Mellows Poems

Ever Effervescent -come, shine of the morning dew-

Our words hushed within the requiem of dusk
Within sorrowful nights come wistful days
And o'er the saints and their haunting gaze
A shade, one more
A day foretold
My heart at peace, at tender brow
What's dark and bright
Comes day and night
The morning dew mellows 
At the barron's implore.

A Song Of Home

Inamorata you’re beguiling,
I greet hurkle-durkle so often;
That sweet vibrato is enthralling,
I have to capture it with my pen.

Lost myself to the affinity  
to stay beside you every second,
let’s seduce this fine proclivity; 

How is it you simply entice?
Your voice in the background will suffice. 

How you move the rhythm as you sing!
Temperamental bells ease and soften,  
it mellows out reality’s sting.
I indulge, taking no precaution.

Is it a stage personality
that has shaken my core and beckoned?
Sound has stolen my lucidity;

In flux over how I pay the price 
to experience this paradise.

With a presence that is so winsome,
I have a penchant for keeping time;
My sweetheart your song resembles home.

In Autumn

In Autumn

In Autumn pumpkins hang out in 
hedge mazes, corn visits wreathes in
Finland, spices go to 
music festivals, photos of 
chestnuts do 
the splits, marsh mellows make 
prank calls, haunted houses tailgate 
tourist buses and 
fire trucks and 
ambulances, porcupines stop 
thinking, umbrellas talk 
24/7, squirrels read 
encyclopaedias, jam people pretend 
to be dead, candle people pretend 
to be deaf, scarves wear 
boots, maple syrup gurgle 
nursery rhymes, hens learn to 
play the 
banjo, chickens lay 
cell phones, cherries chase after 
bunnies, cupcakes plant 
trees, wallets take out 
the garbage, and
mittens dip themselves in 
cream cheese.

The power of poetry

As harsh brightness mellows into soft night
So dull diurnal duty dies away
 When sharp edges of  life fade from sight
Our minds now  set free to dream and to play
No longer by daily tasks constrained and tight
Then softness and magic are on full display

The stirrings of poetry showing their might
Banning petty cares ,no more our hearts  to fray
Unveiling the depths of  souls in their true light
To show us the true  meaning of eternity

Out of the hours of darkness shines the bright
Beauty of soulful understanding  blocked by day
Refreshing us for the struggles we must fight
Emotions recollected in tranquillity

Gray Mellow Morn

Overcast morn
Gray skies mingle
Life mellows, rain

Innocent

Pure, a virgin
Smelling of light,
Softest light,
Playing on shadows,
Hovering on the pines,
Inspiring, stirring,
Hoping…

Life mellows,
As the sun softens
The heart, the soul
Lays dazzled,
Frazzled,
On the edge of insanity,
Boasting of hurts,
In shadows…

Pure, a virtuous thought,
Sentiments of light,
Poured out on the truth,
Light, portrayal
Of faith, blended with grace,
Memories fading…

Life ages,
The heart, the soul,
Trembling in shadows,
Sands soft, shallow
Seas, tossing liquid,
Urgent to be,
A piece of the peace,
Inside the maze…

Shadows fade…
Just fade.

Dad Gum It

Pity all of those rest home fellows

Over time all their hunger mellows

Without their dentures in

All their meals will begin

Sipping their soup and slurping Jellos

Morning Dailies

Morning Dailies

As the dews of dawn
Mellows down
Misting away the sins of yesterday
Hunting off the dust of the dusk
While jolting us 
away from our haunting slumber
Then comes
 the whispering of the morning breeze  
savoring the day 
With its mystic secrets

Young in Heart

Dangling hair, girls twirl, drum majors,
Baseball turned cap boys, screenagers,
Gum chew boys, girls curls, tweenagers,
Just teenagers, just teenagers.

Pixie sticks tootsie rolls swallows,
Gummy bears m & m's follows,
Reeses cups hershey bars hollows,
Tidbits mellows, tidbits mellows.

