Morning Poems

List of New Poems

PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	Love in Perfect Storms	TS Lewis	Free verse	inspirational love, morning, sea,
	April Robin	Michelle Faulkner	Lanterne	bird, morning, spring,
	Morning	Richard Tyler	Free verse	morning, romantic,
	Whispers Of Love	Deborah Vines	Free verse	emotions, feelings, good morning,
	Day and Night	Gershon Wolf	Free verse	morning, sleep,
	Saturn's Rings	Lonna Blodgett	I do not know?	good morning, imagery, spring,
	Dropped Star Dust	Brenda Chiri	Rhyme	beauty, good morning, heaven,
	Day Rise	Gershon Wolf	Rhyme	love, morning, sun, work,
	Good Morning, Love	Marissa Faries	Haiku	good morning, love, relationship,
	Morning Song	Florence McMillian	Narrative	bird, happiness, joy, morning,
	INTOXICATING SUNRISE	Ann Gilmour	Haiku	color, morning, sun, uplifting,
	FACE THE DAY	Line Gauthier	Free verse	confidence, courage, morning, perspective,
	Cold Winter Morning	Valerie Staton	Haiku	morning, winter,
	- A Three Word Poem - Sunrise -	Sunshine Smile	Verse	beautiful, morning,
	Too Much Darkness	Sandra Weiss	Monorhyme	confusion, heart, hope, morning,
	into the sea, intertwined	Elsa Rosee	Free verse	morning, allusion, angel, appreciation, art,
	First Morning	Sandra Weiss	Haiku	day, morning, nature,
	I await	Kaveesha Ruwindi	Haiku	morning,
	Sally's Fate	Michael Craig	Rhyme	dog, morning,
	GREET ALL GREAT	Muhammad Safa Thajudeen	Blank verse	morning, caregiving, character, culture, giving,
	CHICKADEE	Line Gauthier	Rhyme	beautiful, bird, morning, nature,
	Best Day When You are Sixteen	Caren Krutsinger	Cinqku	morning, 10th grade, 11th grade,
	Morning Coffee	Caren Krutsinger	Cinqku	good morning,
	Sundial Wisdom	PJ Gongora	Personification	morning, summer, sun, sunset,
	Dessert During Dawn	Marissa Faries	Crystalline	food, morning,
	Monday	Jazzy Melnyk	I do not know?	morning,
	Modern Hunt	David Welch	Blank verse	morning, america, autumn, dedication, imagery,
	I Heard A Chickadee Sing	Edward Ibeh	Couplet	animal, bird, imagery, morning,
	Yucky Poo	Jack Ellison	Limerick	morning,
	To Wake Me Up	Kaitlyn Krenik	Ballad	love, morning,
	Bounce out of bed	Gershon Wolf	Rhyme	morning, night, sleep,
	DAYBREAK PRELUDE	Line Gauthier	Free verse	city, morning, night, people,
	Furry Alarm	Chantelle Anne Cooke	Haiku	cat, good morning, time,
	Morning In Doubt	Kurt Philip Behm	Rhyme	fear, morning,
	Ode To Daybreak	Susan Jeavons	Rhyme	morning, appreciation, beauty, feelings, god,
	Golden Rendezvous	Mike Gentile	Villanelle	light, morning, star,
	Meditator	Dave Moore	Ode	morning, angst, depression, dog, funny,
	THE MOON DANCE	Lorna Malla	Chastushka	morning, 12th grade, celebration, courage,
	Winter Morning - a Sapphic Stanza	John Gondolf	Sapphic stanza	morning, winter,
	Morning	Joanne Liaw	Rhyme	bird, happy, joy, morning,
	Falling Snow	Sandra Weiss	Quatrain	appreciation, beautiful, morning, weather,
	Dawn of my Heart	Andrea Dietrich	Free verse	morning,
	The Mirror	Tom Wright	Lyric	mirror, morning,
	The Morning Lost	Gary Smith	Rhyme	bird, morning, sunshine,
	Morning Surprise	John Gondolf	Rhyme	love, morning, romantic,
	Skyscapes	Eugene Harvey	Free verse	color, morning, sky, sunset,
	Melancholia	Edward Ibeh	Haiku	animal, bird, morning, song,
	As Lovers Do	Frederic Parker	Free verse	kiss, love, morning,
	TOO QUIET	Line Gauthier	Limerick	cat, lonely, longing, morning,
	Winter Leave Me Be	Gary Smith	Rhyme	morning, winter,

