiance,
Alluring crowd;
My boggle is,
These moments of love,
May or may not last;
May leave me in loneliness;
Will be bereft,
For thy love;
Will be shattered,
If don't stay my side;
I too am enamoured,
But scared,
If Sun sets down,
Behind the veil of moon,
© Sadashivan Nair
The glimmer of the streetlights
on the rain-wet roads below
seem to draw me to them moth-like
with irresistible bright glow.
They are mysteriously romantic
as they light me on my way
and I wonder at the difference
of the city in the day.
They glitter never ending as
I drive in hypnotic flow,
toward the reflected brilliance
of the lauded Broadway show.
As I reach my destination
and hesitantly step inside,
I am hoping that its luster
meets resplendence of my ride.
Joyce Johnson 9/30/14
For contest "Find the Puzzle" TARNDAI Oh yes. I have solved it.
Satin sheen with flawless seams
Tawny curves, each silken fold careens
Ambient light emitting pallid streams
Radiant magnetic field distilling dreams
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Emblematic pebble - prevailing existence
Delineate unfathomable sense
Lifeless yet undergone changes - metamorphosis
Unambiguous yet peculiar at stasis
Blunt, vague yet worthy - gist always camouflaged
Craggy yet core debonair perfection deluged
Stepped yet resilient - unvanquishable
Perfunctory entity - nitid thing for tangible
Better not be a lustrous gem for it will last
I'm a road stone in a trodden route not blown by gust.
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