Chasing your shadow,
is running lost in the wind;
give this fruitful thought:-
Do not run in vain;
climb the vine of God’s guidance,
and wisely move on:-
Take a thoughtful break,
and grow in bright awareness:
we reap what we sow:-
Sowing seeds of faith,
we reap wisdom and guidance;
blooming in God’s winds:-
Categories:
natured, allegory, encouraging, endurance, faith,
Form: Haiku
For some, old time wanes;
May yours continue to wax–
Those waiting need you:-
Keep sowing the word;
Let shared guidance be reaped–
Your wisdom flowing:-
You have been chosen;
Don’t fear the chosen blessing–
Let the word be reaped:-
Keep the vibe vining…
Let it flow every day…
Your cistern pouring…
From God’s given well,
Keep bucketing its waters;
Splashing waiting minds:-
Categories:
natured, allegory, courage, inspiration, life,
Form: Senryu
This poem may have some lampoonery
Because the character has a bit of buffoon-ary
A lanky jokester who loves to play
With mirth and joy you see right away
His honest guffaws gives me a chuckle
He is not a brute; never raises a knuckle
He pulls a few tricks, but none of them are mean
A good-natured Joe, sense of humor fit for a queen.
Categories:
natured, humor,
Form: Rhyme
You know how a cat is? The way it awakes,
how its eyes open, for a moment
not seeing anything,
how it blinks slowly
eyelids washing a mind
of anything but satisfaction.
Legs stiffen, stretching out,
paws opening and closing
as it arches its back.
Lithe sinews ripple under a velvet pelt,
its whole body a rubber band of pleasure.
I used to wake like that - almost.
This sleek, self-absorbed feline
who owes me at least
some cursory acknowledgment,
just slinks away without a glance
as I struggle to disentangle
my creaking form from jumbled bed covers.
It has prowled through the cat flap
probably stalking garden sparrows by now.
I make coffee
once more vowing to get myself a dog -
an old one.
Categories:
natured, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The swelling and sailing moon,
reflection mirrored in still water opportune.
That transfiguring element of rising lunatic,
by heaven’s circuit of stars so quick.
Gentle light beyond all comprehension,
sacred dwelling in celestial ascension.
Gathered gentle hues in playful gaze,
more faint stars appear in this haze.
The muse of deep feelings curates this stream,
provoking that fondly image seem.
Endeavors from the echo of inward light,
creating the path of tender bright.
Natural instinct to fine discern,
memories that needed not to learn.
Necessities to proceed and receive,
the soul to abate compassion believe.
The state in tempted perfect still,
and guardian of all completeness to fill.
Reawaken from sleep and forgetting,
souls that rise within that splendid setting.
Perpetual benediction through mirrored ember,
natures way of affections to remember.
Categories:
natured, 12th grade, perspective, true
Form: Ballade
STAND I IN REMORSE KIND NATURED-INK
… Selflessly adept cooperation
Tender-hearten I stand in remorseful
In broad benevolent nature-full
Formation cognations from creation
2/7/20
Kind Ink Poetry Contest
Verse poetry form only.
Sponsored by: charles messina
Categories:
natured, analogy, humanity, nice,
Form: Verse
The new Girl at Work (The Coward Speaks)
Should I feel a shamed?
I want to kiss the new girl at work
but I don't know her name.
Her understated beauty
is the first page of a book
I can't put down.
Man... just learning her name
will be my favorite sound.
She's the one I want, and need.
The treasure of her femininity
is the center of my greed.
But I am unknown to her.
I have yet to say hello.
At work I’m always
a good-natured fellow.
So, why am I afraid of
telling her who I am?
On the outside,
I feel like a youngster
trying to be a man.
On the inside,
I 'm like Tarzan of the jungle
beating on my chest.
And she's an attractive female
I need to impress.
I've been alone to long,
my soul calling for a mate.
But the coward in me
won't ask her out on a date.
So, I feel a shame
I 'm to cowardly to even
ask for her name.
Categories:
natured, anxiety, innocence, life, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Love,
hate,
extremes.
Love, natural.
Hate, is wrong,
dislike a possibility,
in a time, when all life is equal, not you and me.
Us, all together, love for each other, ere gender, total harmony, nature freed.
Categories:
natured, nature,
Form: Fibonacci
Unique but vibrant, a lady of belief
A lady of nature who would feel for a thief
Mysterious to society but a lady of love
A lady of children raised from above
Categories:
natured, inspirational
Form: Light Verse