Morning Poem Example

The Stone

The Tale below was carved one night
Upon the Stone, by candlelight
...most won’t believe, but some just might
.........most won’t believe, but some just might



                         Preface

Well James made Beth his lovely bride
(And angels smiled, though teary eyed)
...their bodies bound, their spirits tied
.........their bodies bound, their spirits tied

Upon her hand, a shimmer shone,
As bright as blood, a ruby Stone 
...and brighter still, as love had grown
.........and brighter still, as love had grown

Soon James was sent to man a sail
So Beth removed her wedding veil
...her eyes were moist, her face was pale 
.........her eyes were moist, her face was pale

“Well, I’ll be here when you return”
Said Beth to James, who kissed in turn
...a kiss that made her body burn
.........a kiss that made her body burn



                         BETH’S TALE

1.              The Dream

One night, within a dream deformed,
The cawing of a Crow informed
“...the Ship was struck where winter stormed
.........the Ship was struck where winter stormed

Midst winds and waves the thunder boomed
The Ship of Death was surely doomed
...the sea engulfed, the surf entombed
.........the sea engulfed, the surf entombed

Your James… deceived by Davy Jones! 
With spirit freed, his flesh and bones
...now rest amongst the ashen Stones
.........now rest amongst the ashen Stones” 



2.               The Quest

Awoken by the ebon Wight
And beckoned by the baneful bight
...I left before the morning light
.........I left before the morning light

Throughout the realm I rode a roan
Until, in time, I reached the Stone
...where shades in dreams of darkness groan 
.........where shades in dreams of darkness groan 

While skipping up and down the sky
A missing moonbeam mocked my eye
...enough to make a Swallow cry
.........enough to make a Swallow cry

For someone stole a star or two
And something else that fate withdrew -
 ...my jewel of joy, my James Bijou   
.........my jewel of joy, my James Bijou

The shadows of the evening swelled
Where demons of the dusk had dwelled
...and in the far, a vesper knelled
.........and in the far, a vesper knelled

The Stone, beneath the sky, stood cold -
Between the runes, a vapour strolled
...a cloak of fleecy fog consoled
.........a cloak of fleecy fog consoled

A Raven on a branch, enthroned,
Her wings waved once, a wail intoned
...beyond the bay, a banshee moaned
.........beyond the bay, a banshee moaned

I lay beside the Stone, his bride
I lay beside the Stone and cried
...but were it I, instead, that died
.........but were it I, instead, that died

The rainbow of the moon fell dim
A midnight Swan soon ceased to swim
...as if to hide all hint of him
.........as if to hide all hint of him

Between the willows in the swale
Bewailed a Bird, a Nightingale
...which left me faint, my body frail
.........which left me faint, my body frail



3.              Contact

I felt him breathe within a breeze  
Responding to my anguished pleas
...and leaves blew by abandoned trees
.........and leaves blew by abandoned trees

“Eternal love, my darling Beth” 
Enshrined within a final breath 
...re-echoed from the Ship of Death
.........re-echoed from the Ship of Death 

The Stone lit up a ruby sheen
And clouds were kindled crystalline
...with consequences, unforeseen
.........with consequences, unforeseen

Above, a wretched Raven soared
To where the Ship of Death’d been moored
...below, the icy ocean roared
.........below, the icy ocean roared



4.               Release

I’m joined with James beneath the Stone,
Though to the Ship my spirit’s flown,
...for nevermore to be alone
.........for nevermore to be alone



                         Epilogue
That night the wayward winds were weird 
The Ship of Death had disappeared
...coyotes called and mortals feared
.........coyotes called and mortals feared

At dusk, the craven shadows crawled
At dawn, the winds of mourning called
...upon the Stone two names were scrawled
.........upon the Stone two names were scrawled

The Raven sits, with wings outspread,
Atop the Stone which shades the dead
...it sometimes shimmers ruby red
.........it sometimes shimmers ruby red



                         Epitaph
Between the sounds, where silence seeps,
Their love lives on and never sleeps
...and yet, the weeping willow weeps
.........and yet, the weeping willow weeps

Poem Copyright © Terry O'Leary