Marshmallow pillow stuffing jams,
Strawberries dribble squishing rams,
Peach clings and lemon rings swim crams,
Dollops mouth slams dollops mouth slams.

Dressed up, lollipop, a cutesome,
Suit, tie, flowers guy, a twosome,
Hoodies, both moody, don't getsome,
Great into some, great into some.

Pink Penelope

Pink Penelope Porcupine,
  Never had a dime.
  Often went to bed,
  Without a shred of bread!
  Until one day,
  She found a way.
  Renting out her spikes you see,
  To earn a living,
  While always giving,
  To the community.
  They loved to roast marsh mellows,
  And Pink Penelope porcupine,
  Rented hers out,
  Four for a dime.
  Today people say,
  "Pink Penelope porcupine,
  Always has a dime!
  She is tucked into bed,
  With bread and a spread!"

Changes

changes

summer days shiver
 shadows ride the rising mists ~
  orange red moon rise

long days grow shorter
 wisps of afternoon linger ~
  remnants of summer

lazy fall mellows
 sleepy sunbeams stretch their legs ~
  pumpkins glow amber

red apples ripen
 golden pears grow large and sweet ~
  boughs of fruit salad

twilight comes early
 scarlet seeps into green leaves ~
  autumn breath chills nights

Autumn Returns

in soft signs of autumns return
cool night air settles on the land
and refreshed, earth breathes in the mist 
exhaled as morning dew on grass

grasses sprout fresh and green again 
in soft signs of autumns return
bright pansies nod floppy faces
dampened by rainbow sun showers

tree leaves are curling yellow-edged 
ripe pumpkins glow golden orange
in soft signs of autumns return
summer has matured on the vine

dawn and dusk rise and fade slowly
sunlight mellows to golden hues
days shorten preparing for rest
in soft signs of autumns return


Hint of Autumn Poetry Contest
Sponsor Regina McIntosh
28 August 2022

Abecedarian Monokus I

Actual aptitude and action almost always align aright.

Beautiful bliss, beastly belligerent behaviors: both burn bright.

Caringly convinced, cantankerous curmudgeons collapse, contrite.

Disdaining darkness, devoted disciples dig deep, discover delight.

Erudite, eager efforts encourage, energize, even excite.

For faithful few, fortitude, ferocious fight favors failed, feeble flight.

Gesticulating graders generate ghastly groans grinding graphite.

Happily, Horton has highly honed hearing; howler has humble height.

Invite ideas, ignite ingenuity, illumine insight.

Jaundiced jackboot juxtaposing "justice", jubilation: Jacobite.

Kindly koala kid keeps knitting knotted kaleidoscopic kites.

Levity lifts languishing leanings, leaves listeners luminous, light.

Mellifluously mild merriment mellows mad, malevolent might.


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Lol, this is an abecedarian monorhyme of alliterative monokus.
Not sure I'll get to the second half

Practicing the Presence

Practicing the presence 
in the void of stillness,
rekindling innocence 
in vibrant blissfulness,
bursts forth effervescence.

Practicing the presence 
in childlike wonderment,
our inner sentience 
ignites the joy current,
nestled in contentment.

Practicing the presence 
as our breath gently flows,
the burning bliss incense,
our heart’s cravings mellows,
gracing soul’s ambience.

Practicing the presence 
in quiet surrender,
unbound is heart’s vibrance
in rapturous thunder
of our luminescence.

02-May-2022

Love's Footsteps

She walks nimbly, like the mist
that mellows the tender night,
climbing the stairs with her
heavenly grace.
Half moon softly brightens her pale face,
a gentle breeze impairs her long hair.
A vagabond at peace under the bridge
hears her footsteps, so eloquent so brave,
wish he could meet her and her raven dress
in which her body sweetly expresses, all that's
best of brightly universe.
She walks in earnest, like Venus in its
dear dwelling place. He hears
the jackals bark, waiting in the dark.

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